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John W. LeBarnes autograph letter to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson], New York, 27 November [1859]

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Title supplied by cataloger.Date from item or from supporting materials.Donated to the Boston Public Library by Thomas Wentworth Higginson in 1904.Has 20 or 25 men prepared to attack the Charlestown jail on November 30. Wants him to raise the needed funds. Demands an answer at once. Quoted in M.T. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, p. 196; O.G. Villard, John Brown, p. 517. Mutilated; signature cut away.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Brown, John 1800 1859
  4. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
  5. History
  6. John Brown's Raid, 1859
  7. Slaver
  8. United States

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