A circumstantial narrative of the loss of the Halsewell [electronic resource] : (east-Indiaman.) Capt. Richard Pierce, which was unfortunately wrecked at Seacombe in the Isle of Purbeck, On the Coast of Dorsetshire, On the Morning of Friday the 6th of January, 1786. Compiled from the communications, and under the authorities of Mr Henry Meriton and Mr. John Rogers, The two chief Officers Who happily escaped the dreadful Catastrophe.