It is now believed that the fine brig Mary Celeste, of about 236 tons, commanded by Capt. Benjamin Briggs, of Marion, Mass., was seized by pirates in the latter part of November, and that ...
Winchester, the captain Benjamin Spooner Briggs, and two other small investors. These were the owners when the Mary Celeste took the ill-fated voyage. Benjamin Spooner Briggs was born on April 24 ...