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Title: American bastile. A history of the illegal arrests and imprisonment of American citizens during the late civil war
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Marshall, John A. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Martial law -- United States. (from old catalog) United States -- History Civil war, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Philadelphia, T. W. Hartley
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ve, lie was discouraged and disheartened; andfeeling that scorns slow, unmoving finger pointed towardhim, lie returned to the bosom of his family, and there, inquiet and seclusion, sought a balm for his wounded spirit;steadfastly refusing to take any part in politics, althoughearnestly solicited to do so by liis numerous friends. In 1867, he was attacked with infiammatory rheumatismand scrofula, diseases from wliich he liad previously suiiered,but which had evidently been aggravated by his confinement.)Ie started for Texas for tlie benefit of his health, which liad,upon a previous occasion, been much improved by that cli-mate. 7\s he was getting ready to return home, he- wasseized with a severe attack of typhoid pneumonia, and soonfound a grave, a stranger in a strange land. He hadneither friends nor relatives near him, to minister to his com-fort, mitigate liis sufierings, or proiier him the solace of ro-liiiion. o Earth serenely now may give lier calmTo wlioni she gave her anguiah.
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THE OLD CAPITOL PRISOX;Its History and Incidents. THE buildings known as the Old Capitol, but now de-molished, were not erected at one time. The Old Capitalproj)er, included only the building fronting on First Street;that on A Street adjoining, and forming a part of the prison,was built subsequently. The Old Capitol Prison, situated on the corner of A andFirst Streets, Washington, was an old and dilapidated brickl)ui)ding, which was erected in 1817, to accommodate theNational Legislature, the Capitol building having l)een de-stroyed by fire. It was used for that purpose until the Cap-itol was rebuilt, when the additions and alterations weremade, and it was fitted up for a boarding-house, and as such,was, for many years, patronized by members of Congressand others, who visited the city during the sessions of Con-gress, and whose daily attendance on the Legislative hallsmade a contiguous dwelling desirable. It was in this build-ing that the Hon. John C. Calhoun breathed his last. Andlit

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