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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06997.23 |
| From Archive Folder | War of 1812: Correspondence and documents on the war, POWs in Canada, behaviour of soldiers, conditions in New Orleans, laying the Tennessee state line and founding of Memphis City. Documents relate to James Winchester, his family and associates |
| Title | James Winchester to General Glasgow regarding a request for money for himself and his fellow prisoners |
| Date | 29 May 1813 |
| Author | Winchester, James (1752-1826) |
| Recipient | Glasgow, General |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The writer requests $1000.00 for himself and his fellow prisoners. States that he delayed this request in the hopes that a treaty would soon be signed and they would be released, but finds that they will need the money unless they are freed immediately. |
| Subjects | War of 1812 Military History Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Prisoner of War Canada Battle Money |
| People | Winchester, James (1752-1826) |
| Place written | Beauport, Quebec |
| Theme | War of 1812; Foreign Affairs; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |