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And for insanity was there not a prison provided, with means and appliances, confinement, and, if need

incentives to hate, and the wounds, and scorn, and the curses from the injured, and the wailings from the prisons—lives

He included a poem just before the story titled "The Prison Convict," which was attributed to Albert

He included a poem just before the story titled "The Prison Convict," which was attributed to Albert

shrinks from, and whose abode, through the needed severity of the law, is in the dark cell and massy prison—it

"Massy" refers to the large or massive size of the prison.

The Angel of Tears bent him by the side of the prisoner's head.

.; "Massy" refers to the large or massive size of the prison.; In The Evening Star, this sentence has

He had seen that face twice before—the first time as a warning spectre—the second time in prison, immediately

The Singer in the Prison

In the east, where they lived previous to their emigration, Harry Boane sailed in a coasting vessel as

Harry obeyed—and a couple of vigorous thrusts of his boat-pole impelled the tiny vessel in the midst

With as much tenderness as possible, she and Harry conveyed the boy to the boat, and bestowed him there

Violet loved me, and Harry jestingly called me his little son.

He was a book-keeper in a mercantile establishment in the city, and from his lively, good-tempered face

So the thief was taken off to prison, and being arraigned a few hours afterward, was summarily convicted

returned to their homes that night, the corpse of the convicted thief lay cold and clayey upon the prison

duties in the counting room, The counting-room was a room in commercial establishments dedicated to book-keeping

Phillips applied to the proper authorities for a warrant, and had Margaret lodged in prison, as one who

.; The counting-room was a room in commercial establishments dedicated to book-keeping, accounts, or

"There stood a table in the middle of the room, covered with books and paper.

The two hunters who had heard the conflict, and carried Arrow-Tip to the rendezvous a prisoner, were

inhabitants that half the young men in the place turned out, and surrounded the strong room, where the prisoner

made their way through the crowd, and came in apparently upon important business connected with the prisoner

the hunchback, Boddo, knew the full truth—and could have set the whole matter right, end and the prisoner

Arrow-Tip, in brief terms, explained the matter to them, and shoved his prisoner toward them.

I am but too well aware that the critical eye will see some such in the following pages; yet my book

Cheever's The Commonplace Book of American Poetry (1831, but often reprinted), a standard anthology of

He was a book-keeper in a mercantile establishment in the city, and from his lively, good-tempered face

They seized me, and carried me away a prisoner. The whole occurrence passed over like a whirlwind.

The card I had placed in my pocket-book, never thinking of it since.

Cheever's The Commonplace Book of American Poetry (1831, but often reprinted), a standard anthology of

epigraph is from Proverbs 23:31.; The counting-room was a room in commercial establishments dedicated to book-keeping

temperance movement, see Michael Warner, "Whitman Drunk," in Publics and Counterpublics (Brooklyn, NY: Zone Books

He was a book-keeper in a mercantile establishment in the city, and from his lively, good-tempered face

So the thief was taken off to prison, and being arraigned a few hours afterward, was summarily convicted

corporal punishment in the antebellum era, see Myra Glenn, Campaigns Against Corporal Punishment: Prisoners

corporal punishment in the antebellum era, see Myra Glenn, Campaigns Against Corporal Punishment: Prisoners

returned to their homes that night, the corpse of the convicted thief lay cold and clayey upon the prison

duties in the counting room, The counting-room was a room in commercial establishments dedicated to book-keeping

.; The counting-room was a room in commercial establishments dedicated to book-keeping, accounts, or

Phillips applied to the proper authorities for a warrant, and had Margaret lodged in prison, as one who

"There stood a table in the middle of the room, covered with books and paper.

A RROW -T IP , in brief terms, explained the matter to them, and shoved his prisoner toward them.

The two hunters who had heard the conflict, and carried A RROW -T IP to the rendezvous a prisoner, were

made their way through the crowd, and came in apparently upon important business connected with the prisoner

, the hunchback, B ODDO , knew the full truth—and could have set the whole matter right, and the prisoner

He had seen that face twice before—the first time as a warning spectre—the second time in prison, immediately

an email query that the extra sheets were likely issued at half price in a different wrapper in the Books

Cheever's The Commonplace Book of American Poetry (1831, but often reprinted), where they are attributed

Whitman used a number of excerpts likely taken from Cheever's book, a standard anthology of the time,

an email query that the extra sheets were likely issued at half price in a different wrapper in the Books

Cheever's The Commonplace Book of American Poetry (1831, but often reprinted), where they are attributed

Whitman used a number of excerpts likely taken from Cheever's book, a standard anthology of the time,

S AUNDERS , that unhappy boy, now in the State's Prison for his forgeries on his employers, A USTIN &

Harry Wheaton and Mr.

