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Digital copy of Pamphlet entitled 'The Tryals of Captain John Rackam and other Pirates',...

Catalogue reference: CO 137/14/1

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This record is about the Digital copy of Pamphlet entitled 'The Tryals of Captain John Rackam and other Pirates',... dating from 1721-1724 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
CO 137/14/1
Date
1721-1724
Description
Digital copy of Pamphlet entitled 'The Tryals of Captain John Rackam and other Pirates', printed by Robert Baldwin, Jamaica, 1721. Relates to the trials of: John Rackam, George Fetherston, Richard Corner, John Davies, John Howell, Thomas Bourn (alias Brown), Noah Harwood, James Dobbins, Patrick Carty, Thomas Earl and John Fenwish (alias Fenis), Mary Read and Anne Bonny (alias Bonn), Charles Vane and others who were tried at the Admiralty court at St Iago de la Vega, Jamaica, November 1720 to March 1721
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14075679/

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Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence

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Within the series: CO 137

Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence

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Q. Nos. 1-103. 2 parts. For digitised records from this piece, see CO 137/14/1

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Digital copy of Pamphlet entitled 'The Tryals of Captain John Rackam and other Pirates',...

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