Chapter I: Front Matter

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_

CONTENTS

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.

APPENDIX D 315

The Report of Duncan Campbell to Bellamont.

APPENDIX E 325

Extracts relating to Bellamont and Kidd from
Narcissus Luttrell’s “Brief Historical Relation
of State Affairs from September, 1678, to
April, 1714.”

The Real Captain Kidd