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"These females would be quite at home in Port Royal; they were as tough and hard as the hardest privateer."

"Part I: Port Royal Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13; Part VI: Port Royal Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38"

"Part I Port Royal"

"The Governor’s Mansion was an impressive brick structure with a red‐tile roof. It was also the only three‐story building in Port Royal, and his view of the town was excellent."

"He much preferred the lofty view from his window. Port Royal, in 1665, was a boomtown. In the decade since Cromwell’s expedition had captured the island of Jamaica from the Spanish, Port Royal had grown from a miserable, deserted, disease‐ridden spit of sand into a miserable, overcrowded, cutthroat‐infested town of eight thousand."

"as we traveled in open coach through the streets of Port Royal — if they may be called streets — one vulgar fellow hurled drunken imprecations at my wife, upsetting her greatly."

"Among the privateers of Port Royal, debts were paid fully and promptly."

"By early morning, all of Port Royal was talking of Hunter’s coming foray."

"…that he permits use of Port Royal as a common meeting place for these cutthroats and knaves, and for the dispersal of their ill-gotten gains…"

"Wharfage fees in Port Royal were high; an ordinary merchant vessel could not afford to dock for more than a few hours to load or unload a cargo, but Hunter’s little sloop Cassandra spent fully twelve hours drawn up to the pilings, and Hunter was not charged a penny."

"‘permits use of Port Royal as a common meeting place for these cutthroats and knaves . . . unsuited to high capacity . . . abides all manner of corruption . . .’"

"“And whence put you to sea?” “Port Royal.”"

"If he kept his own boat, he could auction the Spanish galleon to the merchants and captains of Port Royal, where it would fetch a considerable sum."

"All these could be auctioned on the docks of Port Royal, and they would amount, in total, to a substantial sum — perhaps two thousand pounds."

"The captain wanted his crew intact, and personal disagreements could await landfall in Port Royal."

"Part VI Port Royal"

"the Spanish galleon El Trinidad reached the east channel to Port Royal, outside the scrubby outcropping of South Cay, and Captain Hunter gave orders to drop anchor. They were two miles from Port Royal itself"

"THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION was constructed of solid brick, a veritable fortress at the north end of Port Royal."

"He went back into the night air and slipped silently through the dark streets of Port Royal."

"“Well, sir,” she said, drinking the liquor, “a week past, a man of the name of Carter comes to Port Royal, desperate ill.”"

"Mrs. Robert Hacklett remained in Port Royal until 1686, when she died of syphilis."