[Mill Prison, Plymouth, 1778]
9th. of Augt. Sunday last Eveng as 4 men went to Empty the Necessary tubs1: two of them took to the water to swim away: but were soon taken up—The Commissioner from the Bd.2 who was here a few months ago has come here again to Regulate Matters—
D, MeHi, Jonathan Haskins Journal.
1. That is, the tubs constituting the prison’s privy.
2. A representative from the Commission for Sick and Hurt Seamen, which oversaw British prisons.
