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Collection Reference Number GLC01412.64.14
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1780 
Title Prisoners in Worcester Goal
Date 5 September 1780
Author Blake, Increase (fl. 1780)  
Document Type Government document
Content Description List of five prisoners in the Worcester, Massachusetts, jail. Also mentions reasons for imprisonment: two for not paying ministerial taxes, one for desertion, one as a prisoner of war, and one for threatening the life of another person in Worcester.
Subjects Prisoner  Prisoner of War  Revolutionary War  Law  Loyalist  Taxes or Taxation  Finance  Desertion  Military History  Criminals and Outlaws  
People Blake, Increase (fl. 1780)  
Place written Worcester, Massachusetts
Theme Government & Politics; The American Revolution
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859