John Merriday
MSA SC 5496-51789
War of 1812 Prisoner of War, Kent Island, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, 1812

Sources:

Prison Registers: 

"Portsmouth Prison Register" UKNA: ADM 103/342. 

"Chatham Prison Register" UKNA: ADM 103/57. 

Newspapers:

"Boston, Sept. 23, Late from France" Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald (Norfolk, VA) October 5, 1813.

Lloyd's List no.4737 (London, UK) January 15, 1813.

Secondary Sources: 

Emmons, George Foster. The Navy of the United States from the Commencement, 1775 to 1853 (Washington: Gideon & Co., 1853).

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