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[Illustration: FRONTISPIECE.]
THE
HISTORY
OF THE
LIVES AND BLOODY EXPLOITS
OF THE
MOST NOTED
PIRATES;
THEIR
Trials and Executions.
INCLUDING A CORRECT ACCOUNT OF THE
LATE PIRACIES
COMMITTED IN THE WEST-INDIES, AND THE EXPEDITION OF COMMODORE PORTER;
ALSO, THOSE COMMITTED ON THE BRIG MEXICAN, WHO WERE TRIED AND EXECUTED
AT BOSTON, IN 1835.
“Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci”—HOR.
Embellished with Engravings from Original Designs.
[Illustration: The Ship Speaker taken by the Pirates.—Page 112.]
HARTFORD:
PUBLISHED BY SILAS ANDRUS & SON
Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836, by Ezra Strong,
in the Clerk’s office of the State of Connecticut.
Stereotyped by Shepard, Oliver and Company, Boston.
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CONTENTS
THE HISTORY OF THE PIRATES.
CAPTAIN MISSON.
CAPTAIN JOHN BOWEN.
CAPTAIN ROBERT KIDD.
CAPTAIN TEW.
CAPTAIN JOHN HALSEY.
CAPTAIN THOMAS WHITE.
CAPTAIN CONDENT.
CAPTAIN BELLAMY.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM FLY.
CAPTAIN THOMAS HOWARD.
CAPTAIN LEWIS.
CAPTAIN JOHN CORNELIUS.
CAPTAIN DAVID WILLIAMS.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL BURGESS.
CAPTAIN NATHANIEL NORTH.
AN ACCOUNT
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE PRISONERS EXECUTED.
A CORRECT ACCOUNT OF THE LATE PIRACIES COMMITTED IN THE WEST-INDIES;
AND THE EXPEDITION OF COMMODORE PORTER.
MUTINY ON BOARD THE BRITISH SHIP KATE.
LIST OF ATROCIOUS PIRACIES AND BARBARITIES.
U. S. BRIG SPARK.
PIRACY.
BRIG DOVER.
PIRATES CAPTURED.
LIEUT. ALLEN’S VICTORY AND DEATH.
PIRATES ENTRAPPED.
SAILING OF COMMODORE PORTER.
EXECUTION OF THE PIRATES.
PIRATES CAPTURED.
LAFITTE, THE NOTED PIRATE, KILLED.
BATTLE WITH THE PIRATES.
CAPTURE OF A PIRATICAL STATION IN CUBA.
PIRATES TAKEN AND EXECUTED.
CHARLES GIBBS.
PIRACIES ON THE BRIG MEXICAN.
THE
HISTORY
OF
THE PIRATES.