tured at Fort Washington November 16, 1776, and confined in New York. He received some supplies from the agent for the prisoners in New York; was exchanged at Elizabethtown January 1, 1781, and returned to his home, a distance of 120 miles, in Chester county, Pa.

LIEUTENANT JONATHAN SMITH,

Of Colonel Bowman's 8th Virginia Regiment, was captured October 1, 1777. He was Ensign until April 4, 1778, when he was promoted to a Lieutenant. He was confined in New York, and received the attention of Mr. Pintard; was exchanged December 15, 1780, at Elizabethtown, and returned to his home at Fredericksburg, Va., a distance of 360 miles, but returned to his regiment, and served to the end of the war.

LIEUTENANT ROBERT DARLINGTON,

Of Colonel Watts' Regiment of Flying-Camp, was captured at Fort Washington, November 16, 1776, and was confined on Long Island. He was admitted to parole May 26, 1777, but was ordered into the New York city prisons on the 17th of August, 1779, where he was supplied by Mr. Pintard and Mr. Beatty, and was honored, on the 6th of June, 1777, with a warrant for 167 dollars from his Excellency General Washington. He was exchanged at Elizabethtown on the 14th of May, 1781, and returned to his home in Chester county, Pa. Lieutenant Darlington was an "able officer, a ripe scholar, and polite gentleman."

LIEUTENANT SAMUEL MCCLELLAN,

Of Colonel Montgomery's Flying-Camp, was also captured at Fort Washington, November 16, 1776, and confined on Long Island. He was admitted to parole on the 20th of May, 1777, but was on the 29th of September, 1779, ordered into the prisons in New York. He received the attention of Mr. Pintard, Mr. Skinner, and Mr. Adams, who furnished him with supplies. He was exchanged Dec. 7, 1780, and returned to his home in Chester county, Pa.

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LIEUTENANT WARNER WYNN,

Of Colonel Montgomery's Flying-Camp, was captured at Fort Washington, November 16, 1776, and confined in New York, where Mr. Pintard advanced him £10 10s. 3d. There appears no account of his exchange, and the time of his imprisonment cannot be ascertained beyond May 1, 1777. It would appear that he escaped from the British and joined the Americans in his former company.

DAVID LOVE, SURGEON

To the North Carolina Brigade, appears among the New York prisoners, yet no account of his capture nor exchange can be found. He served as Surgeon from 18th August, 1779, to August 1, 1781, and received 75 dollars per month pay.

ENSIGN JOHN THOMPSON,

Of Colonel Morgan's Pennsylvania Militia, was captured January 3, 1777, and confined in New York, where Mr. Pintard advanced him £64 and 300 dollars. He was exchanged at Elizabethtown, August 26, 1778, and returned to his place of abode in Philadelphia county, Pa.

The following List of American Prisoners were released from captivity at Elizabethtown, N. J., by John Adams, Commissary of Prisoners, at the date written opposite their names.

John Harper, Brigade Major, Pa., Nov. 4, 1780.

John Wells, Major, 2d Va. Regt., Nov. 8, 1780.

William B. Gifford, Lieutenant, 3d N. J. Regt., Nov. 22, 1780.

Gabriel Blakeney, Lieutenant, Col. Watts' Flying-Camp, Nov. 22, 1780.

John Riley, Lieutenant, Col. Webb's Conn. Regt., Dec. 3, 1780.

William Robertson, Adjutant, 9th Va. Regt., Dec. 3, 1780.

Joseph Payne, Ensign, 9th Va. Regt., Dec. 3, 1780.

Asa Lay, Lieutenant, Col. Meigs' Conn. Regt., Dec. 3, 1780.

Abraham Stout, Lieutenant, 2d N. J. Regt., Dec. 8, 1780.

Ebenezer West, Adjutant, Col. Ely's Conn. Regt., Dec. 3, 1780.

William Martin, Lieutenant, Col. Proctor's Pa. Artillery, Dec. 4, 1780.
James Smith, Lieutenant, Col. Proctor's Pa. Artillery, Dec. 4, 1780.
John Cozens, Captain, N. J. Regt., Dec. 8, 1780.

