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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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In Jamaica, Capt. Nathaniel Skeldon was wounded by mutinous crew led by a Portuguese while transporting goods worth 5-6 thousand pounds by sloop from Montego-Bay to Dry Harbour; crew stole the vessel and cargo.
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We hear from the North Side that an unhappy affair has happened to Capt. Nathaniel Skeldon, viz. he intended to remove his goods from a store which he kept at Montego-Bay, to a store at Dry Harbour, he put his goods on board a sloop, to the value, as believed, of five or six thousand pounds; but the sloop standing farther out to sea than usual, his people rose, headed, as is said, by a Portuguese, and after wounding Capt. Skeldon and his clerk in several places, set them on shore, and immediately made off to sea.
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North Side, Jamaica
Event Date
July 6
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capt. skeldon and his clerk wounded in several places; goods worth five or six thousand pounds stolen; sloop and cargo taken to sea.
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Capt. Skeldon loaded goods onto a sloop to move from Montego-Bay to Dry Harbour. The sloop went farther out to sea than usual, crew rose in mutiny led by a Portuguese, wounded Skeldon and clerk, put them ashore, and sailed off with the vessel and cargo.