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138 NAMES OF GERMAN, SWISS
Johann Carl Geres, Henry Handwerck,*
Johan Nickel Glesser, Nicklaus Hantwerck,
Christopher Schmidt, Johann Dehlbauer,
Nicklas Rodenburger, Georg William Thur,*
Johan Georg Staudt, Hans Jacob Madori.
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Note.—On the 26th of December, 1738, a ship of 300 tons was cast
away on Block Island, f This ship sailed from Rotterdam in August,
1738, last from Cowes, England. John Wanton, the Governor of Rhode
Island, sent Mr. Peter Bouse and others from Newport to Block Island,
to see how matters were. On the 19th of January, 1739, these returned
to Newport, R. I., reporting that the ship was commanded by
Captain Geo. Long, that he died on the inward passage, and that the
mate then took charge of the ship which had sailed from Rotterdam
with 400 Palatines, destined for Philadelphia, that an exceedingly
malignant fever and flux had prevailed among them, only 105 landing
at Block Island, and that by death the number had been reduced to
90. The chief reason alleged for this great mortality was the bad condition
of the water taken in at Rotterdam. It was filled in casks that
before had contained white and red wine. The greater part of the
goods of the Palatines was lost. Penn. Gazette, Feb. 8, 1739.
Slnmetfung.—2(m 26. I^eccmbcr 1738 f^citerte ein Sdttff »on 300
Xonnen ©e^alt an 231ocf 3ölanb. i "Ciefeö «Sdjiff fegclte im Sluguft ooit
Stottcrttam über ^mti in ©nglnnb. 3o|)n SBanton, ®cui3erneur »on
9tt)obe 3ölanb, fanbtc ^crrn ^^eter Soufe unb anbere oon ^^^cwport nac^
33(ocf 3«(anb, nm ben B^iftanb ber Dinge ju erfnt)«n. 3tm 19. Sanuar
1739 fcbrtcn biefc nad) viewport, "Si. 3., jurürf unb berichteten, ba§ Sa=
^itain ®corg ?ong, ber bag