Download or read book The Unfortunate Captain Peirce written by Philip Browne and published by Hobnob Press. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of Richard Peirce, captain in the service of the East India Company, and account of the wreck of his ship, the Halsewell, off Dorset in 1786. He drowned, along with members of his family, and the loss became a tragic cause celebre, recorded in literature and art