The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down (58 page)

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Capture of the P
rincess,
W
illiam
of Boston:
Letter to the Lords Proprietor of Carolina, 13 June 1718; CO5/508: South Carolina Imports..., pp. 54–55;
TSB,
p. 44.

254 "
Baker's dozen":
TSB,
p. 48.

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Swearing revenge on New Englanders:
"South Carolina Dispatch, June 6,"
Boston News-Letter,
7 July 1718, p. 2.

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Blackbeard angry at Richards for not burning William:
TSB,
p. 44.

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Quotes from Blackbeard's journal:
GHP,
p. 86.

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Alleged plan to intercept Spanish treasure fleet:
TSB,
p. 45.

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Beaufort Inlet, channel, and village in 1718:
John T. Wells and Jesse E. McNinch, "Reconstructing Shoal and Channel Configuration in Beaufort Inlet,"
Southeastern Geology,
Vol. 40, No. 1 (February 2001), pp. 11–18; Charles L. Paul, "Colonial Beaufort,"
North Carolina Historical Review,
Vol. 42, 1965, pp. 139–152; Author's Visit, Beaufort, NC: 17 April 2005.

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Blackbeard runs Q
ueen A
nne's
R
evenge
aground:
Richard W. Lawrence and Mark Wilde-Ramsing, "In Search of Blackbeard: Historical and Archeological Research at Shipwreck Site 0003BUI,"
Southeastern Geology,
Vol. 40, No. 1 (February 2001), pp. 7–9.
TSB,
p. 46; "Philadelphia Dispatch, June 26,"
Boston News-Letter,
7 July 1718, p. 2.

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Blackbeard doublecrosses Bonnet, other pirates:
Hargrave (VI), pp. 163, 167; "New York Dispatch, July 14,"
Boston News-Letter,
21 July 1718, p. 2.

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Bath described:
Herbert R. Paschal Jr.,
A History of Colonial Bath,
Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Co., 1955, pp. 32–38; "Historic Bath Walking Tour" (pamphlet), Bath, NC: Historic Bath Historic Sites; Author's Visit, Bath, NC: 16 April 2005.

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Charles Eden background, home:
Wilson & Fiske, Vol. 7, p. 301; Lee, pp. 55–65.

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Blackbeard's men disperse:
Spotswood to Lord John Cartwright, 14 February 1718; Spotswood to the Council of Trade and Plantations, Williamsburg, VA: 22 December 1718 in
CSPCS 1717–1718,
No. 800, p. 430.

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Blackbeard at Plum Point:
Lee, p. 62 (citing interviews with elderly Bath residents during a 1966 research trip).

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Blackbeard marries in Bath:
GHP,
p. 76; Lee, pp. 74–75; ADM 1/1826 f2: George Gordon to the Admiralty, London: 12 September 1721.

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Blackbeard revels with planters:
GHP,
p. 77.

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Death of Mary of Modena; collapse of Stuart plan:
Hector McDonnell,
The Wild Geese of the Antrim McDonnells,
Dublin: Irish Academic Press, p. 81.

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Jennings takes Bennett's commission:
"Piscatiqua (Portsmouth, NH) Dispatch, July 4,"
Boston News-Letter,
7 July 1718, p. 2.

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Vane departs with seventy-five men:
GHP,
p. 141.

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Capture of R
ichard &
J
ohn:
TJR,
pp. 38, 40.

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Capture of French ship and two-masted vessel:
GHP,
pp. 141–142. The ship was not yet in Vane's possession when he captured the
Richard & John,
but is referred to regularly in regard to the events of July 4, so was presumably his flagship during the capture of the
St. Martin.

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Capture of S
t.
M
artin:
ADM 1/2649, fii: Vice Admiralty Court Proceedings, Nassau: 7–9 August 1718 (especially Testimony of Jacques Blondez);
GHP,
p. 141; Note that Blondez cites a "New Style" or Gregorian calendar date (July 1) in his testimony; ADM 1/2649 fii: An account of the Wines, Flower & Beef belonging to the Brigantine called the St. Martin of Bordeaux.

