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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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In 1736, a letter from Annapolis-Royal revealed evidence that a woman posing as Capt. Buckler's widow was a fraud, with convict indentures and wigs found among Indians at Tiboge, but no valuables from the lost brigantine. Later, Marblehead residents were imprisoned in Salem for suspected plundering of Andrew Buckler's brigantine, on which the fraudulent Mrs. Buckler was a passenger.
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Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Annapolis-Royal, to his Friend in Boston, dated Aug. 3. 1736.
M. K. Vane and Nolens have (since my last,) made another Trip to Tiboge, and have brought back with them the Long-Boat and several Tokens of Dowdy's (that wretched Woman who pretended to be Capt. Buckler's Widow,) being an errant Cheat, for there were found among the Indians 66 Indentures, sign'd by the Mayor of Dublin, and 22 new Wigs, of Such a Make as if they were intended for no other Use than to Set out the Convicts when they should go a Shore; a good many Rags both Mens and Womens they Saw, but no fine Clothes, Gold, Silver, or Jewels.
Boston, Sept. 27. We hear from Marblehead, That some time last Week, several Persons, Householders there, were committed to Prison at Salem, on Suspicion of having tript the Brigantine of Mr. Andrew Buckler's, (mention'd in some of the former Gazettes) and getting considerable Treasure out of her, in which the noted Mrs. Buckler, as she call'd herself, was a Passenger.
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Annapolis Royal And Marblehead
Event Date
Aug. 3, 1736 And Some Time Last Week Before Sept. 27, 1736
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evidence of fraud confirmed with indentures, wigs, and rags found but no valuables; several marblehead householders committed to prison in salem on suspicion of plundering the brigantine.
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M. K. Vane and Nolens retrieved the long-boat and tokens proving Dowdy, posing as Capt. Buckler's widow, was a cheat transporting convicts; items found among Indians at Tiboge included 66 Dublin indentures and 22 wigs for convicts, but only rags and no treasures. Separately, Marblehead residents suspected of stripping Mr. Andrew Buckler's brigantine, carrying the fraudulent Mrs. Buckler, leading to their imprisonment in Salem.