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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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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1815]
Call number: 49880
Dimensions: 49 x 29 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 [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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A description of Dartmoor Prison, with an account of the massacre of the prisoners : designed as an accompaniment to the View of Dartmoor Prison, drawn by J.J. Taylor, one of the prisoners

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