 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1842 - 666 Seiten
...dungeon of the messhouse, called the black-hole, was a strong, dark, and dismal place ; and in one comer of the room was fixed the apparatus for strangling such unhappy wretches aa fell under the displeasure of the despotic rulers of those days. The walls of this dungeon, from... | |
 | J. C. Gilleland - 1851 - 478 Seiten
...establish the belief that it had been used as such. The dungeon of the messhouse, called the black-hole, was a strong, dark, and dismal place ; and in one...to bottom, had engraved upon them French names, and mementoes in that language. That the prisoners were no common persons was clear, as the letters and... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1851 - 482 Seiten
...establish the belief that it had been used as such. The dungeon of the mesabouse, called the bluck-hole, was a strong, dark, and dismal place ; and in one...the room was fixed the apparatus for strangling such unhuppy wretches as fell under the displeasure of the despotic rulers of those days. The walls of this... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 594 Seiten
...of which was painted, in large letters, REST. The dungeon of the mess-house, called the black-hole, was a strong, dark, and dismal place, and in one corner of the room was fixed an apparatus for strangling those whom the despotic officers chose to kill. The walls were profusely... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 606 Seiten
...of which was painted, in large letters, REST. The dungeon of the mess-house, called the black-hole, was a strong, dark, and dismal place, and in one corner of the room was fixed an apparatus for strangling those whom the despotic officers chose to kill. The walls were profusely... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 596 Seiten
...of which was painted, in large letters, REST. The dungeon of the mess-house, called the black-hole, was a strong, dark, and dismal place, and in one corner of the room was fixed an apparatus for strangling those whom the despotic officers chose to kill. The walls were profusely... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 802 Seiten
...of which was painted, in large letters, REST. The dungeon of the mess-house, called the black-hole, was a strong, dark, and dismal place, and in one corner of the room was fixed an apparatus for strangling those whom the despotic officers chose to kill. The walls were profusely... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 802 Seiten
...of which was painted, in large letters, REST. The dungeon of the mess-house, called the black-hole, was a strong, dark, and dismal place, and in one corner of the room was fixed an apparatus for strangling those whom the despotic officers chose to kill. The walls were profusely... | |
 | Peter Augustus Porter - 1896 - 98 Seiten
...French fortresses, distant from France, in those days. S. DeVeaux says, "The dungeon of the Mess House, called the black hole, was a strong, dark and dismal...to bottom, had engraved upon them French names and mementoes in that language. That the prisoners were no common persons was clear, as the letters and... | |
 | New York (State) Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara - 1903 - 1754 Seiten
...called the black hole, was a strong, dark and dismal place, and in one corner of the room was fixed an apparatus for strangling such unhappy wretches as...rulers of those days. The walls of this dungeon, from (1) Winsor, Nar. and Crit. Hist, of Am., vol. V, page 490. (2) Doc. Hist. NY, vol. I, page 283. top... | |
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The dungeon of the messhouse, called the black-hole, was a strong, dark, and dismal place ; and in one corner of the room was fixed the apparatus for strangling such unhappy wretches as fell under the displeasure of the despotic rulers of those days.... 