English subject’s daring release battle in colonial echo
James Lundin recounts his 1775 imprisonment by Continental Congress leaders after arriving from England aboard the Charming Sally. He details capture, confinement at New Tavern Philadelphia, search of trunks, forced clauses, and a habeas corpus bid. Lundin describes guards, transport to New York, escape, and return to England aboard the Sea Nymph via Sandy Hook.
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