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Pirates, hats, herring, and iron pots! The case of Captain Thomas Hubbard
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Pirates, hats, herring, and iron pots! The case of Captain Thomas Hubbard

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Heather Wolfe

When we get to “deposition day” in paleography class, one of the manuscripts that the students usually transcribe is Folger MS L.d.673, in which one John Bartholomew confesses to buying six iron pots, but no hats. Bartholomew states that he…