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Page 24
Only a few of the Baratarians and the Lafitte brothers escaped and reached the
mainland , and the treacherous officers returned triumphantly to New Orleans
with a vast amount of booty . It would not have been at all surprising , indeed only
the ...
Only a few of the Baratarians and the Lafitte brothers escaped and reached the
mainland , and the treacherous officers returned triumphantly to New Orleans
with a vast amount of booty . It would not have been at all surprising , indeed only
the ...
Page 37
... invariably cleared from the ports without a single peso in local money in his
possession , as far as the Spanish authorities could ascertain , and yet he always
had a large stock of doubloons and pieces of eight when he reached Connecticut
.
... invariably cleared from the ports without a single peso in local money in his
possession , as far as the Spanish authorities could ascertain , and yet he always
had a large stock of doubloons and pieces of eight when he reached Connecticut
.
Page 38
And it was after the war that smuggling reached its highest peak in our country .
Smuggling , especially traffic between the Tories and the British , on the coast of
Connecticut , became so prevalent that in January , 1780 , the General Assembly
...
And it was after the war that smuggling reached its highest peak in our country .
Smuggling , especially traffic between the Tories and the British , on the coast of
Connecticut , became so prevalent that in January , 1780 , the General Assembly
...
Page 53
ing a quick - witted fellow he grasped the fact that there was a reason for this
behavior on the part of the smuggler , and as the latter reached his decks , where
curious passengers and members of the crew were gathered about , he greeted ...
ing a quick - witted fellow he grasped the fact that there was a reason for this
behavior on the part of the smuggler , and as the latter reached his decks , where
curious passengers and members of the crew were gathered about , he greeted ...
Page 55
Realizing that it was hopeless to attempt to return to the bay and reach his
destination without being captured , now that his true character was known , the
smuggler again altered his plans , and as darkness fell , hauled his schooner into
the ...
Realizing that it was hopeless to attempt to return to the bay and reach his
destination without being captured , now that his true character was known , the
smuggler again altered his plans , and as darkness fell , hauled his schooner into
the ...
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Page 71 - ... restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board; couchant or levant we must pay.
Page 82 - If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet, Don't go drawing back the blind, or looking in the street. Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie. Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by!
Page 71 - His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he...
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Page 141 - A little tea, one leaf I did not steal. For guiltless bloodshed I to God appeal ; Put tea in one scale, human blood in t'other And think what 'tis to slay a harmless brother.
Page 142 - I am not dead, but sleepeth here, And when the Trumpet Sound I will appear. Four balls thro' me Pearced there way. Hard it was. I'd no time to pray. This stone that here you Do see My Comerades erected for the sake of me.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Smugglers and Smuggling |
| Author | Alpheus Hyatt Verrill |
| Publisher | Duffield, 1924 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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