The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down (53 page)

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Fourteen divers with Jennings:
Testimony of Pedro de la Vega, Havana: 13 January 1716, in SAT, pp. 112–115.

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Sloop E
agle:
Jennings's consort is sometimes misidentified as being commanded by Edward James, who was in fact a part owner of the vessel (see ADM1/1471, f24, Balcher letter). The
Eagle,
commanded by Willis, is positively identified as Jennings's consort in the notes to the list of vessels commissioned by Hamilton (CO137/12, No. 16ii).

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Jennings's movements in December:
Marquis de Cassa Torres to Archibald Hamilton, Havana: 3 January 1716, as translated in Kinkor (2003), pp. 19–20. The original is in CO137/12, No. 9.

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Capture of S
an
N
icolas de
V
ari y
S
an
J
oseph:
Testimony of Pedro de la Vega, pp. 112–115; Deposition of Joseph Lorrain, Jamaica: 21 August 1716, Jamaica Council Minutes, ff. 110–111 in Kinkor (2003), p. 67.

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Relative location of the wrecks:
The
Regla
(Cabin Wreck),
Roman
(Corrigan's),
Carmen
(Rio Mar), and
Nieves
(Douglas Beach) wrecks are mapped out in Jim Sinclair et al.,
Florida East Coast Shipwreck Project 2001 Season Report,
Sebastian, FL: Mel Fisher Center, 2002,pp. 61–69.The
Urca de Lima
wreck is two miles north of the
Nieves,
often referred to as the Wedge Wreck.

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Palmar de Ayz an Indian palm grove:
Link (c. 1970), p. 5.

109 
Salmon at Palmar de Ayz:
Francisco Salmon to the king of Spain, Palmar de Ayz: 20 September 1715, in SAT, pp. 6–7; Don Joseph Clemente Fernandez letter, Palmar de Ayz: 10 September 1715, a "Vatican document" translated in SAT, pp. 112–113; Marquis de Cassa Torres to Viceroy Linares of Mexico, Havana: 12 October 1715 (Gregorian) in SAT, pp. 31–32; Miguel de Lima y Melo to Duque de Linares, 19 October 1715, pp. 33–35.

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Diving technology, work of divers:
Kris E. Lane,
Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas 1500–1700,
Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2001, pp. 161–163; Link (c. 1970), p. 7; Wagner, pp. 63–65. The use of "diving engines" or bells is confirmed in
GHP,
p. 35.

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Quantity of treasure salvaged:
Wagner, p. 66, to whose estimate should be added that sent out in the
Maricaybo:
Declaration of Antonio Peralta, Havana: [1716?], translated in SAT, pp. 115–116. Further details in Letter of Captain Don Francisco de Soto Sanchez, Havana: 29 October 1715 translated in SAT, pp. 102–103.

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About 350,000 pieces of eight on site:
GHP,
p. 36.

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Jennings's raid on the Spanish Camp:
"Extract of a letter from Don Juan Francisco del Valle to the Marquis de Monteleon," Jamaica: March 18, 1716 in
CSPCS 1716–1717,
item No. 158i, pp. 78–79; Testimony of Pedro de la Vega, pp. 113–114; Declaration of Antonio Peralta, pp. 115–116; Link, p. 8; Deposition of Joseph Lorrain, pp. 67–68.

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Vane's presence in the attack:
GHP,
p. 135.

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Torture of Spanish prisoners:
Representation of Merchants against Governor Lord A. Hamilton, Jamaica: c. May 1716 in
CSPCS 1716–1717,
No. 158viii, p. 82.

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Flying Gang rejects Treaty of Utrecht, will spare Dutch and English:
"New York Dispatch,"
Boston News-Letter,
28 May 1716, p. 2.

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Hornigold's actions in November 1715:
Deposition of John Vickers, pp. 140–141; CO5/1265, No. 52i: Deposition of Thomas Walker Jr., Charlestown, SC: 6 August 1716; CO5/1265, No. 52: Thomas Walker to the Council of Trade, Charlestown, SC: August 1716.

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Jennings goes to Nassau from wrecks:
Deposition of Joseph Lorrain, Jamaica: 21 August 1716, Jamaica Council Minutes, ff. 110–111 in Kinkor (2003), pp. 67–68.

