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Prisoners released from Cuba...
Prisoners released from Cuba...
Item # 615126
December 23, 1873
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, December 23, 1873 The front page as a report from Key West "The Agreement with Spain" with subhead "The Release of the Prisoners" "Their Sufferings and Destitution -- Insecurity of the Lives and Property of Americans At Santiago de Cuba". "The United States ship Pinta, Commander Garringe, arrived to-night from Santiago de Cuba with official reports for Admiral Scott in regard to the surrender of the Virginius prisoners, which took place in the harbor of Santiago on the 18th of this month... It appears that the Spanish authorities to the last moment kept the poor wretches in ignorance of their prospective release, and with the base inhumanity led them to suppose that they were to be executed... hey were taken out of prison in despair, but, on their way to the slaughter-pen, as they supposed, their eyes fell upon the Juniata flying the flag of the United States... They were speedily transferred to the deck of the Juniata, and gave vent to the most extravagant but touching demonstrations of joy, embracing each other, some crying, some kissing, and others audibly offering thanks to the Almighty for their deliverance from the horrors of their dungeon and the prospect of an ignominious death...". See photos for more details.
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This is complete in eight pages, uncut and unbound, with some lite scattered foxing, otherwise in very good condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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