Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Scott” in article 9 of The Daily Dispatch: August 18, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
...bility of saving the treasure.--He, with a part of the crew and officers, remained as agents of the underwriters, protecting the wreck, with the hopes of saving additional lives.
The third officer, Mr. Scott , in charge of a boat containing from twenty to thirty persons, had not reached Manzanilla at last accounts.
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