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Eaton's old Martha came running down the hill saying the ship was coming all hands go up on the hill & Everett Smith went out to pilot her in; in a bidark.
   About 8 oclock she anchors in the bay, turning out to be the Clara Bell from Anadyr & Plover Bay.  She is come to take all men and material back with her.  [[Llavan?]] at Grantly Harbor, and two men at Anadyr are dead & Lawton the constructor hung himself at plover Bay on the davits of the brig Victoria.  Capt Harding is aboard.  Norton is captain of her & the old gunner of the Nightingale is her 3rd mate.  Stay aboard all night and broach my plan to Wright who agreed to do all he can for me which is very little.
   He can leave me some tobacco, old Sharps cartridges, a little drill, some cannon powder,