Adam's Works on Paper ONILNE Auction Ending August 10th 2020

99 Works on Paper 273 A PRINTED BOND, with manuscript entries relating to Matthew Nesbitt of Der- ryglass in the County of Leytrim, Esqr. who was bound unto John Rowlett of the City of Dublin, Gent, in the sum of Eight hundred pounds Sterling, dated the Seventh Day of February, 1758 21 x 33 cm The condition of the same Bond was that Matthew Nesbitt was joint- ly separately bound unto John French of Frenchpark in the County of Roscommon, Esqr. in the sum of Four hundred pounds. Signed by Chris Glascock, Anthony Barns and Matt Nesbitt. Folio. Two pages, folded and torn at center-folds. € 100 - 200 274 THE FULL PARTICULARS OF A MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK, And the bursting of aWater Spout,With The Loss of Lives, Cattle, &c.“Liverpool,April 19. - The ship ‘Newry’, Captain Crosby, sailed from Newry for Quebec, onWednesday last, with 400 passengers on board, and on Friday night, during a thick fog, she struck on a rock near Portinclineon, (to the northward of Bardsey), when melancholy to relate, upwards of 200 passengers are supposed to have perished ...The ship has gone to pieces ...” .The exact number cannot at present be ascertained. - Extracted from the ‘Suffolk Chronicle.’ One page quarto printed on one side only. Single sheet. (18.5 x 25 cm). Printed on one side. On the 14th of April 1830 the 500 ton sailing vessel “Newry” left War- ren Point, County Down, bound for Quebec in Canada with nearly 400 emigrants on board. Captain Crosby chose to go south around Ireland because of the wind direction, And as he sailed her down the east coast of Ireland, the wind increased to storm force and his vessel was driven across the sea towards the Llŷn Peninsula. She struck the rocks on the 16th at Porth Orion, Anelog, in the middle of the night, when all his pas- sengers were asleep or seasick. The Captain ordered the mainmast to be cut down so that the survivors could us it as a bridge to get to safety, but the crew had other ideas, and they used the same “bridge” to make their own escape, and left the passengers at the mercy of the storm. Over the next ten hours a local sailor Dafydd Griffiths and two other local men used the same mainmast to lead 375 men woman and children- to safety, with only Capt Crosby, the ships mate and one crew member to help. Dafydd Griffiths was awarded the R.N.L.I. silver medal and £20 forhis bravery. (A considerable amount of money in those days). For the poor people that were rescued their ordeal was not over, they spent a cold night huddled together in local barns, and many of the poor cottiers actually burned part of their household furniture in order to warm their destitute and shivering guests. The next day they started the long jour- ney on foot to Holyhead (70 miles), so that they could catch a ferry back to Ireland. With a lot of them still naked they set off, but records show that they stopped at Caernarfon (30 miles) where the local people gave them clothes some money and food. Twenty five people lost their lives that terrible night. But without the brav- ery of three local men it could have been a lot worse. € 50 - 100