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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A ship carrying General Stanwix, his family, and servants sank in a storm shortly after leaving the Irish shore. Two officers escaped in a boat and reached a Scottish port near Galloway after 36 hours, but the general and his party refused to leave and are presumed lost.
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A Letter from New-Castle, dated December 20. Says, A Person of Credit, who came from Carlisle last Saturday, says, that two Officers, who were in the Ship with General Stanwix, passed through there last Week, in their Way to London, and gave the following Account: That a few Hours after they left the Irish Shore, a Storm arose, and the Ship proving leaky, they got some of the Sailors to hoist out the Boat, and went into it, when they used every Argument with the General and his Family, to induce them to leave the Ship, but without Effect; and that after being at Sea, 36 Hours, they got into a Port on the Coast of Scotland, near Galloway. The General had his Lady, his only Daughter, a young Lady of Fortune, a Relation, and four Servants with him, who are all according to these Officers Account, certainly lost, as the Ship could not in their Opinion, keep above Water many Hours after they left her.
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Coast Of Scotland Near Galloway
Event Date
Last Week Before December 20
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general stanwix, his lady, daughter, a relation, and four servants presumed lost; ship sank
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Two officers traveling with General Stanwix on a ship from the Irish shore encountered a storm, causing the vessel to leak. They launched a boat and urged the general and his family to join them but were refused. After 36 hours at sea, the officers reached a port on the Scottish coast near Galloway, believing the ship sank shortly after.