For their safekeeping and accommodation
Subtitle: British prisoners of war in the United States during the War of 1812
By: Anthony G. Dietz ; with the assistance of Harriett Grace Dietz
Contributors: Dietz, Harriett Grace
Publisher: Harriett G. Dietz
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 5800053110962
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Prisoners and prisons; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-464) and index.
Table of contents: title: War is declared and early prisoner releases; title: Subsequent developments and the arrival of Thomas Barclay, Principal British Agent; title: John Mason, American Commisary General of Prisoners : administration of his office; title: The Cartel of 1813; title: Prisoners' maintenance and daily routines; title: Types of prisoner releases; title: British Lieutenant Colonel Mahlon Burkwell, Parolee; title: The Aurora and other American prison ships; title: Prisons on land : Melville and the Pittsfield depot; title: Cartel vessels : transporting prisoners at sea; title: Early discord and retaliatory actions; title: Retaliation waxes; title: Pace of retaliation slows; Massachusetts jails are closed to prisoners; title: Barclay moves to Maryland; the Convention of April 15, 1814; title: The escape from Philadelphia's Arch Street Prison; amending the Convention of April 15, 1814; title: Prisoners at Chillicothe, Ohio (Camp Bull); title: Prisoners at Newport and Frankfort, Kentucky; further relaxation of retaliation; title: Prisoners at Pittsburgh (Fort Fayette); title: Kentucky and Ohio continued : nadir of the prisoner program; title: Great Britain rejects the Cartel; release of maritime prisoners; title: "The Dash on Washington" and Thomas Barclay departs; prisoners at Frederick Town, Maryland; title: Pittsfield Depot enlarged; title: Cheshire, Massachusetts: parole town for British prisoners; title: Peace with England and the final release of prisoners.