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Capture of sloops off Harbour Island, Vane in Nassau July 4–24:
GHP,
p. 142; ADM 1/2649, fii: Vice Admiralty Court Proceedings, Nassau: 7–9 August 1718 (testimonies of Robert Brown, William Harris, John Draper, John Fredd).

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Rogers arrives:
ADM 51/801: entries for 24–25 July 1718.

CHAPTER TEN: BRINKSMANSHIP

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Disposition of Rogers fleet, night of July 24:
ADM 1/2282 f2: George Pomeroy to the Admiralty, New York: 3 September 1718; ADM 51/406 pt. 4: entries of 23–25 July 1718; ADM 51/801 pt. 4: entries of 24–25 July 1718; ADM 51/892: entries of 24–25 July 1718.

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Vane fires on R
ose,
scene in harbor:
ADM 51/801 pt. 4: entry of 25 July 1718;
GHP,
p. 143; CO 23/1, No. 31: Memorial from the Copartners for carrying on a trade and settling the Bahamas Islands, London: 19 May 1721; CO 23/1, No. 17: Testimonial of Samuel Buck on the State of the Bahama Islands, 2 December 1719.

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Lieutenant meets with Vane:
ADM 51/801 pt. 4: entry of 25 July 1718.

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Vane's letter:
Charles Vane to Woodes Rogers, Nassau: 24 July 1718 in
GHP,
p. 142.

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Vane's fireship:
ADM 51/406 pt. 4: entry of 25 July 1718; ADM 51/801 pt. 4: entry of 25 July 1718; ADM 51/892: entry of 25 July 1718;
GHP,
p. 143.

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Vane takes K
atherine,
collects supplies, men from town:
GHP,
p. 143; CO 23/1, No. 10viii: Deposition of Richard Taylore, Nassau: 4 August 1718; ADM 51/406 pt. 4: entry of 25 July 1718.

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Smoldering timbers:
Rogers to the Council of Trade and Plantations, Nassau: 31 October 1718 in
CSPCS 1717–1718,
No. 737, p. 372.

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D
elicia,
M
ilford
run aground:
ADM 51/406 pt. 4: entry of 25 July 1718; Rogers to the Council of Trade, 31 October 1718, p. 372.

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B
uck,
another sloop, pursue Vane:
ADM 51/801 pt. 4: entry of 25 July 1718; ADM 51/892: entry of 25 July 1718;
GHP,
p. 143; George Pomeroy to the Admiralty, 3 September 1718; Rogers to the Council of Trade, 31 October 1718.

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Rogers's landing and reception:
Rogers to the Council of Trade, 31 October 1718, p. 372;
GHP,
pp. 616–617.

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Condition of the fort:
Rogers to the Council of Trade, 31 October 1718, p. 374;
GHP,
p. 615.

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Accommodations for soldiers, colonists:
GHP,
pp. 617–619.

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Governing council named:
CO 23/i, No. 10ii: Council Minutes for 1 August 1718; Woodes Rogers to the Council of Trade, 31 October 1718, pp. 372–373.

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Pirate and nonpirate population:
Testimonial of Samuel Buck on the State of the Bahama Islands, 2 December 1719.

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Rogers's work plans:
CO 23/1, No. 10ii: Council Minutes for 5, 20 & 28 August 1718.

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S
amuel
arrives:
ADM 51/892: entry of 1 August 1718.

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Vane's message:
Rogers to the Council of Trade, 31 October 1718, pp. 376–377.

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Richard Taylor's report:
Deposition of Richard Taylore.

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Disease strikes Nassau:
Rogers to the Council of Trade, 31 October 1718, pp. 373–374; ADM 51/801 pt. 4: entries of 8–9 August 1718; ADM 51/406 pt. 4: entries of 6–13 August 1718; CO 23/1, No. 10i: A general list of soldiers, sailors and passengers deceased since we arrived at Providence, Nassau: October 1718; Testimonial of Samuel Buck.

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Rogers's sickness:
CO 23/i, No. 10ii: Council Minutes for 29 August 1718; CO 23/12/2: Woodes Rogers' Appeal to the King, London: 1726.

