Forton Prison (England) prisoner of war papers, 1777-1797.

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Forton Prison (England) prisoner of war papers, 1777-1797.

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Journal (1777 June 15-1779 July 22) kept by an American prisoner, Thomas McKinney, with a contemporary copy of a letter (1778 September 19) from John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Arthur Lee to the prisoners at Forton, list of prisoners, and financial entries (1793-1797) of Reuben Locke, Lexington, Mass.; and copybook of naval prisoners' songs (1778), with list of financial expenditures.

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Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

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Adams, John, 1735-1826

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Forton Prison (England)

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