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A view of the guard-house and Simsbury-mines, now called Newgate - a prison for the confinement of loyalists in Connecticut

A view of the guard-house and Simsbury-mines, now called Newgate - a prison for the confinement of loyalists in Connecticut

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Print shows a diagram of the guardhouse with sections identified by letter (legend not visible in print); shows shaft leading to underground chamber, "F. A strong trap door opening the descent to Hell" which leads to a cut-away view of the shaft "G" and "H", and to the underground area "L., M. The prison commonly called Hell."

Illus. in: The political magazine and parliamentary, naval, military, and literary journal. London : Pub. by J. Bew, Pater-Noster-Row, 1781 October, p. 596.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5853
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 534.

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01/01/1781
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