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to Alexander M. Ross

Has heard that her brother, John Brown Jr., is dead, but is not sure if this is true. Worries the sad news might be bad for her sister Ruth's health. Tried to write an article for Cosmopolitan Magazine, but poor health prevented her. John Brown Jr...

GLC03007.41

to Alexander M. Ross

Writes to say she hopes his health is improving.

GLC03007.42

to Alexander M. Ross [Fragment]

Discusses events at Kennedy Farm while preparing to raid Harpers Ferry. Anne Brown was there to help cook and clean. Author and recipient inferred from content. Only the last four pages remain.

GLC03007.49

[Photograph of John Browned signed commission for Harper's Ferry]

A photograph of the commission, signed by John Brown as Commander in Chief, appointing Owen Brown a captain in John Brown's army. Document is dated 13 October 1859. Photograph is mounted on heavy piece of cardboard. The photograph is 14.5 x 20 cm...

GLC03007.55

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Owen Brown to Alexander Milton Ross dated April 3, 1878. Discusses mutual acquaintances, Ross' book and the struggle for abolition.

GLC03007.56.16

to unknown

One unaddressed letter from Henry Thompson dated April 24, 1892. Concerns correspondence between the two. Letter is possibly to Alexander Milton Ross.

GLC03007.56.21

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated August 15, 1893.

GLC03007.56.29

[Scrapbook featuring an image of John Brown]

One scrapbook that originaly held the rest of GLC03007.56, which has been removed from the scrapbook. The scrapbook also contains notes on the first page and the image of John Brown.

GLC03007.56.35

to Alexander M. Ross [Fragment]

Second page of a two page letter, first page missing. Thanks the recipient for sending him a copy of "The Lincoln Memorial Album." Says the recipient's contribution to the book "interested me greatly" and that "I had not before quite understood...

GLC03007.07

to Alexander M. Ross

Thanks him for "placing my father before the world in his true light" with "a truthful and just estimate of his character and motives" in his writings for the public. Mentions that she was with John Brown just two weeks before his raid, and that she...

GLC03007.08

to Alexander M. Ross

Inquires after an extra copy of a pamphlet detailing the events which took place in Harper's Ferry. She details information of the publisher, Osborn P. Anderson, a free Black man who was with Brown at Harper's Ferry. Expresses hope that Anderson was...

GLC03007.10

to Alexander M. Ross

One lettera ddressed to Alexander M. Ross from Anne Brown Adams dated January 16, 1886. Mentions hardships of motherhood and awaiting word from a publisher to printpapers that she spent. Thanks him for suggesting soda as a remedy for her sore throat...

GLC03007.13

to Alexander M. Ross

One letter addressed to Alexander Ross from Anne Brown Adams dated July 31, 1887. Mentions the health of her children and reading The Life of Frederick Douglass. Does not find truth in Douglass's account of meeting John Brown. Believes that Uncle Tom...

GLC03007.15

to Alexander M. Ross

Wonders why there is so much evil in the world, is thankful for the good people she has known, and rejoices in the election of Benjamin Harrison as President. Has recently moved from Rohnerville to Petrolia. Wonders "why some people were ever...

GLC03007.22

to Alexander M. Ross

Thanks him for his offer of "a scholarship at the College" and hopes her second daughter Bertha can raise the funds to attend, and wonders about requirements for acceptance. Plans to write biographies for more of the Harpers Ferry raiders for him...

GLC03007.27

to Alexander M. Ross

Wonders if her children should participate in the "John Brown's Fort" attraction at the Chicago World's Fair. "Mr. Holmes Pres. of the John Brown Fort Co." has asked if her children will come work at the exhibition. At first he promised good wages...

GLC03007.32

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses Ross' plans that somehow involve helping the black community. It is not clear exactly what this plan involves, but she suggests he try using the black newspapers to help his plans. Worries that few African Americans will care about his...

GLC03007.33

to Alexander M. Ross

Thanks him for his help. Talks about her hard times financially, and reports briefly on her siblings. Discusses Richard Hinton, who is writing a book on John Brown, and Richard W. Howard, "the pretender" who is offering newspapers a fabricated...

