A full and faithful account of the [l]ife of James Bather, late boatswain of the Nightingale brig, Thomas Benson, Esq; owner : Written by Himself. Containing, a circumstantial narrative of all the steps taken by John Lancey, master of the said ship, and others, for wilfully burning and sinking the vessel, in order to defraud the insurers; from the first to the last of that abominable transaction. Together with a relation of the means whereby a discovery thereof was made by the author, and Captain Lancey (now under sentence of death) capitally convicted of the same. Published from the author's manuscripts; revised and corrected by an impartial hand.