| Description | Notice from John Watkinson to J. Berry esquire Collector of Excise for Whitby relating to the loss of 188 bushels of refined salt shipped at Hull on 5 December 1799 on board the sloop Friendship (Nathaniel Burstall master) by Thomas Nesbitt. The salt was made by Crosbie and Urmson of Frodsham in Cheshire makers and refiners, and consigned to John Watkinson, Richard Bellwood, William Wood, Samuel Middleton and Eustace Cass all of Scarborough. On 1 January 1800 the sloop sailed to Scarborough, but was overtaken by a violent storm which drove her on shore near Scarborough where she filled with water and all the salt was lost
On 6 December George Hopwood shipped 179 bushels of refined salt on board the sloop Friendship (Nathaniel Burstall master), the salt having been made by Twiss, Morris and Co of Wheelock Saltworks near Sandbach in Cheshire makers and refiners, and consigned to Messrs Skelton and Paylor, Peter Marshall, Isabella White and William Clarkson all of Scarborough and by the aforesaid accident 153 bushels of salt were lost
The matter will be determined at the Quarter Sessions to be held at New Malton on 14 January 1800 |