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...Barry Clifford's new goal is to salvage H.M.S. Hussar, a British pay ship that sank in 80 ft. of water in the East River off Manhattan in 1780 laden with a cargo of gold that some experts estimate to be worth $500 million. Clifford has been granted an initial exploration permit for the Hussar by New York State, and expects to begin probing the river's treacherous five-knot currents and polluted water this week...
Professional Salvor Barry Clifford, 41, is running Fisher a close second in treasure hunting. Some 30 ft. down and only 1,200 ft. out from the sunbathers on Cape Cod's Marconi Beach, Clifford is salvaging booty from the Whydah, a 100-ft.-long pirate galley that foundered on a sandbank in 1717. "Everyone grew up knowing the story," recalls Clifford, who first heard the tale of sunken treasure from his crusty, Cape Cod-born uncle. "She was part of our lore...
...Clifford began his search for the Whydah in 1982. Armed with an exclusive permit from the state of Massachusetts, he concentrated on a 2-sq.-mi. area, using a magnetometer and side-scan sonar. In the summer of 1983 divers found a clay pipestem, brass nails and some rudder strapping. But try as he might, Clifford could not convince everyone that the artifacts were from the Whydah and not from any of the countless other ships that have been wrecked off the Cape. Even the 1984 discovery of three cannons failed to satisfy Clifford's critics. But last fall, while...
...people were pretty upset" about theway the decision was made, said Clifford S.Goodstein '88, adding that group members wereinformed of the decision by phone Wednesday night."People were upset that it was not actually takento a final vote," Goodstein said. "There was a lotof initial resentment." "If the conductor says no,he counts for 51 votes...
Washington's Clark Clifford saw the same thing long ago when he served in Harry Truman's White House. "President Truman had a deep and sincere loyalty to those working for him," said Clifford. "He stood by them from first to last. In a few instances his confidence may have been held too long. But the morale and dedication of the others to him transcended everything else." The same could be said of Reagan...