REPEAT: Seems that this message got lost in the troubles Rootsweb has had during the last week, and particularly in the last two days. Hope that the problems are solved and Rootsweb returns to its normal effiency. John Merz, I am sure that there will be many more messages which are floating in cyber space at this moment, suddenly appear on your screen. Don't let yourself get confused. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> To: "ROBERT B DIRLAM" <dirlamrob@juno.com>; Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 3:39 PM Subject: Re: Revolutionary War Prisioners, from the Ohio Repository, 28 July 1852 > Thank you, Bob, and don't worry about copyright. It has expired > for 1852 newspaper articles :-) > John Merz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ROBERT B DIRLAM" <dirlamrob@juno.com> > To: <hessian@sympatico.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 3:05 PM > Subject: Revolutionary War Prisioners, from the Ohio Repository, 28 July > 1852 > > > > John: > > > > > > I do not want to violate any copyright laws However I thought you might > > be interested in the following old newspaper clipping, for research > > purposes. > > > > The article explains what might have happened to the bodies of Hessian > > Soldiers who died in the New York Area. > > > > From the Ohio Repository 28 July 1852, page 2 > > > > The number of prisoners who died in dungeons and prison ships near New > > York during the Revolutionary War, was 11,000. They were buried in pits > > and graves, and thus remained till 1803, when they were gathered > > together, and in 1808 they were deposited in a vault erected for that > > purpose, in Brooklyn; but that has now become dilapidated; and an > > association of Brooklyn has been formed to remove the remains to Old Fort > > Greene, and erect a suitable monument over them. > > > > Taken From Ancestry.com "Ancestry Daily News" July 28, 2004 Clipping of > > the Day >Copyright © 1998-2004, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries. > > > > Bob Dirlam >