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In 1782 there was a plan afoot by those dastardly colonials :p to kidnap Prince William Henry (the future King William IV) & Admiral Digby, Admiral of the Red, during the Revolutionary War. Colonel Matthias Ogden of the 1st Jersey Regiment conceived the idea, which had the approval of George Washington himself. It was to be carried out in March of 1782 but had to be abandoned once the British got wind of it.

Well, let's suppose that they hadn't and things had gone off as planned; the pair are snatched away and conveyed before Congress. I don't imagine that Washington and co. were planning to hold them for ransom or anything like that but what effect - if any - would this have had on British strategy, morale, etc.?
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