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Rogers on locals' laziness:
CO 23/1, No. 15: Rogers to the Council of Trade, 29 May 1719; Rogers to the Council of Trade, 31 October 1718, p. 374.

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Rogers negotiates with Chamberlaine:
Rogers to the Council of Trade, 31 October 1718, p. 376.

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M
ilford,
S
hark
depart Nassau:
ADM 51/406 pt. 4: entry of 16 August 1718.

271
Vane's men in boat, Joseph Cockram's news:
Rogers to the Council of Trade, 31 October 1718, pp. 376; CO 23/1, No. 10iii: Deposition of Thomas Bowlin and four others, Nassau: 8 September 1718.

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Loss of
B
uck,
story of Walter Kennedy:
ADM 51/801 pt. 4: entry of 10 September 1718; CO 23/1, No. 31: Memorial from the Copartners for carrying on a trade and settling the Bahamas Islands, London: 19 May 1721; ADM 1/1597 fii: Peter Chamberlaine to the Admiralty,
Milford
at New York: 20 November 1718; Arthur L. Hayward (ed.),
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals,
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1927 (originally published London: John Osborn, 1735), pp. 35–36.

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Negotiations with, departure of Whitney:
Rogers to the Council of Trade, 31 October 1718, pp. 376; ADM 51/801 pt. 4: Logbook of the
Rose,
entry of 14 September 1718; CO 23/13: Rogers to Secretary Craggs, Nassau: 24 December 1718.

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News of Vane's arrival:
Rogers to the Council of Trade, 31 October 1718, p. 376.

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Capture of J
ohn &
E
lizabeth:
TJR,
pp. 26, 35, 37.

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Capture of Barbados sloop J
ohn &
E
lizabeth:
GHP,
p. 135.

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Pirate account from W
eekly
J
ournal:
"News from a ship newly-arrived from South Carolina," London
Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer,
27 December 1718, p. 1, 238.

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Vane's captures at Charleston:
"Rhode Island Dispatch, October 10,"
Boston News-Letter,
20 October 1718, p. 2; Governor and Council of South Carolina to the Council of Trade and Plantations, Charlestown, SC: 21 October 1718 in
CSPCS 1717–1718,
No. 730, p. 366; CO 5/508: South Carolina Imports for the 24th June to the 29th September 1718, p. 64.

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Yeats' defection:
"Rhode Island Dispatch, October 10,"
Boston News-Letter,
20 October 1718, p. 2.

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Catching the E
mperor
and N
eptune:
"Protest of Captain King, Commander of the Neptune," Nassau: 5 February 1719 in
GHP,
p. 144; Deposition of Joseph Aspinwall, London: 28 July 1719 in Peter Wilson Coldham (ed.),
English Adventurers and Emigrants 1661–1733,
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Inc., 1985, p. 150; CO 5/508: South Carolina Exports for the 24th June to the 29th September 1718, p. 68. The
Neptune
was a 300- ton ship under Captain John King, the
Emperor
a fifty-ton vessel under Arnold Powers.

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Bonnet seeks privateering commission:
Bonnet even went so far as to obtain clearance papers from Governor Eden, officially endorsing his departure for St. Thomas. Hargrave (VI), pp. 164, 185.

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Robert Tucker elected, overrules Bonnet:
Ibid., pp. 162, 164, 184–185.

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R
evenge
has only 10–12 barrels of provisions:
Ibid., p. 167.

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Bonnet's aliases, renaming R
evenge:
Ibid., p. 161;
TSB,
p. 46.

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Trading goods for plunder:
TSB,
p. 46;
GHP,
p. 98.

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Tucker cuts victims:
Hargrave (VI), p. 173.

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Toasting James Stuart in Lewes, Tucker "their father":
Ibid., p. 166.

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Pirates escape to and from Rhode Island:
"Rhode Island Dispatch, August 8,"
Boston News-Letter,
11 August 1718, p. 2;
TSB,
p. 46; "Rhode Island Dispatch, August 15,"
Boston News-Letter,
18 August 1718, p. 2.