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

by Ezra Baldwin Strong

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.