Military Arrests in New York

John A. Marshall
From American Bastile: A History of Illegal Arrests

Military arrests took place in New York too. In Franklin County, Francis D. Flanders and his brother Judge Joseph R. Flanders, were among those taken prisoner. Refused access to the courts, they were imprisoned for four months in Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor and later in Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. A similar fate befell several other New Yorkers.

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