John Brown autograph letter signed to "Dear Wife and Children All", Chambersburg, PA, 1 October 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.Hopes to have $50 for them. Gives directions for feeding the animals and sends four blankets for the girls. Signed "Your affectionate huband and father." Verso: Epitaphs for Frederic Brown, 1830-1846 and Captain John Brown, 1728-1776. Printed in F. B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 550. For the epitaphs see p. 3.
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- Abolitionists
- Antislavery Movements
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
- History
- John Brown's Raid, 1859
- Slaver
- United States