Recollections of the Jersey Prison ShipApplewood Books, 1986 - 174 trang The miseries endured by American seamen during the Revolutionary War are documented in Captain Dring's account of his experience as a prisoner on the Jersey off the coast of Long Island. Originally published in 1829. |
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