The pirates of the New England coast, 1630-1730
Publisher: Marine Research Society
Published: 1923
Place of publication: Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Language: eng
Format: ebook
Number of pages: 395
Table of contents: title: Preface	v; title: Table of Contents	vii; title: List of Illustrations	ix; title: Introduction by Capt. Ernest H. Pentecost, R.N.R.	xvii; title: I	The beginnings of English piracy	1; title: II	Dixey Bull, the first pirate in New England waters and some others who followed him	20; title: III	John Rhodes, pilot of the Dutch pirates on the coast of Maine	44; title: IV	Thomas Pound, pilot of the King’s frigate, who became a pirate and died a gentleman	54; title: V	William Kidd, privateersman and reputed pirate	73; title: VI	Thomas Tew, who retired and lived at Newport	84; title: VII	John Quelch and his crew, who were hanged at Boston and their gold distributed	99; title: VIII	Samuel Bellamy, whose ship was wrecked at Wellfleet and 142 drowned	116; title: IX	[viii]George Lowther, who captured thirty-three vessels in seventeen months	132; title: X	Ned Low of Boston and how he became a pirate captain	141; title: XI	Captain Roberts’ curious account of what happened on Low’s ship	157; title: XII	The brutal career and miserable end of Ned Low	200; title: XIII	The strange adventures of Philip Ashton	218; title: XIV	Nicholas Merritt’s account of his escape from pirates	270; title: XV	Francis Farrington Spriggs, the companion of Ned Low	277; title: XVI	Charles Harris, who was hanged at Newport with twenty-five of his crew	288; title: XVII	John Phillips, whose head was cut off and pickled	310; title: XVIII	William Fly, who was hanged in chains on Nix’s Mate	328; title: XIX	Pirate haunts and cruising grounds	338; title: XX	Pirate life and death	353; title: Appendix; title: I   Captain Ploughman’s Commission	371; title: II   Captain Ploughman’s Instructions	373; title: III   Dying Speech of Captain Quelch	376; title: IV   John Fillmore’s Narrative	379; title: V   An “Act of Grace”	381; title: Index	383