The Manuscript of Philip Freneau's The British Prison-ship

Abstract

This article contains a transcription of first, draft manuscript version of "The British Prison-Ship,” written in Philip Freneau’s handwriting in an old notebook owned by Rutgers Library which also contains "The Log of the Brig Rebecca," published in the Journal in the previous issue. Leary compares it with printed versions. NOTE: the last lines of this article appear at the top of the page of the beginning of the next article: "The Associated Friends."