ship & furniture & this Indenture to be delivered up to them wth all other Covents & obligations thereunto belonging. Kidd are to have the sole pperty in ye sd. Kidd allways excepted, upon paymt whereof ye said Robt. Richard Blackham ye whole money by him to be advanced in Sterling money or money Equivalent thereunto on or before the 25th day of March wth shall be in the year of our Lord 1697 ye dangers of the seas & of the Enemy & mortality of the sd. Ship & pmisses that thou they shall refund & repay to ye sd. William Kidd of the one part & Richard Earle of Bellomont on the other part bearing Date the 10th day of October 1695 shall fully recompense the said Richard Blackham for the money by him expended in buying the said one fifteenth part of the sd. Kidd do not meet with the Pirates, whih went from new England Rode Island, New Yorke & Elsewhere, or do not take from any of the pyrates or from any the Kings Enemyes such goods mchandizes or any things of value as being devided as mentoned in Articles between the said Robert Livingston & Capt. William Kidd do joyntly & sevally agree with the said Richard Blackham, that in case the said Capt. Williame Kidd of the one part & Richard Blackham of the other part.ġst. Manuscript document signed, 1 page + docket.Īrticles of Agreemt made this seaventh day of february 1695/6 between Robert Livingston Esqr. Images: Trinity Church interior By Daniel Schwen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0. In 1910 at the British Public Records archives, researchers found French passes that Captain Kidd claimed would prove his innocence. He was hanged again, and his body dipped in tar, wrapped in chains and put in a steel cage. The rope broke and he fell into the mud beneath the gallows.Įyewitnesses said he was drunk and didn’t realize what happened as the crowd cheered his fall. Fifteen days later, he was hanged at Execution Dock. Officials put him on a ship to England. On May 8, 1701, the court convicted him of murdering his gunner and of piracy, despite his claims of innocence. In the meantime, he tried to negotiate his freedom by offering to tell where his treasure lay buried. The story was published in Tales of a Traveller, an 1824 collection of Irvings writings, where it immediately precedes that works most famous story ' The Devil and Tom Walker ', which also involves Kidds treasure. William Kidd went to prison in Boston, where he languished for a year. 'Kidd the Pirate' is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, based on legends of Captain William Kidd. Historians agree on this: Bellomont and the British government used him as a fall guy to pacify the Mogul Empire and the East India company. On July 6, 1699, Kidd was arrested at the home of Lord Bellomont. Some think he may have buried it on Charles Island off the coast of Milford, Conn. William Kidd.Īccording to lore, William Kidd took a roundabout route to New York City, sailing around Long Island and burying his treasure. Twice widowed, she had not yet reached 30 when she married Capt. She had married one of the wealthiest men in New York and inherited his money when he died early in their marriage. After approximately four hours, Adventure Galley caught up with Quedagh and hoisted a French flag for its colours, and Kidd commanded the other captain to board his ship. He returned to New York City, where in 1691 he married Sarah Bradley Cox Oort. On 30 January 1698, Captain Kidd, aboard his ship Adventure Galley, spotted Quedagh Merchant about 25 leagues from Cochin, and raced to catch up with it. Stories conflict about what happened to him in the Caribbean in 1689, but they agree Kidd’s crew abandoned him. 161,484 downloads (6 yesterday) 3 comments Demo Download Donate to author. England and France were embroiled in a conflict known as King William’s War in the American colonies. William Kidd sailed the Caribbean in a French ship he’d captured as a privateer (some say pirate). Some claim his father was Puritan minister. 22, 1645 ( Old Style), in Dundee, Scotland, to a mariner father lost at sea. Others viewed him as a privateer framed by his benefactors. Some considered him a vicious pirate, one of many who crowded Boston’s jails at the turn of the 18 th century. The treasure was never found – nor were the uncontested facts about his career.
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