Dear Roselind, Thanks for your reply. Because of your information I'll be off to the library tomorrow. My regards, Colin -----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