From the absence of obvious documentation and a large amount of weaponry found aboard, the schooner is suspected to be a privateer from the War of 1812.
Here's a map of where the wreck was located:
And here's a photo of a 6-pounder cannon retrieved from the wreck, in very good condition indeed:
So maybe old Jean Lafitte himself knew this ship and walked her decks. Stranger things have happened.
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