4. [August 1775]
Mr. John Gill, Printer, was brought to
gaol
and put in our room. He is charged with print-
ing Sedition, treason and rebellion.
7. [August 1775] Had a Small liberty of the yard.
8. [August 1775] Close confin'd.
9. [August 1775] Some
Small liberty of the yard; a poor painter,
an inhabitant, was put in the dungeon and ve-
ry ill us'd by the provost and his deputy
Sa-
muel Dyer; then the provost turn'd him
out,
and made him down on his knees in the
yard and Say, God bless the King.
10. [August 1775] Some Small liberty of the yard.
11. [August 1775] Close
confin'd; the provost would not
Suf-
fer the door to be open'd to put our
victuals
in, but made us take it thro' the bars; and
we are daily treated with fresh insults and
abuses. Amas Fisk died. He was a prisoner
taken at
Bunker Hill; and the provost
utter-
ed the most horrible Speeches of what would
become of his Soul and body. Master
Leach's
wife came to See her husband: before she was
admitted the provost insulted her, by Saying
he was a damn'd rebel, and his family the
damnedest rebel family in the country; she
was admitted in the room a few minutes, and