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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00890 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1814 |
| Title | Francis Boggs to Daniel Fisher about the war, experience of being a prisoner and working with slaves |
| Date | 8 March 1814 |
| Author | Boggs, Francis (fl. 1814) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Boggs wrote this as a United States seaman being held as a prisoner of war on a British ship during the War of 1812. Comments on the war and asks for assistance in getting released. He discusses the miseries of the prisoners' situation over the last fifteen months, being forced to work with slaves in service of the British government and having to impress men for service in the British armed forces. Asks for aid for their families. Notes that the two prisoners with him are named Parker Wilcox and William Fox. Fisher is identified as a major. |
| Subjects | War of 1812 Military History Prison Camp Prisoner of War Navy Global History and Civics Impressment Children and Family Slavery |
| People | Boggs, Francis (fl. 1814) Fisher, Daniel (fl. 1814) |
| Place written | Puerto Rico |
| Theme | War of 1812; Slavery & Abolition; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |