[August 15, 1775, cont.] and blasphemy. The worst man of
war is nothing
to be compar'd with this diabolical place.
They
Sometimes gave us water in the pail in the
morning, and by the heat of the weather and
our cell, it grew very warm, and they would
not change it, and damn'd us, Saying we
must have that or none.
16. [August 1775] The
provost gave orders to the Serjeant of the
guard to keep us close. We took our victuals
thro' the bars. Cornelius Turner, another rifle
man was bro't to goal. He
ran from the provincial
army, and attempted to go back again in a day or two
after. He was told by Col. Robinson about one
o'clock that he must be hanged that day, at
4 o'clock; and a minister of the army came
to visit him, and for Sundry days after, to get
him to confess all he knew about the provin-
cial army. He was visited 2 or 3 times a day
by this chaplain for Several days.
17. [August 1775] Kept
close all day: one Mr. French an
inhabitant
confin'd in the dungeon all day, and at
night
let out, and was oblig'd to fall down on his
knees to the provost in the yard, and Say, God
bless the King. Phineas Nevers, a
prisoner ta-
ken at
Bunkers Hill, died.
Samuel Dickey