| In prison No. 1 | 1769 |
| In do. No. 3 | 972 |
| In do. No. 4 | 1051 |
| In do. No. 5 | 958 |
| In do. No. 7 | 1263 |
| In different employments about the stores | 51 |
| Employed in the hospital | 19 |
| Patients in the hospital | 130 |
| Total at Dartmoor | 5693 |
The following are the different descriptions of prisoners, and the number of each class.
| There were of those discharged from British ships of war, and also those taken in England, | 2200 |
| Colored people | 1000 |
| United States’ soldiers and sailors | 250 |
| Taken on board of privateers and merchant-ships, Including those few mentioned, taken under the French flag. | 2243 |
On the same day we received letters from London, informing us that the ships taken for our conveyance, lay wind bound in the Downs.
The month concluded with pleasant weather for Dartmoor; sickness and small pox had somewhat abated.
The prisoners made a contribution for the assistance of a prisoner, who had lost an arm in attempting to take possession of the cartel, which was conveying them from Halifax to England.
As this is intended to be a true and faithful account of all the occurrences and circumstances of the American captives in England, we cannot forbear mentioning some circumstances, which may appear trifling and uninteresting to those who have not felt as we have.
The weather now being mild, and the pleasant season for crossing the Atlantic fast approaching, the prisoners felt the most insufferable anxiety for their departure. The winds being favorable, and seventeen days having elapsed since the ratified treaty arrived, they could not but wait with impatience for the cartels.
On the first of March, Capt. Shortland received orders to discharge twenty-one prisoners, who had applied to be released in England. Previous to this time almost all the men who had been delivered from the British ships of war, had been paid at different times their prize money, and the wages due for their past services in the navy.
This day a man by the name of Bratt, who had belonged to the United States’ brig Argus returned to prison. This man, at the time we were attempting to make our escape by digging out, was accused of dropping some unguarded expression, which had led to a discovery of our first attempt; he was threatened to be put to death, by great numbers of prisoners, and the keepers fearing this might be the case, took him to the guard house, where he remained till the crew of the Argus were discharged from prison, when he was also discharged with them, and went along with the crew to Dartmouth, and entered the cartel; he was there accused of the same as before, and threatened, and fearing his life might be taken, he escaped from the cartel, went into the country and worked at his trade, which was that of a blacksmith, and had resided there the whole time.