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AND PRISON-SHIPS AT NEW-YORK.
May
28, '77. Washington says a great proportion of prisoners sent
out by British are not
fit
subjects of exchange,
severity of their treatment
June 10,
'77.
Washington says
clothing to British prisoners
rican prisoners to purchase
till
too late
and being made so by the
and confinement, a deduction should be made.
;
;
a long reply to Howe,) he gave
(in
Ame-
hear of the sufferings of
did not
he was refused a procuring agent at N. Y.
what was necessary
to supply the prisoners'
wants.
Washington complains to Howe of cruelties exercised on American prisoners, without Howe's knowledge or approbation, proceeding from the inhumanity of Mr. Cunningham, Provost Marshal. Nov. 14,
'77.
Nov. 23,
'77.
Washington threatens
retaliation, if
Howe
does not
accede to his letter of Nov. 14, '77, and was about giving orders to
Boudinot,
when he
Mrs. White
New De
Jail,
la
received Howe's letter of Nov. 27.
left
N. Y., Jan. 20,
'77,
says Bridewell, College,
Baptist Meeting, and the tavern lately occupied by
Montaigne, and several other houses, are
wounded of the enemy.
rilled
Mr.
with sick and
Gen. Lee was under guard, in a small
mean-looking house, at the bottom of Kings
Jour. 789.
street.
Washington and Wm. Lee, were put in the North hurch. Dec.Jst, 300 were taken from Dec. 2d, he with others was marchthe church to the prison ship. ed to the Grosvenor transport in- the N. River 500 were crowded Slade says 800 prisoners taken
at
Ft.
;
on board
;
he had to lay down before sunset
to secure a place.
Trumbull Papers, VII. 135.
Henry Franklin North Church,
He
in
about two days after
affirms, Jan. 16, '77, that
the taking of Fort Washington, he
was
in
N. Y., and went to the
which were about 800 prisoners taken in said Fort. him they fared hard
inquired into their treatment, and they told
on account both of provisions and lodging,
for they
were not allowed
any bedding or blankets, and the provision not been regularly out, the modest and backward could get
little
dealt
or none, nor had they
been allowed any fuel to dress their victuals.
The
prisoners in
N. Y. were very sickly, and died in considerable numbers. Cor. 411.
Joshua Loring, Commissary of prisoners, says, but visions
had been sent in by the rebels
little
pro-
for their prisoners.
Feb. 11, '77.