JONATHAN DICKINSON SHIPWRECK
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N 27° 00.231 W 080° 06.096
17R E 589134 N 2987178
Jonathan Dickinson State Park, at park entrance of
Waymark Code: WMJ4D
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2006
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Three miles to the east on Sept. 23, 1696, the British barkentine Reformation foundered off Jupiter Island. The 24 survivors included a party of Quakers bound from Jamaica to Pennsylvania. Leader of the Quakers was Jonathan Dickinson who described the trials of the group in his book, "God's Protecting Providence", the first account of Indians on the southeast coast. Attacked by Indians and driven northward, the party arrived at St. Augustine in November, 1696.
Marker Number: F-57
Date: 1961
County: Martin
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Website: Not listed
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