The Real Captain Kidd: A Vindication

CONTENTS

Chapter		Page
I	Preliminary	3
II	The Voyage of the Adventure Galley	39
III	Kidd’s Return Home	77
IV	The Genesis and Growth of the Arch-Pirate Myth	105
V	Kidd’s First Trial at the Old Bailey	141
VI	The Subsequent Trials of Kidd and His Crew for Piracy	171
VII	Kidd’s End	195
APPENDICES
Appendix A		229
1.	Copy of the King’s Grant of Pirates’ Goods.
2.	Articles of Agreement between Bellamont, Levingston, and Kidd.
3.	Kidd’s Sailing Orders.
Appendix B		255
1.	Kidd’s Own Narrative of His Voyage.
2.	The Examination of William Jinkins, Richard Barlycorne, and Robert Lumley.
3.	The Examination of Hugh Parratt.
4.	The Examination of Gabriel Luff.
5.	The Depositions of Abel Owen and Samuel Arris, English Smith and Humphry Clay.
Appendix C		309
	The French Passes sent to Bellamont by Kidd, included amongst the papers ordered by the House of Commons to be delivered to the Secretary of the Admiralty for the purposes of Kidd’s trial.
1.	The French Pass taken on board the Quedagh or Karry Merchant (le Navire Cara)
2.	The French Pass taken on board the other prize captured by Kidd.
Appendix D		315
	The Report of Duncan Campbell to Bellamont.
Appendix E		325
	Extracts relating to Bellamont and Kidd from Narcissus Luttrell’s “Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September, 1678, to April, 1714.”

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