Journal of Charles Herbert, January 16, 1777

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[H. M. S. Raisonable, off Plymouth]

[1777. January] 16. A number of seamen's wives came on board to-day, and upon being told that they had American prisoners on board, "Have you?" said one to the other; "What sort of people are they?" "Are they white?" "Can they talk?" Upon being pointed to where some of them stood, "Why!" exclaimed they, "they look like our people, and they talk English."

1. Charles Herbert, 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, 1847), 19-20. Hereafter cited as Herbert, A Relic of the Revolution. Herbert was a seaman on board the Massachusetts privateer brig Dalton, taken December 24, 1776, by H.M.S. Raisonable.

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1777 January 16

Author

Herbert, Charles (seaman)

Volume

Places

Plymouth

Ships

Raisonable

Series

European Theatre from January 1, 1777, to May 31, 1777

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