Your post about John Quelch and the vice-admiralty courts was so fascinating! The historical details and his chilling words really stuck with me. I appreciate how you connect past events with deeper reflections. ~ Dr. Simon Golden

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Thank you for all your wonderful work. I'm glad I found you. ~ Phyllis Scroggins
 
Merci beaucoup de Normandie pour tout ce travail, depuis si longtemps. ~ Gilles Nicolle
(Thank you very much from Normandy for all this work, for so long.)

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. . . pirate authority Cindy Vallar, whose eponymous website is the subject's answer to the Library of Alexandria. ~ Keith Thomson, author of Born to Be Hanged

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