Samuel McElhatton, Ensign, Col. Watts' Flying-Camp, Dec. 8, 1780.
John Crawford, Lieutenant, Col. Watts' Flying-Camp, Dec. 8, 1780.
Ephraim Hunter, Lieutenant, Col. Watts' Flying-Camp, Dec. 8, 1780.
Henry Clayton, Lieutenant, Col. Swope's Flying-Camp, Dec. 8, 1780.
Benjamin Davis, Lieutenant, Col. Montgomery's Flying-Camp, Dec. 8, 1780.
Hugh King, Lieutenant, Col. Baxter's Flying-Camp, Dec. 8, 1780.
Jacob Mumme, Ensign, Col. Baxter's Flying-Camp, Dec. 8, 1780.
Thomas Warman, Lieutenant, Col. Rawling's Md. Regt., Dec. 8, 1780.
Samuel Fisher, Captain, 2d Regt. Northumberland Militia, Dec. 8, 1780.
Joseph Thompson, Lieut. Col. of Massachusetts, Dec. 8, 1780.
Henry Lyles, Lieutenant, 3d Md. Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.
James Winchester, Lieutenant, 3d Md. Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.
Abraham Watson, Captain, 3d Mass. Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.
Jonathan Maynard, Lieutenant, 7th Mass. Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.
Stephen Townsend, Ensign, 6th Mass. Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.
Thomas Parker, Lieutenant, 9th Va. Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.
Thomas Paine, Lieutenant, 9th Va. Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.
James Anderson, Lieutenant, Col. Hazen's Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.
Ebenezer Carson, Lieutenant, 10th Pa. Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.
Jacob Weaver, Captain, 10th Pa. Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.
Levi Bradley, Ensign, 4th Mass. Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.
James Whitlock, Lieutenant, Monmouth Militia, Dec. 22, 1780.
Samuel Culver, Ensign, Col. Cook's Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.

J. Brainard, Lieutenant, 4th Regt. State Troops, Dec. 22, 1780.
John Smith, Lieutenant, Col. Walker's Va. Regt., Dec. 22, 1780.
William Ellis, Major, N. J. Militia, Dec. 22, 1780.

John Weidman, Lieutenant, German Regt., Pa., Dec. 30, 1780.
John Eccleston, Major, 5th Md. Regt., Dec. 30, 1780,

William Hill, Lieutenant, 2d Maryland Regt., Dec. 30, 1780.

Aquilla Giles, Major and Aid-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. St. Clair, Nov. 10, 1780. Richard Dorsey, Captain, Md. Artillery, a prisoner on parole from the spring of 1781 to the end of the war.

Capt. John Reid acted as escort of the British prisoners from Fort Frederick, in Maryland, to Elizabethtown, N. J., the place of exchange.

The following List of American Officers, prisoners at New York, were exchanged by Abraham Skinner, Commissary-general of Prisoners, on or about the dates opposite their names.

John Ely, Colonel, Connecticut, Dec. 5, 1780.

Nathaniel Ramsay, Lieut. Colonel, Maryland line, Dec. 14, 1780.
Luke Marbury, Colonel, Maryland Militia, March 26, 1781,

James Abbott, Ensign, Ely's Conn. Regt., Dec. 17, 1781.

William Andrews, Lieutenant, Crane's Mass. Artillery, March 19, 1781.
Richard Andrews, Lieutenant, 2d N. C. Regt., March 26, 1781.
George Blewer, Lieutenant, 4th Pa. Regt., Jan. 29, 1781.

Henry Brewster, Lieutenant, Allison's N. Y. Regt., Dec. 17, 1780.
Edward Bulkley, Lieutenant, Webb's Conn. Regt, Dec. 17, 1780.
Gabriel Blakeley, Lieutenant, Col. Watts' Flying-Camp, Nov. 28, 1780.
Charles Clark, Lieutenant, Col. Watts' Flying-Camp, Jan. 29, 1781.
Joseph Cox, Lieutenant, 6th Pa. Regt., Jan. 29, 1781.
Charles Croxall, Lieutenant, 11th Pa. Regt., Nov. 23, 1780.
John Craig, Lieutenant, Col. Baxter's Flying-Camp, Mar. 19, 1781.
Ephraim Douglass, Quartermaster, 8th Pa. Regt., Nov. 27, 1780.
John Duguid, Lieutenant, 3d Pa. Regt., Nov. 10, 1780.
John H. Finley, Lieutenant, 5th Pa. Regt., Jan. 22, 1781.

