tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8610794554182705646..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Seeking a Mass Grave in BrooklynUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-51759804097343587732012-08-28T14:05:45.143-05:002012-08-28T14:05:45.143-05:00Joshua Loring, Jr., like his colleague William Cun...Joshua Loring, Jr., like his colleague William Cunningham, was the subject of a lot of nasty rumors after the war, probably pleasing formerly imprisoned Americans and often repeated without investigation by American authors.<br /><br />There’s no doubt American prisoners complained about Loring and Cunningham as early as 1775. But as to whether Loring deserves blame for being "notoriously corrupt" or for having "starved to death" prisoners given the resources he had available, I'm not convinced. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-89851041151817345902012-08-28T13:02:28.568-05:002012-08-28T13:02:28.568-05:00This article reminds me of another memorial locate...This article reminds me of another memorial located in Brooklyn, unknown to most Americans and even to those interested in the Revolutionary War. It's the "Prison Ships Martyrs Monument" in Fort Greene Park; a monument to the estimated 17,500 American prisoners of war who died in captivity in New York City and in British Prison ships anchored in Wallabout Bay, northwest of Brookyln. The number of deaths suffered by these prisoners of war far exceeds the estimated 7,000 colonials who died in battle.<br /> A good introduction to this almost forgotten story is Edwin G. Burrows' "Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War." <br /> Central to this story and the cruel conditions under which the prisoners were kept and starved to death was the notoriously corrupt Massachusetts Loyalist Joshua Loring, Jr who was the high- sheriff of Suffolk County when the Revolutionary war broke out and later served as Great Britain's Deputy Commissary of American Prisoners of War. He was discharged from his office at the end of the war for corruption.EJWiteknoreply@blogger.com