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Account of the interment of the remains of American patriots, who perished on board the British prison ships during the American Revolution with notes and an appendix by Henry R. Stiles, M.D
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Jf .11
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Wallabout prison ship series, no. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Revolution.
- British prison ships.
- United States--History y Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons.
- United States.
- Wallabout Bay, L.I.
- Local Subjects:
- Revolution.
- British prison ships.
- Physical Description:
- 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Priv. reprint., 1865.
- Notes:
- "Edition 80 copies, 8vo. 35 copies 4to. no.
- Title of original edition (3d p.l.) : An account of the interment of the remains of 11,500 seamen, soldiers and citizens, who fell victims to the cruelties of the British, on board their prison ships at the Wallabout, during the American revolution. With a particular description of the grand & solemn funeral procession, which took place on the 26 May, 1808. And an oration, delivered at the tomb of the patriots, by Benjamin De Witt...Compiled by the Wallabout committee. New York, Printed by Frank, White, & co., 1808.
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