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Collection Reference Number GLC03107.00593
From Archive Folder The Livingston Family Papers [026] January-June 1700 
Title James Graham to Robert Livingston regarding Richard Coote's testimony before Parliament
Date 20 February 1700
Author Graham, James (fl. 1679-1700)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Graham writes that Lord Bellomont had testified before Parliament for five days regarding the case of Captain William Kidd, and after having completed his testimony and being acquitted from any wrongdoings, Bellomont has issued orders that all pirates in the American colonies ("Maryland, Pennsilvania & the Jerseys") be transported to England. Docketed on address leaf.
Subjects Privateering  Pirates  Law  Government and Civics  Prisoner  Maritime  
People Graham, James (fl. 1679-1700)  Coote, Richard (1636-1701)  Livingston, Robert (1654-1728)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Law; Government & Politics; Naval & Maritime; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Livingston Family Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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