Shoppolis Islands Personal Papers

PERSONAL PAPERS LIBRARY

OF SHOPPOLIS ISLANDS

Table of Contents

The following listing provides you with the titles of the various manuscripts, logs, poems, papers and other documentation located over the years and restored to readable form. If the original was produced in a language other than English, the original language is mentioned for reference purposes, but the form you will read will be the best English translation available. The assortment of documents is impressive, and the authors were magnificent in their presentations. From recipes to how-to's, we hope you enjoy each and every one. These documents served, many times, as references for the history of Shoppolis Islands. The listing may list documents currently being processed; they will be added as soon as these tedious steps have been accomplished.

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Item 1: The Unfinished Manuscript of Robert Augustus Sleighton, presented to Captain Everett Shopp, May 5, 1781 aboard the independent ship, Feenicks, Captain Leslie Sweet, Commander. There is no firm information on the fate of the vessel known as the Feenicks, except that there is evidence of land grants to individuals named the same as the twins and evidence of an open-ocean engagement of the Prize Mary and an unnamed frigate in 1788 off Fiji. Later information suggests the vessel was lost with all hands some time later in very deep water. There was no further contact between the ladies of Loveladies and the Sweet family nor others on the ship. It is part of the city of Philadelphia records, entered by a Dr. Edwin Lacy, that a daughter was born to a Leslie and Lila Sweet on May 27, 1781 aboard an unnamed ship. Her name was listed as Toot Margaret Sweet.

S.S. Feenicks

Item 2: The Bolaris Report, a fragile paper found folded in a copy of the Bible by Edmund Straith in his home in Longview, Washington, USA in February of 1949. He had no idea how the Bible or the report ended up in his hands, but the inscription on the inside cover of the Bible mentioned Shoppolis Islands. He put two and two together and notified SI authorities of his find. It was purchased for a nominal fee to assist in the support of Mr. Straith, who was, then, preparing to move into a home for the aged. He has since passed away, but the bible and the report remain in the SI Library safe and sound.

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Item 3: Report on Disease and Disease Control, a Preliminary Report by Senior Warrant Officer, Surgeon, Doctor Lyle Montagu, and Warrant Officer, Surgeon's Mate, Stephen Devling, April 12, 1784, a report requested by Captain Everett Shopp upon landing on the new islands; rendered usable in February of 2004 compliments of Grace Donnelly and Phillip Ranger of SI's Historical Society.

Item 4: The Russian Connection: A most-compelling story told by a Shoppolis Islands citizen, February, 22, 1969. The period involved is 1942.

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Item 5: A Ship Called Bounty, December 12, 1789, The Complete Story: the story of the Bounty visiting Shoppolis Islands and the actual report recorded involving a conversation between Captain Shopp and Fletcher Christian. This story remained in obscurity on SI until recently. It was published in its entirety with lead-in's by historians.

Item 6: The Closed Door, November, 1942: A most-compelling story of the ship that now resides at a pier in SI. This ship is now the commemorative icon to a story that involved World War II and the effort to bring it to a conclusion.

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