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	William Kidd - LoveToKnow 1911
		Accordingly the "Adventure Galley," a vessel of 30 guns and 275 tons, was privately fitted out, and the command given to Captain Kidd, who received the king's commission to arrest and bring to trial all pirates, and a commission of reprisals against the French.
		Kidd sailed from Plymouth in May 1696 for New York, where he filled up his crew, and in 1697 reached Madagascar, the pirates' principal rendezvous.
		Much has been written about Kidd, less because of the intrinsic interest of his career than because the agreement made with him by Bellomont was the subject of violent political controversy.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /William_Kidd (579 words)

	William Kidd
		Kidd was given license to attack the French by the governor of Nevis.
		Kidd was given the "Antigua" and gave chase, chasing the "Blessed William" to New York.
		Kidd was able to quell the apprehension when he reassured the pirates that he was as bad as they were.
	www.geocities.com /captcutlass/bio/kidd.html (1066 words)

	William Kidd Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Kidd was born into a reputable family, probably in Greenock on the River Clyde (although some have made competing claims for Dundee as his birthplace).
		Kidd's father died when he was five, and as soon as he was able, the young William went to sea, serving on a wide variety of ships over the following three decades.
		Kidd first enters the record as a seaman when, at the end of the 1680s, he was elected as captain by the mutinous crew of a privateer (a ship carrying out what amounts to piracy against one side in a conflict, under licence from the other).
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /usbiography/biographies/williamkidd.html (1071 words)

	The UnMuseum - A Pirate Rogue's Gallery
		Kidd's public mission was to clear the sea there of pirates, but it was probably understood by his backers that he would also take every opportunity to capture any enemy ships that had valuable cargo.
		Outside New York, Kidd buried the bulk of the treasure on Gardiner's Island (one of the few verified instances of a pirate actually burying a treasure) and attempted to use it as a bargaining chip for a pardon.
		Kidd's name is still associated with a supposed buried treasure on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, but it is doubtful that he is responsible for whatever is located there.
	unmuseum.mus.pa.us /pirateg.htm (1648 words)

	Captain William Kidd
		Kidd was optimistic about being granted a Letter of Marque (an official contract from the King allowing a captain to legally engage in privateering), because England was at war with France and beginning to take an active role in doing away with all pirates that harassed its fleet.
		Kidd was reluctant to accept this shaky commission, but Bellomont reassured him that his backers, being some of the most powerful men in England, would stand behind the Captain.
		Kidd then sailed on to Boston fully expecting to be pardoned by Bellomont, his original backer and ally, once he produced the two French passes from the seized ships.
	www.sagharborchamber.com /pirates/kidd1.htm (1472 words)

	William (Captain) Kidd, Greenock
		William Kidd, the semi-legendary pirate and one of the most colourful of all outlaws, is reputed to have been born in Greenock around 1645.
		Kidd’s early career is obscure and little is known of him until 1689 when he was sailing as a legitimate privateer for Great Britain against the French in the West Indies and off the coast of North America.
		Kidd was denounced as a pirate and a murderer following an earlier incident when he mortally wounded his gunner, William Moore by hitting him violently over the head with a bucket.
	www.greenock-town.co.uk /william_kidd.html (486 words)

	William Kidd Media
		Kidd was born around 1645 (the exact date is unknown).
		Kidd killed the man, and the crew did not pursue the revolt further; however, after that incident, Kidd was a changed man. Plundering ships of all kinds along India's Malabar coast: Kidd had become a pirate.
		Kidd was clapped into chains and shipped to England were he was sentenced to death.
	www.wikiddmedia.com /williamkidd.html (623 words)

	William Kidd - MSN Encarta
		William Kidd (circa 1645-1701), Anglo-American pirate, known as Captain Kidd.
		Born in Greenock, Scotland, Kidd went to sea as a young man, and by 1690 was established as a shipowner in colonial New York.
		Kidd tried to justify his acts, but Bellamont sent him to England for trial.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761573618/William_Kidd.html (213 words)

