[Extract]
[Mill Prison, Plymouth, June 1778]
26th. Saturday Yesterday afternoon 4 from the B.h.1 & One from the Hospital Made their Escape thro. the Drean of that Vault & got about ¼ of a Mile then was taken again2 & Comttd. to ye. Bh. & this After Noon was Sent up to this Yard but Still kept on ½ Allw.3
D, MeHi, Jonathan Haskins Journal.
1. That is, black hole.
2. In his account of this escape, Charles Herbert adds that the men “got a boat” before they were caught. Herbert, Relic of the Revolution, p. 139.
3. That is, allowance.