The Real Captain Kidd: A VindicationDalton, Cornelius Neale
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The Real Captain Kidd: A Vindication
Dalton, Cornelius Neale
Kidd, William, -1701; Pirates -- Biography
Further saith, That the first Place that the Sloop _Antonio_ aforesaid
touched at, after the said Captain _Kidd_, and his Company, left the said
Ship at _Mona_ aforesaid, was the _Horekills_ in _Dellaware Bay_, where
the said Sloop staid Two Days: and one _James Gillam_, a Passenger that
came with the said _Kidd_ from _Madagascar_, being one of the _Mocha’s_
Frigate’s Crew, sent his Chest on shore there, being a large chest and
heavy; which the Examinant supposeth to be full of _India_ Goods, and was
stowed in the said Sloop’s Hold in the Passage from _Mona_: After the
said Sloop had staid at the _Horekills_ aforesaid about Two Days, she
sailed to _Gardner’s Island_, and anchored there; where Captain _Kidd_
sent on shore Two Bales of Goods, Two Negro Boys, and a Negro Girl, and
delivered them to Mr. _Gardner_; and were not brought on board the Sloop
again, the Examinant remaining on board almost all the time; neither was
anything more carried on shore, there, to this Examinant’s knowledge:
And there was, in Company with the said Sloop under Captain _Kidd’s_
command, a Sloop said to belong to _New York_, whereon one _Hardrick_, a
_Dutchman_, a young Man, was either Skipper, or one of the Company; into
which Sloop there was put Two or more Bales, One of them being Bengall
Silks, all belonging to one _Humphry Clay_, and Four or more Chests
belonging to said _Humph Clay_, _English Smith_, _Gabriel Luffe_, and
_Martin Skinke_: This Examinant was informed, the said Sloop was bound on
a trading Voyage to _Martha’s Vineard_, with Rum and Fruckin Cloth; but,
having received the said Bales and Chests on board, did not proceed to
_Martha’s Vineard_, but went back again for _New York_. The said Captain
_Kidd_ and his Company, then proceeded with his Sloop to _Block Island_:
and put nothing on shore there, only Two Guns about Two or Three hundred
Weight apiece, which Captain _Kidd_ gave to one _Sands_: Then the Sloop
went to _Tarpolin Cove_, where One or more Bales of the Captain’s were
put on shore, and delivered to the Man that dwells there.
And the Examinant saith, That nothing that was put on shore at any of
the Places aforesaid, was, to his Knowledge, received on board the said
Sloop again: and that nothing was put on shore at any other Place, than
what is before-mentioned.
The Examinant further saith, That Captain _Kidd_ traded with Mr.
_Boulton_ and Mr. _Burt_ aforesaid, for the Quantity of Twenty Bales
of Goods or thereabouts, as he supposes; besides what those of his
Company with them: Six of which, viz., _Michael Callaway_, _John Hales_,
_John Beovender_, _Wm. Boyer_, _Neece_, a _Dutchman_ and _Nouter_, a
_Dutchman_, went to _Caracao_ in Burt’s Brigantine, and one other, named
_John Ware_, went thither also in a small sloop.
Signed
WILLIAM W. G. JINKINS.
BOSTON, 6 July, 1699. Taken before his Excellency and Council
ISA ADDINGTON. _Secretary._
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