Category: Mary Celeste
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The Brigantine Mary Celeste left New York Harbor for Genoa, Italy, with Captain Benjamin Briggs, a Crew of Eight, His Wife and Two-Year-Old Daughter, and a Cargo of Some 1,700 Barrels of Crude Alcohol. It Would be Found Totally Empty, but Fully Operational on December 5, 1872.
Image: Mary Celeste in 1861. (Public Domain) On this day in history, November 7, 1872, the brigantine Mary Celeste left New York harbor for Genoa, Italy, with Captain Benjamin Briggs, a crew of eight, his wife and two-year-old daughter, and a cargo of some 1,700 barrels of crude alcohol. After the Dei Gratia found the…
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