	USS KIDD Veterans Memorial -- Biography of Captain William Kidd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Kidd was turned down when he attempted to acquire fresh water at Calicut, even after informing the port authorities of his commission from the King of England.
		Kidd was viewed as guilty by the public and the press by the time he arrived off of Anguilla in the Leeward Islands in April of 1699.
		Kidd's body was tarred and bound in chains, with his head encased in an iron frame, and left to hang at Tilbury Point on the Thames as a warning to would-be pirates.
	www.usskidd.com /willkidd.html (4030 words)

	William Kidd
		Kidd, who had acquired a competency, was now living in retirement in New York, and was well known to Livingston and other citizens.
		According to the arrangement, one tenth of the booty was to be set aside for the king, and was to be put into the treasury, and the remainder was to be divided among the share-holders, the captain, and the crew.
		Kidd had taken advantage of Emott's absence on his mission to Boston to bury several bales of goods and some treasure on Gardiner's island.
	www.famousamericans.net /williamkidd (1288 words)

	Pirates & Privateers: the History of Maritime Piracy - Captain William Kidd
		William Kidd served aboard a twenty-gun brig that anchored in the Leeward Islands of St. Kitts in 1689.
		Kidd and his compatriots, including a man named Robert Culliford, absconded with the ship, sailing her to Nevis, an English island.
		Kidd’s execution was set for late afternoon on Friday, 23 May. He drank a considerable amount of rum before and during the three-mile procession to Execution Dock at Wapping.
	www.cindyvallar.com /williamkidd.html (4133 words)

	Kidds Island
		It was William Kidd's misfortune to sail the seas as a privateer/pirate just when the rules changed and the privateer/pirate became an outlaw.
		Before 1689, Kidd was a member of various buccaneer crews and eventually captained a privateer ship that was commissioned to protect the English colonies in the Caribbean against French attacks.
		Kidd successfully made his way to Block Island where he began negotiations through his contacts in New York to gain a pardon for his actions, claiming he was forced by his crew.
	www.bio.umass.edu /biology/conn.river/kidd.html (1830 words)

	WILLIAM KIDD - Online Information article about WILLIAM KIDD
		WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. Ger.
		Kidd deserted the "Adventure " in Madagascar, and sailed for America in one of his prizes, the "Quedah See also:
		Kidd's Treasure " has been sought by various expeditions and about 14,000 was recovered from Kidd's See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /KHA_KRI/KIDD_WILLIAM.html (793 words)

	Captain Kidd
		The bounty was to be split 10% for the Crown, 60% for Bellmonts backers, and 15% for Livingston and Kidd.
		William Kidd tried to back out of the deal at the start but was pressured by his influencial backers who promised to stand behind him.
		Captian Kidd and his men were not allowed to testify in their own defense and could only cross examine.
	goodies.freeservers.com /kidd.html (1015 words)

	William Kidd Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Not much is known about Kidd's origins or early life, which is not unusual, since few records were made of people of common birth in the 17th century.
		At the time of Kidd's execution, the pastor of the prison where he was held noted that the prisoner was a Scot about 56 years of age.
		Other than that, no verifiable facts are known, but a long-standing tradition holds that Kidd was the son of a Presbyterian minister and that he was born in Greenock, Scotland, about 1645.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/william-kidd (202 words)

	HISTORY OF CAPTAIN KIDD
		Kidd tried to uphold the terms of his commission as best he could, (hence the murder of William Moore - which is described later), but faced with the constant threat of mutiny, he opted for the compromise that branded him a pirate, and which would lead to his eventual downfall.
		Kidd however, was so sure of his innocence, he convinced the majority of his crew to go with him to New York to clear their names.
		Kidd and those of his crew who were arrested were transported back to England under guard on board the Royal Navy frigate HMS Advice to face their accusers and stand trial on five charges of piracy.
	www.pfrh.supanet.com /HISTORYBODY.htm (9457 words)

	Kidd, William Biography \| carl_03_package.xml
		William Kidd (known as "Captain Kidd") was one of most famous pirates (a person who robs ships or plunders the land from the sea) in history.
		William Kidd, was born in Greenock, Scotland, around 1645 and was believed to be the son of a Calvinist (Calvinists placed strong emphasis on the supreme power of God, the sinfulness of mankind, and the doctrine of predestination, which states that all human events are controlled by God) minister.
		In 1695 the East India Company asked William III to send ships to the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea to defeat pirates that were attacking their company ships.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/kidd-william-carl-03 (1606 words)

