American Prisoners of the Revolution

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By Danske Dandridge

Dedication TO THE MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER Lieutenant Daniel

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II. THE RIFLEMEN OF THE REVOLUTION

CHAPTER III. NAMES OF SOME OF THE PRISONERS OF 1776

CHAPTER IV. THE PRISONS OF NEW YORK JONATHAN GILLETT

CHAPTER V. WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, THE PROVOST MARSHAL

CHAPTER VI. THE CASE OF JABEZ FITCH

CHAPTER VII. THE HOSPITAL DOCTOR A TORY'S ACCOUNT OF NEW YORK IN 1777 ETHAN ALLEN'S

CHAPTER VIII. THE ACCOUNT OF ALEXANDER GRAYDON

CHAPTER IX. A FOUL PAGE OF ENGLISH HISTORY

CHAPTER X. A BOY IN PRISON

CHAPTER XI. THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE REVOLUTION

CHAPTER XII. THE TRUMBULL PAPERS AND OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION

CHAPTER XIII. A JOURNAL KEPT IN THE PROVOST

CHAPTER XIV. FURTHER TESTIMONY OF CRUELTIES ENDURED BY AMERICAN PRISONERS

CHAPTER XV. THE OLD SUGAR HOUSE TRINTY CHURCHYARD

CHAPTER XVI. THE CASE OF JOHN BLATCHFORD

CHAPTER XVII. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND OTHERS ON THE SUBJECT OF AMERICAN PRISONERS

CHAPTER XVIII. THE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW SHERBURNE

CHAPTER XIX. MORE ABOUT THE ENGLISH PRISONS MEMOIR OF ELI BICKFORD CAPTAIN FANNING

CHAPTER XX. SOME SOUTHERN NAVAL PRISONERS

CHAPTER XXI. EXTRACTS FROM NEWSPAPERS SOME OF THE PRISON SHIPS CASE OF CAPTAIN

CHAPTER XXII. THE JOURNAL OF DR. ELIAS CORNELIUS BRITISH PRISONS IN THE SOUTH

CHAPTER XXIII. A POET ON A PRISON SHIP

CHAPTER XXIV. "THERE WAS A SHIP"

CHAPTER XXV. A DESCRIPTION OF THE JERSEY

CHAPTER XXVI. THE EXPERIENCE OF EBENEZER FOX.

CHAPTER XXVII. THE EXPERIENCE OF EBENEZER FOX (CONTINUED)

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CASE OF CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS

CHAPTER XXIX. TESTIMONY OF PRISONERS ON BOARD THE JERSEY

CHAPTER XXX. RECOLLECTIONS OF ANDREW SHERBURNE

CHAPTER XXXI. CAPTAIN ROSWELL PALMER

CHAPTER XXXII. THE NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN ALEXANDER COFFIN

CHAPTER XXXIII. A WONDERFUL DELIVERANCE

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN DRING

CHAPTER XXXV. THE NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN DRING (CONTINUED)

CHAPTER XXXVI. THE INTERMENT OF THE DEAD

CHAPTER XXXVII. DAME GRANT AND HER BOAT

CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE SUPPLIES FOR THE PRISONERS

CHAPTER XXXIX. FOURTH OF JULY ON THE JERSEY

CHAPTER XL. AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE

CHAPTER XLI. THE MEMORIAL TO GENERAL WASHINGTON

CHAPTER XLII. THE EXCHANGE

CHAPTER XLIII. THE CARTEL CAPTAIN DRING'S NARRATIVE (CONTINUED)

CHAPTER XLIV. CORRESPONDENCE OF WASHINGTON AND OTHERS

CHAPTER XLV. GENERAL WASHINGTON AND REAR ADMIRAL DIGBY COMMISSARIES SPROAT AND

CHAPTER XLVI. SOME OF THE PRISONERS ON BOARD THE JERSEY

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX C

BIBLIOGRAPHY

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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