THE FIRST YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC. 



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ers, twenty-one in number, were all safely landed on the shore. 

 Thence they were conveyed to the houses of Elisha Doane, Esq., 

 and other gentlemen, where they were carefully warmed, clothed, 

 and fed, as their frozen and perishing condition required. At 

 these houses they remained, imbibing the wine and the oil, 

 ministered by the hand of compassion, till their wounds were 

 healed, and health restored. In the mean time, due attention 

 was paid to their property, now the sport of the waters. An 

 account of articles of the smallest, as well as of greater value, 

 was given to the master of the ship ; insomuch that when all was 



Photo, M. H. Reamy. 



South Main Street, Center of the Village. 



collected, that could be saved, and sold at auction, its amount 

 was 12,000 dollars. When the captain and his men (all it is said 

 of the royal navy of his country) were provided with another 

 vessel, and ready to leave the town, their hearts were swollen with 

 grateful emotions toward those who, under God, had delivered 

 and cherished them in their perils and distress. The captain, a 

 man of much respectability, unable to utter his feelings, told his 

 benefactors they should hear from him again. He sailed from 

 Boston, and touching at St. Croix', published there an affecting 



