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Autograph letter signed

to Alexander M. Ross

January 15, 1890

Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926

Discusses terrible winter rains and failing health of her sister Ruth Brown Thompson.

GLC03007.24
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Alexander M. Ross

2 May 1892

Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926

Discusses her sister, Ruth Brown Thompson and Ruth's husband Henry Thompson. Both have failing health. Argues that Kansas should give Henry a pension, since he fought under John Brown at the Battle of Black Jack to help keep Kansas a free state....

GLC03007.31
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Alexander M. Ross

7 January 1893

Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926

Discusses various men who have inquired about John Brown. Some seek relics, others want stories from her. Is disappointed with Franklin Sanborn and what he has written about her father. Also mentions Sanborn's plans to write a book about John...

GLC03007.36
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Autograph letter signed

to Alexander M. Ross

9 August 1893

Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926

Encloses copies of some documents he might find interesting, and reports her sister Ruth is in poor health.

GLC03007.37
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Alexander M. Ross

January 31, 1897

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904

Praises Ross, thanks him for his friendship, and wishes they could see each other. Talks of beautiful California weather and geography. Worries that her husband, Henry Thompson, may not have long to live.

GLC03007.46
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Alexander M. Ross

6 April 1897

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904

Wishes to know the cause of his grief, which he mentioned in a previous letter. Hopes he will visit California, and that they can finally meet. Wishes to introduce him to her grandson, who also has a strong love of nature. Discusses other family...

GLC03007.47
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Alexander M. Ross

12 May 1899

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904

She and all of her family hope that Ross will come to visit them. Praises him for his tireless work for others. Says she never met Lucretia Mott, nor Harriet Tubman, but admires them both and says of Tubman "what an old soldier she has been....

GLC03007.48
Collection Item
Scrapbook

[Alexander Ross' scrapbook related to John Brown's family]

1878-1898

Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897

Ross' collection of letters relating to John Brown's family, mostly letters sent to him by John Brown's children. Scrapbook contains twenty one letters and one cartoon relating to John Brown, as well as envelopes for most of the letters. Letters...

GLC03007.56
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Norman Ross

6 March 1898

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Norman Ross dated March 6, 1898. Discusses the death of his father and their relationship. Acknowledges that they are strangers but, due to her closeness to his father, feels that they in fact know each other...

GLC03007.56.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Alexander Milton Ross

15 November 1892

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated November 15, 1892. Discussing family news and their correspondence, a visit from a mutual friend and money he had sent her previously.

GLC03007.56.04.01

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