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_ At 1 P.M. we examined the negro, who frankly owned that he was Cap't of a Comp'y as aforesaid, & that his commission was on board the privateer; that he was in the privateer in hopes of getting to the Havanah, & that there he might get a passage to Old Spain to get the reward of his brave actions.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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We gave him a dozen of stripes, but he declared that he knew nothing more than that he [the negro] had been Cap't of a Comp'y all that time.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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And thereupon he asked his Comp'y if they were willing to lett Davis the Carpenter go, Who Expressed themselves in a Violent manner saying no, Dam him, they would first shoot him or Whip him to Death at the
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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_ _The Comp'y of the Sloop Revenge to the Owners_ _Cr.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Master to Send Us 2 hogs for the Sloops Use, Also the Negro prisoner, having been Informed that he was Capt. of a Comp'y of Indians,
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Name, with some of the Mariners belonging to said Privateer, did treat this Deponent and Comp'y belonging to said Spanish Schooner with threatning and abusive Language on Returning them on board said
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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We then askt him if it was his Comp'y that had used the English so barbarously when taken att the Fort. he denyed that it was his Comp'y but laid that Cruel Action to the Florida Indians and nothing more Coud we Gett out of him.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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We Examined the Negro who franckly owned that he was Capt. of a Comp'y as aforesaid and that his Commission was on board the privateer, that he went privatter'g in hopes of Getting to the Avanah [47] and that there he might Gett a passage for to Go to old
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Ma [ste] r and myselfe, whom they carried with them to Jamaica. not being Suffered to Land any of their goods there, Sailed thence with this Ship in Comp'y of our English Fleete, pretending they were bound with her to the East Country, [5] putting our Master and myselfe on shore at Jamaica.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Comp'y of the Sloop _Revenge_ their Acct.Curt. with the Owners.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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