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Le butin de la guerre : les corsaires en Nouvelle-Écosse

Mort d’un capitaine américain à la prison de l’île Melville

As the war progressed both sides became increasingly reluctant to parole prisoners. Accordingly, many sailors endured a long captivity in Halifax’s Melville Island prison camp. Some, like Captain Rich, never returned home.

date: 1813

numéro de référence: Nova Scotia Archives  Newspapers: Acadian Recorder 10 April 1813 page 3

               

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