THE WRECK OF THE FAITHFUL STEWARD ON DELAWARE'S FALSE CAPE

In the summer of 1785, a group of Irish migrants took to the Atlantic to escape the abuse and persecution of the ruling classes at home. However, the Faithful Steward was overloaded with migrant families and a massive cargo of counterfeit coins. By the first of September, the ship was lost somewhere off the mid-Atlantic coast. Well illus.