Home > Back to Search Results > Captain Kidd, the pirate, is captured... Very rare mention of this infamous pirate...
Click image to enlarge 121114
Show image list »

Captain Kidd, the pirate, is captured... Very rare mention of this infamous pirate...



Item # 121114

Currently Unavailable. Contact us if you would like to be placed on a want list or to be notified if a similar item is available.



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