French prisoners in Portsmouth (1800) [ Practices ]
… Board. The same Regulations were observed, and the same Allowance of Provisions adopted as had been formerly. Nothing particular appears to have occurred relative to the Prisoners during that Year. In January 1797, Orders were given to … which had been allowed to be held, for the Purpose of putting it in the Power of the Prisoners, by disposing of various Articles which they manufactured, to supply themselves with Vegetables and other little Comforts at their own Expence. It …
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