Nova Scotia Archives
Where the Land Meets the Sea: Shipwrecks of Nova Scotia
Petition of Halifax merchants regarding the cargo of the wrecked Harriot
Halifax, 4 May 1810, 2 pages. "On the 3rd day of April last, the Harriot, an American ship, was wrecked near the Tusket Islands, on the Coast of this Province. That the said ship was bound from St. Petersburg in Russia to Portland in the United States of America with a Cargo of Iron, Hemp and Russian manufactures."
Date: 1810
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 "GP" Vol. 9 #92 mfm #15601