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| Source: Trial of the Twelve Spanish Pirates of the Schooner Panda, a Guinea Slaver (link below). |
https://books.google.com/books?id=IQQWAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
In case you didn't recognize the "Yes Virginia" part, in 1897 a young girl wrote a letter to a newspaper asking if there is a Santa Clause, and that led to a very famous editorial response that included the much repeated, "Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
You will find the testimony describing the burying of treasure as illustrated above on page 16 of the ebook. Testimony concerning distribution of the treasure along with other interesting events is also included. It is not easy to follow the testimony, but if you manage, I think you'll find it entertaining.
Here is a link if you want to read a very brief summary of the criminal acts leading to the trial of Don Pedro Gilbert and the other pirates of the Panda. The robbery and destruction of the Brig Mexican occurred off Stuart, Florida. The web site presents a variety of additional information on pirates.
http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/eng/Pedro_Gilbert?View=embedded's,%20newfoundland%20and%20labrador
If Lemuel Gulliver rings a bell, it is also the name of the fictional character and narrator in Gulliver's Travels, which was written about a century earlier. For a minute it made me wonder if the author's name on the pirate's trial book might be a pseudonym, but the same Lemuel also published a book on another trial that took place in Boston in 1834 as well as a number of other non-fiction titles, some being almanacs.
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Yesterday I referred to a Frank Hudson book entitled Lost Treasure's of Florida's East Coast and mentioned Hudson's poor reputation for accuracy. I happened to find that book (which turned out to be surprisingly easy) and inside found the following map of what is labeled as the St. Lucie Inlet area. After opening the book and briefly scanning it, I was less than impressed by the contents. Nonetheless, here is the map of what is presented as the St. Lucie Inlet, the same general area that I discussed yesterday.
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Illustration Found in Frank Hudson's book,
Lost Treasures of Florida's East Coast.
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I'm really not confident of much of anything shown on the map, but would not find it surprising if treasures were buried around the St. Lucie Inlet (which was located at a different locations at different times) or any other Florida East Coast inlet, for that matter.
Treasures 1 through 5 are described as (1) gold bars, (2) iron bound chest, (3) buried cannons, (4) iron bound chest, and (5) iron bound chest.
Number 6 is the most interesting as a possible lead. Hudson says, in 1834 an army paymaster was moving $8000 in a dugout canoe up the river when it was lost in the river. Hudson additionally wrote that if you send him a stamped envelope seeking additional details, his source, who did not want to named in the book, would provide additional details.
While I doubt the accuracy of much in that book, it could nevertheless lead to some real facts if anyone is moved to do some research. I often start looking into one thing and find something else that was totally unexpected.
The Hudson book on buried treasures of the Florida East Coast was published in 1983.
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Yesterday I also mentioned the "Bleach Yards" down by Gilbert's Bar and couldn't remember the map where I originally saw it. Ron J. came to the rescue and pointed to my 9/6/15 report that discusses Bernard Romans and provides a link to the Romans book, which contains the map. Below is the link to that post.
https://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/2015/09/9615-report-bernard-romans-and-1715.html
You might enjoy looking at both the post and book.
Thanks Ron!
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The surf is still one to two feet but Thursday will start increasing, reaching three to four feet on Friday.
We are still getting some nice low tides.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
