[Mill Prison, Plymouth, June 1778]
23d. Wednesday last Night the Miners at work; & About 8. o’Clock Was discover’d taken & Carry’d to the B[lack]. hole; after which the Guard come into Our Prison, & finding Mr. Buntin & Capt. Boardman1 walking below, they Order’d them to bed, which they Refused to Do as they was Walking Peaceably, for Non-compliance they were Carry’d to the B. hole
D, MeHi, Jonathan Haskins Journal.
1. Lt. John Buntin of Massachusetts privateer brigantine Dalton, Capt. Offin Boardman, commander.