The British prison-ship: a poem, in four cantoes.--Viz. Canto 1. The capture, 2. The prison-ship, 3. The prison-ship, continued, 4. The hospital-prison-ship. : To which is added, a poem on the death of Capt. N. Biddle, who was blown up, in an engagement with the Yarmouth, near Barbadoes. : [Thirteen lines from Milton]

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Author:	Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
Title:	The British prison-ship: a poem, in four cantoes.--Viz. Canto 1. The capture, 2. The prison-ship, 3. The prison-ship, continued, 4. The hospital-prison-ship. : To which is added, a poem on the death of Capt. N. Biddle, who was blown up, in an engagement with the Yarmouth, near Barbadoes. : [Thirteen lines from Milton]
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Subject terms:	Biddle, Nicholas, 1750-1778 -- Poetry. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Poetry. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry. Poems -- 1781.
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title page The BRITISH Prison-Ship: A POEM, IN FOUR CANTOS. CANTO I. The Capture. CANTO II. The PRISON-SHIP. CANTO III. The Prison-Ship, continued. CANTO IV. The HOSPITAL-PRISON SHIP. On the Death of Captain NICHOLAS BIDDLE,—who was blown up in the RANDOLPH Frigate. 1776.