A Naval History of the American Revolution volume 02

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A Naval History of the American Revolution volume 02
Allen, Gardner Weld, 1856-1944
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2 Captain John Chester wrote to General Webb, January 17, 1777 : " The inhuman treatment our prisoners met with while in New York is beyond all description. Humanity cannot but drop a tear at sight of the poor, miserable, starved objects. They are mere skeletons, unable to creep or speak in many instances. One vessel lost 27 in her passage from New York to Milford [Con- 1 Pickering M8S. , xxx, 415.
2 Conn. Gazette, July 10, 1778, quoted in Onderdonk s Bevolu- tionary Incidents, 227, 228.
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...VAL HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION necticut], and 7 died the night they were put ashore ; and they are dying all along the road. " l According to a report from Boston, February 4, 1779, "a cartel lately brought 136 prisoners from prison-ships in N. Y. To N. London. Such was the condition in which these poor creatures were put aboard the cartel, that in this short run 16 died on board and 60, when they landed, were scarcely able to move, and the remainder greatly emaciated. " 2 The most favorable account comes from Daniel Stan ton, who writes from Stonington, August 28, 1779 : "I was taken with a number of others on or about the 5th of June last in the ship Oliver Cromwell, carried into New York and put on the Prison Ship Jersey.

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