Compiled by Sara E. Lewis
From an index to the Virginia Gazette, produced in 1950 by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff of the Institute of Early American History and Culture (Omohundro Institute) with additional Gloucester material not captured by the indexers. Kingston Parish (Mathews) was part of Gloucester County when the Virginia Gazette was published in Williamsburg. Occasional posts about world and local events that captured the bloggers fancy are included to put local listings in context. Please review primary source material before citing.

Thursday, August 23, 2018

December 4, 1766 - Keeble


ST. JOHN’S (in Antigua) October 15. Last week was brought in here a sloop, taken up to the eastward of Montserrat, without a living creature on board. Her cargo consists of flower, lumber, &c. She is supposed to be from New York. Her decks were under water, her lumber port open, her binnacle burnt, and she floated by the lumber on her decks; she is now libeled for salvage in the Court of Vice Admiralty, by Capt. Keeble of the sloop Gloucester, who brought her in.