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We give a single extract from the narrative of Andrew Sherburne, who was a prisoner in the Old Jersey
Prison Ship, and therefore especcially interesting to Brooklynites: "We finally reached New York, but
Nearly 12,000 prisoners were poisoned, starved, or died of fever on board of these prison ships.
Those who died in the prisons of New York, were cast into the dead-carts at the prison doors, as they
Many prisons were barbarously exiled to the East Indies for life."
The old tricks of "watch-stuffing," pocket-book-dropping, and "patent-safe" swindling are just now a
"We've just picked up this pocket-book"—he held out a well-filled wallet, which he received from a companion
the present rendering, (known as King James’s translation,)—there was such a sacredness about the book
It would put the Bible on a level with other books.
begun, and the New Bible Association, in New York, have actually issued in printed form several of the Books
We shall get these Books, and, in our next article, describe, among other matters about the modern version
Speakers were invited—the Legislatures were memorialized—books and pamphlets were issued in great plenty
the popular taste, and upon criminal law, the doings of Courts and Juries, and the management of Prisons
GODEY’S LADY’S BOOK.
Harper’s Story Books, No. 33.
These story books are issued monthly; they contain a series of narratives, dialogues, biographies and
Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography (New York: Vintage Books, 1996), 125–127.
He became so familiar that his name frequently appeared in books, plays, periodical titles, and as a
Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography (New York: Vintage Books, 1996), 125–127.; The
He became so familiar that his name frequently appeared in books, plays, periodical titles, and as a
“The Book and the Rocks” is an exceedingly orthodox reconciliation of the Mosaic account with geological
Harris's supreme direction, of course).
Book and Magazine Notices BOOK AND MAGAZINE NOTICES. HARPER’S STORY BOOKS, No. 33.
This is a number of a series of books adapted for the perusal of children, and by the reading of which
Book Notices Book Notices BOAT LIFE IN EGYPT AND NUBIA. By William C. Prime.
His style of narration is lucid and entertaining; but the merit of the books does not rest here.
Book Notices Book Notices THE PROFESSOR: A Tale. By Currer Bell, author of Jane Eyre, &c.
And when, as in the book which we have named at the head of this paragraph, in addition to this we have
The getting-up of the book presents a gratifying contrast to the flimsy dress in which many of our publishers
Book Notices BOOK NOTICES.
Fowler & Wells' first series of hand-books for home improvement.
Book Notices BOOK NOTICES. MARRIED OR SINGLE, by the Author of Hope Leslie, Redwood, &c.
Books and Readers BOOKS AND READERS.— The tables seem to have turned lately.
Formerly there were a great deal more books published than the public cared to read, but at present the
Books Lately Issued BOOKS LATELY ISSUED.— 'Modern Painters; by a graduate of Oxford: The author was the
The first dip one takes in this book, will, in all probability, make him pleased with the dashy, manly
'The Alphabetical drawing book, and pictorial natural history of quadrupeds': Wiley & Putnam, N.
The book's drawings included images by established European artists, principally from the collections
See "[The new Juvenile Drawing Book"] , September 29, 1847 and "New Publications," November 8, 1847,
.; The book's drawings included images by established European artists, principally from the collections
See "[The new Juvenile Drawing Book"], September 29, 1847 and "New Publications," November 8, 1847, Brooklyn
Daily Eagle.; The popular woman's magazine, Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book, was published in Philadelphia
Far too much reliance is placed upon books, the ordinary class-books.
Surely some original life ought to be expected in teachers—and not that perpetual dependence on books—on
and joyous place, to be sought for with avidity—to be remembered with love—but a cheerless and cold prison
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
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
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
—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
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
These were attached to the richly bound Bibles and Hymn-books and suspended from the belt inside the
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,
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
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 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
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.
to know anything of his antecedents, he would say that he followed the fortunes of the party led by Harry
scientific examination of their phrenological developments, a useful newspaper, or an instructive book
Higher up Broadway, and near Canal street, is the Gift Book Store of Evans & Co., by whose genius as
There is a certain charm or attraction in the manner in which they distribute their books and the gifts
which accompany them, that the mere purchase of a book (however useful or cheap it may be) does not
possess, and to this cause may be traced the effect of an increased demand for books, and as increased
There is often better mental food in a beefsteak than in a book—the mind partakes of the body's health
Heins, Holmes, Hubert, McDonough, Small, Harding, Kerrey, Marcha, Megary, Miller, Mingle, Meyer, Potter
Opposite to him, as he sits over his big ledgers and account books, is Alfred Carhart, the Assistant
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.
She brings illustrated and other papers, books of stories, little comforts in the way of eating and drinking
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
City, 1805-1973; a History of the Public Schools As Battlefield of Social Change (New York: Basic Books
Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography (New York: Vintage Books, 1995), 98-99; Jerome
City, 1805-1973; a History of the Public Schools As Battlefield of Social Change (New York: Basic Books
Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography (New York: Vintage Books, 1995), 98-99; Jerome
steamboats, or stages, without the owners ever being any the better in a pecuniary sense—they who get books
She wrote a book.
Sanger, in the book which created so general, but as it appears so evanescent, a feeling that something
Though such books as his could have been written only by a man whose heart had great store of kindly
Sanger's Book DR. SANGER'S BOOK.— Mayor Powell informs us that he received no application from Dr.
Sanger, the author of a book on Prostitution, for statistics of the vice in relation to Brooklyn.
The present is a sparkling holiday—the future, a sealed book, which she seldom urges fancy to step forward
There they were, slaves for life—worse than that, prisoners for life.
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
Michelet, has lately written a book wherein he maintains that woman is essentially and always an invalid
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
W HITMAN has been heard from since by his relatives in Brooklyn, by letter written in a rebel prison
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University also holds several manuscripts in Whitman's
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University also holds several manuscripts in Whitman's
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
At the time of writing, Whitman's brother, George Washington Whitman, was held as a prisoner at Danville
In an October 23, 1864 letter to his mother from Danville Prison, George describes himself as being "
and with the returned Union prisoners—deaths, memoranda, messages, &c.
In 1863, Potter was promoted to brigadier general, and he commanded troops at Vicksburg and Knoxville
They are distributed somewhere in the Southern prisons.
.; At the time of writing, Whitman's brother, George Washington Whitman, was held as a prisoner at Danville
In an October 23, 1864 letter to his mother from Danville Prison, George describes himself as being "
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
to hear all sorts of stories, and had all sorts of hopes and fears; thought he might be living, a prisoner