CHAPTER FIVE: A PIRATE'S LIFE

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Queen's Square house transferred:
Little, pp. 169–170.

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Allegation of £3 million:
Little, p. 168.

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Creagh frees impressed men:
Jones, p. 19.

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C
reagh v.
R
ogers:
Jones, pp. 19–22. Boxes of the original trial documents have survived and can be found in the British National Archives, C104/160.

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Birth, death of Woodes Rogers IV:
Powell, p. 103.

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Size of D
eticia:
CO23/1, No. 31: "Memorial from the Copartners for Carrying on a Trade and Settling the Bahamas Islands," London: 19 May 1721. CO5/1265, No. 76ii: Woodes Rogers proposal to the Proprietors of the Bahamas, 1717.

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Old East India House:
John Rocque,
London, Westminster, Southwark,
First Edition, Map, 1746, Sheet E2, Section 3; "A View of the Old East India House," Engraving, 1784, British Library, shelf mark P2167;
A Tour Thro' the Whole Island...,
pp. 132–149.

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Rogers's arrival in Madagascar:
Manwaring, p. 124; Little, 172. Both accounts draw on documents in the Archives Department, Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, South Africa.

119
Experiences with Madagascar pirates:
GHP,
pp. 58–62. A careful reading of
GHP
makes clear that the author must have known Rogers and interviewed him in detail for the preparation of his book. The facts he presents in relation to Madagascar fit perfectly with other documentary evidence, especially Rogers's immediate interest in acquiring slaves.

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Relative cost of Malagasy slaves:
Virginia Bever Platt,"The East India Company and the Madagascar Slave Trade,"
William & Mary Quarterly,
3rd series, Vol. 26, No. 4 (October 1969), p. 549.

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Dutch ship S
choonouwen:
Manwaring, p. 124.

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Pirates abortive plan to seize D
elicia:
GHP,
p. 62.

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Madagascar pirates petition Queen Anne:
Little, p. 172; Manwaring, p. 124.

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Conditions on slave ships circa 1700:
Malcom Cowley and Daniel P. Mannix, "The Middle Passage" in David Northup (ed.),
The Atlantic Slave Trade,
Lexington, MA: D. C. Heath & Co., 1994, p. 103; Wilem Bosman, "Trading on the Slave Coast, 1700," in Ibid., pp. 71–75;
Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas,
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002, pp. 77–87.

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Sumatra leg of Rogers' voyage:
Little, p. 172.

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Jennings in Nassau, dividing loot:
Deposition of Joseph Lorrain, Jamaica: 21 August 1716, Jamaica Council Minutes, ff. 110–111 in Kinkor (2003), p. 68.

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Jennings takes Hornigold's sloop:
Deposition of John Vickers, p. 140.

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Casa de Torres's advanced warning:
Marquis de Cassa Torres to Archibald Hamilton, Havana: 3 January 1716, translated in Kinkor (2003), p. 19–20.

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Cubans follow Jennings to Jamaica:
Alexandre O. Exquemelin,
The History of the Bucaniers of America,
Vol. I, 5th ed., London: T. Evans, 1771, p. 6.

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News of the 1715 uprising:
Boston News-Letter,
25 December 1716, pp. 1–2; "Edinburgh Dispatches of September 21 and September 23,"
Boston News-Letter,
23 January 1716, p. 1.

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Treasure brought ashore by Jennings at Jamaica:
Deposition of Joseph Lorrain, Jamaica: 21 August 1716, Jamaica Council Minutes, ff. 110–111 in Kinkor (2003), p. 68.

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Hamilton's quote regarding treasure:
Hamilton (1718), p. 62; CO137/12 No. 16ii: List of Vessels Commissioned by Governor Lord A. Hamilton, Jamaica: c. 15 May 1716.

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Hamilton signs Jennings's departure papers
(laissez-passe):
Hamilton (1718), pp. 57–58.

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Jennings's departure, consorts, crew for March cruise:
Deposition of Samuel Liddell, Jamaica: 7 August 1716, Jamaica Council Minutes, folios 49–50 in Kinkor (2003), pp. 56–57; Deposition of Allen Bernard, Jamaica: 10 August 1716, Jamaica Council Minutes, folios 63–68 in Kinkor (2003), pp. 58–62.

