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Title: A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed.
Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was
Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred
And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island,
Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At
Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes
And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political
Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct
Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre
Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself.

Author: Benjamin Waterhouse

Release Date: January 10, 2009 [EBook #27763]

Language: English

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A

JOURNAL,

OF

A YOUNG MAN OF MASSACHUSETTS,

LATE

A SURGEON ON BOARD AN AMERICAN PRIVATEER,

WHO WAS CAPTURED AT SEA BY THE BRITISH, IN MAY, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
AND THIRTEEN, AND WAS CONFINED FIRST,

AT MELVILLE ISLAND, HALIFAX, THEN AT CHATHAM,
IN ENGLAND ... AND LAST,

AT DARTMOOR PRISON.

INTERSPERSED WITH

OBSERVATIONS, ANECDOTES AND REMARKS,

TENDING TO ILLUSTRATE THE MORAL AND POLITICAL CHARACTERS
OF THREE NATIONS.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

A CORRECT ENGRAVING OF DARTMOOR PRISON,

REPRESENTING THE MASSACRE OF AMERICAN PRISONERS,

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

"Nothing extenuate, or set down aught in malice."... SHAKESPEARE.

THE SECOND EDITION,
With considerable Additions and Improvements.

BOSTON:
PRINTED BY ROWE & HOOPER ... 78 STATE-STREET,

1816.

_District of Massachusetts, to wit:_

_District Clerk's Office._

(L. S.)

Be it remembered, that on the sixth day of March, A. D. 1816, and in
the fortieth year of the Independence of the