Forton Prison (England) prisoner of war papers
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence; Prisoners of war; History; Prisoners and prisons; Songs and music
Description: 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.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition available, no. 16,512.

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1977.

Transfer, U.S. Dept. of State, 1906.

Collection material in English.