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Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of…
Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of remarkables in the shipwreck of above one hundred pirates, who were cast away in the ship Whido, on the coast of New-England, April 26. 1717. And in the death of six, who after a fair trial at Boston, were convicted & condemned, Octob. 22. And executed, Novemb. 15. 1717. : With some account of the discourse had with them on the way to their execution. And a sermon preached on their occasion.
Boston: printed by John Allen for Nicholas Boone, 1717
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§ 5. After some waiting for Direction, His Excellency, Colonel SHUTE, the Governor, of New-England, received, such Orders, that the Trial of the […], who had not been drowned might be proceeded in.
§ 5. After some waiting for Direction, His Excellency, Colonel SHUTE, the Governour, of New-England, received, such Orders, that the Trial of the 〈…〉, who had not been drowned might be proceeded in.
Accordingly on Tuesday, October 22 1717. there was held at Boston, a Special Court of Admiralty (according to the Act of Parliament) for the Trial of
Simon Vanvoorst, who was Born at New-York.
John Brown, Born in Jamaica.
Thomas Baker, Born at Flushing in Holland.