From a map in the “American Atlas,” by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1776, in the possession of John W. Farwell.

[ “Sweating” on Captain Sprigg’s pirate vessel] 278

From an engraving in “The History and Lives of the most Notorious Pirates,” by an old Seaman, London, n.d., in possession of Capt. Ernest H. Pentecost, R.N.R.

[ Pirates killing a captured man] 284

From an engraving in “The History and Lives of the Most Notorious Pirates,” by an old Seaman, London, n.d., in possession of Capt. Ernest H. Pentecost, R.N.R.

[ Fight on a pirate ship] 284

From an engraving in “The History and Lives of the Most Notorious Pirates,” by an old Seaman, London, n.d., in possession of Capt. Ernest H. Pentecost, R.N.R.

[ William Dummer, Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts, who presided at the trial of Capt. Charles Harris for piracy] 296

From the portrait by Robert Feke in possession of the Trustees of Dummer Academy.

[ “View of Newport, R. I., in 1730,” showing, at the left, Gravelly Point, on which the pirates were hanged in 1723] 308