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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tammany Society, or Columbian Order (N.Y.). Wallabout Committee.

Contributor:

Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909.

De Witt, Benjamin, 1774-1819.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Wallabout prison ship series ; no. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons.

United States.

Wallabout Bay (Long Island : N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([5], 246 p., [1] leaf of plates ) ill. ;

Other Title:

Account of the interment of the remains of American patriots, who perished on board the British prison ships during the American Revolution

Place of Publication:

New York : Priv. reprint, 1865.

Notes:

"Edition 80 copies, 8vo. 35 copies 4to. no. "--t.p. verso.

Title of original edition (p. [4]) : An account of the interment of the remains of 11,500 American 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.

Title-vignette.

Reprint from the Press of J.M. Bradstreet & Son, of the 1808 edition.

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 94298.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

13