Note to Self
Reading Nathaniel Hawthorne's Edward Randolph's Portrait does *not* count as legitimate research for my pirate paper, no matter that you like 19th c horror tales and that you think ER was an interesting person. It will not help you determine what his position was in 1700 :p
(Surveyor General of Customs - I knew his job just not the precise title)
(Surveyor General of Customs - I knew his job just not the precise title)