"The grim old thing," said Harry Wheaton; "if she were in Spain, they'd make her a premium duenna!"

It was a very small, much-thumbed book—a religious story for infants, given her by her mother when she

OPENING EXERCISES—VENERABLE BOOKS.

Whitman likely refers to Thomas Sternhold and John Hopkins’s 1562 work, The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected

into English Meter , which is known as the first Psalm-Book, a metrical version of the Psalter used

.; Whitman likely refers to Thomas Sternhold and John Hopkins’s 1562 work, The Whole Booke of Psalmes

, Collected into English Meter, which is known as the first Psalm-Book, a metrical version of the Psalter

Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (1867; repr., Westminster, MD: Heritage Books

Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (1867; repr., Westminster, MD: Heritage Books

Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (1867; repr., Westminster, MD: Heritage Books

Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (1867; repr., Westminster, MD: Heritage Books

Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (1867; repr., Westminster, MD: Heritage Books

Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (1867; repr., Westminster, MD: Heritage Books

Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (1867; repr., Westminster, MD: Heritage Books

Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (1867; repr., Westminster, MD: Heritage Books

Opposite to him, as he sits over his big ledgers and account books, is Alfred Carhart, the Assistant

What Stops the General Exchange of Prisoners of War?

What Stops the General Exchange of Prisoners of War?

In April 1864, General Grant halted all prisoner exchanges.

Hitchcock was appointed Commissioner for Prisoner of War Exchange in 1862.

Butler special agent for exchange of prisoners.

Whitman wrote a virtually identical letter to the editor of the New York Times entitled The Prisoners

published on the same day as this article (December 27, 1864).; In April 1864, General Grant halted all prisoner

Mulford was the Assistant Agent of Exchange in 1864.; The head Federal official for prisoner exchange

Hitchcock was appointed Commissioner for Prisoner of War Exchange in 1862.

Butler special agent for exchange of prisoners.; Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm

As I write, I have lying before me a little discarded note-book, filled with memoranda of things wanted

I use up one of these little books in a week.

flag has flaunted through more than a score of hot-contested battles, the 51st New York, Colonel Potter

Potter enlisted in the 51st New York Infantry in October 1861 and was promoted to colonel in September

In 1863, Potter was promoted to brigadier general, and he commanded troops at Vicksburg and Knoxville

Potter enlisted in the 51st New York Infantry in October 1861 and was promoted to colonel in September

In 1863, Potter was promoted to brigadier general, and he commanded troops at Vicksburg and Knoxville

first I found it necessary to systematize my doings, and, among other things, always kept little note-books

I have perhaps forty such little books left, forming a special history of those years, for myself alone

was among those cut off on the extreme left at nightfall and captured; George Whitman was taken prisoner

For some of Whitman's prison correspondence, see his letters of October 2, 1864 and October 23, 1864

have had no word or knowledge of him until yesterday they received by the hands of an exchanged prisoner

George Whitman was transferred from Libby Prison to Danville sometime before October 23, 1864.

George Whitman's early letters to his mother from prison had not been received before this slip dated

.; George Whitman was taken prisoner on September 30, 1864, at Poplar Grove.

For some of Whitman's prison correspondence, see his letters of October 2, 1864 and October 23, 1864,

"; George Whitman was transferred from Libby Prison to Danville sometime before October 23, 1864.; George

Whitman's early letters to his mother from prison had not been received before this slip dated November

Potter, Robert B.

Potter enlisted in the 51st New York Infantry in October 1861 and was promoted to colonel in September

In 1863, Potter was promoted to brigadier general, and he commanded troops at Vicksburg and Knoxville

Mills, drummer, paroled prisoner. WOUNDED OR SICK, ABSENT.

Potter enlisted in the 51st New York Infantry in October 1861 and was promoted to colonel in September

In 1863, Potter was promoted to brigadier general, and he commanded troops at Vicksburg and Knoxville

Sometimes I found large numbers of paroled returned prisoners here. WOUNDS AND DISEASES.

The British Prison Ships of 1776–83. Captives from Sea and Land. Patriotism—Scene in 1782.

The much-talked-of American prison ships of the Revolutionary war, four or five old hulks, strong enough

The principal of these prison-ships was the Old Jersey, a large 74 gun frigate.

Some eleven thousand American prisoners are thought to have died onboard.

of the proceedings on board this ship, and published it in a book.

Jersey, anchored in New York Harbor during the Revolutionary War, was the most infamous of the British prison

Some eleven thousand American prisoners are thought to have died onboard.

hospital ships could not accommodate the number of sick.; Like the Whitby, the Good Hope was burnt by prisoners

until it was disbanded in the 1960s.; John Jackson was a landowner who discovered the bones of the prison

to hear all sorts of stories, and had all sorts of hopes and fears; thought he might be living, a prisoner

—The Martyrs of the Prison ships. T HE old graveyards of Brooklyn!

