The narrative of John Blatchford, detailing his sufferings in the revolutionary war, while a prisoner with the British As related by himself . N June, 1777, I shipped myself ascabin-boy on board the Continentalship Hancock, (i) John Manly,Esq. (j) commander, being then inthe 15th year of my age, and afew days after sailed on a out some days we fell in withid took the Fox, (3) a British frigate28 guns, after an engagement oflasses. Our captain sent on board[•ize as many men as we could spare,)oth ships kept company several days,till on the 8th of July we fell in with tl
The narrative of John Blatchford, detailing his sufferings in the revolutionary war, while a prisoner with the British As related by himself . N June, 1777, I shipped myself ascabin-boy on board the Continentalship Hancock, (i) John Manly,Esq. (j) commander, being then inthe 15th year of my age, and afew days after sailed on a out some days we fell in withid took the Fox, (3) a British frigate28 guns, after an engagement oflasses. Our captain sent on board[•ize as many men as we could spare,)oth ships kept company several days,till on the 8th of July we fell in with tlie Britishships Rainbow (4) of -±0 guns, and Flora (5) of 32 guns 10 NAKRATIYE. (who had in company the brig Cabot (e) of 16 gunswhich had just before been taken by the JVIilfordBritish frigate) (i) by wiiom we were both taken {»)and carried into Halifax. I was kept prisoner among a number of mycountrymen, on board the Rainbow, until we arrivedat Halifax. (9) On our arrival there we were takenon shore and confined in a prison which had for-merly been a sugar house. (10)—^The large numberof prisoners confined in this house (near 300)together w
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