Hugh F. Rankin's THE GOLDEN AGE OF PIRACY (1969) may be the best place
to start for that place and period, and it contains a bibliography of
sources that may be helpful.

Letters that colonial governors exchanged with the Board of Trade
contain information and rumors about pirates, and there are some trial
records in the High Court of Admiralty series in the Public Record
office in Kew. Some, at least, are in Latin.

Records for a case of piracy tried in Virginia are printed in George
Reese, ed., PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF VICE-ADMIRALTY OF VIRGINIA,
1698-1775 (1983), 25-55.

That case is described in my favorite author's "'Leave 'em hanging  . .
. til the rott': Pirates in the Chesapeake, 1700," VIRGINIA CAVALCADE 32
(1983): 172-183.

Brent Tarter
The Library of Virginia
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-----Original Message-----
From: Capito, Bonnie P. (EFDLANT)
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Subject: Colonial pirates


I am trying to find information for a research paper on Colonial
pirates. I have two major themes I would like to develop.

I want to research the level(s) of acceptance of and collaboration with
pirates and their activities by some of the local citizens and by some
colonial governments/governors (Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland,
etc.). I plan to also include an abbreviated history of colonial pirates
which might help to explain why they came into existence and flourished.

I would also like to compare the colonial pirates and their acts of
piracy to, for lack of a better description, 'modern day' pirate
activities.  

Can anyone suggest books, articles or any other source(s) for this
topic?

Regards,
Bonnie Capito

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