Treason on Trial in Revolutionary Pennsylvania: The Case of John Roberts, Miller Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 101, Part 2)

by David W. Maxey

In the fall of 1778 John Roberts, a prosperous Quaker miller who owned valuable property located about 10 miles from Phila., stood trial before a jury that found him guilty of having committed treason. If not entirely innocent, did Roberts nevertheless deserve a trip to the gallows a month after the jury returned its verdict? Relying on two long-neglected contemporary records of this treason trial, Maxey explores in depth the issue of Roberts's guilt...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606180126
• ISBN13: 9781606180129
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 212 Pages