Note 9 — PART I SIMEON POTTER AND THE PRINCE CHARLES OF LORRAINE
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Suspecting that Rodelan and Rhode Island were similar enough in sound to mislead Father Fauque, we examined the list of governors of Rhode Island, and found that William Greene was governor in 1744-5. This, therefore, was a Rhode Island privateer.[10] Father Fauque says Captain Potter was “Creole de la Nouvelle Angleterre.” He, of course, means he was a native of New England, and we have thus translated it.—Trans.