[Mill Prison, Plymouth, May 1778]
31st. Sunday this morning after we were turned Out into ye. yard a few Stayed in the L.P.1 to mine while they were at work the Guard Come in to take a Person who were Looking a Window in the Loft & going Directly up Stairs gave the (Brot. Over) Miners an Opportunity to make their Escape into the Yard the Guard Discover’d the Breach made before they went Out. for whh. Cowdrey2 Demands 4 to go to the B. hole; Or Else to put the Whole Prison upon half Allowance, & Gave them untill 4 o’Clock to Consider of the Matter. 4 was Deliver’d & Accepted & Comttd. to ye. Bh. By Capt. Fulford3 who was taken in a Mercht. from Carolina Bound to France we Learn that Genl. Lee is Exchang’d for Prescot4
D, MeHi, Jonathan Haskins Journal.
1. That is, the Long Prison, one of the dormitories for prisoners at Mill Prison.
2. William Cowdry, keeper or agent of Mill Prison.
3. Charles Herbert identifies him as “Captain Pulford.” Herbert, Relic of the Revolution, p. 127.
4. The exchange of Maj. Gen. Charles Lee of the Continental Army for Maj. Gen. Richard Prescott of the British Army took place in late April 1778.
