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Books being a luxury, there was no demand. All book firms were 'shaky.' . . .
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
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
—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
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
She brings illustrated and other papers, books of stories, little comforts in the way of eating and drinking
Whitman praised her performances, and also wrote a review of her 1847 book Year of Consolation .
The books speak of a celebrated case of his, an operation on the arteria innominata.
Whitman praised her performances, and also wrote a review of her 1847 book Year of Consolation.
dinner or supper, or, early retiring, sleep without demur, having deposited a well-stuffed pocket-book
Nay, it must be said that the pocket-books just alluded to sometimes go home shorn of their good proportions
The British Prison Ships of 1776–83. Captives from Sea and Land. Patriotism—Scene in 1782.
readers with what was crowded out at that time—and also some additional incidents in the history of the Prison
transmit to posterity the cruelties practised practised on board the British Prison Ships."
We alluded in the first part of this article to the attempt of the prisoners at the Wallabout in 1782
This old Jersey held about 1000 prisoners at that time.
.; Two years before Benjamin Romaine's death, some citizens had petitioned to remove the prison ship
experiences aboard the Jersey were edited and published by Albert Greene as Recollections of the Jersey Prison-Ship
with a peice of shell which burst at my feet" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
He was taken prisoner in 1864 along with George; see Whitman's letters from February 3, 1865 and February
yet. dont fail to write to me as soon as you get this, and dont forget the good advice in the good book
with 600 of the noted Wise Legion he was a fine looking young fellow and plucky, we took these prisoners
last night and today with a small stock for tomorrow we are living now like fighting cocks and prisoners
or 2 Colonels and lots of captain and other Officers among them they have been working here the prisoners
Potter sitting on a log, thinking he was wounded, I went up to him and asked him if he was struck,
Robert Brown Potter (1829–1887) was a lawyer who enlisted as a private at the beginning of the war.
I have talked with a number of rebel prisoners lately and the more inteligent of them say that the late
built by Uncle Sam (you know) and seized by the rebels, we have bagged two or three hundred more prisoners
Whitman's letter to Walt Whitman, March 30, 1860 (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
letter to Walt Whitman, August 21, 1865 (Trent Collection of Walt Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
Camp Potter Newbern N.C.
Potter, shot through the side.
Biographyabout 1867poetry1 leafhandwritten18 by 11 cm; Heavily revised draft of the poem When I Read the Book