I have been as well off as a Prisoner of War can expect

I would not have you be any way uneasy on my Account as I have been well of [sic] as a Prisoner of War can expect. William Hirst - 2 July 1795 William Hirst, who like Tiny Tim did NOT die, is now a Prisoner of War. What happened in the almost 20 months between...

Poor William Hirst – Sick and alone in the General Hospital of Tournay, 1793

In today's post, we look back from 2020, where we are in the midst of a pandemic crisis ourselves, to 1793 only to find our poor Private William Hirst sick and alone in the General Hospital of Tournay. https://www.statnews.com/2017/10/18/health-care-politics-aca/ I have been 6 Weeks in the General Hospital in this Town in the Fever and...