1762 to 1775 Lewes
Shipwrecks
my be close to being
identified.
Researchers are moving
closed to learning the name and origin of the wrecked
merchant ship that has
been the source of artifacts washing ashore at Roosevelt Inlet
since last December .
Dan Griffith , Lewes
Maritime Archaeological Project, has said a London historian
is searching records to
find names of ships from England for Philadelphia between 1762
and 1775 and wreccked off
Lewes. Hopes are the find ships name, a cargo manifest and a
captains name.
The research has narrowed
the list to four ships, the Pitt Packet, Severn. Vaughn
and Commerce which were
all wrecked near Lewes in the given period.
Insurance records in
London would provide size and characteristics for a ship, and
list the cargo . If that
happens the cargo can be compared to the found artifacts.
The project moved
operations from the Cape Henlopen State Park bunker to a
lab at the College of
Marine Studies, that has climate control , restrooms, more
space
for work and storage.
Griffith says as far as archaeological projects go, this one is
moving
ahead at a good pace. It
is in the middle of a review of the final report of underwater
archaeologist report the
Army Corps of Engineers did last spring. The state has awarded
$200,000 and a $300,000
grant came from the US Government.
Abstract: Cape Gazette,
December 30, 2006, by Henry Evans, Jr., Staff,
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