Add to ORKGRiley forced to go to America with money from girl's mother. He returns for her but both die in shipwreck. She leaves a note in blood, blaming her father.Mercer: Peacock, pp. 698-700; Leach, pp. 58-59; Karpeles, pp. 163-64; Creighton, "Maritime", p. 102; Creighton, "S.N.B.", pp. 133-34; Laws, ABBB, M8, pp. 183-84
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