This is the full that presents to my Memory in Answer to their Lord'ps Demands February 4th, 1700.
Hen. Bolton.
[1] From the manuscripts of the Duke of Portland at Welbeck Abbey, a copy having been kindly furnished by the Rev. Richard W. Goulding, librarian to the duke. The date Feb. 4, 1700, means Feb. 4, 1701, new style. Bolton's previous history and his relations with Kidd are sufficiently shown by this and preceding documents. In 1700 he had been shipped to England from Jamaica, and he was now, or at any rate on Dec. 22, 1700, in Newgate prison under charges of piracy. Cal. St. P. Col., 1700, p. 760.
[2] He was removed, and at the time of his removal he owed the crown about £500. Ibid., p. 603.
[3] On the Spanish Main, or north coast of South America, about 300 miles west of Curaçao.
[4] East and by south, i.e., midway between east and eastsoutheast.
[5] Steered.
[6] I.e., Some customers or some selling agents.
[7] See [doc. no. 76], [note 21].
[8] Punta Espada.