Friday, May 29, 2026

RAC fort at Bunce Island in Pirate History

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 Just a note: Comparing an 18th-century map of Bunce Island in the Sierra Leone River in West Africa with a modern Google Maps image, you ca...

The Memorial of George Watkins

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  [From: SP 36-154-1-8 - the Memorial of George Watkins] The Memorial of George Watkins That he went on board the Wright Galley Stephen Spel...

Petition of the Companies belonging to the Morning Star and other Pirate Ships, n.d.

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  [From: SP 36-154-1-164 at National Archives in London] To the Kings most Excell. Maj.tie The most Humble Petition of severall of the Distr...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Declaration of Surgeon Jean Rousseau

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 Declaration of Surgeon Jean Rousseau 6-gun, 63-man Sea King under Saint-Malo’s Montigny La Palisse - tied to history of Bartholomew Robert...

Letter of William Hamilton to M. de la Verenne Concerning Pirates

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Antoine d'Arcy, Lord of La Varenne, born around 1656 and died in Toulon on March 27, 1732, was a French naval officer and colonial admin...

Letter from Robert Lowther to M. de la Varenne at Martinique Concerning Pirates

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Antoine d'Arcy, Lord of La Varenne, born around 1656 and died in Toulon on March 27, 1732, was a French naval officer and colonial admin...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Excerpt from "Blackbeard is Not My Name!"

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  Excerpt from Blackbeard is Not My Name! , The Private Journal of Edward Thache : A dra...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Early MAGA: Rev. Richard Roach in the Cary Rebellion

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 Excerpt from Defining North Carolina: a Political Sketch and Biography of Surveyor-General Edward Moseley , by Baylus C. Brooks: p. 295-299...