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Thomas Goldsmith (died 1714) was a privateer from Dartmouth during the War of Spanish Succession. After serving as a privateer around 1710, he turned to piracy aboard his ship Snap Dragon and accumulated great wealth. He is chiefly remembered not for his piracy but for retiring and dying peacefully in his bed, to be buried in his hometown churchyard in 1714. His gravestone inscription is:

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  • Thomas Goldsmith (died 1714) was a privateer from Dartmouth during the War of Spanish Succession. After serving as a privateer around 1710, he turned to piracy aboard his ship Snap Dragon and accumulated great wealth. He is chiefly remembered not for his piracy but for retiring and dying peacefully in his bed, to be buried in his hometown churchyard in 1714. His gravestone inscription is: THOMAS GOLDSMITHWho died 1714.He commanded the Snap Dragon, a privateerBelonging to this port, in the reign of queen Anne,In which vessel he turn’d pirate,And amass’d much riches.Men that are virtuous serve the Lord;And the Devil's by his friends ador'd;And as they merit get a placeAmidst the bless'd or hellish race;Pray then ye learned clergy showWhere can this brute, Tom Goldsmith, go?Whose life was one continual evilStriving to cheat God, Man and Devil. (en)
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  • Thomas Goldsmith (died 1714) was a privateer from Dartmouth during the War of Spanish Succession. After serving as a privateer around 1710, he turned to piracy aboard his ship Snap Dragon and accumulated great wealth. He is chiefly remembered not for his piracy but for retiring and dying peacefully in his bed, to be buried in his hometown churchyard in 1714. His gravestone inscription is: (en)
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