[Mill Prison, Plymouth, June 1778]
27th. Saturday this Day about 3 P.M. Mr. Shoemaker & Kirk1 Scaled the Walls but the Centry was Timorous & Alarmed the Guard took them & Comttd. to the B[lack]. hole Immediately2
D, MeHi, Jonathan Haskins Journal.
1. Lt. Anthony Shoemaker of sloop Charming Sally and Midn. Arthur Kirk of Continental Navy brigantine Lexington.
2. In his journal, Charles Herbert adds that the two officers “had an invitation by the sentry to go over the wall.” Herbert, Relic of the Revolution, p. 139.
