This Was Then: The Christmas mutiny of 1857 - The Martha's Vineyard Times
An empty grave in Edgartown is topped with a stone bearing a remarkable engraving: “Capt. Archibald Mellen Jr.born at Tisbury June 5, 1830, and murdered on board Ship Junior of New Bedford off the coast of New Zealand. Dec. 25, 1857: by Cyrus W. Plummer, who with others of his crew had entered into a conspiracy […]
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