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Captain Kidd, the pirate, is captured... Very rare mention of this infamous pirate...
Captain Kidd, the pirate, is captured... Very rare mention of this infamous pirate...
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April 15, 1700
LONDON GAZETTE, April 15, 1700
* Captain Kidd is captured
This genuine single sheet newspaper has an exceedingly significant--yet inconspicuous--report on the back page reporting the capture of the infamous pirate Captain Kidd.
The report includes:
"Yesterday arrived in the Downes His Majesty's Ship the 'Advice', having on board Captain Kidd, and divers other Pyrates lately seized in New-England..." (see photos).
Kidd would later be convicted for murder and piracy and be hanged.
Lite rubbing in a few places and lite dampstaining, neither affecting this report. Very uncommon to find mention of Captain Kidd in a period newspaper.
Category: Confederate