Box 2
Container
Contains 22 Results:
Letter from War Department verifying the order was for JOhn Brown and his men, 1932 July 27
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series 5
Scope and contents
From the Collection:
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:
1932 July 27
John Brown Jr. (son) to C. W. Tayleure [Tayleure, reporter for a Baltimore newspaper letter discusses the Harper’s Ferry raid], 1879 June 18
File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 4
Scope and contents
From the Collection:
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:
1879 June 18
Henderson, D.E. to Mr. Strothers [letter describing the Harper’s Ferry raid], 1859 October 19
File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 4
Scope and contents
From the Collection:
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:
1859 October 19
Henderson, D.E. to Mr. Strothers [letter describing the Harper’s Ferry raid] , 1859 October 22
File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Series 4
Scope and contents
From the Collection:
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:
1859 October 22
Bank check signed by John Brown, 1852 February 24
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 5
Scope and contents
From the Collection:
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:
1852 February 24
Commission for Army officer in provisional government [to be established after Harper’s Ferry raid - blank form], circa 1859
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series 5
Scope and contents
From the Collection:
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:
circa 1859
Orders to Lt. Green with 30 Marines to escort the prisoners, [John Brown and his men] to jail at Charlestown, VA, signed by R[obert] E. Lee, 1859 October 19
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series 5
Scope and contents
From the Collection:
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:
1859 October 19
Biographical sketch, undated
File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: Series 6
Scope and contents
From the Collection:
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:
undated
Business card, "R.Parker, Attorney at Law", undated
File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series 6
Scope and contents
From the Collection:
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:
undated
Lyons, James, 1843 January 10
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series 6
Scope and contents
From the Collection:
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:
1843 January 10