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Richard Parker
who was executed on board the Sandwich off Sheernets on Friday June 30th, 1797
pursuant to the sentence of a Court Martial for having been the Principal
in a most daring Mutiny on board several of his Majesty's Ships at the
Nore which created a dreadful alarm through the whole Nation.