American Prisoners of the RevolutionDedicationReading editionChapter navigation52 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…DedicationPREFACEChapter I · — INTRODUCTORYChapter II · — THE RIFLEMEN OF THE REVOLUTIONChapter III · — NAMES OF SOME OF THE PRISONERS OF 1776Chapter IV · — THE PRISONS OF NEW YORK—JONATHAN GILLETTChapter V · — WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, THE PROVOST MARSHALChapter VI · — THE CASE OF JABEZ FITCHChapter VII · — THE HOSPITAL DOCTOR—A TORY’S ACCOUNT OF NEW YORK IN 1777—ETHAN ALLEN’SChapter VIII · — THE ACCOUNT OF ALEXANDER GRAYDONChapter IX · — A FOUL PAGE OF ENGLISH HISTORYChapter X · — A BOY IN PRISONChapter XI · — THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE REVOLUTIONChapter XII · — THE TRUMBULL PAPERS AND OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATIONChapter XIII · — A JOURNAL KEPT IN THE PROVOSTChapter XIV · — FURTHER TESTIMONY OF CRUELTIES ENDURED BY AMERICAN PRISONERSChapter XV · — THE OLD SUGAR HOUSE—TRINTY CHURCHYARDChapter XVI · — THE CASE OF JOHN BLATCHFORDChapter XVII · — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND OTHERS ON THE SUBJECT OF AMERICAN PRISONERSChapter XVIII · — THE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW SHERBURNEChapter XIX · — MORE ABOUT THE ENGLISH PRISONS—MEMOIR OF ELI BICKFORD—CAPTAIN FANNINGChapter XX · — SOME SOUTHERN NAVAL PRISONERSChapter XXI · — EXTRACTS FROM NEWSPAPERS—SOME OF THE PRISON SHIPS—CASE OF CAPTAINChapter XXII · — THE JOURNAL OF DR. ELIAS CORNELIUS—BRITISH PRISONS IN THE SOUTHChapter XXIII · — A POET ON A PRISON SHIPChapter XXIV · — “THERE WAS A SHIP”Chapter XXV · — A DESCRIPTION OF THE JERSEYChapter XXVI · — THE EXPERIENCE OF EBENEZER FOX. —Chapter XXVII · — THE EXPERIENCE OF EBENEZER FOX (CONTINUED)Chapter XXVIII · — THE CASE OF CHRISTOPHER HAWKINSChapter XXIX · — TESTIMONY OF PRISONERS ON BOARD THE JERSEYChapter XXX · — RECOLLECTIONS OF ANDREW SHERBURNEChapter XXXI · — CAPTAIN ROSWELL PALMERChapter XXXII · — THE NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN ALEXANDER COFFINChapter XXXIII · — A WONDERFUL DELIVERANCEChapter XXXIV · — THE NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN DRINGChapter XXXV · — THE NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN DRING (CONTINUED)Chapter XXXVI · — THE INTERMENT OF THE DEADChapter XXXVII · — DAME GRANT AND HER BOATChapter XXXVIII · — THE SUPPLIES FOR THE PRISONERSChapter XXXIX · — FOURTH OF JULY ON THE JERSEYChapter XL · — AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPEChapter XLI · — THE MEMORIAL TO GENERAL WASHINGTONChapter XLII · — THE EXCHANGEChapter XLIII · — THE CARTEL—CAPTAIN DRING’S NARRATIVE (CONTINUED)Chapter XLIV · — CORRESPONDENCE OF WASHINGTON AND OTHERSChapter XLV · — GENERAL WASHINGTON AND REAR ADMIRAL DIGBY—COMMISSARIES SPROAT ANDChapter XLVI · — SOME OF THE PRISONERS ON BOARD THE JERSEYCONCLUSIONLIST OF 8000 MEN WHO WERE PRISONERS ON BOARD THE OLD JERSEYAPPENDIX BBIBLIOGRAPHYBeginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFACEAll chapters and sections (52)Other sectionsDedicationPREFACEChapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546Other sectionsCONCLUSIONLIST OF 8000 MEN WHO WERE PRISONERS ON BOARD THE OLD JERSEYAPPENDIX BBIBLIOGRAPHYTO THE MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHERLieutenant Daniel Bedinger, of Bedford, Virginia “A BOY IN PRISON” AS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL THAT WAS BRAVEST AND MOST HONORABLE IN THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE PATRIOTS OF 1776PREFACE →