The pirates of the New England coast, 1630-1730

29 chapters

1. 1PREFACE5m
2. 2ILLUSTRATIONS12m
3. 3INTRODUCTION12m
4. 4CHAPTER I The Beginnings of English Piracy40m
5. 5CHAPTER II Dixey Bull, the First Pirate in New England Waters and Some Others who Followed Him47m
6. 6CHAPTER III John Rhoade, Pilot of the Dutch Pirates on the Coast of Maine19m
7. 7CHAPTER IV Thomas Pound, Pilot of the King’s Frigate, who became a Pirate and Died a Gentleman39m
8. 8CHAPTER V Capt. William Kidd, Privateersman and Reputed Pirate23m
9. 9CHAPTER VI Thomas Tew, who Retired and Lived at Newport29m
10. 10CHAPTER VII John Quelch and his Crew who were Hanged in Boston and their Gold Distributed34m
11. 11CHAPTER VIII Samuel Bellamy, whose Ship was Wrecked at Wellfleet and 144 Drowned34m
12. 12CHAPTER IX George Lowther who Captured Thirty-Three Vessels in Seventeen Months18m
13. 13CHAPTER X Ned Low of Boston and how he became a Pirate Captain31m
14. 14CHAPTER XI Captain Roberts’ Account of what Happened on Low’s Ship1h 8m
15. 15CHAPTER XII The Brutal Career and Miserable End of Ned Low37m
16. 16CHAPTER XIII The Strange Adventures of Philip Ashton11m
17. 17ASHTON’S MEMORIAL An History of the Strange Adventures, and Signal Deliverances of Mr. PHILIP ASHTON, Jun. of Marblehead1h 4m
18. 18CHAPTER XIV Nicholas Merritt’s[135] Account of His Escape from Pirates14m
19. 19CHAPTER XV Francis Farrington Spriggs, Companion of Capt. Ned Low23m
20. 20CHAPTER XVI Charles Harris who was Hanged at Newport with Twenty-five of his Crew41m
21. 21CHAPTER XVII John Phillips whose Head was Cut off and Pickled36m
22. 22CHAPTER XVIII William Fly, who was Hanged in Chains on Nix’s Mate22m
23. 23CHAPTER XIX Pirate Haunts and Cruising Grounds31m
24. 24CHAPTER XX Pirate Life and Death35m
25. 25APPENDIX I Captain Ploughman’s Privateering Commission3m
26. 26II Captain Ploughman’s Instructions5m
27. 27III The Dying Speeches of Captain Quelch and his Companions5m
28. 28IV John Fillmore’s Narrative3m
29. 29V An “Act of Grace”6m

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