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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08349 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1777 |
| Title | James Parker to Robert Morris regarding the relase of a former employee |
| Date | 12 December 1777 |
| Author | Parker, James (fl. 1766-1777) |
| Recipient | Morris, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | For release of a former employee, Scotsman Hugh Brown, convicted of high treason and sentenced to death: "That he has once more expressed to me a desire to return to his native country saying it was very unfortunate for him to be in a strange country at such an unhappy time... that he could not fight against this meaning Great Britain with a good heart..." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Prisoner Death Penalty Death Military History Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Loyalist Treason |
| People | Parker, James (fl. 1766-1777) Morris, Robert (1734-1806) |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |