Captain Veale

Hiram Marble and his son purchased the land in 1852 and spent decades trying to find Veale’s treasure.

In town Veale and his cargo master were seen attempting to buy cannons, offering enormous sums for them.

[7] Prentice left for Boston soon after, spotting a small boat shuttling between Veale’s sloop and a nearby 14-man shallop.

[7] Boston magistrates commissioned Samson Waters as a privateer, authorizing him to raise a militia and take a barque to capture the pirates.

[8] Few locals signed up until magistrates offered a share of plunder if the pirates were captured, and revealed that a sailor had seen silver, furs, and other treasures aboard Veale's sloop.

Hiram Marble's excavation of Veale's treasure at Dungeon Rock (Lynn, MA), from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 1878).