1. This document was a letter written by Richard Frethorne to his parents who lived in England. 2. The author of the primary source document was Richard Frethorne who was an indentured servant on a plantation approximately 10 miles from Jamestown. The document, which is a letter, was created in the year 1623, and was found in “An Indentured Servant's Letter Home,” in Major Problems in the History of American Workers, which was written by Eileen Boris and Nelson Lichtenstein. 3. This letter is a first hand account of Richard Frethorne, who is an indentured servant, and attempting to solicit help in the form of food or money from his parents in England. The letter is written at the time of the event when he was a indentured servant who worked long hours for very little food. The letter is based on actual first hand events, directly from the authors’ current situation in life, as he perceived them to be. 4. Richard Frethorne's purpose for writing this letter was to convince his parents of his dire situation regarding sickness, lack of food, and money as some of his statements make clear. As proof of this he states in the regards to sickness “I your child am in a most heavy case by reason of the nature of the country, which is such that it causeth much sickness, such as the scurvy and the bloody flux.” He goes on to try and articulate his plight with hunger by stating “since I came out of the ship I never ate anything but peas, and loblollie, I don protest unto you that I have eaten more in one day at home that I have allowed me here for a week.” He is also seeking money as evident in his statement “You have given more than my day's allowance to a beggar at the door” Clearly his intend audience is his parents in England and was meant to be a private letter. The author was attempting to influence his parents by giving them grim details of his life as an indentured servant and persuade them to send him food and money. 5.