Hadlock's Eskimos in New York (1821) Hugh L. Dwelley In 1934, noted novelist Rachel Field published a docu-novel, titled God's Pocket, that told of the adventures of Capt. Samuel Hadlock, Jr. of Cranberry Isles. She described his tour of Europe's country fairs and royal courts with a Barnum-&-Bailey-type show featuring performances by an Eskimo couple from the Arctic. While in Europe, Hadlock mar- ried a young Prussian girl who, when they returned to his home on Great Cranberry Island, became known as "the Prussian Lady." Neither of the Eskimos survived to return with Hadlock. In 2003, the Islesford Historical Society published Beyond God's Pocket a book that relates a great deal more about the Eskimos, George Niagungitok and Mary Coonunnak, and about the contents of Hadlock's show and their travels in Europe. This information would not have been available to Rachel Field. Artifacts from Hadlock's show have been discovered in a Berlin museum, and European scholars are continuing to research and report the details of this singular undertaking. This article draws upon newly found material that tells us something of what happened between the time George and Mary (with an infant) went on board Hadlock's ship Five Brothers at Greedy Harbor, Labrador in October, 1820 and their arrival in England nearly a year later. This material consists of seven articles from New York and Philadelphia newspapers. Six of these articles are dated from February through April, 1821. The seventh was published on November 11th. 1821, probably after Hadlock and his troupe were already in England. Samuel Hadlock, Jr. was the eldest of five sons of Samuel Hadlock of Little Cranberry Island. The elder Hadlock (1770-1854) ran a profitable ship chandlery and owned or had interests in a sizable Heet of vessels engaged in fishing, sealing, whaling and the coastal trade in lumber,