We have got fast hold of Shelley’s boat, and she is now
safe at anchor off Via Reggio. Every thing
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is in her, and
clearly proves, that she was not capsized. I think she must have been swamped
by a heavy sea; we found in her two trunks, that of Williams, containing money
and clothes, and Shelley’s, filled with books and clothes.
Daniel Roberts (1858 fl.)
A retired sea-captain who built the Bolivar for Lord Byron; the son of Henry Roberts (d.
1796) who sailed with Captain Cook, he was corresponding with Edward John Trelawny in
1858.
Edward John Trelawny (1792-1881)
Writer, adventurer, and friend of Shelley and Byron; author of the fictionalized memoirs,
Adventures of a Younger Son (1831) and Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron (1858).
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Author: Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881
Title:Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron (London: Edward Moxon, 1858).
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