The pirates of the New England coast, 1630-1730

Front matter

Reading edition

VIEW OF THE HARBOR AND TOWN OF BOSTON IN 1723

From an engraving in the British Museum after a drawing by William Burgis

THE PIRATES OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST 1630–1730

By GEORGE FRANCIS DOW

Curator of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

and

JOHN HENRY EDMONDS

Massachusetts State Archivist

Introduction by CAPT. ERNEST H. PENTECOST, R.N.R.

MARINE RESEARCH SOCIETY SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS

1923

PUBLICATION NUMBER TWO OF THE MARINE RESEARCH SOCIETY SALEM, MASS.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE JORDAN & MORE PRESS BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED TO THE MARINERS AND MERCHANTS OF NEW ENGLAND WHO SUFFERED LOSS OF LIFE OR PROPERTY AT THE HANDS OF PIRATES