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Perez Drinkwater Jr. of Portland, imprisoned in Dartmoor Prison in Princeton, England, during the War of 1812, drew a sketch of the prison in the back of his notebook of sailing problems.
On the reverse side of the drawing, Drinkwater wrote: "On the following page you will find a rough scetch of Dartmoore Prison where I have been Confined for about 13 months but I am in hopes of geting Clear soon as we expect the ratification of the peace between the two Country's every day it cannot Come two soon for I am tired of stying heir in this Lothsom Prison for Lothsom it is and a retched place it is to put people in you may depend. Perez Drinkwater Junr of Portland February 6"
About This Item
- Title: Sketch of Dartmoor Prison, 1815
- Creator: Perez Drinkwater Jr.
- Creation Date: 1815-02-06
- Subject Date: 1815
- Location: Dartmoor, Princeton, England
- Media: Ink, watercolor on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 949, Ser. 6, vol. 1
- Collection: Maritime records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Dartmoor Prison (England)
- Drinkwater, Perez--Correspondence
- Letters
- Prisoners of war
- United States--History--War of 1812--Prisoners and prisons
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