{"id":978,"date":"2011-05-27T05:24:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T12:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/?p=978"},"modified":"2011-07-19T21:46:52","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T04:46:52","slug":"the-jersey-prison-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/the-jersey-prison-ship","title":{"rendered":"The Jersey Prison Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article is pulled from the Niles Register of July 25, 1812.\u00c2\u00a0 War had just been declared with Great Britain.\u00c2\u00a0 The hawks in Congress had finally prevailed over a Federalist filibuster, and Mr. Madison had his war.\u00c2\u00a0 It was now time for all patriotic Americans to whip themselves into an anti-British fervor.\u00c2\u00a0 Toward that end, the Niles register reprinted this account of the hellish conditions under which the British kept American prisoners during the War for American Independence, 2 decades earlier.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\">            <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                table.cf7-db-table {\r\n                    margin-top: 1em;\r\n                    border-spacing: 0;\r\n                    border: 0 solid gray;\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                br {\r\n                                        mso-data-placement: same-cell;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table th {\r\n                    padding: 5px;\r\n                    border: 1px solid gray;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table th > td {\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                    background-color: #E8E8E8;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table tbody td {\r\n                    padding: 5px;\r\n                    border: 1px solid gray;\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table tbody td > div {\r\n                    max-height: 100px;\r\n                    overflow: auto;\r\n                }\r\n            <\/style>\r\n            \r\n        <table id=\"cftble_229822669\" class=\"cf7-db-table\" >\r\n            <thead>\r\n                        <tr>\r\n            <th title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"Contact form 1,puzzle-solver\">puzzle-solver<\/div><\/th>            <\/tr>\r\n                        <\/thead>\r\n            <tbody>\r\n                            <tr>\r\n                <td title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"1306530841.0000,puzzle-solver\">Scott<\/div><\/td><\/tr>                <tr>\r\n                <td title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"1306515635.0000,puzzle-solver\">Loganne<\/div><\/td><\/tr>            <\/tbody>\r\n        <\/table>\r\n        <\/td>\n<td>If you have a problem with the flash working for you, you may wish to use the <a href=\"http:\/\/wwtft.com\/puzzles\/jerseyprison\/jersey.png\">static version<\/a>.If you succeed in doing the puzzle, we&#8217;ve implemented a way for you to get credit for your efforts! 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War had just been declared with Great Britain.  The hawks in Congress had finally prevailed over a Federalist filibuster, and Mr. Madison had his war.  It was now time for all patriotic Americans to whip themselves into an anti-British fervor.  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