tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post4461134377369415822..comments2024-03-06T11:07:23.753-05:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: One of the Most Mischievous and Vilest VillainsPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-47351416236932785872015-05-30T11:06:05.477-04:002015-05-30T11:06:05.477-04:00Kevin Duffus assures me that "the letter was ...Kevin Duffus assures me that "the letter was written in Brand’s hand." Kevin says he has copies of "numerous letters written and signed by Brand, composed between 1719 (Anchored on the James River in VA) and 1721 (moored on the Thames) and the handwriting and signatures are the same."Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-261881122154577442015-05-30T11:04:11.184-04:002015-05-30T11:04:11.184-04:00Kevin, thanks for the reference. I have not read K...Kevin, thanks for the reference. I have not read Konstam's book, but Leslie at Books to be Red has ordered a copy for me. I will do some research, and see if I can locate the source of the "character witness" comment. Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-19713176996519049712015-05-29T12:21:39.311-04:002015-05-29T12:21:39.311-04:00Philip, there is a reference to the New Providence...Philip, there is a reference to the New Providence trial in a book called _Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate_, by Angus Konstam. You probably already know it: <br /><br />"The quartermaster walked out of Williamsburg a free man. We don't know much about what happened to him after that.although his name appeared as a character witness in a pirate trial held in New Providence in December 1721. Presumably the former pirate knew when to quit and become a respectable Bahamian beach bum."<br /><br />There isn't a reference for that in the footnotes.Kevin, but not Kevin Duffusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-91913230512173909942015-05-28T09:47:54.795-04:002015-05-28T09:47:54.795-04:00I have no reason to think the letter was written b...I have no reason to think the letter was written by anyone but Capt. Ellis Brand, with a quill pen (it was written in 1719). Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-43479995408591409652015-05-28T09:32:54.243-04:002015-05-28T09:32:54.243-04:00What lovely handwriting. Was it a scribe that pen...What lovely handwriting. Was it a scribe that penned this or do you suppose it was indeed Capt. Brand? Now Do you suppose it was a quill dipped into an ink well? In any event I suppose the book page upon which this was written was vellum or sheep skin for it to have survived so many years.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com