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"
But
upon
consulting
our
old
records
I
found
that
such
an
oar
had
been
presented
by
one
Daniel
Foss
,
of
Elkton
,
Maryland
,
in
the
year
1821
.
Not
until
after
a
long
search
did
we
find
the
oar
in
a
disused
attic
lumber-room
of
odds
and
ends
.
The
notches
and
the
legend
are
carved
on
the
oar
just
as
you
have
described
.
"
We
have
also
on
file
a
pamphlet
presented
at
the
same
time
,
written
by
the
said
Daniel
Foss
,
and
published
in
Boston
by
the
firm
of
N.
Coverly
,
Jr.
,
in
the
year
1834
This
pamphlet
describes
eight
years
of
a
castaway
's
life
on
a
desert
island
.
It
is
evident
that
this
mariner
,
in
his
old
age
and
in
want
,
hawked
this
pamphlet
about
among
the
charitable
.
"
I
am
very
curious
to
learn
how
you
became
aware
of
this
oar
,
of
the
existence
of
which
we
of
the
museum
were
ignorant
.
Am
I
correct
in
assuming
that
you
have
read
an
account
in
some
diary
published
later
by
this
Daniel
Foss
?
I
shall
be
glad
for
any
information
on
the
subject
,
and
am
proceeding
at
once
to
have
the
oar
and
the
pamphlet
put
back
on
exhibition
.
"
Very
truly
yours
,
"
HOSEA
SALSBURTY
.
"
The
time
came
when
I
humbled
Warden
Atherton
to
unconditional
surrender
,
making
a
vain
and
empty
mouthing
of
his
ultimatum
,
"
Dynamite
or
curtains
.
"
He
gave
me
up
as
one
who
could
not
be
killed
in
a
strait-jacket
.
He
had
had
men
die
after
several
hours
in
the
jacket
.
He
had
had
men
die
after
several
days
in
the
jacket
,
although
,
invariably
,
they
were
unlaced
and
carted
into
hospital
ere
they
breathed
their
last
...
and
received
a
death
certificate
from
the
doctor
of
pneumonia
,
or
Bright
's
disease
,
or
valvular
disease
of
the
heart
.
But
me
Warden
Atherton
could
never
kill
.
Never
did
the
urgency
arise
of
carting
my
maltreated
and
perishing
carcass
to
the
hospital
.
Yet
I
will
say
that
Warden
Atherton
tried
his
best
and
dared
his
worst
.
There
was
the
time
when
he
double-jacketed
me
.
It
is
so
rich
an
incident
that
I
must
tell
it
.
It
happened
that
one
of
the
San
Francisco
newspapers
(
seeking
,
as
every
newspaper
and
as
every
commercial
enterprise
seeks
,
a
market
that
will
enable
it
to
realize
a
profit
)
tried
to
interest
the
radical
portion
of
the
working
class
in
prison
reform
.
As
a
result
,
union
labour
possessing
an
important
political
significance
at
the
time
,
the
time-serving
politicians
at
Sacramento
appointed
a
senatorial
committee
of
investigation
of
the
state
prisons
.
This
State
Senate
committee
investigated
(
pardon
my
italicized
sneer
)
San
Quentin
.
Never
was
there
so
model
an
institution
of
detention
.
The
convicts
themselves
so
testified
.
