A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11: Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History; of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and; Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the; Present TimeKerr, Robert
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11: Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History; of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and; Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the; Present Time
Kerr, Robert
Voyages and travels
George Shelvocke Captain 6 14,325 2642 10 0
Samuel Rundal Lieutenant 2-1/2|
John Rainer Cap. Marines 2-1/2|
Blowfield Coldsea Master 2-1/2|---4718 1100 17 4
Nicholas Adams Surgeon 2-1/2| each
Mathew Stewart First mate 2|
Monsieur La Porte Second mate 2|
George Henshall Boatswain 2|-------3775 880 16 8
Robert Davenport Carpenter 2| each
William Clark Gunner 2|
James Daniel Midshipman 1-1/2|
David Griffith Ditto 1-1/2|
Christopher Hawkins Ditto 1-1/2|
Oliver Lefevre Sail-maker 1-1/2|
John Doydge Surgeon's |
mate 1-1/2|
William Morgan Ditto 1-1/2|---2850 660 0 0
John Popplestone Armourer 1-1/2| each
James Moyett Cooper 1-1/2|
John Pearson Carpenter's 1-1/2|
mate |
Geo. Shelvocke, jun. 1-1/2|
William Clement Able seaman 1|
John Norris Ditto 1|
James Moulville Ditto 1|
George Gill Ditto 1|
Peter Fero Ditto 1|-------1887-1/4 440 7 2
John Smith Ditto 1| each
Edward Alcocke Ditto 1|
John Theobald Barber 1|
William Burrows Old seaman 3/4
Daniel M'Donald Ditto 3/4
Richard Croft Ditto 3/4
John Robbins Grommet, 1/2|
or boy |----943-1/4 220 4 2
Benedict Harry Cook 1/2| each
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33 persons in all 52-1/4 98,604-2/3 23,007 15 6
"The reader will perceive that the sum total of this dividend falls
short of what I said the capture amounted to; but, in order to set
that matter right, there is a secret article of 627 quadruples of
gold, which Shelvocke graciously shared among private friends, each
quadruple, or double doubloon; being worth sixteen dollars each, or L.
3:14:8 sterling, at 4s. 8d. the dollar. The value of these is 10,032
dollars, which, added to the sum of the foregoing account, make
108,636-3/4 dollars, or L. 25,348:11:6 sterling in all. Which large
sum of money Shelvocke had the prodigious modesty to conceal, under
the mysterious _et cetera_. Stewart's book mentions the double
doubloons, but says not a word as to how they were distributed, so
that we may imagine they were sunk between the two Shelvockes and
Stewart: For, as Stewart was agent, cashier, and paymaster, it was an
easy matter to hide a bag of gold from the public, and to divide it
afterwards in a committee of two or three."--_Betagh._
SECTION VIII.
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