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Collection	Frederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales
Reference	GEO/MAIN/54148
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Copy of the affidavit written by Captain Thomas Petty and taken before Captain Phenny
Date	15 April 1725
Writer	Petty, Thomas, Captain; Mariner and Commander of the Sloop Snapper
Addressee	Phenny, George; Governor of the Bahamas
Description	Captain Petty gives an account of how his vessel was assailed by a Spaniard vessel commanded by Augustin Blanco of Baracoa. Blanco took Mr Thompson and his family as prisoners and robbed the vessel of all his goods. The Spaniards, then, sailed towards Providence. Captain Petty reports a specific discourse made by Blanco who highlights the warlike nature of the Spaniards.
Place Of Writing	New Providence
Notes	Enclosure of GEO/MAIN/54147.
Language	English
Extent	1 document (1 page)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
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Publications	This affidavit and other documents related to the events which occurred the day before at the Bahamas are recorded in the '"Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 5, January 1723 - December 1728", Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1928'. The event of the assault to the Snapper is also narrated in Cordingly, David (2013), Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. New York: Random House Publishing Group.
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