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Carnegie's sloop named D
iscovery:
This confirmed in A Proclomation Concerning Pyrates, Jamaica: 30 August 1716, Jamaica Council Minutes, folios 153–155 in Kinkor (2003), p. 70.

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English at Palmar de Ayz (Jan. 1716):
Captain Ayala Escobar to Governor Torres y Ayala, Palmar de Ayz, Florida: 4 February 1716 translated in SAT, pp. 56, 69.

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Amount taken by wreckers in that period:
Escobar to Cassa Torres, Palmar de Ayz, Florida: 9 February 1716, translated in SAT, pp. 56, 69.

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Dispersed by Spanish in Feb 1716:
Ibid., p. 69.

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Baymen:
Emory King,
The Great Story of Belize,
Vol. I, Belize City, Belize: Tropical Books, 1999, pp. 6–8; "Rhode Island Dispatch, September 16,"
Boston News-Letter,
12 September 1715, p. 2; "New York Dispatch, October 3,"
Boston News-Letter,
3 October 1715, p. 2.

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"
A Sailor":
Deposition of Allen Bernard.

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Capture of Cornelison's ship:
TEP,
pp. 1, 24.

125
Capture of Young's ship:
Deposition of Allen Bernard;CO137/12,No. 4111: Deposition of Joseph Eeels, Port Royal, Jamaica: 3 December 1716.

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Bellamy and Williams flee Young's ship:
Deposition of Allen Bernard.

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Jennings at Bahía Honda:
Deposition of Allen Bernard; Deposition of Joseph Eeels; Deposition of Samuel Liddell.

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Details of the St.
Marie:
CO137/12, No. 21ii: Le Comte de Blenac (Governor of Hispaniola) to Archibald Hamilton, Leogane, Haiti: 18 July 1716; Memorial of Monsr. Moret, Jamaica: c. August 1716, Jamaica Council Minutes, folio 17–23 in Kinkor (2003), pp. 48–50.

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Bellamy and Williams arrive at Bahía Honda:
Deposition of Joseph Eeels; Deposition of John Cockrane, Jamaica: 10 August 1716, Jamaica Council Minutes, folio 68–69 in Kinkor (2003), pp. 62–63.

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Bellamy and Williams naked:
Deposition of Allen Bernard, p. 59.

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Account of the attack on S
t.
M
arie:
Ibid., p. 60; Deposition of Samuel Liddell.

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S
t.
M
arie worth 700,000 livres:
Comte de Blenac to Hamilton, 18 July 1716.

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D'Escoubet's letter:
"Extract of a Letter of Captain D'Escoubet to Lord Hamilton," Bay Honda, Cuba: c. 4 April 1716, Jamaica Council Minutes folios 17–23 in Kinkor (2003), pp. 50–51.

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Conditions in Nassau in winter, 1716:
Deposition of John Vickers, pp. 140–141.

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Fernandez's raids on wrecks, time in Nassau:
Deposition of Bartolome Carpenter, Havava?: 24 June 1716, translated in SAT, pp. 117–119; Deposition of John Vickers, p. 141.

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Authority, elections, sharing of plunder on pirate ships:
Rediker (2004), pp. 61–71.

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M
arianne
described:
Comte de Blenac to Hamilton, 18 July 1716.

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Bellamy and Williams rob the St.
Marie:
Deposition of Joseph Eeels; Deposition of Allen Bernard.

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Jennings burns sloop, "cut to pieces" periagua:
Deposition of Joseph Eeels.

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Bellamy and Williams join Hornigold:
TEP,
p. 24.

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Capture of the English logwood ship:
Ibid., p. 23.

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Capture of Spanish brigantines, careening at Isle of Piños:
Ibid.

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Decision to sail B
enjamin
to Nassau:
We know that Bellamy rid himself of the
Benjamin
between the end of May and the first week of July, when Musson captured her. Reports that appear to date May 1716 place a pirate vessel consistent with the
Benjamin
in the Bahamas. "New York Dispatch, May 31,"
Boston News-Letter,
21 May 1716, p. 2.