A late paper alludes to the dead of the old Prison Ships—yet we must return to the subject again.

roughs," who were from time to time taken in battle by the British, and incarcerated in the celebrated Prison

The article that refers to the Wallabout prison ships is " Brooklyniana No. 5 " (January 4, 1862).

memorize a great and expensive display in 1808, when a portion of the dead relics of the martyrs of the Prison

"; The article that refers to the Wallabout prison ships is "Brooklyniana No. 5" (January 4, 1862).

—Potter's Field.—The Old Alms House.—The Marsh and old bridge at the Wallabout.

Then the old Potter's Field.

and now partly intersected by Hampden avenue), were appropriated to a free city Burial Yard, or Potter's

It is unclear whether the Apprentices' Library also housed prisoners in the intervening period between

and has answered, the purposes for which it was built—namely, as the place of incarceration for prisoners

the internal and personal scenes and sights of the jail, with cases of marked interest among the prisoners

, and [an] idea of the method of securing, feeding and general treatment of the prisoners, we propose

It is unclear whether the Apprentices' Library also housed prisoners in the intervening period between

The officer had fallen into our hands, a prisoner, mortally wounded, and dying suddenly, was interred

of war in Libby Prison, after an extended career of soldiering.

George Whitman was held at Libby Prison in Petersburg, Virginia, from the time of his capture on September

Hill. severe; was here taken prisoner; whole regiment captured.

—Incarcerated in Libby, Salisbury, and Danville military prisons; taken sick in latter; placed in prison

—On duty at Alexandria as commander of military prison, &c. August, 1865.

.; George Whitman was held at Libby Prison in Petersburg, Virginia, from the time of his capture on September

For some of George Whitman's prison correspondence, see his letters of October 2, 1864 and October 23

The exchange of prisoners of war now going on at points on James River and elsewhere is sending home

prisons in the days following his capture before being transferred to the prison at Danville, Virginia

Also see George's October 23, 1864 , letter to his mother from Danville Prison.

It was getting dark in the evening, and eventually they were taken prisoners.

George Washington Whitman was taken prisoner on September 30, 1864, at Poplar Grove.

However, a notebook held in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University contains

prisons in the days following his capture before being transferred to the prison at Danville, Virginia

Also see George's October 23, 1864, letter to his mother from Danville Prison.; Edward Ferrero, a dance

Hill.; George Washington Whitman was taken prisoner on September 30, 1864, at Poplar Grove.

For some of his prison correspondence, see his October 2, 1864, and October 23, 1864, letters to his

These were attached to the richly bound Bibles and Hymn-books and suspended from the belt inside the

This line is a near-quotation of Alexander Pope's translation (1715-1720) of Homer's Iliad, Book 8: "

.; This line is a near-quotation of Alexander Pope's translation (1715-1720) of Homer's Iliad, Book 8

See Iona and Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (New York: New York Review of Books,

See Iona and Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (New York: New York Review of Books,

in previous years, of Henry Onderdonk, Henry Onderdonk, Jr. (1804–1886) was the author of several books

.; Henry Onderdonk, Jr. (1804–1886) was the author of several books of local history.

After the Revolutionary War, the bones of the dead from the prison ships were collected and put into

For Whitman's discussion of the Revolutionary War prison ships and the ensuing monument crisis, see Brooklyniana

After the Revolutionary War, the bones of the dead from the prison ships were collected and put into

For Whitman's discussion of the Revolutionary War prison ships and the ensuing monument crisis, see Brooklyniana

evidence to suggest that the overwhelming majority of the material in 'Brooklyniana' was recycled from a book

evidence to suggest that the overwhelming majority of the material in 'Brooklyniana' was recycled from a book

evidence to suggest that the overwhelming majority of the material in 'Brooklyniana' was recycled from a book

evidence to suggest that the overwhelming majority of the material in 'Brooklyniana' was recycled from a book

Only a fraction of them take newspapers—and the books I frequently find to be nothing later than the

Widely read and translated, it was published as a two-volume book in the United States in 1848, entitled

editor of the paper, it was plagiarized in 1811 by Daniel Jackson, Jr., and published under his name in book

But the vegetating forever in one little spot of this wide and beautiful world—the absence of books—the

Widely read and translated, it was published as a two-volume book in the United States in 1848, entitled

editor of the paper, it was plagiarized in 1811 by Daniel Jackson, Jr., and published under his name in book

These verses had been reprinted in several books and magazines by the time Whitman wrote, and had most

These verses had been reprinted in several books and magazines by the time Whitman wrote, and had most