Brown, John.
Person
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Dickson Brothers Journals
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1570
Overview
Journals of James and William Dickson, operators of a gristmill, fulling and carding mill, and a general merchandise store in Blooming Valley, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The journals contain entries for the account of John Brown for the years 1826-1833.
Dates:
1822-1854
Frances Packette Todd Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2354
Overview
Correspondence, photographs, post cards, newspapers, pamphlets (regarding typical antebellum and postbellum topics such as slavery, states rights, etc.), official records including the 1793 marriage license for Lund Washington (George Washington's cousin) and Susanna Grayson, a 1732 shipping order for items, including gold and silver, to be transported from Delaware to London, a 1837 document authorizing payment of a navy pension to the children of Lt. John Packette, and memorabilia of a...
Dates:
1800-1985
John Brown (1800-1859) Clippings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0335
Overview
Clippings and illustrations regarding abolitionist and activist John Brown, who led a raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859, precipitating the American Civil War. Includes: 1) facsimile of a page of the newspaper "Independent Democrat" of Charlestown, Virginia from 10-25-1859 including article giving an account of the raid by John Brown; 2) facsimile of a page of the newspaper "Daily Enquirer" of Richmond, Virginia from 11-21-1859 including copy of Brown's petition for a writ of error in his trial;...
Dates:
1859, 1909
John Brown and John Brown, Jr. Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3108
Overview
Contains letters, documents, letter-books, manuscripts and articles relating to John Brown and John Brown, Jr. Topics include abolitionist activities, including those in Kansas and Harpers Ferry, farm business, and family matters. Included are bits of fatherly advice, insight into the wool industry of the mid-1800's, eyewitness commentary on events in the abolitionist movement, and a phrenological description of John Brown. Names mentioned are Jason Brown, Owen Brown, Frederick Douglass,...
Dates:
1821-1932
John Brown, Blueprint of Engraving on Brown's Headstone
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1832
Overview
A blueprint of a chalk copy of the engraving on John Brown's headstone.
Dates:
circa 1950
John Brown Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0336
Scope and Contents
Photostat copies of court records from the 13th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, Jefferson County, (W) Va., relating to the trial of John Brown and the others for the raid on Harper's Ferry.
Dates:
1859-1860
John Brown Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1475
Scope and Contents
Letter from Brown's cousin, Luther Humphrey, dated Windham, Portage Co, O. November 12, 1859 extolling Brown's course of action; Brown's reply, dated Charlestown, Jefferson Co, Va., November 19, 1859, in which he upholds the righteousness of his cause.
Dates:
1859
Julia M. Davis, Author, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2826
Overview
Interviews with and reviews of the fiction of Julia Davis, a member of a prominent Harrison County family whose most distinguished member was her father, John W. Davis, the 1924 Democratic Presidential candidate. In the interviews she tells of the influence upon her career of Melville Davisson Post and of the historic activities of her family, particularly before and during the Civil War. Her maternal grandparents, who resided in Jefferson County, observed the trial and execution of John...
Dates:
1980
Logan Osborne Family and Business Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2941
Overview
A ledger and financial records of Logan Osborne (1836-39) also containing the will of Balamm Osborne. The ledger contains accounts of an assortment of general store goods from perishables such as food and candles to durable goods such as tools and carriages. There are Osborne family deeds, land contracts and letters about family matters and debt (1808-89). There are early nineteenth century state bank script from Louisiana, Virginia, and North Carolina. There are land indentures and legal...
Dates:
1761-1982
Matheny-Stutler Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2156
Overview
Correspondence between H. E. Matheny and Boyd B. Stutler who were antiquarian collectors of West Virginia and authors on the local history of the state. The correspondence is primarily about West Virginia imprints and historical literature. There is much discussion of the following topics as they pertain to West Virginia: colloquial language, frontier and pioneers, post offices and postal service, crimes and criminals, the Civil War, early oil industry, and printers, printing and newspapers....
Dates:
1945-1969
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 12
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 7
- Charles Town (W. Va.) 6
- Jefferson County. 5
- Abolition of slavery 4
- Diaries and journals. 4
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 4
- Civil War -- letters 3
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 3
- Land. 3
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 3
- Slaves and slavery. 3
- Wood County (W. Va.) 3
- Account books 2
- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 2
- Civil War -- War diaries 2
- Crime and criminals. 2
- General stores 2
- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 2
- Richmond (Va.) 2
- Surveyors and surveying. 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Berkeley Border Guards 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) -- Topography 1
- Birth, marriage, and death records. 1
- Brooke County (W. Va.) 1
- Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Calhoun County (W. Va.) 1
- Charles Town Independent Democrat 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 133rd Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 17th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 17th Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 19th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 2nd Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Confederacy 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers 1
- Civil War -- Indiana 15th Regiment, Company I 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Riflemen 1
- Civil War battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Kernstown. 1
- Civil War battles - Piedmont. 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Colloquialisms. 1
- Diaries - Civil War. 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Fayette County (Pa.) 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Genealogy 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Hampshire County (W. Va.) 1
- Hardy County (W. Va.) 1
- Jefferson County - Topography. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kansas 1
- Lincoln County (W. Va.) 1
- Logan County. 1
- Maps. 1
- Marshall County. 1
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) 1
- Martinsburg, W.Va. - formation. 1
- Mason County. 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
- Mills and mill-work 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Monroe County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgan County (W. Va.) 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Oil and Gas Industry and Fields. 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Poets and poetry. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Printers and printing. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Ravenswood (W. Va.) 1
- Richmond Daily Enquirer 1
- Roane County (W. Va.) 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) 1
- Shepherdstown. 1
- Steubenville (Ohio) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 1
- Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
- Virginia 1
- Volcano (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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