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Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket

SUPPLEMENT.

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The following is a list of the whole crew of the ship, with their arrangements into the three several boats upon starting from the wreck: the names of those who died, were left on the island, or shot—with those also who survived, and who were in the third or second mate’s boat at the time of separation—and whose fate is yet uncertain:—

Capt. James Pollard, jun. 1st boat survived

Obed Hendricks, do. put in 3d boat

Brazilla Ray, do. died

Owen Coffin, do. shot

Samuel Reed, (black) do. died

Charles Ramsdale, do. survived

Seth Weeks, do. left on the island

Owen Chase, 2d boat survived

Benjamin Lawrence, do. do.

Thomas Nicholson, do. do.

Isaac Cole, do. died

Richard Peterson, (black) do. do.

William Wright, do. left on the island

Matthew P. Joy, 3d boat died

Thomas Chapple, do. left on the island

Joseph West, do. missing

Lawson Thomas, (black) do. died

Charles Shorter, (black) do. do.

Isaiah Shepherd, (black) do. do.

William Bond, (black.) do. missing

FINIS.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

The errors on p. 12 have been corrected in the text.

Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.

Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed.

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