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• Prisoners of war in the American Revolutionary War

• The Adventures of Christopher Hawkins: Containing Details of His Captivity, a First and Second Time on the High Seas, in the Revolutionary War, by the British, and His Consequent Sufferings, and Escape from the Jersey Prison Ship, The Lying in the Harbour of New York, by Swimming (New York: Privately printed, 1864), by Christopher Hawkins, ed. by Charles I. Bushnell (page images at Google)
• American Prisoners of the Revolution, by Danske Dandridge (Gutenberg text)
• Diary of Captain Jabez Fitch (ca. 1897), by Jabez Fitch, contrib. by Vernon D. Fitch
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• The Prisoners of 1776: A Relic of the Revolution (Boston: Pub. for the Proprietor, by G. C. Rand, 1854), by Charles Herbert, contrib. by Richard Livesey
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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 (Boston: Pub. for the Proprietor by C. H. Peirce, 1847), by Charles Herbert, contrib. by Richard Livesey
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• The Journal of William Scudder, an Officer in the Late New-York Line, Who Was Taken Captive by the Indians at Fort Stanwix, on the 23d of July, 1779, and was Holden a Prisoner in Canada Until October, 1782, and Then Sent to New-York and Admitted on Parole (1794), by William Scudder (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Some account of the capture of the ship "Aurora," (M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, 1899), by Philip Morin Freneau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prison ship martyr, Captain Jabez Fitch. : His diary in facsimile. ([1897?], 1897), by Jabez Fitch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Records of the revolutionary war: containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their commissions and enlistments; general orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a list of distinguished prisoners of war; the time of their capture, exchange, etc. To which is added the half-pay acts of the Continental congress; the revolutionary pension laws; and a list of the officers of the Continental army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands. (Pudney & Russell, 1858), by W. T. R. Saffell, Nathanael Greene, Charles Lee, George Washington, and United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections of the Jersey prison ship, from the manuscript of Capt. Thomas Dring. (Corinth Books, 1961), by Thomas Dring and Albert G. Greene (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some account of the capture of the ship "Aurora." (The New York times, 1971), by Philip Morin Freneau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Autobiography of Thomas Painter, relating his experiences during the war of the Revolution. ([Washington, D.C.?, 1910), by Thomas Painter (page images at HathiTrust)
• American prisoners of the revolution (The Michie company, printers, 1911), by Danske Dandridge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and remarkable adventures of Israel R. Potter, (a native of Cranston, Rhode-Island,) who was a soldier in the American revolution ... after which he was taken prisoner by the British, conveyed to England, where for 30 years he obtained a livelihood ... by crying "Old chairs to mend" ... (Printed by J. Howard, for I. R. Potter, 1824), by Israel Potter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of Mr. John Dodge during his captivity at Detroit, reproduced in facsimile from the 2d. ed. of 1780 (The Torch Press, 1909), by John Dodge and Clarence Monroe Burton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen (Corinth Books, 1961), by Ethan Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peter Edes, pioneer printer in Maine : a biography : his diary while a prisoner by the British at Boston in 1775, with the journal of John Leach, who was a prisoner at the same time (Printed for the De Burians, 1901), by Samuel Lane Boardman, John Leach, and Peter Edes (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ancient barracks at Fredericktown, where Hessian prisoners were quartered during the revolutionary war (Printed at the Maryland state school for the deaf, 1939), by Lucy Leigh Bowie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Martyrs to the revolution in the British prison-ships in the Wallabout Bay. (W.H. Arthur & Co., 1855), by George Taylor and Martyrs' Monument Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and remarkable adventures of Israel R. Potter. (Corinth Books, 1962), by Israel Potter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Newgate of Connecticut : its origin and early history : Being a full description of the famous and wonderful Simsbury mines and caverns, and the prison built over them : To which is added a relation of all the incidents, insurrections, and massacres, connected with their use as a prison for the Tories during the revolution... Also an illustrated description of the state prison at Wethersfield (American publishing company, 1876), by Richard H. Phelps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Newgate of Connecticut : a history of the prison, its insurrections, massacres, &c., imprisonment of the Tories in the revolution, the ancient and recent working of its mines, &c., to which is appended a description of the State Prison, at Wethersfield (Press of Elihu Geer, 1844), by Richard H. Phelps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Newgate of Connecticut; its origin and early history. Being a full description of the famous and wonderful Simsbury mines and caverns, and the prison built over them. To which is added a relation of all the incidents, insurrections, and massacres, connected with their use as a prison for the Tories during the revolution ... Also. An illustrated description of the state prison at Wethersfield. (American Publishing Company, 1895), by Richard H. Phelps (page images at HathiTrust)
