From an engraving in “The History and Lives of the Most Notorious Pirates,” by an old Seaman, London, n.d., in possession of Capt. Ernest H. Pentecost, R.N.R. WILLIAM DUMMER, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, WHO PRESIDED AT THE TRIAL OF CAPT. CHARLES HARRIS FOR PIRACY 296 From the portrait by Robert Feke in possession of the Trustees of Dummer Academy. “VIEW OF NEWPORT, R. I., IN 1730,” SHOWING, AT THE LEFT, GRAVELLY POINT, ON WHICH THE PIRATES WERE HANGED IN 1723 308 The original painting really represents the town at a somewhat later date. Reproduced from a lithograph copy made in 1864, now in the George L. Shepley Library, Providence, R. I. FISHING SHIP AND STATION ON THE NEWFOUNDLAND COAST ABOUT 1710 314 From an insert in Herman Moll’s “Map of North America,” London [1710-1715], in the possession of John W. Farwell. FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF REV. COTTON MATHER’S “THE CONVERTED SINNER ... A SERMON PREACHED ... IN THE HEARING AND AT THE DESIRE OF CERTAIN PIRATES, A LITTLE BEFORE THEIR EXECUTION,” Boston, 1724 324 From an original in the library of the American Antiquarian Society. FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF “THE TRYALS OF SIXTEEN PERSONS FOR PIRACY,” Boston, 1726 328 From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF REV. BENJAMIN COLMAN’S “SERMON PREACHED TO SOME MISERABLE PIRATES,” Boston, 1726 334 From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF REV. COTTON MATHER’S “VIAL POURED OUT UPON THE SEA,” Boston, 1726 336 From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. CAPT. BARTHOLOMEW ROBERTS 340 From an engraving in Johnson’s “General History of the Pirates,” London, 1725, in the possession of George Francis Dow. CAPT. JOHN AVERY TAKING THE GREAT MOGUL’S SHIP 346 From an engraving in Johnson’s “General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Pyrates,” etc., London, 1734, in the Harry Elkins Widener Collection, Harvard College Library. CAPT. EDWARD TEACH, COMMONLY CALLED “BLACK BEARD” 350 From an engraving in Johnson’s “General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Pyrates,” etc., London, 1734, in the Harry Elkins Widener Collection, Harvard College Library. FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF “THE TRIALS OF FIVE PERSONS FOR PIRACY, FELONY AND ROBBERY,” Boston, 1726 354