Note 6 — CASE OF WILLIAM KIDD.
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Shelley, fitted out from New York in 1698 by Stephen Delancey and others, was suspected of piracy. In a letter of May 27, 1699, to Delancey, from Cape May, he speaks of bringing in 15,000 dollars of passage money. Cal. St. P. Col., 1699, p. 281. He had lived in New York since 1688. See also doc. no. 85, note 17.