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Catalogue description Letter (28 June) and order (21 January) concerning the petition of the United East India...
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| Reference: | SP 42/17/9 |
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| Description: |
Letter (28 June) and order (21 January) concerning the petition of the United East India Company for the despatch of His Majesty's [war]ships to supress the (mostly English) pirates in the Indian Sea [Ocean]. Particularly those of Madagascar, who refitting and selling their plunder in Brazil, cruise off the mouth of the Red Sea and the Indian coast. Also mentions the [French and English] pirate settlement on the island of Mauritius. Reference to former pirates [Henry “Long Ben”] Avery and [Captain William] Kidd. |
| Date: | 1720 June 28 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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