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Title: Notebook Concerning Prisons and Prisoners
Identifier(s): text:150424
Subject: Prisons -- Pennsylvania.; Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania; Prisons -- Pennsylvania.; State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Date: 1857

Title: Hand, Edward to Charles Gordon, 1782 February 27; No. 516 Edward Hand to Charles Gordon
Identifier(s): text:347932
Description: Informs him on behalf of [George Washington] that since commissioners from both armies will soon meet at Elizabethtown, [N. J.] in order to make provision for sending money to British prisoners of war at Lancaster, [Pa.] and elsewhere, it will not be necessary for Gordon to send officers from Lancaster.
Creator: Hand, Edward, 1744-1802et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Washington, George, 1732-1799
Date: 1782-02-27; 2022

Title: Williamson, H. to Benjamin Franklin, 1782 August 07; Williamson, H.. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:11207
Description: H. Williamson asks Benjamin Franklin to help twin brothers who are prisoners in England. Williamson describes that they were captured while sailing to France and that they are around the age of fourteen.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons
Date: 1782-08-07; 2022

Title: Hazelwood, John to William Watkins, 1777 January 6
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:151
Description: Orders him to proceed with prisoners to Philadelphia where either the commanding officer or the Council of Safety will give directions regarding them.; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Hazelwood, John, 1726-1800
Source: The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s (Mss.B.F327); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F327-ead.xml
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; ; Pennsylvania. Council of Safety
Date: 1777-01-06; 2021

Title: Letter on the Penitentiary System of Pennsylvania :;
Identifier(s): text:139526;
Description: ; Originally published in the National gazette. For duplicate see 308 PAM.V NO.42.
Subject: Prisons; Pennsylvania; Prison discipline; State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania;
Date: 1827

Title: Hazen, Moses to Benjamin Lincoln, 1782 June; No. 531 Moses Hazen to Benjamin Lincoln
Identifier(s): text:347963
Description: Complains about improprieties regarding a captain who is to be tried, mentions that the officers of the Pennsylvania Line at Carlisle, [Pa.] "are very assiduous' in supporting the captain whether right or wrong," and points out that if something is not done, Lincoln will be troubled with petitions from all the British officers who are prisoners of war; complains that assistant commissaries of prisoners think themselves independent of Hazen, points out that prisoners are allowed to work in the country and that some have escaped, and remarks: "In short the country is full of prisoners of war and Convention Troops."
Creator: Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Date: 1782-06; 2022

Title: State of New York, Convention of Representatives; No. 1016 State of New York, Convention of Representatives
Identifier(s): text:353154
Description: Resolution that the state treasurer advance money to Col. Charles DeWitt, who will transmit it to the chairman of the committee of Kingston, [N.Y.] in order to remove prisoners of war from there to Morris County, N. J.; signed by John McKesson, secretary; includes DeWitt's receipt for same, 8 Sept. 1776.; "Extract from the Minutes."
Creator: New York (State). Convention of the Representatives (1776-1777)et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; McKesson, John, 1734-1798
Date: 1776-09-04; 2023

Title: Habersham, James to John Habersham, 1780 December 6; No. 444 James Habersham to John Habersham
Identifier(s): text:347598
Description: Forwards money, clothes, and four barrels of flour via a flag of truce and informs him that more money could not be sent because "there are so many persons here at present in want of specie to send their friends in Captivity."
Creator: Habersham, James, 1745-1799et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Habersham, John, 1754-1802
Date: 1780-12-06; 2022

Title: Habersham, James to John Habersham, 1778" 1779 January 8"; No. 443 James Habersham to John Habersham
Identifier(s): text:347635
Description: Friendly letter; expresses regret that John Habersham is a prisoner on parole.
Creator: Habersham, James, 1745-1799et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Habersham, John, 1754-1801
Date: 1778" 1779 January 8"; 2022

Title: Memorandum of Prisoners
Description: Brief record of admissions, including name of prisoner, racial identity, age, nativitry, trade, number of convictions, parents (living or dead), "learning habits," crime, sentence, county of origin, religious education (denomination), plea, and location (cell number). Occasional additional comments.
Subject: Prisoners; Prisons--Pennsylvania; Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania; State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Date: 1853-1858

Title: Receipt, 1781 September 16; Receipt-Zully[?]
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:10800
Description: A receipt signed by Louis Zelly that he has received 12 Louis for his "master" John Shaffer who is a prisoner in the Grand Chatelet.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Slavery; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons
Date: 1781-09-16; 2022

Title: Trumbull, Jonathan to Benjamin Franklin, 1781 August 02; Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:10560
Description: Jonathan Trumbull sends a bill of exchange to Benjamin Franklin to aid his imprisoned son, John Trumbull. Trumbull requests that Franklin send him that money and more, which he will promptly pay for.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons
Date: 1781-08-02; 2022

Title: Gurney, Francis to Jesse" Jasper Yeates," 1776 June 26; No. 439 Francis Gurney to Jesse" Jasper Yeates"
Identifier(s): text:347582
Description: Requests that two prisoners be released from jail, even though they deserve punishment.
Creator: Gurney, Francis, 1738-1815et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817
Date: 1776-06-26; 2022

Title: Habersham, James to his brother John Habersham, 1777 March 23; No. 442 James Habersham to his brother John Habersham
Identifier(s): text:347692
Description: Discusses planting and selling rice; mentions two men who were confined and later paroled by the Continental Congress.
Creator: Habersham, James, 1745-1799et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Slavery; Slaves; Habersham, John, 1754-1800
Date: 1777-03-23; 2022

Title: Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania.
Identifier(s): local: APSimg4283; local: M42-21-31
Description: Color, exterior view of penitentiary.
Creator: Mason, William
Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Views; Prisons; Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works
Date: 1829, December

Title: Fothergill, Anthony letterbook, 1789-1813
Identifier(s): text:346031
Description: Anthony Fothergill writes to an English physician, J. Woodforde, from Bath and Bristol in England and from Philadelphia. The letters concern their common interests in medicine, with comments on current events, American and Philadelphia society, and medicine in the United States.
Creator: Fothergill, A.(Anthony),1732?-et al
Subject: Diseases; Medical education; Medicine; Prisoners; Prisons; Sanitation; Travel; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--War of 1812
Date: 1789-1813; 2020

Title: Maxwell, William to Joseph Reed, 1779 March 7; No. 927 William Maxwell to Joseph Reed
Identifier(s): text:353487
Description: Discusses a prisoner exchange.
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785
Date: 1779-03-07; 2023

Title: Greene, Catharine Ray to Benjamin Franklin, 1776 October 01; Greene, Catharine Ray, 1731-1794. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9387
Description: Letter from Catherine Greene to Benjamin Franklin about her and her husband's return home and their travels. Included is a note about the release of prisoners in Quebec.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Women--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons
Date: 1776-10-01; 2022

Title: Miles, Samuel to Sir William Howe, undated
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:578
Description: Letter from Samuel Miles, on behalf of officer prisoners, to Sir William Howe asking that the non-commissioned officers and enlisted men who are prisoners be given aid.; Draft. General physical description: 12-1/4x8; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Prisoners of war--United States--History--18th century
Date: undated; 2021

Title: Miles, Samuel to William Howe, [1778]
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:552
Description: Letter from Samuel Miles, on behalf of himself and other officers, to William Howe asking for help for prisoners in hospitals.; Draft; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Prisoners of war--United States--History--18th century
Date: [1778]; 2021