Transcriber’s Note: Inconsistency in the spelling of the old documents(both in English and in French) has been preserved.
THE REAL
CAPTAIN KIDD
A Vindication
BY
SIR CORNELIUS NEALE DALTON
K.C.M.G., C.B., D.C.L.
LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1911
Copyright, London, 1911, by William Heinemann
and Washington, U.S.A., by Duffield and Company
| Chapter | Page | |
| I | Preliminary | 3 |
| II | The Voyage of the Adventure Galley | 39 |
| III | Kidd’s Return Home | 77 |
| IV | The Genesis and Growth of the Arch-Pirate Myth | 105 |
| V | Kidd’s First Trial at the Old Bailey | 141 |
| VI | The Subsequent Trials of Kidd and His Crew for Piracy | 171 |
| VII | Kidd’s End | 195 |
| APPENDICES | ||
| Appendix A | 229 | |
| 1. | Copy of the King’s Grant of Pirates’ Goods. | |
| 2. | Articles of Agreement between Bellamont, Levingston, and Kidd. | |
| 3. | Kidd’s Sailing Orders. | |
| Appendix B | 255 | |
| 1. | Kidd’s Own Narrative of His Voyage. | |
| 2. | The Examination of William Jinkins, Richard Barlycorne, and Robert Lumley. | |
| 3. | The Examination of Hugh Parratt. | |
| 4. | The Examination of Gabriel Luff. | |
| 5. | The Depositions of Abel Owen and Samuel Arris, English Smith and Humphry Clay. | |
| Appendix C | 309 | |
| The French Passes sent to Bellamont by Kidd, included amongst the papers ordered by the House of Commons to be delivered to the Secretary of the Admiralty for the purposes of Kidd’s trial. | ||
| 1. | The French Pass taken on board the Quedagh or Karry Merchant (le Navire Cara) | |
| 2. | The French Pass taken on board the other prize captured by Kidd. | |