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- ↑ Stapleton, David (2001). "Thomas Anstis". Pirate Roster. PiratesHold.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ↑ Some accounts have Anstis keeping Morning Star and granting his own ship Good Fortune to Brigstock Weaver; and according to Henry Treehill, who testified at Brigstock Weaver's trial, John Fenn was elected captain of the Antelope after Anstis' crew committed mutiny following the loss of the Morning Star. See: Gosse, Philip (1924). The Pirates' Who's Who by Philip Gosse. New York: Burt Franklin. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
