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Horrid massacre at Dartmoor Prison, England. : Where the unarmed American prisoners of war were wantonly fired upon by the guard, under the command of the prison turn-key, the blood thirsty Shorland [sic]; seven were killed, and about fifty wounded, (several mortally,) without any provocation on the part of our unfortunate American citizens! : Blood has a voice [sic] to pierce the skies!"

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1815]
Call number: 150400
Dimensions: 48 x 28 cm ; text, 45 x 25 cm
Associated people: Coverly, Nathaniel,; Waddell, John Hunter.
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Horrid massacre at Dartmoor Prison, England. : Where the unarmed American prisoners of war were wantonly fired upon by the guard, under the command of the prison turn-key, the blood thirsty Shorland [i.e., Shortland]; seven were killed, and about fifty wounded, (several mortally,) without any provocation on the part of our unfortunate American citizens!
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The prisoners' memoirs, or, Dartmoor prison; containing a complete and impartial history of the entire captivity of the Americans in England, from the commencement of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, until all prisoners were released by the treaty of Ghent. Also a particular detail of all occurrences relative to the horrid massacre at Dartmoor, on the fatal evening of the 6th of April, 1815
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