Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

George Thomas
MSA SC 5496-51836
War of 1812 Prisoner of War, Annapolis, Maryland, 1814

Sources:

Prison Registers:

"Dartmoor Prison Register" UKNA: ADM 103/91. 

Freedom Certificates: 

George Thomas, May 27, 1809. Proofs of Citizenship Used to Apply for Seamen's Certificates for the Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1792–1861. NARA Microfilm publication M1880, Roll 11. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Newspapers: 

"Late from Halifax" Newburyport Herald (Newburyport, MA) November 11, 1814. 

"More of the Bulwark's Kindness!" New Hampshire Gazette (Portland, NH) May 9, 1815.

Secondary Sources:

Dixon, Ruth Priest, "Genealogical Fallout from the War of 1812" Prologue (Spring, 1992) Vol. 24 No. 1

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

Horsman, Reginald, "The Paradox of Dartmoor Prison" American Heritage (February, 1975) volume 26 issue 2.

 

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