[15] “Prescott begged time to dress, but it being a hot July night, and time precious, Barton refused acquiescence, feeling that it would not be cruel to take him ... where he could make his toilet ... at his leisure. So, throwing his cloak around him ... the prisoner was hurried to the shore.”—Idem.
[16] “Prescott’s aid, hearing the noise in the general’s room, leaped from a window to escape, but was captured.”—Idem.
[17] “At Warwick Point ... Prescott first broke the silence by saying to Col. Barton: ‘Sir, you have made a bold push, to-night.’ ‘We have been fortunate,’ coolly replied Barton. Captain Elliot was there with a coach to convey the prisoners to Providence.”—Idem.
[18] “For that service Congress honored him by the presentation of a sword, and also by a grant of land in Vermont.”—Idem, p. 75. Note.
[19] “And on the 24th of December following he was promoted to the rank and pay of colonel in the Continental army.”—Idem, p. 77.