Doctor Herbert Mann

In December of 1778, Doctor Herbert Mann, along with about one hundred other men, froze to death in a place called the cow-yard. He and 119 other men set sail with Captain James Magee Master on the Briggs General Arnold from Boston harbor on December 25. Immediately after they hoisted sail into the sea, a colossal snow storm hit forcing them to turn off course. They ran aground on a sandbar in Plymouth Harbor. As they hit the sandbar, water flooded the ship, forcing everyone to the upper deck where they froze to death.

In Memory of

Doctor

HERBERT MANN

who with 119 sailors with Captn.

James Magee Master went on board

the Brigg General Arnold in Bos

ton harbour Decr. 25th 1778

hoisted sail and made for the sea,

& were immediately overtaken

by the most tremendous snow

storm with cold that was ever

known in the memory of man,

& unhappily parted their Cable in

Plymouth harbour in a place call'd 

the cow-yard & he with about 100 

others were frozen to Death, 66 of 

which were buried in one Grave.

He was in the 21st Year of his age.

And now LORD GOD Almigh-

ty just & true are all thy ways,

but who can stand before thy cold?

This grave interested me because it is such a rare story and it has so many factors that lead to this tragedy. It really spoke to me because it is such an amazing adventure with such a good outline for a very detailed and interesting story. The brief story documented on the grave stone about Mann includes many details itself, but I feel that this is a great story to add to and expand.

My story will follow the real story but it will have much more detail and twists. The story will be about Mann and his companions setting sale to trade with foreign countries. Only a day or two after they set sail, a horrendous snow storm will hit, forcing them to head to shore. But while trying to dock their ship, they hit a giant sandbar, breaking huge holes in the bottom of their ship. As a result, the ship sank to rest on the sandbar the bottom levels flooded, forcing the men on the top deck. Due to the cold, the men froze to death. I plan to tell of his death in great detail and I'm very excited to create Mann's last days of life.