Faithful Steward Sinks

(Wikipedia) Faithful Steward was an 18th-century merchant ship. In 1785 the ship departed Derry for Philadelphia carrying 270 passengers and crew, along with 400 barrels filled with copper coins. After 53 days at sea, the ship arrived at off the Delaware Seashore. However, on the night of 1 September 1785 the ship became stuck on a shoal off of Cape Henlopen, near the mouth of the Indian River. Continued