Macdonald Dictionary Record: "Bully" Hayes

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George Ranald Macdonald
Production date
1952-1964
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One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for "Bully" Hayes. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964.
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Christchurch
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G R Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies
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H356
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H356
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H356
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Marks/Inscriptions: H. 356 Hayes, "Bully" was one of the greatest rogues who ever traded in the Pacifier Peay Cox described him as a magnificent specimen of a man . He was over 6 feit high , broad and stalwart i n proportion , of high colour and bronzed, with a get black beard hair and a magnificent beard down to his waist " He attempted to lure Cox to go on a trip to Tonga . Luckily for Cox he was warned and did not go. He owed money on his ship and ft without a Clearance. And high said, "He appears to be a camp of the first water , little short of a pirate. He has had former ships seized for debt, and has been suspected of piracy, of being in the black bud trade from Afresh ca to America and of winding people in the same way that he proposed to do us. He had lived various in fortunate girls on to his shit; their fate does not bear thinking of. He was reported still alive in '71 and in command of the brig Leonora , formerly the Water lily , Ang. 71. Apra in samoa was his headquarters. Th old fellow was a strikingly handsome man, tall, well- formed an d looked like an ideal Moses . He had a pleasant smile, mild, gentle eyes and a generally benevolent air As he got older and his hair turned white , he became patriarchal in appearance. He was once imprisoned at Manila, but they let him 90 , finding he was more trouble C.P. Cox. Personal Notes : Chudleigh; LT. 29.8.71; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: H. 356 to keep than he was worth. He persuaded some capitalists at Sam Francesca to fit inuit out with the schooner Yacht Lotus for south Sea trading. He never had any intention of returning and a man was sent on a trading arnie to find his whereabouts. He traced him to the Marshall Is. and found the Lotus but no Hayes. Hayes had engaged a married cook and had designs on the cooks wife. The cook hit him on the neck with the boon crook breaking his heck and tred a weight to heels and rolled him overboard. The owner of the Lotus had insured te Hayes " life but the Ins. Coy. refused to accept this story , saying that no man would convict himself of minder. However there is no reason to disbelieve the story. Hayes was never heard of again Bully Hayes - story of shipping munitions to Maoris L.T. 27.4.14 : accout of abduction of girl LT. 2.2.65 : another account LT. 6.8.23.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer

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