• David Sproat and naval prisoners in the war of the revolution, with mention of William Lenox, of Charlestown (The Knickerbocker Press, 1909), by James Lenox Banks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Records of the revolutionary war: containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their commissions and enlistments; general orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a list of distinguished prisoners of war; the time of their capture, exchange, etc. To which is added the half-pay acts of the Continental Congress; the revolutionary pension laws; and a list of the officers of the Continental Army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands. (G. G. Evans, 1860), by William Thomas Roberts Saffell, Nathanael Greene, Charles Lee, George Washington, and United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Ebenezer Fletcher of New Ipswich : who was wounded at Hubbardston, in the year 1777 and taken prisoner by the British, and after recovering a little from his wounds, made his escape from them, and returned back to Newipswich [sic] (S.F. Johnson, 1955), by Ebenezer Fletcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's captivity. (C. Goodrich, 1846), by Ethan Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's captivity, from the time of his being taken by the British, near Montreal, on the 25th day of September, in the year 1775, to the time of his exchange, on the 6th day of May, 1778. (Published by Thomas & Thomas. From the press of Charter and Hale, 1807), by Ethan Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The narrative of John Blatchford, detailing his sufferings in the revolutionary war, while a prisoner with the British. As related by himself. (Priv. Print., 1865), by John Blatchford and Charles I. Bushnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Records of the revolutionary war : containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their and enlistments; general orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene. (G. G. Evans, 1860), by William Thomas Roberts Saffell, Nathanael Greene, Charles Lee, George Washington, and United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of Dr. Elias Cornelius : a revolutionary surgeon : graphic description of his sufferings while a prisoner in Provost jail, New York, 1777 and 1778, with biographical sketch. (C.M. Tompkins and C.T. Sherman, 1903), by Elias Cornelius (page images at HathiTrust)
• A memoir of Eli Bickford : a patriot of the revolution. (Priv. Print., 1865), by Charles I. Bushnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old Jersey captive: or, A narrative of the captivity of Thomas Andros...on board the old Jersey prison ship at New York, 1781. In a series of letters to a friend... (W. Peirce, 1833), by Thomas Andros (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lancaster barracks : where the British and Hessian prisoners were detained during the Revolution (Harrisburg Pub. Co., 1895), by Samuel Miller Sener (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Wallabout prison-ships, 1776-1783 (New York, 1920), by Eugene L. Armbruster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections of the Jersey prison-ship; taken, and prepared for publication, from the original manuscript of the late Captain Thomas Dring ... one of the prisoners. (H. H. Brown, 1829), by Thomas Dring and Albert G. Greene (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and remarkable adventures of Israel R. Potter, (a native of Cranston, Rhode-Island.) (Printed by H. Trumbull, 1824), by Israel Potter and H. Trumbull (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old martyrs' prison, New York; an historical sketch of the oldest municipal building in New York City: used as a British prison during the war for American independence: built about 1756 and known at different times as "the New gaol," "the Debtors' prison, " "the Provost, " "the Hall of records" and "the Register's office." ([New York, 1902), by American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society and Edward Hagaman Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• The claim of Trinity church to having furnished burial places for some of the American prisoners, who died in the old Sugar house prison (Priv. print., 1863), by Charles Ira Bushnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Review. The tomb of the martyrs, adjoining the United States Navy Yard, Brooklyn City, in Jackson Street, who died in dungeons and pestilential prisonships, in and about the city of New York, during the seven years of our Revolutionary War (Printed by C. C. & E. Childs, Jr., 1839), by Benjamin Romaine (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Newgate of Connecticut, at Simsbury, now East Granby (J. Munsell, 1860), by Richard Harvey Phelps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Newgate of Connecticut: a history of the prison, its insurrections, massacres, &c., imprisonment of the Tories, in the revolution. (Press of E. Geer, 1844), by Richard Harvey Phelps (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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 to Plymouth, England, during the revolution of 1776 (Pub. for the proprietor, by C. H. Peirce, 1847), by Charles Herbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Christmas reminder. Being the names of about eight thousand persons, a small portion of the number confined on board the British prison ships during the war of the revolution. (Eagle print., 1888), by New York Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Allen's captivity, being a Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen, containing his voyages, travels, &c., interspersed with political observations. (O. L. Perkins, 1845), by Ethan Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Martyrs to the revolution in the British prison-ships in the Wallabout Bay. (W.H. Arthur & co., 1855), by George Taylor and Martyrs' monument