Advice is just received of the Loss of the Privateer Brig Sturdy Beggar, Capt. Campbell, of 16 Guns, and near 100 Men, belonging to this Port.1 She was wrecked, it is said, on the Coast of France, and every Soul on board perished.
1. Maryland privateer brig Sturdy Beggar, Capt. James Campbell. According to its petition for a letter of marque, it was 135 tons burthen, carried 14 4-pounders, 14 swivel guns, and a crew of 80 men. It was owned by Samuel and Robert Purviance, William Lux, Daniel Bowly, "& others.” DNA, PCC, item 196, vol. 14, p.73 (M 247, roll 204).
