American Prisoners of the Revolution

About this eBook

Author

Dandridge, Danske, 1858-1914

Credits

Text file produced by Dave Maddock, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

E201: History: America: Revolution (1775-1783)

Subject

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons

Category

Text

eBook-No.

7829

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7829

Release Date

April 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AMERICAN PRISONERS OF THE REVOLUTION
2. 2.By Danske Dandridge
3. 3.Dedication — TO THE MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER — Lieutenant Daniel Bedinger, of Bedford, Virginia “A BOY IN PRISON” AS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL THAT WAS BRAVEST AND MOST HONORABLE IN THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE PATRIOTS OF 1776
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTORY
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — THE RIFLEMEN OF THE REVOLUTION
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — NAMES OF SOME OF THE PRISONERS OF 1776
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — THE PRISONS OF NEW YORK—JONATHAN GILLETT
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, THE PROVOST MARSHAL
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — THE CASE OF JABEZ FITCH
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — THE HOSPITAL DOCTOR—A TORY’S ACCOUNT OF NEW YORK IN 1777—ETHAN ALLEN’S
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — THE ACCOUNT OF ALEXANDER GRAYDON
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — A FOUL PAGE OF ENGLISH HISTORY
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — A BOY IN PRISON
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE REVOLUTION
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — THE TRUMBULL PAPERS AND OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — A JOURNAL KEPT IN THE PROVOST
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — FURTHER TESTIMONY OF CRUELTIES ENDURED BY AMERICAN PRISONERS
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — THE OLD SUGAR HOUSE—TRINTY CHURCHYARD
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — THE CASE OF JOHN BLATCHFORD
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND OTHERS ON THE SUBJECT OF AMERICAN PRISONERS
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW SHERBURNE
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — MORE ABOUT THE ENGLISH PRISONS—MEMOIR OF ELI BICKFORD—CAPTAIN FANNING
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. — SOME SOUTHERN NAVAL PRISONERS
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. — EXTRACTS FROM NEWSPAPERS—SOME OF THE PRISON SHIPS—CASE OF CAPTAIN
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — THE JOURNAL OF DR. ELIAS CORNELIUS—BRITISH PRISONS IN THE SOUTH
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. — A POET ON A PRISON SHIP
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — “THERE WAS A SHIP”
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. — A DESCRIPTION OF THE JERSEY
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE EXPERIENCE OF EBENEZER FOX. —
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — THE EXPERIENCE OF EBENEZER FOX (CONTINUED)
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE CASE OF CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. — TESTIMONY OF PRISONERS ON BOARD THE JERSEY
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. — RECOLLECTIONS OF ANDREW SHERBURNE
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. — CAPTAIN ROSWELL PALMER
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. — THE NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN ALEXANDER COFFIN
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. — A WONDERFUL DELIVERANCE
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN DRING
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. — THE NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN DRING (CONTINUED)
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE INTERMENT OF THE DEAD
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. — DAME GRANT AND HER BOAT
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE SUPPLIES FOR THE PRISONERS
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. — FOURTH OF JULY ON THE JERSEY
44. 44.CHAPTER XL. — AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
45. 45.CHAPTER XLI. — THE MEMORIAL TO GENERAL WASHINGTON
46. 46.CHAPTER XLII. — THE EXCHANGE
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII. — THE CARTEL—CAPTAIN DRING’S NARRATIVE (CONTINUED)
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV. — CORRESPONDENCE OF WASHINGTON AND OTHERS
49. 49.CHAPTER XLV. — GENERAL WASHINGTON AND REAR ADMIRAL DIGBY—COMMISSARIES SPROAT AND
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI. — SOME OF THE PRISONERS ON BOARD THE JERSEY
51. 51.CONCLUSION
52. 52.APPENDIX A
53. 53.LIST OF 8000 MEN WHO WERE PRISONERS ON BOARD THE OLD JERSEY
54. 54.APPENDIX B
55. 55.APPENDIX C
56. 56.BIBLIOGRAPHY

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