[Mill Prison, Plymouth]
1st. of April 1778 Wed[nesda]y fair wt. Tis said peace with America & a French Warr. This Day the Unfortunate Donoly was Shot; but I Cant Learn wheather he Ever Spok Scarcely a word but went to the place of Execution with great Fortitude & Presence of mind Blames No body but himself for being taken. Bazely the Other Centinal was only Flogg’d, as he was Influenced by Donoly.1
D, MeHi, Jonathan Haskins Journal.
1. “Donoly” and “Bazely” were sentinels at Mill Prison who had deserted and joined a group of escaping American prisoners. See Journal of Dr. Jonathan Haskins, 31 Jan. 1778 and 3 Mar. 1778, NDAR 11: 948–49; 1058.
