(PIRATES) Bellomont Richard Coote Earl of A letter signed by

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(PIRATES.) Bellomont, Richard Coote, Earl of. A letter signed by Captain Kidd's sponsor / persecutor. Letter Signed "Bellomont" as governor of New York to Fitz-John Winthrop as governor of Connecticut. One page, 7 1/4 x 7 inches, with fragment of integral blank containing docket; folds, minor wear, mount remnant on verso, short biographical note attached in margin. New York, 29 March 1699

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Governor Bellomont was best known for his dealings with the privateer William Kidd. This letter was issued two years after Bellomont commissioned William Kidd as a privateer, and 5 months after he signed Kidd's arrest warrant. It reads in full: "I send you a letter I receiv'd by a ship that came into this port last week. It comes, I suppose, from the Lords of the Council of Trade, because it came under their cover to me. I desire you will please to signifie your receit of it."