American Prisoners of the Revolution
  • Dedication
  • 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 ACCOUNT OF THE PRISONERS
  • 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 BIRDSALL
  • 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 SKINNER
  • CHAPTER XLVI. SOME OF THE PRISONERS ON BOARD THE JERSEY
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX A. LIST OF 8000 MEN WHO WERE PRISONERS ON BOARD THE OLD JERSEY
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