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After Vincennes Hamilton Endures Royal Jail in Williamsburg
In 1780 the famed Hair Buyer General Henry Hamilton and Capt. Mothe were held prisoner in Williamsburg Virginia after capture at Vincennes. Hamilton describes harsh conditions from Beaverdam to Richmond to the Williamsburg jail, including fetters, heat, and denied water, revealing the postwar fate of a British officer in American custody.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Union
Williamsburg
Duke of Gloucester Street
Old
America
Henry Hamilton
Detroit
Kentucky
Guillaume la Mothe
George Rogers Clark
Fort Sackville
Vincennes
Hamilton
la Mothe
Virginia
Jermyn Street
London
Frederick Haldimand
Canada
England
Clark
Falls of the Ohio
Louisville
Beaverdam
Richmond
Chesterfield
Thomas Jefferson
Williamsburgh
Lamothe
Dejean
Major Hay
Mothe
Hanover
Coll Clarke
John Dodge
Dodge
Milo M. Quaife
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Jefferson
Washington