Brown, John.
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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 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
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0081
Overview
Papers of Thomas Tavenner and the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence; memoirs; journals; financial and legal documents; pamphlets; newspapers; and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family were Confederate sympathizers.
Dates:
1772-1955; Majority of material found within 1855-1866
Filtered By
- Subject: Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 X
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- Abolition of slavery 3
- Charles Town (W. Va.) 3
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 3
- Jefferson County. 3
- Richmond (Va.) 2
- Account books 1
- Charles Town Independent Democrat 1
- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 133rd Regiment. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Riflemen 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Land. 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Poets and poetry. 1
- Ravenswood (W. Va.) 1
- Richmond Daily Enquirer 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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