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Letter to Editor
May 30, 1760
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In 1760, J. Hamilton writes from Portsmouth defending his ownership of the Ship Friends Adventure amid a dispute, noting it is in Admiralty Court for claims. He criticizes a prior article's description of him and reaffirms a reward for lost anchors. (187 characters)
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OCR Quality
98%
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Full Text
IN the last weekly Paper I saw the Name of Hamilton, late Master of the Ship Friends Adventure. At the same Time think the good 'Squire shou'd have added the unfortunate; as he has made it apparently so beyond all Contradiction..... We are taught that all Things work together for our Good ; but sure, if these pacifick Sages intended this as a general Precept, they certainly would have left Room for the good 'Squire to have sail'd through with my Ship. 'Till then it shall be no Maxim of mine ; nor shall I ever be led to believe that an Owner is not Master of his own Ship whilst there remains a Stick of her unsold. My Ship at present is cognizable in the Honourable Court of Admiralty, where every one that has any Demands, or does Business for the said Ship. must apply, or to myself ; though strangely circumstanced at present, and indispensibly oblig'd to put up with Injuries of the highest Magnitude ; the rest the World shall be made sensible of hereafter : And that whoever finds these said Anchors shall be intitled to the same Reward offer'd in last Week's Paper ; by
J. HAMILTON.
Portsmouth, May 15. 1760.
J. HAMILTON.
Portsmouth, May 15. 1760.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Emotional
What themes does it cover?
Commerce Trade
What keywords are associated?
Ship Friends Adventure
Admiralty Court
Lost Anchors
Ownership Dispute
J Hamilton
Portsmouth
What entities or persons were involved?
J. Hamilton
Letter to Editor Details
Author
J. Hamilton
Main Argument
j. hamilton disputes being called merely the 'late master' of the ship friends adventure without noting his unfortunate circumstances, asserts his ownership rights, states the ship is in the admiralty court for claims, and reaffirms the reward for found anchors.
Notable Details
References 'Pacifick Sages' And Biblical Precept 'All Things Work Together For Our Good'
Mentions Injuries Of The Highest Magnitude To Be Revealed Later