Narrative of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, Maine, and murder of five of her crew, by pirates,: on the coast of Cuba, Dec. 1824.Collins, Daniel
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Narrative of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, Maine, and murder of five of her crew, by pirates,: on the coast of Cuba, Dec. 1824.
Collins, Daniel
Caribbean Area -- History; Pirates; Shipwrecks
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NARRATIVE
OF THE
SHIPWRECK OF THE BRIG BETSEY,
_OF WISCASSET, (MAINE,)_
AND
MURDER OF FIVE OF HER CREW,
BY PIRATES,
ON THE COAST OF CUBA, DEC. 1824.
"----quaeque ipse miserrima vidi,
Et quorum pars magna fui."
BY DANIEL COLLINS,
ONE OF THE ONLY TWO SURVIVORS.
WISCASSET:
_PRINTED BY JOHN DORR_.
1825.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
[Sidenote: L. S.]
_BE IT REMEMBERED_, THAT on this twenty-sixth day of April, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five,
and the forty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States
of America, Mr. JOHN DORR, of the District of Maine, has
deposited in this Office, the title of a Book, the right whereof
he claims as Proprietor, in the words following, viz:
"Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Brig Betsey, of Wiscasset,
and murder of five of her crew, by Pirates, on the coast of
Cuba, Dec. 1824. By Daniel Collins, one of the only two
survivors.
"----quaeque ipse miserrima vidi,
Et quorum pars magna fui."
Wiscasset: Printed by John Dorr. 1825."
In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States,
entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing
the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and
proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;"
and also, to an act, entitled, "An Act supplementary to an act,
entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing
the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and
proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned,
and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing,
engraving, and etching historical and other prints."
J. MUSSEY, Clerk of the District Court of Maine.
A true copy as of record.--Attest,
J. MUSSEY, Clerk D. C. Maine.
NARRATIVE.
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