Excerpt from Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, America and West Indies, 1700: Preserved in the Public Record Office Ou p. 211 Wi1liam Penn gives a pedigree of piracy very much in accordance with that suggested in my Preface to the previous volume of this Calendar (75. Numerous documents show how the coasts oi. New York and Pennsylvania were dotted with receptacles, nests of old pirates who were ready to receive piratical goods brought off to them in sloops. In 1699 the success of the pirates had reached its zenith. The first half of the year 1700 witnessed, if anything, an increase in their numbers and boldness (29, 30, 64, 66, but by the end of the year a notable decline in their activity is recorded. That decline. Was. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.