In 1778, John Kilby and other privateers from Maryland languished in Forton Prison near Portsmouth, England, before being released and serving with John Paul Jones aboard the Bonhomme Richard.
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In 1778, John Kilby and other privateers from Maryland languished in Forton Prison near Portsmouth, England, before being released and serving with John Paul Jones aboard the Bonhomme Richard.