London 28th February 1777 —
My Lord
I beg leave to inclose to your Lordship a list of Prisoners taken by the Rebels, belonging to the Troops and Armed Vessels raised and fitted out by me in Virginia. The Cruel and inhumane treatment that I know some of them have met with from that Barbarous and Savage Enemy, confined in loathsome Gaols, and loaded with Irons, now upward of twelve Months, induces me to trouble your Lordship at this time, to request you will give the Necessary orders for their being exchanged.
I also beg leave to request your Lordship to give the like order for Colo Allan McDonald and his Son, who were taken Prisoners at the Cross Creeks in North Carolina, and now confined at Reiding [Reading] in Berks [Bucks] County, in Pensylvania. ー Your Lordship is so well acquainted with the part this Gentleman and his Son Acted in Carolina, and what they must of consequence have suffered since, that I am persuaded it is needless for me to say any thing farther to induce your Lordship to have them speedily released from such Cruel and unrelenting Enemys. I am My Lord [&c.]
[Enclosure]
List of Prisoners taken by the Rebels, belonging to the Troops and Armed Vessels raised and fitted out by the Earl of Dunmore, Governor of Virginia.
| Name |
Rank |
where confined |
| John Connolly |
Lieut Colo of the |
Queens Rangers |
Philadelphia |
| Allan Cameron |
Lieut |
do |
do |
| John Smith |
Sutgeon |
do |
do |
| Jacob Elligard |
Lieut Colo of the |
Queens Loyal
Virginia Regiment |
Virginia |
| George Blair |
Captain |
do |
do |
| John Hunter Junr |
Lieut |
do |
North Carolina |
| Townshend |
Engisn |
do |
Virginia |
| James Parker |
Engineer |
do |
do |
| John Goodrich Senr |
Commander of an Armed Vessell |
do |
| Bartlet Goodrich |
do |
do |
do |
| Wiliam Goodrich |
do |
do |
Philadelphia |
| Bridger Goodrich |
do |
do |
do |
| Charles Robb |
Mate of the Ship William |
North Carolina |
