[Mill Prison, Plymouth, 1778]
22d. of July Wednesday Yesterday Noon Another hole was begun in the L. Prison;1 & at Night when at work a Mining about 9 or 10 o’Clock they were Discover’d by the guard who Immediately Came in & took two & Comttd. To the B. hole—
This Afternoon took two Boys a Mining the Vault-Whome they Chastised & Afterwards Discharged. Two Brot. Back of those that eloped the 20th. Instt., & one Return’d of his Own Accord Only because he was Hungry—2
D, MeHi, Jonathan Haskins Journal.
1. That is, Long Prison.
2. On the escape of 20 July, see Haskins’s Journal entry of 21 July, above.
