Campbell, Duncan, letter, 1700.

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Campbell, Duncan, letter, 1700.

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Photocopy of a May 1700 letter by Campbell concerns the news brought from England about William Kidd and the war between Denmark and Sweden.

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Campbell, Duncan

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Kidd, William, 1654-1701

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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...