A journal, of a young man of Massachusetts, late a surgeon on board an American privateer, who was captured at sea by the British in May, eighteen hundred and thirteen and was confined first, at Melville Island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England, and last at Dartmoor prison

LATE
A SURGEON ON BOARD AN AMERICAN PRIVATEER,
WHO WAS CAPTURED AT SEA BY THE BRITISH, IN MAY, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, AND WAS CONFINED FIRST,
AT MELVILLE ISLAND, HALIFAX, THEN AT CHATHAM, IN ENGLAND ... AND LAST,
AT DARTMOOR PRISON.
INTERSPERSED WITH
OBSERVATIONS, ANECDOTES AND REMARKS,
TENDING TO ILLUSTRATE THE MORAL AND POLITICAL CHARACTERS OF THREE NATIONS.
TO WHICH IS ADDED,
A CORRECT ENGRAVING OF DARTMOOR PRISON,
REPRESENTING THE MASSACRE OF AMERICAN PRISONERS,
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

Benjamin Waterhouse
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Язык

Английский

Год издания

2009-01-10

Темы

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

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