The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down (55 page)

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Hans Sloane biography:
Arthur MacGregor, "Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753)," in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Rogers's letter to Hans Sloane:
British Museum, Sloane Collection, MS No. 4044, folio 155 as printed in Manwaring (1935), p. 125.

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Contact with the S.P.C.K.:
Little, p. 173.

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Madagascar scheme squelched by East India Company:
An entirely believable theory put forth in Little, p. 174.

165
S
wift
fears capture by pirates:
General Peter Heywood to the Council of Trade and Plantations, Jamaica: 3 December 1716 in
CSPCS 1716–1717,
No. 411, p. 212.

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S
eaford
fears capture by Bellamy:
Walter Hamilton to the Council of Trade and Plantations, Antigua: 15 May 1717 in
CSPCS 1716–1717,
No. 568, p. 300.

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S
wift,
S
eaford
specifications (in notes):
Lyon, pp. 28, 32.

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Diplomats' letter to Addison:
Council of Trade and Plantations to Secretary Joseph Addison, Whitehall, London: 31 May 1717 in
CSPCS 1716–1717,
No. 596, p. 321.

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Copartners and Samuel Buck:
CO23/i, No. 31: Memorial from the Copartners for Carrying on a Trade & Settling the Bahamas Islands, London: 19 May 1721; Little, p. 180.

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Petitions to the King:
CO5/1265, No. 76iii: Woodes Rogers Petition & Proposal to the King to Govern the Bahamas Islands, London: c. July 1717; CO5/1265, No. 76iv: Petition to the King from Merchants, 1717; CO5/1265, No. 76v: Memorial to Joseph Addison from Sundry Merchants, 1717; CO5/1265, No. 76vii: Petition of Merchants of Bristol to the King, Bristol: 1717.

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Petition to the King and his decision:
"Letter of Secretary Joseph Addison to the Council of Trade and Plantations," Whitehall, London: 3 September 1717 in
CSPCS 1717–1718,
No. 64, p. 25.

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Arguments to Lords Proprietor:
CO5/1265, No. 76ii: Woodes Rogers's proposal to the Lords Proprietor of the Bahamas, 1717; Little, pp. 179–180; Letter of Richard Shelton to Mr. Popple, London: 6 November 1717 in
CSPCS 1717–1718,
No. 183, p. 97; Copy of the Surrender from the Lords Proprietor of the Bahama Islands to the King of their right of civil and military government, London: 28 October 1717 in
CSPCS 1717–1718,
No. 176, pp. 85–87.

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Purchases for the expedition:
"Memorial from the Copartners..."

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Lords' Proprietor document completed:
"Copy of the Surrender...,"pp. 85–87.

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St. James's Palace described:
John Roque,
London, Westminster and Southwark,
Map, ist edition, 1746, Sheet B2, section 8; Thomas Bowles,
A View of St. James Palace, Pall Mall & etc.,
Engraving, 1763.

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King's instructions to Rogers:
His Majesty's Commission to Woodes Rogers to be Governor of the Bahama Islands, Court of St. James, London: 16 January 1718 in
CSPCS 1717–1718,
No. 220i, pp. 110–112; His Majesty's Instructions to Governor Woodes Rogers, London: 16 January 1718, in
CSPCS 1717–1718,
No. 220Ü, pp. 112–113.

CHAPTER SEVEN: BELLAMY

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Plundering of W
hydah,
treatment of Prince:
TEP,
pp. 23–24.

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Peter Hoff's remarks:
Ibid., p. 25.

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Cargoes for Prince loaded:
Ibid., p. 25.

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Capture of the T
anner
frigate:
Ibid., pp. ii, 23, 25.

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Condition, description of M
arianne
(c. April 1717):
CO5/1318, No. 16iii: Deposition of John Lucas before John Hart, Annapolis, MD: 13 April 1717; CO5/1318, No. 16iv: Deposition of Joseph Jacob before John Hart, Annapolis, MD: 13 April 1717.

