Dear Graham, Thanks for your kindness in drawing my attention to Anglesea vs. Anglesey. I have also learned that Aberfram is also really Aberffaw. Thanks again, I like to work on the theory that it is what I learn after I know it all that is important. Regards, Colin -----Original Message----- From: Graham Read Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 5:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MAR] Robert BEAVER Re the Beaver. Are we actually talking about Anglesey ? the biggish island off the NW coast ? Or is there a little place somewhere called Anglesea ? Graham in Cardiff On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 7:56 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > I have had a look in the Burnley Collection of 17th and 18th century > newspapers, but Beavers come up far too often, as fur or for baiting! > There are > many. many books on privateers, maybe a way forward would be to order a > few > at your local library and scan the indexes. I think it's a whole field of > research. > > Some of these are available as e-books- > > "Privateers" Ben Bova 1932 > "Privateers and Pirates 1730-1830" Konstam and McBride 2001 > "The privateers" Macintyre 1975 > "The privateers" Henry Watson 1907, 1915 > "Naval yarns- letters and anecdotes...pirates and privateers 1616-1831" > William Long 1972 > is there anything about him in the local archives? (I mean in Anglesea > and > I see you live a long way away!) > > Clare > Oxford Uk > Awaiting developments re hurricane. > > >Robert Beaver, born 1748, Aberfram, Anglesea, Wales was a successful > privateer. The fortune he >made subsequently made a comfortable impact on > future generations of my family. Please, can >anyone tell me the > story/history > of his captures. Your kindness in doing so would be most sincerely > >appreciated. > > Warm regards to all the members of this great list, > > Colin Harrison --- in southwest Utah > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message