Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period: Illustrative Documents
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Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period: Illustrative Documents
Pirates; Privateering; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources
96. Governor Nicholson to Captain Passenger. May 4,
1700 268
97. William Wilson to Governor Nicholson. May 5,
1700 269
98. Captain Michael Cole to William Wilson. May 5,
1700 270
99. Libel by Captain William Passenger. May 11, 1700 271
100. Deposition of William Woolgar and Others. (June
11, 1700) 272
101. Deposition of Joseph Man. (June 11, 1700) 273
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102. Report of Dr. George Bramston. Nov. 27, 1702 275
PRIVATEERS AT MARTINIQUE
103. Letter to _Boston News Letter_. May 8, 1704 276
CASE OF JOHN QUELCH AND HIS FELLOW PIRATES
104. Account of their Execution. June 30, 1704 278
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105. Deposition of Paul Dudley. Aug. 15, 1705 285
106. Commission for Trial of Piracy. Nov. 1, 1716 286
THE PIRATES OF THE _WHIDAH_
107. Cyprian Southack to Governor Samuel Shute. May
5 (?), 1717 290
108. Examination of John Brown. May 6, 1717 293
109. Deposition of Thomas FitzGerald and Alexander
Mackonochie. May 6, 1717 296
110. Cyprian Southack to Governor Samuel Shute. May
8, 1717 299
111. Deposition of Ralph Merry and Samuel Roberts.
May 11, 16, 1717 301
112. Trial of Simon van Vorst and Others. (Oct.), 1717 303
113. Trial of Thomas Davis. Oct. 28, 1717 307
114. Memorial of Thomas Davis. 1717 309
115. Petition of William Davis. 1717 311
PRIZE COURTS
116. Sir Henry Penrice to the Secretary of the Admiralty.
Nov. 29, 1718 312
PIRACY OF BARTHOLOMEW ROBERTS
117. EXTRACT FROM THE _BOSTON NEWS-LETTER_. AUG. 22, 1720 313
ADMIRALTY COURTS
118. John Menzies to the Secretary of the Admiralty.
July 20, 1721 318
CASES OF JOHN ROSE ARCHER AND OTHERS
119. Trial of John Fillmore and Edward Cheesman. May
12, 1724 323
120. Trial of William Phillips and Others. May 12, 1724 330
121. Trial of William White, John Rose Archer, and William
Taylor. May 13, 1724 338
122. Trial of John Baptis and Peter Taffery. May 13,
1724 342
123. Bill of Robert Dobney. June 2, 1724 344
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