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Capture of Beer's sloop:
"Rhode Island Dispatch, May 3,"
Boston News-Letter,
6 May 1717, p. 2.

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Bellamy's speech to Beer:
GHP,
p. 587.

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M
arianne,
W
hydah
separated in fog:
TEP,
p. 23; Examination of Richard Caverley, p. 151.

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Capture of A
gnes,
E
ndeavor,
A
nne
G
alley:
TEP,
pp. 16, 23–24; CO5/1318 No. 16ii: Deposition of Andrew Turbett, Williamsburg, VA: 17 April 1717.

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William's appearance:
Deposition of John Lucas.

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Capture of T
ryal:
Deposition of John Lucas; Deposition of Joseph Jacob.

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HMS S
horeham:
ADM51/4341 pt 6: Logbook of
Shoreham;
Lyon, p. 26.

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Pirates on lookout for S
horeham;
attempted captures on 13 April:
CO5/1318 No. 4: Anonymous letter to Council of Trade and Plantations, Rappahannock, VA: 15 April 1717.

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Sails to Block Island:
Examination of Richard Caverley, p. 151; Examination of Jeremiah Higgins, p. 155.

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Rhode Island described:
Bridenbaugh, pp. 149, 153–154; J. A. Doyle,
English Colonies in America, Volume V: The Colonies Under the House of Hanover,
New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1907, p. 18.

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Gardiner's Island:
Zacks, pp. 235–237, 241–242; Robert F. Worth, "Robert D. L. Gardiner, 93, Lord of His Own Island, Dies,"
New York Times,
24 August 2004; Guy Trebay, "The Last Lord of Gardiners Island,"
New York Times,
29 August 2004; "New York Dispatch, 19 April,"
Boston News-Letter,
5 May 1717, p. 2.

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Capture of M
ary
A
nne:
Deposition of Thomas Fitzgerald and Alexander Mackonochie, Boston: 6 May 1717 in Jameson, pp. 296–297;
TEP,
p. 9.

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Course set for Cape Cod:
Ibid.

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Capture of F
isher:
Deposition of Ralph Merry and Samuel Roberts, Boston: 16 May 1717 in Jameson, pp. 301–302.

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Lights placed astern, proceed northwards:
Ibid.; Deposition of Thomas Fitzgerald and Alexander Mackonochie; TEP p. 9.

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Events on M
ary
A
nne:
TEP,
pp. 9–11; Deposition of Thomas Fitzgerald and Alexander Mackonochie, pp. 301–302.

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Events on A
nn
G
alley
and F
isher:
Deposition of Ralph Merry and Samuel Roberts, pp. 301–302.

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Events on W
hydah:
TEP,
p. 24; Cyprian Southack to Governor Shute, Eastham, MA: 8 May 1717, Massachusetts Archives item 51: 289, 289a as printed in Kinkor (2003), pp. 121–122; Cyprian Southack to Governor Shute, Provincetown, MA: 5 May 1717, Massachusetts Archives item 51: 287, 287a, as printed in Kinkor (2003), pp. 108–110; Colonel Buffett to Governor Shute in
Boston News-Letter,
29 April 1717, p. 2; Author's Interview, Kenneth J. Kinkor. The shoulder blade, still embedded on the teapot handle, is on display at the Whydah Museum.

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Fate of the M
ary
A
nne
pirates:
TEP,
p. 9; Deposition of Thomas Fitzgerald and Alexander Mackonochie.

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Fate of the A
nn
G
alley
and F
isher
pirates:
Deposition of Ralph Merry and Samuel Roberts, pp. 301–302.

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Thomas Davis and the Eastham beachcombers:
Cyprian Southack to Governor Shute, 8 May 1717; Cyprian Southack to Governor Shute, 5 May 1717.

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Capture of Connecticut sloop:
This was the
Elizabeth
of Weathersfield, Captain Gersham, on their way home from the Salt Tortugas. Deposition of Edward Sargeant, New York: 3 June 1717,
Records of the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Province of New York 1685–1838,
no. 36–3 as printed in Kinkor (2003), pp. 147–148; Examination of Richard Caverley, p. 151.

