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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04263 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1777 |
| Title | Elijah Brown to Robert Morris regarding Brown's exile and letters for his wife |
| Date | 13 November 1777 |
| Author | Brown, Elijah (fl. 1777) |
| Recipient | Morris, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Requests that Morris deliver letters from Brown to his wife. Brown calls his separation from his wife cruel because he is "conscious of not administering any offence to the true friends of America." Addressed to Morris as a Member of Congress at Yorktown. Brown, a Philadelphia Quaker, had been exiled to Virginia on suspicion of Loyalist sympathies. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Marriage Women's History Loyalist Quaker Religion |
| People | Brown, Elijah (fl. 1777) Morris, Robert (1734-1806) |
| Place written | Winchester, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Children & Family; Women in American History; Religion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |