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Author Dow, George Francis, 1868-1936.

Title The pirates of the New England Coast, 1630-1730 / George Francis Dow and John Henry Edmonds ; with an introduction by Ernest H. Pentecost.

Imprint New York : Dover Publications, 1996.

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 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  974.02 D752p 1996    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xxii, 394 pages, approximately 43 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The beginning of English piracy -- Dixey Bull, the first pirate in New England waters and some others who followed him -- John Rhodes, pilot of the Dutch pirates on the coast of Maine -- Thomas Pound, pilot of the King's frigate, who became a pirate and died a gentleman -- William Kidd, privateersman and reputed pirate -- Thomas Tew, who retired and lived at Newport -- John Quelch and his crew, who were hanged at Boston and their gold distributed -- Samuel Bellamy, whose ship was wrecked at Wellfleet and 142 drowned -- George Lowther, who captured thirty-three vessels in seventeen months -- Ned Low of Boston and how he became a pirate captain -- Captain Roberts' curious account of what happened on Low's ship -- The brutal career and miserable end of Ned Low -- The strange adventures of Philip Ashton -- Nicholas Merritt's account of his escape from pirates -- Francis Farrington Spriggs, the companion of Ned Low -- Charles Harris, who was hanged at Newport with twenty-five of his crew -- John Phillips, whose head was cut off and pickled -- William Fly, who was hanged in chains on Nix's Mate -- Pirate haunts and cruising grounds -- Pirate life and death -- Captain Ploughman's commission -- Captain Ploughman's instructions -- Dying speech of Captain Quelch -- John Fillmore's narrative -- An "act of grace."
Summary Meticulously researched study based on authentic documents recounts lurid exploits, punishments of such hardened maritime brigands as William Kidd, Charles Harris, Thomas Tew, John Phillips, other marauders.
Subject Pirates -- New England -- History.
New England -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
Pirates. (OCoLC)fst01064776
New England. (OCoLC)fst01241913
Chronological Term 1600-1775
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Edmonds, John Henry, 1873-
ISBN 0486290646
9780486290645

 
    
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