1721—Prosperous, Capt. Henry Kelsey, sailed from York Fort, June 26th. Returned 2nd Sept. Success, James Napper, master, sailed from York Fort, June 26th. Lost 30th of same month.
1721—Whalebone, John Scroggs, master, sailed from Gravesend, 31st May; wintered at Prince of Wales' Fort.
1722—Sailed from thence 21st June. Returned July 25th following.
1737—The Churchill, James Napper, master, sailed from Prince of Wales' Fort, July 7th. Died 8th August; and the vessel returned the 18th. The Musquash, Robert Crow, master, sailed from Prince of Wales' Fort, July 7th. Returned 22nd August.
[59] "On looking through the correspondence at the Admiralty, it is impossible not to be struck with the straightforward manliness, candour and honesty of purpose exemplified by Captain Middleton throughout this trying business. It was a cruel attack."—Sir John Barrow.
[60] The name of John Stanion certainly appears in the list of proprietors of Hudson's Bay stock, published in 1749, but it is followed by the significant term deceased.
[61] Henry Ellis.
[62] The number of the Adventurers was, before the enquiry of 1749, a mystery. By many it was charged that they were not above a dozen or fifteen.
[63] Dobbs's "Hudson's Bay," a hysterical work, which was throughout an attack on Captain Christopher Middleton.
[64] 1720