RICHARD COOTE, EARL OF BELLOMONT, GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1699-1700 42 From a rare engraving in the Harvard College Library. VIEW OF CASTLE WILLIAM, BOSTON HARBOR, ABOUT 1729, AND A MAN-OF-WAR OF THE PERIOD 54 From the only known copy of an engraving probably by John Harris, after a drawing by William Burgis. AN ARMED SLOOP NEAR BOSTON LIGHTHOUSE IN 1729 62 From the only known copy of a mezzotint by William Burgis, published Aug. 11, 1729, and now in the possession of the United States Lighthouse Board. SAMUEL SEWALL, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1718-1728 66 From an original painting in possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society. FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF “A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO CAPT. KIDD,” London, 1701 82 From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. JOSEPH DUDLEY, GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, WHO PRESIDED AT THE TRIAL OF CAPTAIN QUELCH 102 From an original painting in possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society. FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF “THE TRIAL OF CAPT. JOHN QUELCH FOR PIRACY,” London, 1704 106 From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF REV. COTTON MATHER’S “FAITHFUL WARNINGS TO PREVENT FEARFUL JUDGMENTS,” Boston, 1704 112 From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. REV. COTTON MATHER, PASTOR OF THE SECOND (NORTH) CHURCH, Boston, 1685-1728 114 From a mezzotint by Peter Pelham after a portrait painted in 1728. FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF “THE TRIAL OF EIGHT PERSONS INDITED FOR PIRACY,” Boston, 1717 116 From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. SPANISH DOUBLOON 126 From the original gold coin, found on the beach at Wellfleet, Mass., where Bellamy’s pirate ship was wrecked in 1717 and now in the possession of Charles H. Taylor. SPANISH PIECE OF EIGHT 126 From the original eight real piece in the cabinet of the Massachusetts Historical Society. FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF REV. COTTON MATHER’S “INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LIVING FROM THE CONDITION OF THE DEAD,” Boston, 1717 130 From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. CAPT. GEORGE LOWTHER AT PORT MAYO 138