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Re: The Tombs



A search at www.google.com putting in the following yields quite a bit:

"The Tombs" and prison

http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/nycdoc/html/histry3a.html
looks especially good.

Anita Lewis

----- Original Message -----
From: Elayne Goyette <egoyette@NATIONALCIVILWARMUSEUM.ORG>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 3:09 PM
Subject: The Tombs


> Dear Colleagues,
>
> A researcher in Los Angeles queried me as to whether the National Civil
War
> Museum Archives had any information about "THE TOMBS" prison.  She
> specifically wanted to know its location and what type of prisoners were
> housed there.  We don't but, as a born and raised New Yorker, I knew that
> The Tombs was in NYC.  I gave her a number of leads including the New York
> Historical Society, the Andersonville National Historic Site, even the Dry
> Tortugas National Park in Key West, but those leads have not produced
> results.
>         Can any of you help?  I will compile the replies and forward them.
>         Thank you.
>
> Sincerely,
> Elayne Goyette, Archivist
> The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, PA
> egoyette@nationalcivilwarmuseum.org
>
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