Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of Christopher a Prisoner on Board the Old Jersey Prison Ship During the War of the Revolution Such was her appearance, as prepared to be the miser able dungeon for hundreds of poor captives, taken during the war. Her fame spread far and wide, and her very name was an object of terror, for she was looked upon as nothing less than a charnel-house. The number of per sons who perished ou board of her from disease, hunger ma bad treatmenfienerally, was almost incredible. Of those who were ...
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Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of Christopher a Prisoner on Board the Old Jersey Prison Ship During the War of the Revolution Such was her appearance, as prepared to be the miser able dungeon for hundreds of poor captives, taken during the war. Her fame spread far and wide, and her very name was an object of terror, for she was looked upon as nothing less than a charnel-house. The number of per sons who perished ou board of her from disease, hunger ma bad treatmenfienerally, was almost incredible. Of those who were confined within her walls, but few, com paratively, ever returned to their homes. Occas1onally a poor su'fi'erer would escape to tell his dismal story to his countrymen, but such instances were rare. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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