Obituary in The New England Times - July 23, 1850

Mrs. Margaret Fuller Ossoli, prominent New England writer, teacher, journalist, and critic, died just off of Fire Island, New York, on July 19, around 3:30 A. M. She; her husband - Mr. Giovanni Angelo Ossoli; and their son Angelo were returning to America from Italy aboard the ship Elizabeth. In the early morning of the above date, the ship, laboring through heavy wind and rain, struck into a sandbar not far from the island’s shore. It is believed that the waves washed both Mr. and Mrs. Ossoli overboard, for neither of their bodies has been found. Only their son was recovered, and he dead.