Front matter
Reading edition
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FRONTISPIECE.
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.
“Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci”—Hor.
Embellished with Engravings from Original Designs.

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.