	William Kidd
		William Kidd, a.k.a Robert Kidd, Captain Kidd, 17th-century British privateer and semi-legendary pirate who became celebrated in English literature as one of the most colorful outlaws of all time.
		Kidd sailed from Deptford on his ship, the Adventure Galley, on Feb. 27, 1696, called at Plymouth, and arrived at New York City on July 4 to take on more men.
		Kidd was hanged, and some of his treasure was recovered from Gardiners Island off Long Island.
	www.thepirateking.com /bios/kidd_william.htm (574 words)

	William Kidd - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Born in Greenock, Scotland, Kidd went to sea as a young man, and by...
		Kidd, Billy, born in 1943, American Alpine skier.
		Kidd became the first male skier from the United States to win an Olympic medal in Alpine skiing...
	encarta.msn.com /William_Kidd.html (114 words)

	Pirates and Privateers - Captain Kidd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		"It was William Kidd's misfortune to sail the seas as a privateer/pirate just when the rules changed and the privateer/pirate became an outlaw..." [Captain Kidd, at the University of Massachusetts].
		William Kidd, a brief biography of Scotland's most famous privateer, at Tartans.com.
		Captain Kidd: Pirate's Treasure Buried in the Connecticut River, a biography of Captain William Kidd and an exploration of legend of his treasure buried on Clarke's Island.
	legends.duelingmodems.com /pirates/kidd.html (390 words)

	History Of Famous Pirates -- ....Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate's Life For Me... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		He found employment as an English Privateer who found such success in New York and the West Indies that he was called back to serve England.
		Once there, a good portion of his new crew left Kidd’s ship in order to join the pirates.
		Once Kidd was dead: his body was dipped in tar and hung by chains along the Thames River.
	www.freewebs.com /historyoffamouspirates/williamkidd.htm (645 words)

	Bill Kidd
		The main focus of my research is on the tectonics of continental collision, specifically the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya, using surface geological observations and (in collaboration) thermochronological studies.
		Zhu B., Delano J. W., and Kidd W. Magmatic compositions and source terranes estimated from melt inclusions in detrital Cr-rich spinels: an example from mid-Cretaceous sandstones in the eastern Tethys Himalaya.
		D.A. Schneider, M.A. Edwards, W.S.F. Kidd, P.K. Zeitler, and C.D. Coath, 1999.
	www.albany.edu /geosciences/wsfkidd.html (1016 words)

	Captain William Kidd
		Her first husband was William Cox, her second was John Oort, her third Captain Kidd and her fourth and last was Christopher Rouseby.
		And whereas Sarah Kidd, widow and relict of William Kidd, and sister to ye said Samuel Bradley, hath prayed for the administration, The same is granted, April 13, 1703, and the said Sarah Kidd is sworn as executrix.
		Whereas the within named Sarah Oort, now Sarah Kidd, and administratrix of the estate of John Oort, deceased, hath since the grant of the within Letters of Administration, been intermarried to Captain William Kidd, by which means she hath neglected to exhibit her Inventory pursuant to the written directions.
	www.blacksheepancestors.com /pirates/kidd.shtml (1270 words)

	William Kidd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Kidd sailed from Deptford on his ship, the "Adventure Galley", on Feb.
		Kidd took his most valuable prize, the Armenian ship "Quedagh Merchant", in January 1698 and scuttled his own unseaworthy "Adventure Galley".
		Little did Kidd know, but most of the treasure he had stolen belonged to some very powerful people.
	sesd.sk.ca /tr/quests/pirate/pirates/kidd.htm (558 words)

	William Kidd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		William Kidd, better known as CAPTAIN KIDD (born.
		Kidd's early career is not easy to find out about.
		In years that followed, the name of Captain Kidd has became the image of the swashbuckling pirate of Western fiction.
	www.centennial.k12.mn.us /bhe/Archives/Activities/Pirates/Bios/Kidd/Kidd.html (349 words)

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