B Island was a place of Dickensian horrors. It had a psych asylum, prison, charity hospital, smallpox hospital, and a workhouse. Acquired by NYC in 1828. Kelly NYC On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Judi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I think I remember seeing this name here. If anyone has knowledge of this > place, will you please speak about Blackwell's Island in the time around > 1906? > > Thanks, > Judi > > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Huge post on Blackwells in NY-Irish archives in past year. -----Original Message----- From: Kelly <[email protected]> To: ny-irish <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Jun 8, 2014 2:46 pm Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] Blackwell's Island B Island was a place of Dickensian horrors. It had a psych asylum, prison, charity hospital, smallpox hospital, and a workhouse. Acquired by NYC in 1828. Kelly NYC