Schooner Farmer ~ 2 September 1804

The Wilmington Gazette, Wilmington, NC, Edenton, September 17

Captain Williams of the schooner Farmer, arrived here on Friday last from Norfolk, where he put in distress, having sprung his main mast in the late severe storm, which had done so much damage on the coast, we are informed, that from 23 to 24 sail of vessels, little and big, were dismasted and on shore at the Bar (Ocracoke), in the last gale, which took place on the 2nd inst., many of which, it is expected, will not be got off …

Schooner Samuel Smith ~ Abt. 1 December 1804

The Wilmington Gazette, Wilmington, NC, 4 December 1804