association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Secretary's report of the obsequies of the prison ship martyrs at Plymouth church, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Macgowan & Slipper, printers, 1901), by Prison ship martyrs' monument association of the United States (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's captivity, from the time of his being taken by the British, near Montreal, on the 25th day of September, in the year 1775, to the time of his exchange, on the 6th day of May, 1778. (Published by Thomas & Thomas. From the press of Charter & Hale, 1807), by Ethan Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Newgate of Connecticut: a history of the prison, its insurrections, massacres, &c., imprisonment of the Tories, in the revolution. (Press of E. Geer, 1844), by Richard Harvey Phelps and YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The adventures of Christopher Hawkins : (Privately Printed, 1864), by Christopher Hawkins and Charles I. Bushnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• David Sproat and naval prisoners in the war of the revolution (The Knicker-bocker press, 1909), by James Lenox Banks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dedication of the monument and other proceedings. (Macgowan & Slipper, 1913), by Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Association of the United States (page images at HathiTrust)
• An appeal to the Congress of the United States from the Society of Old Brooklynites : for the erection of a monument over the remains of 11,500 prisoners who died on board the British prison ships during the Revolutionary War. (G. Tremlett, 1890), by Society of Old Brooklynites and United States. Congress 1889-1890) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Affidavits and documents relating to the burial (S. T. Callahan, printer, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections of the Jersey prison-ship : taken, and prepared for publication, from the original manuscript of the late Captain Thomas Dring ... one of the prisoners (P.M. Davis, 1831), by Thomas Dring and Albert G. Greene (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of Dr. Elias Cornelius. ([n.p., 1894), by Elias Cornelius (page images at HathiTrust)
• The narrative of John Blatchford, detailing his sufferings in the revolutionary war, while a prisoner with the British. (Priv. print., 1865), by John Blatchford and Charles Ira Bushnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of the life and adventures of Levi Hanford, a soldier of the revolution. (Priv. print., 1863), by Charles I Bushnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The narrative of Major Abraham Leggett, of the army of the revolution, now first printed from the original manuscript. (Priv. print., 1865), by Abraham Leggett and Charles Ira Bushnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prisoners of war (British and American) 1778. (Philadelphia, 1893), by Worthington Chauncey Ford and Samuel Blachley Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Newgate of Connecticut, at Simsbury, now East Granby : its insurrections and massacres, the imprisonment of the Tories in the Revolution, and the working of its mines : also, some account of the state prison, at Wethersfield (J. Munsell, 1860), by Richard H. Phelps, Joel Munsell, and Munsell & Rowland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of the capture of Ticonderoga. (C. Goodrich and S.B. Nichols, 1849), by Ethan Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Revolutionary incidents of Suffolk and Kings Counties : with an account of the Battle of Long Island and the British prisons and prison-ships at New York (Leavitt & Co., 1849), by Henry Onderdonk, John Fowler Trow, W. Endicott & Co, and Leavitt & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen (O.L. Perkins, 1845), by Ethan Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Records of the revolutionary war : containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers : names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their commissions and enlistments ; general orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge, with a list of distinguished prisoners of war, the time of their capture, exchange, etc., to which is added the half-pay acts of the Continental Congress, the revolutionary pension laws, and a list of the officers of the Continental army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands (Charles C. Saffell, 1894), by William Thomas Roberts Saffell, Nathanael Greene, Charles Lee, George Washington, and United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• Newgate of Connecticut : its origin and early history : being a full description of the famous and wonderful Simsbury mines and caverns, and the prison build over them (American Pub. Co., 1876), by Richard H. Phelps (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's captivity (C. Goodrich, 1846), by Ethan Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The narrative of John Blatchford detailing his sufferings in the Revolutionary War, while a prisoner with the British ([s.n.], 1865), by John Blatchford and Charles I. Bushnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of remarkable occurrences in the life of John Blatchford, of Cape-Ann, Commonwealth of Massachusetts containing an account of his treatment and sufferings while a prisoner in the late war in Nova Scotia, the West-Indies, Great-Britain, France and the East Indies (Printed by Timothy Green, 1794), by John Blatchford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narration authentique de l'échange des prisonniers faits aux Cèdres pendant la guerre américaine de 1775 (E. Senécal, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Records of the revolutionary war: containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their commissions and enlistments; general orders of Washington, Lee and Greene at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a