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Chapter 3 - NAMES OF SOME OF THE PRISONERS OF 1776

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and allowed the freedom of the city, they had far better opportunities to obtain the nece

in the prisons of New York at this time. But that, we fear, is now an impossibility. As this account is designed as a memorial to those martyred privates, we have made many efforts to obtain their names. But if the muster

, destroyed his books, in order to leave no written record of his crimes. The names of 8,000 prisoners, mostly seamen, who were confined on the prison ship Jersey, alone, hav

s swift, than that endured on a memorable occasion in India, when British soldiers were placed, during a single night, into one of their own "B

venport, Esq, a descendant of Major Bedinger] is the pay-roll of one of these companies of riflemen,-that of Captain Abra

y, the misfortunes of the men named therein. For this purpose we will first give the list of names, and a

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rwards commanded by Lieut Colonel Moses Rawlings, in the Continental Service from July 1st, 1776, to October 1st, 1778." The paper gives the dates of enlistment; those who were killed; those who died; those who deserted; those who were discharged; drafted; made prisoners; "dates until when p

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Crawford. Second Sergeant, John Kerney. Third Sergeant, Robert Howard. Fourth Sergeant, Dennis Bush. First Corporal, John Seaburn. Second Corporal,

n, John Wilson, Moses McComesky, Thomas Beatty, John Gray, Valentine Fritz, Zechariah Bull, William Moredock, Charles Collins, Samuel Davis, Conrad Cabbage, John Cummins, Gabriel Stevens, Michael Wolf, John Lewis, William Donnelly, David Gilmore, John Cassody, Samuel Blount, Peter Good, George Helm, William Bogle (or Boyle), John Nixon, Anthon

Flying Camp who are mentioned by Saffel. He adds that, as far as is known, all

YLVANIA FLYING CAMP WHO PE

urns, Henry Yepler, Baltus Weigh, Charles Beason, Leonard Huber, John McCarroll, Jacob Guiger, John May, Daniel Adams, George McCormick, Jacob Kettle, Jacob Miller, George Mason, Jam

. But it is not with these, at present, that we have to do. We have already seen how much better was their treatment than that accorded to the haples

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Contents

Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTORY Chapter 2 - THE RIFLEMEN OF THE REVOLUTION Chapter 3 - NAMES OF SOME OF THE PRISONERS OF 1776 Chapter 4 - THE PRISONS OF NEW YORK-JONATHAN GILLETT Chapter 5 - WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, THE PROVOST MARSHAL Chapter 6 - THE CASE OF JABEZ FITCH Chapter 7 - THE HOSPITAL DOCTOR-A TORY'S ACCOUNT OF NEW YORK IN 1777-ETHAN ALLEN'S Chapter 8 - THE ACCOUNT OF ALEXANDER GRAYDON Chapter 9 - A FOUL PAGE OF ENGLISH HISTORY Chapter 10 - A BOY IN PRISON Chapter 11 - THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE REVOLUTION
Chapter 12 - THE TRUMBULL PAPERS AND OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Chapter 13 - A JOURNAL KEPT IN THE PROVOST
Chapter 14 - FURTHER TESTIMONY OF CRUELTIES ENDURED BY AMERICAN PRISONERS
Chapter 15 - THE OLD SUGAR HOUSE-TRINTY CHURCHYARD
Chapter 16 - THE CASE OF JOHN BLATCHFORD
Chapter 17 - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND OTHERS ON THE SUBJECT OF AMERICAN PRISONERS
Chapter 18 - THE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW SHERBURNE
Chapter 19 - MORE ABOUT THE ENGLISH PRISONS-MEMOIR OF ELI BICKFORD-CAPTAIN FANNING
Chapter 20 - SOME SOUTHERN NAVAL PRISONERS
Chapter 21 - EXTRACTS FROM NEWSPAPERS-SOME OF THE PRISON SHIPS-CASE OF CAPTAIN
Chapter 22 - THE JOURNAL OF DR. ELIAS CORNELIUS-BRITISH PRISONS IN THE SOUTH
Chapter 23 - A POET ON A PRISON SHIP
Chapter 24 - "THERE WAS A SHIP"
Chapter 25 - A DESCRIPTION OF THE JERSEY
Chapter 26 - THE EXPERIENCE OF EBENEZER FOX. -
Chapter 27 - THE EXPERIENCE OF EBENEZER FOX (CONTINUED)
Chapter 28 - THE CASE OF CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS
Chapter 29 - TESTIMONY OF PRISONERS ON BOARD THE JERSEY
Chapter 30 - RECOLLECTIONS OF ANDREW SHERBURNE
Chapter 31 - CAPTAIN ROSWELL PALMER
Chapter 32 - THE NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN ALEXANDER COFFIN
Chapter 33 - A WONDERFUL DELIVERANCE
Chapter 34 - THE NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN DRING
Chapter 35 - THE NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN DRING (CONTINUED)
Chapter 36 - THE INTERMENT OF THE DEAD
Chapter 37 - DAME GRANT AND HER BOAT
Chapter 38 - THE SUPPLIES FOR THE PRISONERS
Chapter 39 - FOURTH OF JULY ON THE JERSEY
Chapter 40 - AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
Chapter 41 - THE MEMORIAL TO GENERAL WASHINGTON
Chapter 42 - THE EXCHANGE
Chapter 43 - THE CARTEL-CAPTAIN DRING'S NARRATIVE (CONTINUED)
Chapter 44 - CORRESPONDENCE OF WASHINGTON AND OTHERS
Chapter 45 - GENERAL WASHINGTON AND REAR ADMIRAL DIGBY-COMMISSARIES SPROAT AND
Chapter 46 - SOME OF THE PRISONERS ON BOARD THE JERSEY
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