Man overboard and missing after 4th of July party

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From the New Jersey Mirror 15 Jul 1875:

On the 5th, a Fourth of July party on a schooner coming up the Delaware, all hands being very much intoxicated, lost a man overboard, and was not aware of the fact until they missed him on arriving opposite Burlington. His disappearance cannot be accounted for, except upon supposition of the above. The sum of fifty dollars has been offered for his recovery.

A fifty dollar reward, but the article doesn't bother to give his name?
Location: Burlington, NJ, USA

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