THE PRISONERS’ MEMOIRS,
OR
DARTMOOR PRISON;
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.
THE WHOLE CAREFULLY
COMPILED BY A PRISONER IN ENGLAND,
Who was a Captive during the whole War.
——Quæque ipse miserrima vidi,
Et quorum pars magna fui; quis talia fando,
Temperet a lacrymis?
Virg. I., ii., v. 5.
“These sufferings I myself have seen, and to the greater part of which I was a principal party. Who can relate such woes without a tear?”
NEW YORK:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR.
1852.