A Circumstantial narrative of the loss of the Halsewell East-Indiaman, Capt. Richard Pierce [microform] : which was unfortunately wrecked at Seacomb, in the isle of Purbeck, on the coast of Dorsetshire, on the morning of Friday the 6th of January, 1786, / compiled from the communications, and under the authorities of Mr. Henry Meriton and Mr. John Rogers, the two chief officers who happily escaped the dreadful catastrophe. ; [Twelve lines of quotation]