Boggs, Francis (fl. 1814) to Daniel Fisher
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00890 Author/Creator: Boggs, Francis (fl. 1814) Place Written: Puerto Rico Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 March 1814 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 30 x 22 cm. Order a Copy
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.
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