Leighton Library, Dunblane

Scotland's oldest purpose-built independent library founded in 1687

Leighton Library has 1701 edition of "The pirat's doom : or, Captain Kidd's fatall farewell“

Added at 08:07 on 23 May 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1701 edition (the only one thought to still be in existence) of "The pirat's doom : or, Captain Kidd's fatall farewell ; being executed at Execution Dock, for murder, piracy and robbery, on Friday the 23d of May, 1701" - a ballad about renowned Scottish pirate William Kidd who died by hanging in London #OnThisDay 23 May 1701

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