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Subject: Names of: 8,000 Prisoners on British Prison Ships N.Y. bay - Rev. War
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:38:25 EDT

American Prisoners of the Revolution: Names of 8000 Men
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The British used the ships at Wallabout Bay, later the site of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, for naval prisoners on this side of the Atlantic. The prisoners
included men captured on American privateers, merchant ships, French, Spanish,
and Dutch vessels. After April 1780, the Jersey was the receiving ship where
names were entered into records.Prison and hospital ships in Wallabout Bay:
name, capacity, first year of use.
History & Genealogy
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