Commodore Joshua Barney: many interesting facts connected with the life of Commodore Joshua Barney, hero of the United States navy, 1776-1812, also a compilation of genealogical material relating to Commodore Barney's ancestors and descendants, with valuable records for those in search of Barney family connections . re by the British m 1780. I Mill PrisonPlymouth, England MILL PRISON, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND For a suspected attempt with others to break fromprison while being held as a prisoner of war in MillPrison, Plymouth, England, in 1780, CommodoreBarney was confined in solitary dungeon for thir
Commodore Joshua Barney: many interesting facts connected with the life of Commodore Joshua Barney, hero of the United States navy, 1776-1812, also a compilation of genealogical material relating to Commodore Barney's ancestors and descendants, with valuable records for those in search of Barney family connections . re by the British m 1780. I Mill PrisonPlymouth, England MILL PRISON, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND For a suspected attempt with others to break fromprison while being held as a prisoner of war in MillPrison, Plymouth, England, in 1780, CommodoreBarney was confined in solitary dungeon for thirty days,in heavy irons. Mill Prison was situated in the center of an ex-tensive court, surrounded by high, double walls withan area of twenty feet between them. Numeroussentinels were posted, not only among the prisonerswithin the building and court, but in the area betweenthe surrounding walls, and along the whole line of theouter wall. The gates in the two walls were placed overagainst each other; the upper one was formed of aniron paling eight feet high; the lower one stood openfor the most part all day, in order to allow free com-munication with the keeper of the prison, whose ofhcestood in the area. From eight oclock in the morninguntil sunset, the prisoners were allowed the freedom ofthe courtyard. 148. o j:: u* (Al c w N . t-; u .- ^ u >- K^ TD C >. rt >- OJ 1:2 c 2 0 S9 K» k ^^ u f^ Cai r^ • ^ C lU /. CTJ ^ iJ t-> ^ ^ . c bo C G , ^ co 53-^ 2Q C t/3 r^ ^ ^ ?*- < «3 ° c s oryriso O E ^ ^H OJ j:: <-; s.^ ^-I V, C I- r •-M k. ?4— ^ flj ^-^ ^T^ ?L* b 5 2 w ^ U CTJ •^ T^ U t:-^ 0 .<^ ^ i3 c c^ . -^ -a <u ?- 0 «J u Lieut. Joshua Barney Dissatisfied withthe Treatment by the Government LIEUT. JOSHUA BARNEY DISSATISFIED WITH THE TREATMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT Copied from the Original in the Archives of the Con-tinental Congress Department of State, Washing-ton, D. C. To the Honorable the Delegates of the UnitedStates of America in Congress as
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