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Captures off Martha's Vinyard:
"New London Dispatch, May 10,"
Boston News-Letter,
13 May 1717, p. 2; Deposition of Zachariah Hill, Boston: 11 May 1717, Suffolk Court Files of the Massachusetts Archives, folio no. 11945 as printed in Kinkor (2003), p. 127.

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Capture of E
lizabeth:
Deposition of Paul Mansfield, Salem, MA: 25 May 1717 in Suffolk Court Files of the Massachusetts Archives, folio no. 11945 as printed in Kinkor (2003), p. 136.

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Dominicus Jordan and Cape Elizabeth:
John Lane to Governor Shute, Winter Harbor [Falmouth], ME: 19 May 1717 in James Phinney Baxter ed.,
Documentary History of the State of Maine,
Vol. IX, Portland, ME: Lafavor-Tower Co., 1907, p. 357; Tristram Frost Jordan,
The Jordan Memorial,
Somersworth, MA: New England History Press, 1982, pp. 131–155; Deposition of Paul Mansfield;"Piscataqua Dispatch, May 24,"
Boston News-Letter,
27 May 1717, p. 2.

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Williams at Damariscove:
Deposition of Paul Mansfield;"Piscataqua Dispatch, May 24,"
Boston News-Letter,
27 May 1717, p. 2.

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Williams learns of W
hydah
disaster:
Deposition of Samuel Skinner, Salem, MA: 26 May 1717, Suffolk Court Files of the Massachusetts Archives, folio no. 11945 as printed in Kinkor (2003), p. 138.

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Shute's actions:
"Boston Notice, May 27,"
Boston News-Letter,
27 May 1717, p. 1; Warrant by Governor Shute to the Sheriff of Barnstable County, Boston: 29 April 1717, Massachusetts Historical Society, Belknap Collection, item 161.A.22 as printed in Kinkor (2003), p. 102.

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Movements of R
ose
and pressing of Bostonians:
ADM 51/801: Logbook of the Rose; Action of the Massachusetts General Court, Boston: 11 June 1717, Massachusetts Court Records 21 June 1706 to 11 November 1720, p. 144 as printed in Kinkor (2003), p. 150.

CHAPTER EIGHT: BLACKBEARD

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La Buse's ship and plans:
"Piscataqua Dispatch, July 19,"
Boston News-Letter,
22 July 1717, p. 2.

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Blackbeard and Hornigold's spring 1717 cruise:
"New York Dispatch, July 29,"
Boston News-Letter,
5 August 1717, p. 2; this appears to have been the source for an inferior account in
GHP,
p. 71.

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Williams and Noland's raids down the coast:
"Philadelphia Dispatch, June 20,"
Boston News-Letter,
1 July 1717, p. 2; "New York Dispatch, June 17,"
Boston News-Letter,
24 June 1717, p. 2; "New York Dispatch, June 3,"
Boston News-Letter,
9 June 1717, p. 2.

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Stede Bonnet's family background:
St. Michael's Parish: v. 1A-2A baptisms, burials 1648–1739, Barbados Parochial Registers, Series A, 1637–1680, Microfilm, Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978, Batch M513951, Source H57923; Joanne McRee Sanders,
Barbados Records: Wills and Administrations, Volume I: 1639–1680,
Marceline, WI: Sanders Historical Publications, 1979, pp. 37–38; Lindley S. Butler,
Pirates, Privateers & Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast,
Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press, 2000, pp. 54–55.

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Bonnet's plantation:
Richard Ford,
A New Map of the Island of Barbados,
Map, 1674 as detailed in Dunn, p. 94.

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Bonnet's early life, social standing, mental illness:
GHP,
p. 95; John Camden Hotten, ed.
The Original Lists of Persons of Quality,
New York: G. A. Baker & Co, 1931, p. 451.

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Bonnet's crew, library, presence of Scots:
GHP,
p. 104.