Hey thanks!! Karen At 10:59 AM 9/8/98 -0500, you wrote: >His name was Edward Teach. "....Edward Teach, or Thatch, one of >history's cruelest pirates. He was known as Blackbeard. He wore >his long, black beard in braids. Blackbeard had a long and >prosperous career, working with the protection of Charles Eden, >governor of Carolina. In 1718, however, Lieut. Gov. Alexander >Spotswood of Virginia outfitted two sloops with crews and ordered >the sailors to put an end to Blackbeard. They encountered the >pirate, and Lieut. Robert Maynard killed him in the fight that >followed." > > >--------------------------------------------------------- >Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia >Copyright (c) 1994, 1995 Compton's NewMedia, Inc. All Rights >Reserved > > >Karen Bowles wrote: > >> Does anyone know Blackbeard's real name and where >> he came from? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Karen >> >> ==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== >> If not receiving messages, it may mean mail to your address >> has bounced. >> >> Please resubscribe... > > > > >==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from SURNAME-QUERY, send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] (for individual messages) > [email protected] (for Digest mode) >Subject: unsubscribe >In the body include only one word: unsubscribe >(Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > > > >