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                                A RELIC
                                 OF THE
                              REVOLUTION,

              CONTAINING A FULL AND PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF
                THE SUFFERINGS AND PRIVATIONS OF ALL THE

                           AMERICAN PRISONERS

              CAPTURED ON THE HIGH SEAS, AND CARRIED INTO
                     PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, DURING THE

                          REVOLUTION OF 1776;

     With the Names of the Vessels taken—the Names and Residence of
       the several Crews, and time of their Commitment—the Names
       of such as died in Prison, and such as made their Escape,
                or entered on board English Men-of-War;
                    until the exchange of prisoners,
                            March 15, 1779.

                                 ALSO,

                AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL CRUISES OF THE
                     SQUADRON UNDER THE COMMAND OF

                       COMMODORE JOHN PAUL JONES,

                        PRIZES TAKEN, ETC., ETC.


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               BY CHARLES HERBERT, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASS.

      Who was taken prisoner in the Brigantine Dolton, Dec., 1776,
           and served in the U.S. Frigate Alliance, 1779-80.

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                                BOSTON:

                    PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETOR, BY
                          _CHARLES H. PEIRCE._

                                 1847.

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        Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847,

                           BY RICHARD LIVSEY,

     In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

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                        Stereotyped and Printed
                     By George C. Rand and Company,
                        No. 3 Cornhill, Boston.




                               CONTENTS.

                            CHAPTER I.

                                                                PAGE

   The Dolton sailed—Was taken—Breach of Honor—Disagreeable
     Lodgings—Advantage of being Small—A Report—English
     Women—Royal Salute—Removed—A Prize  brought in—Daily
     Allowance on board His Majesty’s Ships—The  Charming
     Sally—Orders.                                                17

                           CHAPTER II.

   Disease and Vermin—Reports—Pressed Men—Removal to  the
     Tarbay—Cold Berth—Sickness prevails—General Lee—A
     Friend—An Act of Parliament—Removal for better—Better
     Quarters—Special Favors—Liberal Distribution—Great
     Contrast—A good Friend—Sickness increases.                   22

                           CHAPTER III.

   Death of E. Hunt—Gets the privilege to Work—Good Pay—Act of
     Parliament—Poetry—A Captain’s Compliments—Wish granted—A
     Report—Paper—A Prize—Prayers on board—A
     Privilege—Reckoning—Critical
     Situation—Small-Pox—Visitors—Report from America—Small-Pox
     prevails—Captain Rowe—Ship Nancy taken—Terrible
     Punishment—Carried to the Hospital—Treatment for Itch.       27

                           CHAPTER IV.

   Royal Hospital Buildings—An Adventure—Taken down with
     Small-Pox—Three Prisoners Escape—Re-taken—Severe
     Sickness—Second Death—Joseph Hatch—Recovery—Kind attention
     of the Nurses—Samuel Shriggins, the third of the company,
     died—Attempt to Escape.                                      34

                            CHAPTER V.

   Fourth Death—Captain Brown’s Escape—His Men sent to
     Prison—Discharge from the Hospital—Yellow Fever—Fifth
     Death—Cruelty to the Dead—Examination—Commitment to
     Prison—Prison Allowance—Hunger—Prison Employments—Charity
     Box—Hard Fare—Guard Alarmed—Friendly Visitors—A Mean
     Trick.                                                       40

                           CHAPTER VI.

   More Prisoners—A Present—Visit from American
     Gentlemen—Black-Hole—Fleet of Transports for
     America—Prisoners Escape—Death—Prospect of War with
     France—First Breach in the Prison Wall—Fox Frigate taken
     by the Hancock—A Newspaper—Number of Prisoners—Escape of
     thirty-two Prisoners—Bounty—Punishment—Cruelty to the
     Old—Captain Lee taken in the Fancy—Hears from Home—Bad
     News—False Reports—Daniel Cottle died.                       