William Ferguson, Captain, Col. Proctor's Pa. Artillery, Dec. 1, 1780.
Samuel Finley, Lieutenant, Pa. Artillery, Nov. 2, 1780.

James W. Gray, Captain, 5th Md. Regt., Feb. 10, 1781.

Jesse Grant, Lieutenant, Col. Webb's Conn. Regt., Dec. 17, 1780.
George Gilchrist, Captain, 9th Va. Regt., Nov. 2, 1780.

William George, Lieutenant, Rawling's Md. Regt., Nov. 2, 1780.
Erasmus Gill, Lieutenant, 4th Pa. Regt. of Dragoons, Oct. 22, 1780.
John Green, Ensign, Pa. Militia, Mar. 26, 1781.

Elisha Hopkins, Adjutant, Col. Webb's Conn. Regt., Dec. 17, 1780.
Henry Hambright, Captain, Pa. Flying-Camp, Nov. 4, 1780.

Edward Hall, Lieutenant, 16th additional regiment Md., Nov. 5, 1780.
James Janney, Lieutenant, 5th Regt. Pa., Jan. 29, 1781.
James Jones, Lieutenant, Pa. Flying-Camp, Jan. 29, 1781.

Daniel Jamison, Lieutenant, Col. Baxter's Flying-Camp, Mar. 26, 1781.
James Kronkhite, Captain, Col. Drake's N. Y. Regt., Dec. 17, 1780.
Isaac Keeler, Lieutenant, Col. Drake's N. Y. Regt., Mar. 19, 1781.
Thomas H. Lucket, Lieutenant, Md. Line, Nov. 2, 1780.
Samuel Logan, Major, N. Y. Militia, Dec. 21, 1780.

Nathaniel Lawrence, Lieutenant, 2d S. C. Regt., April 18, 1781.
Henry Murfits, Lieutenant, Pa. Flying-Camp, Jan. 29, 1781.

George Mathews, Colonel, 9th Va. Regt., Dec. 5, 1781.

John Mercer, Lieutenant, 1st N. J. Regt., Nov. 6, 1780.

Sands Niles, Ensign, Col. Ely's Conn. Regt., Mar. 19, 1781.

Solomon Pendleton, Lieutenant, Col. Dubois' N. Y. Regt., Feb. 8, 1781.

William Preston, Captain, Pa. Militia Artillery, Jan. 29, 1781.

David Poor, Lieutenant, Col. Hutchinson's Mass. Regt., Dec. 17, 1780.
Nathaniel Pendleton, Lieutenant, Col. Rawling's Md. Regt., Oct. 18, 1780.
Abraham Parsons, Lieutenant, N. J. Militia, Mar. 26, 1781.

Thomas Rousé, Ensign, 2d Md. Regt., Feb. 10, 1781.
Thomas Reed, Ensign, Pa. Flying-Camp, Nov. 4, 1780.
Samuel Rutherford, Ensign, Pa. Flying-Camp, Nov. 4, 1780.
Cornelius Swartwout, Captain, N. Y. Artillery, Dec. 17, 1780.

Henry Swartwout, Lieutenant, Col. Dubois' N. Y. Regt., Dec. 17, 1780. Roger Staynor, Captain, Pa. Flying-Camp, Nov. 4, 1780.

Smith Snead, Captain, 9th Va. Regt., Nov. 2, 1780.

Andrew Thompson, Ensign, Col. Spencer's Regt., Dec. 17, 1780.

Edward Tillard, Major, Congress Regt., Nov. 2, 1780.

John Willis, Captain, 8th Va. Regt., Jan. 29, 1781.

Ebenezer West, Adjutant, Col. Ely's Conn. Regt., Dec. 8, 1780.
Robert Walker, Lieutenant, Col. Brewer's Regt., April 4, 1781.

NOTE.-The preceding list includes all the principal captive officers of the Continental army who remained in prison any considerable length of time. Many others were captured, but soon exchanged. We have no account of the naval prisoners from which any thing like a complete list could be made.

If there is any class of patriots more deserving of the gratitude of a nation than another, it is these captives, who dwelt in dungeons for their country's sake. Their names should be quickly snatched from the verge of oblivion, and inscribed in letters of gold upon the loftiest monument ever erected to perpetuate the memories of a nation's birth.