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Captured and Imprisoned: the Fate of the Schooner Dolphin

Supplemental Documents

Background and Optional Student Documents (PDF)

• Summary of the story of the Dolphin, Forton Prison, and characters Lafayette, George Barber, William Middleton (for teacher preview - could also be used with students)
  
  
• Vocabulary
  (one per group of students?)
  
  
• Timeline for the Revolutionary War, the Schooner Dolphin, George Barber,
  and William Middleton
  (for teacher preview - could also be used with students)
  
  
• Matrix
  (for students to record information learned during the lesson)
  
  
• Map of the Chesapeake Bay
  (for students to label locations mentioned in the story)
  
  

Primary Source Documents (PDF Originals and Transcriptions - these could be used to extend the lesson)

• Letter of application from George Barber (with his signature)
  Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Transcription
  
  
• Record of Memorial to William Middleton by the Maryland Legislature
  Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Transcription
  
  
• Various orders for the Dolphin
  Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Transcription
  
  
• Letter from Lafayette
  Page 1 | Page 2 | Transcription
  
  
• Recommendations regarding George's application (Soviherman documents)
  Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Transcription