In the early hours of September 21, fire broke out in the city, according to the eyewitness account of John Joseph Henry, an American prisoner aboard the HMS "Pearl", in the Fighting Cocks Tavern, near Whitehall Slip.
Fire broke out in the city. This was according to the eyewitness account of John Joseph Henry near Whitehall Slip. This was in the early hours of September 21. John Joseph Henry was an American prisoner aboard the HMS "Pearl". This was in the Fighting Cocks Tavern.