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Old Ship of the West and Sugar House Prison memories
A fragmented column blends a patriotic verse about the Old Ship of the West with an eyewitness reminiscence of the Sugar House Prison in Liberty Street New York. It recounts prison conditions from 1769 to 1794 and the fate of American captives, including personal testimonies of veterans and a poignant tale of Eliza and Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land of the Free
Land of
Liberty Street
Grant ‘Thorburn
Laurie Todd
Lord Howe
New Orleans
Liberty
Nassau
Cedar
New York
Nassau Street
Broadway
Thalipa
Alexander Hamilton
Morgan Lewis
Richard Varick
John Pintard
Maiden Lane
tAye
Isa
Abraham
Belleville
N. J
Cortlandt
Howe
Henry Clinton
Newark
Passaic
Hackensack
Konta
Pine Street
Custom House
Cedar Street
England
Bass River
Elppe
Brooklyn
Schuyler
Fort Washington
North River
York Island
Williams’ Howe
Thera
J. B
Friend
Qufe
Therguher
Kniphauveen
Matthews
Lord Cornwallis
Liza
Avier
Eliza
Elessian
Henry
Elis
Jersey Shore
Beth
Acolda
Boston Transcript
London