A journal, of a young man of Massachusetts late a surgeon on board an American privateer, who was captured at sea by the British in May, eighteen hundred and thirteen, and was confined first, at Melville island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England, and last at Dartmoor prison : interspersed with observations, anecdotes and remarks, tending to illustrate the moral and political characters of three nations : to which is added, a correct engraving of Dartmoor prison, representing the massacre of American prisoners / written by himself.
| Author/creator | Waterhouse, Benjamin |
| Other author | Babcock, Amos G. |
| Other author | King, Charles. |
| Other author | Larpent, F. Seymour (Francis Seymour), 1776-1845. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed by Rowe and Hooper, 1816. |
| Description | 228 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates ; 19 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| General note | "A novel founded on fact."-- Cf. Alliborne, Dict. of authors. |
| General note | Usually considered a work of fiction by Waterhouse -- and so listed by Wright -- but according to H. R. Viets, it was edited by Waterhouse from a manuscript by Amos G. Babcock. Cf. Yale journal of biology and medicine, vol. 12 (July, 1940) |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 102060. |
| Citation/References note | RLIN, CTRG01-B2041 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |