Brigs have two masts.

-jc

On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 09:50  PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> London;
>
> chris you got to get the facts straight; First Capt Kidd was a 
> prominent New Yorker who sat on the inner circle of Trinity Church; 
> his chair with his name is still there along with the other deacons of 
> that august body; I know as I restored the floor of the inner sanctum( 
> a small room of 12 chairs ) of Trinity
> who at that time had the GNP of most small countrys ...as a mason ( 
> free mason) he was executed publicly but in strict accordance with 
> masonic law that has some grusome twists in it; the sad part is Kidd 
> was set up by then Gov of New York who had the old boy network in 
> London to back him up..sad as he was only doing his masters bidding ( 
> Gov)
> until  he fell upon a 3 masted brig of the london trade flying a 
> different flag that did him in....his treasure landed on fishers 
> island  The Gov most certainly got half ;the pother half has been 
> turning up ever since......
>
> Like pirates   visit Cheapside. or better yet Scotland
> .like Ghosts vist  The Guardsmen pub (sic) near the old Hospital  its 
> 500 yrs old and you won't be alone.
>
> moon cussers .......Ken nantucket may claim moon cussers  but the 
> island was 99%  quakers  and them folks hardly ever took a drink let 
> alone moon cussed  the chief moon cusser port of the early 19 cent was 
> ..you guessed it ...the joisey Shore
> places like Sring lake and sandy hook were infamous ....as a 
> yout.....of 13  I camped under the beach front homes  of the famous in 
> a series of Hoovervilles  set up by the unwashed yout-s I ran with 
> ...moon cussing all the way 
> ahh those were the days..Pyrate....
>
>
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