. The life and services of John Newland Maffitt . 00. and she is esteemedone of the most splendid vessels out of New York that trades withChina. A message came that the cai)tain had ladies on board and thathis wife was on the eve of confinement. I sent Dr. Garrettson onboard to investigate and to say that the ladies must leave the ship,as I was determined to burn her. The ladies came, and with tonsof baggage. I surrendered my cabin to the ladies. The partyconsisted of Mrs. Frisbie (the captains wife), Mrs. Williams,whose husband is a custom house officer at Swartow, China; a lad, Louis Frisbie
. The life and services of John Newland Maffitt . 00. and she is esteemedone of the most splendid vessels out of New York that trades withChina. A message came that the cai)tain had ladies on board and thathis wife was on the eve of confinement. I sent Dr. Garrettson onboard to investigate and to say that the ladies must leave the ship,as I was determined to burn her. The ladies came, and with tonsof baggage. I surrendered my cabin to the ladies. The partyconsisted of Mrs. Frisbie (the captains wife), Mrs. Williams,whose husband is a custom house officer at Swartow, China; a lad, Louis Frisbie, and another, Charlie , son of a missionary from Rhode Island, now stationed at Swartow. The passengersand crew amounted to forty-three persons. The Jacob Bell had a cargo of choice tea, camjihor, chow-chow,etc., valued at two million or more. We took such articles as we required, and on the 13th at 4 p. set her on fire. Mrs. Frisbie was a very quiet, kind-hearted lady; Mrs Wil-liams, I fancy, something of a tartar. She and Captain Frisbie. John ;Maffitt 275 were not on terms. Tliey remained in possession of my caliin forfive days, when I put the entire i^arty on board the Danish hrii;Moriiiiii; Star, bound to St. Thomas. If they speak unkindly, such a thins;: as fjratitude is a slrantjerto their abohtion hearts. Tlie woman, Mrs. Williams, left some cm])ty hamper basketson board the Florida, and it took Captain Alaffitl hours tocon\-ey her personal Iiaggage from the Florida to the Moniiiii:^Star. He learned after the war that she had claimed insur-ance from the company with which she was insured, for thisbaggag^e as lost, and also had gained possession of some ofIlls estate, which was libeled and ilivided with this informantby the Federal Government.* She also wrote a book, A Yearin China, in which she grossly misrepresented all the factsof her capture ami treatment, .\dmiral Preble sent a copy ofthis book to Captain Maftitt, and after reading the book, myInisban
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