Monument To The Victims Of Prison-ships [ To Accompany Joint Resolution H. R. No. 75] February 25, 1845 Mr. J. A. Black, From The Committee On Military Affairs, Made The Following Report ...
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1845. Softcover. Good. Item #359851
Disbound, no covers. Some slight foxing. Pages trimmed a bit crookedly. Prior owner has written in pencil on upper margin of first page "My ancestor was on 'Jersey', died later ..." ; 28th Congress, 2d Session. Rep. No. 176. Ho. Of Reps. "[Report of] The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution requiring them to inquire into the propriety of erecting a proper sepulchre for the bones, now lying at the Wallabout, of those patriots of the revolution who died from British cruelty on board of the 'Jersey' prison-ship, and of an appropriate monument over them, ..." ; 6 pages.
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