list of distinguished prisoners of war; the time of their capture, exchange, etc. To which is added, the half-pay acts of the Continental congress; the revolutionary pension laws; and a list of the officers of the Continental army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands. By W. T. R. Saffell. (C. C. Saffell, 1894), by W. T. R. Saffell, Nathanael Greene, Charles Lee, George Washington, and United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• Privateersmen of Newport. (J. P. Sanborn, printer, 1883), by William P. Sheffield and Rhode Island Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old martyrs' prison, New York; an historical sketch of the oldest municipal building in New York City: used as a British prison during the war for American independence: built about 1756 and known at different times as "the New goal," "the Debtors' prison," "the Provost," "the Hall of records" and "the Register's office." Presented to the Boad of Aldermen of the City of New York (New York, 1902), by American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society and Edward Hagaman Hall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Newgate of Connecticut; its origin and early history. Being a full description of the famous and wonderful Simsbury mines and caverns, and the prison built over them. To which is added a relation of all the incidents, insurrections, and massacres, connected with their use as a prison for the Tories during the revolution ... Also, an illustrated description of the state prison at Wethersfield. (American Publishing Company, 1901), by Richard H. Phelps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Newgate of Connecticut: its origin and early history. : Being a full description of the famous and wonderful Simsbury mines and caverns, and the prison built over them. (American publishing company, 1892), by Richard H. Phelps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Official souvenir dedication of the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument (s.n.], 1908), by Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Association of the United States (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narration authentique de l'échange des prisonniers faits aux Cèdres pendant la guerre américaine de 1775 (E. Senécal, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. John Dodge's narrative (Printed and sold by E. Russell, next the Bell-Tavern. M,DCC,LXXX. At the same place may be had, a number of new books, &c. some of which are on the times.-- Cash paid for rags, 1780), by John Dodge and Ezekiel Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Col. Ethan Allen's observations during his captivity (Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third Street, 1779), by Ethan Allen and Robert Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Burgoyne and his officers in Cambridge, 1777-1778 ([Cambridge? Mass.], 1926), by Samuel Francis Batchelder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Convention Army (University of New Mexico Press, 1954), by William M. Dabney (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 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. (Pub. for the proprietor, by C. H. Pierce, 1847), by Charles Herbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Pennsylvania-German in the British military prisons of the revolutionary war ([Lancaster Press], 1924), by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of the interment of the remains of 11,500 American seamen, soldiers and citizens, who fell victims to the cruelties of the British on board their prison ships at the Wallabout, during the American Revolution. With a particular description of the grand & solemn funeral procession, which took place on the 26 May, 1808. And an oration, delivered at the tomb of the patriots, by Benjamin De Witt ... (Printed by Frank White & co., 1808), by or Columbian Order Tammany Society and Benjamin De Witt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter, by Israel Potter, contrib. by Leonard Kriegel and Herman Melville (Gutenberg ebook)
• Narrative of Mr. John Dodge during his Captivity at Detroit, by John Dodge, contrib. by Clarence Monroe Burton (Gutenberg ebook)
• A narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's captivity, from the time of his being taken by the British, near Montreal, on the 25th day of September, in the year 1775, to the time of his exchange, on the 6th day of May, 1778: : containing voyages and travels ... Interspersed with some political observations. / Written by himself, and now published for the information of the curious in all nations.--Price ten paper dollars. ; [Two lines of verse from Freneau] (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third Street., M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]), by Ethan Allen (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A narrative of the capture and treatment of John Dodge, by the English at Detroit. Written by himself. (Philadelphia, : Printed by T. Bradford, at the Coffee-House., MDCCLXXIX. [1779]), by John Dodge (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Description of the sufferings of those who were on board the Jersey and other prison ships in the harbour of New-York, during the struggle for our glorious independence. by an American who was a prisoner on board one of them. ([New York? : s.n., between 1781 and 1786?]), by Philip Morin Freneau (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The proceedings of a general court-martial, held at Cambridge, on Tuesday the twentieth of January; and continued by several adjournments to Wednesday the 25th of February, 1778: upon the trial of Colonel David Henley. (Boston: : Printed by J. Gill, in Court-Street., M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]), by David Henley and United States. Continental Army. Court-martial (Henley : 1778) (HTML at Evans TCP)

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