Treatment of American prisoners in prison ships...
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November 07, 1776
THE PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 7, 1776
* British prison ships
* treatment of American prisoners
Most of the front page is taken up with a terrific & detailed letter concerning the treatment of American prisoners held by the British on a prison ship, with the first paragraph including: "I was last week on board the American privateer called the Yankee...would be pleased to go likewise...to see the truly shocking, and, i may say, barbarous & miserable condition of the unfortunate American prisoners, who, however criminal they may be thought to have been, are deserving of pity & entitled to common humanity..." with much more, including: "They are 25 in number & all inhumanly shut close down, like wild beasts, in a small stinking apartment in the hold of a sloop...without a breath of air...this barbarity bears to the memorable black hole at Calcutta...the putrid steams issuing from the hole are so hot & offensive..." and then further on is: "English prisoners taken by the Americans have been treated with the most remarkable tenderness & generosity..." and more. A fascinating report.
Page 2 has a report which includes: "...letter from the camp near New York says the Hessians plunder all indiscriminately, Tories as well as Whigs. If they see any thing they want they seize & say 'Rebel good for Hessee man'..." and further on is a note: "We hear that on the evacuation of our fortresses on Long Island the Continental currency sunk in its value one thousand per cent but that now it has gained its nominal value...".
Page 3 has a report from Philadelphia that: "...an American sloop of war of 12 guns & 70 men sailed from the Delaware..." with various particulars as to its exploits. A note from Connecticut states that the governor: "...has issued a proclamation...exhorting the militia...to equip & hold themselves in readiness to march upon the shortest notice." Pg. 3 has a response to a previous article signed: "A Friend to American Freedom".
The back page is filled with ads including two runaway reward ads.
Complete in 4 pages, various foxing, measures 8 by 10 inches, generally in nice condition. Nice to have a Revolutionary War newspaper from Philadelphia dated 1776.
* British prison ships
* treatment of American prisoners
Most of the front page is taken up with a terrific & detailed letter concerning the treatment of American prisoners held by the British on a prison ship, with the first paragraph including: "I was last week on board the American privateer called the Yankee...would be pleased to go likewise...to see the truly shocking, and, i may say, barbarous & miserable condition of the unfortunate American prisoners, who, however criminal they may be thought to have been, are deserving of pity & entitled to common humanity..." with much more, including: "They are 25 in number & all inhumanly shut close down, like wild beasts, in a small stinking apartment in the hold of a sloop...without a breath of air...this barbarity bears to the memorable black hole at Calcutta...the putrid steams issuing from the hole are so hot & offensive..." and then further on is: "English prisoners taken by the Americans have been treated with the most remarkable tenderness & generosity..." and more. A fascinating report.
Page 2 has a report which includes: "...letter from the camp near New York says the Hessians plunder all indiscriminately, Tories as well as Whigs. If they see any thing they want they seize & say 'Rebel good for Hessee man'..." and further on is a note: "We hear that on the evacuation of our fortresses on Long Island the Continental currency sunk in its value one thousand per cent but that now it has gained its nominal value...".
Page 3 has a report from Philadelphia that: "...an American sloop of war of 12 guns & 70 men sailed from the Delaware..." with various particulars as to its exploits. A note from Connecticut states that the governor: "...has issued a proclamation...exhorting the militia...to equip & hold themselves in readiness to march upon the shortest notice." Pg. 3 has a response to a previous article signed: "A Friend to American Freedom".
The back page is filled with ads including two runaway reward ads.
Complete in 4 pages, various foxing, measures 8 by 10 inches, generally in nice condition. Nice to have a Revolutionary War newspaper from Philadelphia dated 1776.
Category: Revolutionary War
