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Museum Ref No: MAR 942.337Mansions and Merchants of Poole and Dorset by Derek Beamish, John Hillier and HFV Johnstone, published by Poole Historical Trust in 1976.Illus. ISBN 07137 0836 0 Provides information on merchants and firms involved in the Newfoundland Trade.
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Museum Ref No: PLA 942.337Story of Poole: Old Town, Port and Harbour by Jean Sutton, Harewood Publications, 1988. ISBN 0 906596 04 1 Illus. Pages 11-15.
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Extract from the Salisbury Journal for 5th April 1756. Report of convoy of 30 ships ready to sail for Newfoundland from Poole.
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Salisbury Journal of 1 November 1756, under the sub-heading of Poole, records that:
Our last Accounts from Newfoundland are very melancholy, several ships and boats, some belonging to this Port, are lost in a violent storm of wind, and which worst of all many Men drowned.
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Museum Ref No: PLA 942.337History of the Town and County of Poole by John Sydenham, Poole, Sydenham, 1839, 395-400
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Museum Ref No: MAR 971.801Poole and Newfoundland by F. W. Mathews, 1936. Reprinted from a series of articles published in the Poole and Parkstone Standard, commencing April 16, 1936.
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