Franklin and Lafayette’s List of Prints to Illustrate
	British Cruelties
	AD (draft): Library of Congress
	[c. May, 1779]
|  | 1. The Burning of Charleston (Date) | 
|  | A fine Town by the Waterside, being a Port, but without | 
|  | A Spire rising among the Houses, belonging to the | 
|  | A Belfrey belonging to the Town House all in Flames.— | 
|  | The Inhabitants had all left it. | 
|  | 2. The Burning of Falmouth (Date Nov. 1775) | 
|  | A fine Town & Port, but without Defence | 
|  | Ships firing hot Shot, & throwing Bombs & Carcasses | 
| into the Town; English Colours. | 
|  | The Houses partly in Flames | 
|  | Sailors with Torches setting fire to others. | 
|  | The Inhabitants flying out of it carrying off the Sick and | 
|  | Women with Children in their Arms. | 
|  | Some kill'd as they go off, and lying on the ground.— | 
|  | 3. The Burning of Norfolk | 
| fine Town & Port, several Churches | 
| Inhabitants flying as above, & Ships firing | 
|  | 4. The Burning of Bedford | 
|  | 6. The Cannonading of Bristol | 
|  | 8. The putting Prisoners to death in cold Blood after having | 
| surrendred their Arms, & demanded Quarter.— Baylor's | 
|  | 9. Prisoners dying in their Goals, with Hunger Cold & want | 
|  | 10. Dunmore's hiring the Negroes to murder their Masters | 
| Blacks arm'd with Guns & Hangers | 
| Master & his Sons on the Ground dead, | 
|  | Wife & Daughters lifted up in the Arms of the Negroes | 
| as they are carrying off. | 
|  | 11. Savages killing and scalping the Frontier Farmers and their | 
| Families, Women and Children, English Officers mix'd | 
| with the Savages, & giving them Orders & encouraging | 
|  | 12. Governor Tonyn sitting in State, a Table before him, his | 
| Soldiers & Savages bringing in Scalps of the Georgia | 
| People, & presenting them. Money on the Table with | 
|  | 13. The Commanding Officer at Niagara, receiving in like | 
| Manner the Scalps of the Wioming Families.— | 
|  | 14. The King of England, giving Audience to his Secretary at | 
| War, who presents him a Schedule intitled Acct. of Scalps. | 
| which he receives very graciously. | 
|  | 15. American Prisoners, put on board Men of War, & whips | 
| to make them fight against their Countrymen & Relations | 
|  | 16. Americans put on board Ships in Irons to be carried to the | 
| East Indies, & Senegal, where they died with Misery & | 
| the unwholesomeness of the Climate.— | 
|  | 17. Burning the Wounded with Straw at the Crooked Billet | 
| Small place in pensilvania | 
|  | 18. Prisonners kill'd and Roasted for a great festival where the | 
| Canadian indians are eating American flesh, Colonel | 
| Buttler an english officer Setting at table | 
|  | 19. British officers who being prisonners on parole are well | 
| Receiv'd in the Best American families, and take that opportunity | 
| of corrupting Negroes and Engaging them to | 
| desert from the house, to Robb, and even to Murder | 
|  | 20. American officers who as they arrive in the British Camp | 
| are insulted By an enrag'd Soldiery— theyr Monney, | 
| theyr Cocades, theyr sword, and all theyr Cloathes are | 
|  | 21. A durty prison ship where American officers are Confin'd | 
| without Being at liberty to take the Air, and so Crowded | 
| that they Can live but a few days— British officers Come | 
| to laugh at 'em and insult at theyr Miseries. | 
|  | 22. British officers plundering with theyr own hands farm | 
| houses, abusing the old people of the house, insulting the | 
| young land lady, and frightening the children | 
|  | 23. An honorable Captain Corning last Spring in the house of | 
| A Gentleman Call'd Mr West at White Marsh, Rushing in | 
| the Room where Miss West and An other Young lady | 
| Were sleeping at two o'clock in the Morning—the Captain | 
| and soldiers jump to the Beds of the two ladies, and | 
| with fix'd Bayonnets Upon theyr Breasts Make Several | 
| inquiries, and laugh at theyr dreadfull situation in the | 
|  | 24. An other Right honorable Captain Going out on a de- | 
| tachement an killing defenceless people. | 
|  | 25. General Gage's Perfidy to the Inhabts of Boston. | 
|  | 26. Counterfeiting the Paper Money | 
 
	
Notations in Franklin’s hand: Ideas for the Prints / List of British
	Cruelties