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Parker, Richard

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1810 - 1893

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

John Brown collection

 Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0028
Scope and contents The collection consists of correspondence and papers of John Brown (b. 1800 d. 1859), American abolitionist. Also included is correspondence of several relatives and persons associated with him in Brown's Kansas and Virginia insurrections.Over half the correspondence, spanning from 1826-1849, consists of John Brown's letters to business associate Seth Thompson. The letters reflect his financial difficulties, but deal principally with his activities as a tanner and land...
Dates: 1800-1917; Majority of material found within 1826 - 1859