DrinkingwaterThe hospital shipsWant of proper medical attentionFreneauÕs poetic satire on the Hessian surgeonsAnecdotes of the JerseyVerminThe prisoners petition General WashingtonThe General remonstrates with the British authorities It has some effectThe treatment of prisoners im-provedForced enlistmentsThe heroic loyalty of the prisoners The last of the Old JerseyThe number of deaths on the prisonships Observations on the treatment of prisoners in the hulksThe neglected condition of the remains of the martyrsMr. John Jackson collects their bonesThe Town of Brooklyn applies for permission to inter themMr. Jackson refuses, and offers them to Tammany SocietyCongress is expected to make an appropriationTammany Society finally takes the matter in handA tomb is erectedThe laying of the cornerstone InscriptionGrand funeral pageant upon the occasion of interring the remains of the martyrsPublic apathyThe lot containing the tomb is sold for taxesMr. Benjamin Romaine becomes the purchaserRepairs and ornaments the tombGuards it jealouslyIs buried there himselfA visit to the tombIts sadly neglected condition at present | Page 331-376 |
CHAPTER X.
FROM THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION TO THE WAR OF1812.
Organization of Independent religious denominationCommencement of Brooklyn Fire DepartmentBrooklyn recognized as a Town under the State Government Cage and Stocks The New FerryDirectory of Brooklyn in 1796 A bell purchased for the townTheological School at BedfordBrooklyn in 1798The Buckbee FamilyThe Courier and New York and Long Island Advertiser The first written history of BrooklynOlympiaThe Old Districts of BrooklynA Bridge across the East RiverManufacturesLiterature EducationMasonry Speculation in Brooklyn Sale of Wallabout lands to the United States for a Navy YardVinegar HillRecords of BrooklynNew CageFiremenWallabout and Brooklyn TollBridge CompanyAdvertisementsMcKenzies OneTree HillOther hillsThe old TuliptreeExplosion of Sands Powder-millBrooklyn, Jamaica, and Flatbush Turnpike CompanyLong Island Star established Yellow Fever epidemic of 1809SchoolsPetition for a BankDeclaration of WarThe Rain water DoctorCurious Inscription on the tomb of one of his patients | Page 377-395 |
CHAPTER XI.
BROOKLYNS SHARE IN THE WAR OF 1812.
War excitementBrooklyn Volunteer Companies Fear of a British attackDefenses of New York Proposed measures of defensePopular enthusiasmThe boys turn out for laborWork commenced upon the lines at BrooklynThe incidents of the work, gay, humorous, and patrioticThe Bushwick peopleThe Irish in the trenchesÒThe Patriotic DiggersThe colored people to the rescueFort LawrenceThe Grand Muster expects every Mason to do his dutyThe people of NewarkThe 64th regiment Kings County militiaGood conduct of the troopsNews of peaceIlluminations and rejoicings | Page 396-410 |
APPENDICESI to XI Page 413-454