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• We have no tidings of the safety of the pilot boat Commerce. She was seen on the 12th inst. off Egg Harbor, and was in company with the pilot boat Nettle, Number 2, at the time and place, with the wind from East North East and blowing a gale. She hove to while in sight of the Nettle, which is the last account we have of her. The pilots on board were: McKnight Smith, of Brooklyn; Matthew Betts, of Brooklyn; Thomas Scott, of this city, and Nelson Cole. Thomas Smith, an apprentice, (son of the pilot of that name on board,) and Roger Clark, of New London, boat-keeper, cook and three men, were the parties on board. Three of the pilots and the boat-keeper have families.
• The schooner smack Thomas Wilson, of New London, Capt. Thomas Beebee, which left this City on the 9th, on a cruise for fish, was last seen off Egg Harbor, on the 12th, when she was in company with the smack T. L. Holstrom, both bound to this port, The Holstrom has arrived, but not the Wilson — and from the great length of time she has been out, it is supposed some disaster has happened to her, or she may have proceeded on to the eastward as far as Nantucket, though this is not probable. She is owned by M. Rooers & Co., of Fulton Market, and others.

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• We have no tidings of the safety of the pilot boat Commerce. She was seen on January 12, 1853 off Egg Harbor, and was in company with the pilot boat Nettle, Number 2, at the time and place, with the wind from East North East and blowing a gale. She hove to while in sight of the Nettle, which is the last account we have of her. The pilots on board were: McKnight Smith, of Brooklyn; Matthew Betts, of Brooklyn; Thomas Scott, of this city, and Nelson Cole. Thomas Smith, an apprentice, (son of the pilot of that name on board,) and Roger Clark, of New London, boat-keeper, cook and three men, were the parties on board. Three of the pilots and the boat-keeper have families.
• The schooner smack Thomas Wilson, of New London, Capt. Thomas Beebee, which left this City on the 9th, on a cruise for fish, was last seen off Egg Harbor, on the 12th, when she was in company with the smack T. L. Holstrom, both bound to this port, The Holstrom has arrived, but not the Wilson — and from the great length of time she has been out, it is supposed some disaster has happened to her, or she may have proceeded on to the eastward as far as Nantucket, though this is not probable. She is owned by M. Rooers & Co., of Fulton Market, and others.

People[edit]

• Matthew M. Betts (1796-1853) of Brooklyn
• McKnight Smith (1808-1853) of Brooklyn
• Thomas Scott of Manhattan
• Thomas Smith (1833-1853) of Brooklyn, the son of McKnight Smith
• Roger Clark, of New London, Connecticut

Ships[edit]

• Commerce, No. 3, built in 1840
• Nettle, No. 2, built in 1844

Licensing[edit]

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