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abandoned on his vessel a young lad twelve years of 

 age, whose mother he had faithfully promised to bring 

 back her boy safe and sound on his next trip. Two of 

 the three men on the raft were rescued, being seen 

 from the South Shoal light-ship, taken on board, and 

 kept until April, when they were brought to town by 

 the United States steamer c * Verbena." 



Some of our most respected citizens have been people 

 who were wrecked on or near the island. Mr. Eobert 

 Mooney was one of two hundred and twenty-six emi- 

 grants who were on the ill-fated " British Queen," 

 wrecked on Muskeget in 1851. Mr. Mooney has ever 

 since then remained upon the island, rearing up a fam- 

 ily of seven children, and having for many years the 

 fine farm of Mr. Sanford in his charge. The late Mr. 

 Lewis Wendell, a native of Stettin, Prussia, was one of 

 the crew of the brig" Florida," wrecked off Sancoty in 

 1833, and for nearly half a century lived upon the island, 

 highly respected and esteemed by all classes. 



Every serious subject has its ridiculous side; and to 

 illustrate, an account is here given of the wreck of the 

 ship " Nathaniel Hooper," taken from Mr. Gardner's 

 " Wrecks around Nantucket ": — 



" July 8, 1838, ship c Nathaniel Hooper,' Capt. John 

 Bogardus, struck on South Shoal. Her cargo between 

 decks, consisting of boxes of sugar, was thrown over- 

 board. The crew abandoned her at midnight with all 

 sails up. At one o'clock a heavy squall came up from 

 the northwest, and she drifted off. Her helm being 

 just right, she went off towards Boston. She was fallen 

 in with by a smack which put two men aboard, and 

 soon after spoken by another which put three more 



