A notable lawsuit / by Franklin H. Head.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

A notable lawsuit / by Franklin H. Head.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37904991

Describes evidence collected by Frederick Law Olmsted to establish that John Jacob Astor, the trader in furs, had sold treasure buried on Olmsted ancestral land on Deer Isle in Maine by Captain Kidd.

23 p. ; 28 x 22 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7398243

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Kidd, William, 1654-1701

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hq4nv9 (person)

William Kidd (b. 1654, Dundee, Scotland-d. 23 May 1701, Wapping, England) was also known as Captain William Kidd or Captain Kidd and infamous pirate. He settled in New York City and by 1689 was a member of a French-English pirate crew sailing the Caribbean under Captain Jean Fantin. Kidd and the crew mutinied and he became captain; the crew started looting from French since government didn't pay. In New York, he married Sarah Bradley Cox Oort in 1691. In 1695 he was asked by NY governor to captu...

Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vh6gd6 (person)

Head, Franklin H. (Franklin Harvey), 1832-1914

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hh7kt3 (person)

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hd7vhb (person)

Landscape architect. From the description of Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952 (bulk 1838-1903). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979908 American landscape designer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Charles A. Dana, 1876 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872066 Landscape architect. Related material in Biography and Genealogy Files under 'F.L. Olmsted.' From the description ...