Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Gen. Richard Prescott” in entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...o succeed Gen. Joseph Spencer in command in Rhode Island, arrives at Providence......April 17, 1777 Col. William Barton, of Providence, with forty men, guided by a negro, Quako Honeyman, captures Gen. Richard Prescott at his quarters, about 5 miles from Newport......July 10, 1777 [Prescott is afterwards (May, 1778) exchanged for Gen. Charles Lee, captured by the British in New Jersey, December, 1776.] Arti...
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