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south of the "Perseverance" and gone to pieces, T_____ has a book into which into which I will thank you to allow Tiddy to enter what may be saved from her and T_____ will write me where she is from
JS ?

Mr. Tiddy "Perseverance" 6 January/57
I am obliged, by your note giving me an account of the wreck of the "Perseverance" and another vessel south of her, and having sent Mr. T______, who will [make] an account of the "Perseverance's" cargo as it is landed and have written to S__ P____ to arrange the [?Watch]
JS

Henry Corlass {name from Christie's Shipping Register, 1858] Shipping Master, Hull
7 January 1857
Sir,
I will thank you to obtain for me the wreck forms undermentioned
viz W 1 wreck ********* - 1 Quire
W 2 Depositions } whole sheets 1 Quire
} half sheets - 1 Quire
W 8 Receipt for [?Salvage] - 1 Quire
JS Receiver Wreck ??

copy of affidavit sent to each
Marine ? & Lloyds
Port of Hull
Michael Coverdale being duly sworn ? that he is Master of the Brig "Lavinia" of London of 259 ? Register ordered by James Thomas Smith of ? Wharf Deptford on the 3rd of January 1854 with a Crew of Ten men, including himself bound to [?Sunderland] in Ballast the said vessels not being insured left Deptford on the