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[Herbert, Charles].

THE PRISONERS OF 1776; A RELIC OF THE REVOLUTION. CONTAINING A FULL ANDPARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE SUFFERINGS AND PRIVATIONS OF ALL THE AMERICANPRISONERS CAPTURED ON THE HIGH SEAS, AND CARRIED INTO PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND,DURING THE REVOLUTION OF 1776. ALSO, AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL CRUISES OFTHE SQUADRON UNDER THE COMMAND OF COMMODORE JOHN PAUL JONES, PRIZES TAKEN,etc. etc., by Rev. R. Livesey.

Geo. C. Rand, Boston: 1854. Text compiled from the journal of Charles Herbert, of Newburyport, Mass., who was taken prisoner in the Brigantine Dolton, Dec. 1776, and confined in Old Mill Prison, Plymouth, England. HOWES H434 Later printing (orig. published in 1847, under the title A RELIC OF THE REVOLUTION). 12mo.; 264pp. Frontis. illus. & extra illustrated title page. Blind stamped brown cloth. Gilt decorated spine; gilt illustration of a sailing ship on front cover. Prev. owner's signatures in pencil on rear pastedown. A very good copy.

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