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Stockton refused an offer of [[amnesty]] based on swearing allegiance to the [[King]]. The British then took Stockton to [[Perth Amboy]], New Jersey, and subjected him to cruel treatment.<ref name=Lives/> The British also destroyed his farm and burned his library, which was one of the best in America. Stockton was later transferred to the Provost [[prison]] in [[New York]].
Stockton refused an offer of [[amnesty]] based on swearing allegiance to the [[King]]. The British then took Stockton to [[Perth Amboy]], New Jersey, and subjected him to cruel treatment.<ref name=Lives/> The British also destroyed his farm and burned his library, which was one of the best in America. Stockton was later transferred to the Provost [[prison]] in [[New York]].
After six weeks of lack of food (including twenty-four hours without feeding) and freezing cold weather in prison in New York, Stockton was finally released, this after the Continental Congress threatened Lord Howe with retaliation against British prisoners. Sadly, his health had already been ruined.<ref name=Lives/> He was, furthermore, penniless, because of both the destruction of his estate and the severe devaluation of the [[Continental currency]]. He also suffered from a [[cancer]] in his neck. On February 28, 1781, Richard Stockton died at the age of 51.<ref name=Lives/>
After six weeks of lack of food (including twenty-four hours without feeding) and freezing cold weather in prison in New York, Stockton was finally released, this after the Continental Congress threatened Lord Howe with retaliation against British prisoners. Sadly, his health had already been ruined.<ref name=Lives/> He was, furthermore, penniless, because of both the destruction of his estate and the severe devaluation of the [[Continental currency]]. He also suffered from a [[cancer]] in his neck. On February 28, 1781, Richard Stockton died at the age of 51.<ref name=Lives/> He was laid to rest at the Friends' Burying Ground at Stony Brook, Princeton.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/National_Year_Book/Ul8_AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA162 National Year Book], SAR</ref>
== Honors ==
== Honors ==