A history of the American people . school for Indian improved as he could the currency of the works were the quiet works of peace and develop-ment,—except for his vigorous suppression of the piratesof the coast,—and his administration might have out-run the year T722, which saw him removed, had he beena touch less haughty, overbearing, unused to conciliat-ing or pleasing those whose service he desired. Hemade enemies, and was at last ousted by them. Some of the best qualities of the soldier and adminis-trator came out in him in the long struggle to put thepirates down on
A history of the American people . school for Indian improved as he could the currency of the works were the quiet works of peace and develop-ment,—except for his vigorous suppression of the piratesof the coast,—and his administration might have out-run the year T722, which saw him removed, had he beena touch less haughty, overbearing, unused to conciliat-ing or pleasing those whose service he desired. Hemade enemies, and was at last ousted by them. Some of the best qualities of the soldier and adminis-trator came out in him in the long struggle to put thepirates down once and for all. Queen Annes Warhad turned pirates into privateers and given pauseto the stern business for a little, but it began again indesperate earnest when the war was over and peaceconcluded at Utrecht. It was officially reported bythe secretary of Pennsylvania in 1717 that there werestill fifteen hundred pirates on the coasts, making theirheadquarters at the Cape Pear and at New Providence44 THI HEW TQ« PUBLIC LIBRART. o n O ?«* 1 F* < J) . i 3 s2! i V ^^ r~ 1 ! J cT ^ s ^ Si 5 1 i « Li 3 • l .5 1 1 r *fe* -I 5 ^ AT-5 j - 1 5 i o ?< t? ^1 Til r 1 !-<3
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