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The prisoners' memoirs, or, Dartmoor prison : $b containing a complete and impartial history of the entire captivity of the Americans in England, from the commencement of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, until all prisoners were released by the treaty of Ghent. Also a particular detail of all occurrences relative to the horrid massacre at Dartmoor, on the fatal evening of the 6th of April, 1815.Andrews, C. (Charles)

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The prisoners' memoirs, or, Dartmoor prison : $b containing a complete and impartial history of the entire captivity of the Americans in England, from the commencement of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, until all prisoners were released by the treaty of Ghent. Also a particular detail of all occurrences relative to the horrid massacre at Dartmoor, on the fatal evening of the 6th of April, 1815.

Name: The prisoners' memoirs, or, Dartmoor prison : $b containing a complete and impartial history of the entire captivity of the Americans in England, from the commencement of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, until all prisoners were released by the treaty of Ghent. Also a particular detail of all occurrences relative to the horrid massacre at Dartmoor, on the fatal evening of the 6th of April, 1815.
Author: Andrews, C. (Charles)

Andrews, C. (Charles)

Dartmoor Prison; United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Prisoners and prisons

20,  do     Thomas Williams, ----, Connecticut, Viper of
                      Baltimore.
  Oct.  27,  do     William Williams, Georgetown, Maria, Theresa.
  Dec.   5,  do     William Wescott, ----, Virginia, Gothland.
  Jan.  14,  do     James Williams, Weathersfield, Conn., Caroline.
   do   17,  do     Seth Williams, Portsmouth, N. H., Harlequin.
  Jan.  28, 1815    George Overt, ----, N. H., impressed.
   do    8,  do     Joseph Wedger, Marblehead, Mass., Growler.
  Feb,   1, 1815    Joseph Williams, Gay-Head, Enterprise.
  Jan.  24, 1814    Thomas Zervice, Marblehead, Mass., Industry.
   do   21,  do     William Young, North Carolina, Levant.


  _The following is a list of persons who escaped from Dartmoor prison
    from September, 1814, the first escape, until March 13, 1815._

  Sept  20, 1814    Shapley Smith, Baltimore, Leo.
  do    20,  do     Henry Cottrill, Narraganset, R. I., unknown.
  Oct       1814    Capt. Swain, New Bedford, Mass.
            1814    Gascoigne, unknown.
  Nov        do     Henry Allen, Salem, Mass., Polly.
                    John Windham, unknown.
  Dec       1814    ---- Russell, New Bedford, Mass.
  do         do     ---- Howard, unknown.
  Sept       do     Benjamin Prince, Portland, Maine, Magdalen.
  Jan       1815    Rodgers, New York, True-blooded Yankee.
  do         do     Caleb Holmes, do, unknown.
  Feb        do     Joseph Langford, Baltimore, True-blooded Yankee.
  Feb    6,  do     George Denison, Portland, Maine, Siro of Balt.
        12,  do     John W. Fletcher, Alexandria, Vir., Rattlesnake.
  March 12,  do     David Flood, Portland, Maine, Impressed.
   do        do     Isaiah Bunker, Philadelphia, True-blooded Yankee.
   do   18,  do     William Webster, unknown.

 Escaped from the last date until April, six men, names unknown.


  _The following is a correct list of names of prisoners who died at
    Dartmoor prison, from February 18, 1815, until April 20, 1815._

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