GLC03007.34

to Alexander M. Ross

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

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses Mary Stearns and a fund to help her family. Explains that Mrs. Stearns liked her father, but not his family, recounts a story of her unkindness, and wonders if Stearns has become infirm in her old age. Adams claims to hold no grudge...

GLC03007.38

to Alexander M. Ross

Encloses a letter from Franklin Sanborn, to see if he knows anything about "the Dr. McLain mentioned therein."

GLC03007.43

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses declining health of herself and Ross. Wonders if they will meet in the next life, and if they will recognize each other. Tells him to ignore those who slander him, "Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and say all manner of evil...

GLC03007.45

to Alexander M. Ross

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

to Alexander M. Ross

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

to Alexander M. Ross [Incomplete]

Defending her father, John Brown, against what appear to be statements that he took money and used it for personal needs. Concludes that Mary Stearns' "mind must be disordered" with age due to statements that she made. The statements seem to imply...

GLC03007.50

to Alexander M. Ross [Fragment]

Wonders why so much evil exists in the world and about the nature of good and bad and the inequality of rich and poor. Recipient inferred from content. Only the last two pages remain.

GLC03007.51

[Names and addresses of John Brown collector and two others]

Lists the names and addresses of Dr. C. W. Olsen, Boyd Stutler, and Mrs. M. Winchester. Boyd Stutler, 1889-1970, was a famous collector of John Brown documents, the other two are unknown.

GLC03007.54

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from John Brown Jr. to Alexander Milton Ross dated April 19, 1879. Discussing books on the population of the world, the emigration of African Americans and a paper he is writing.

GLC03007.56.05

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Horatio Rust to Alexander Milton Ross dated December 1, 1892. Concerns John Brown.

GLC03007.56.17

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated April 6, 1897.

GLC03007.56.24

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated February 19, 1895.

GLC03007.56.25

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated May 20, 1895.

GLC03007.56.28

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated June 28, 1894.

GLC03007.56.33

to Alexander M. Ross [Fragment]

Does not want her father made into a wax sculpture by men in Chicago who are staging an exhibition about John Brown's raid. Only the last two pages remain. Place and recipient inferred from content.

GLC03007.52

to Alexander M. Ross

One letter from Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross dated July 31, 1887. Pertains to one of her children receiving a vaccaniation, their illness and her opinion of Franklin Sanborn's book which mentions her father. Cannot believe "that people would...

GLC03007.14

to Garibaldi Ross

Brief biographies of the men involved in the raid on Harpers Ferry, and discussion of her job keeping house for the men as they prepare. Writes to Alexander Ross' son, because "Your father has requested me to tell you the story of my life at, or...

GLC03007.17

to Alexander M. Ross

Rain has been so heavy all winter that she and her family have been virtually unable to leave the house.

GLC03007.25

to Alexander M. Ross

Apologizes for not being able to accept his offer of helping her children attend college. Regrets not being able to allow them a better education. Recipient inferred from content.

GLC03007.29

to Alexander M. Ross

May write articles about John Brown for money, and discusses her family. Has "written a sketch for an eastern paper" which she hopes to get paid for, and has other offers to write about her father. Discusses her financial hardships, lives of her...

GLC03007.39

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated December 9, 1892.

GLC03007.56.03

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated March 11, 1879. Thanks him for his book "Reflections and Experiences of an Abolitionist" and praises him for living a life of self-sacrifice.

GLC03007.56.15

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated April 30, 1897.

GLC03007.56.26

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated January 11, 1893.

GLC03007.56.34

to Alexander M. Ross

States that he is enclosing a letter from John Brown, intended for the recipient's son. Recipient inferred from content.

GLC03007.06

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses the Alcott family in Concord and her approval of sick patients eating very little. Inquires after the Alcott family, with whom she used to live. Mentions Louisa May Alcott. States her firm belief that underfeeding sick patients can be...

GLC03007.16

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses George L. Stearns, who supported John Brown, and his family. Mentions Edwin A. Brackett's bust of Brown, of which she only saw the mold. Says her runaway son has returned, and she is very busy with ten children. Recipient inferred from...

GLC03007.21

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses bad weather, vaccination of her children, and the evil of most human beings. Recipient inferred from content.

GLC03007.26

to Alexander M. Ross

Hopes to unmask a man pretending to have been at Harpers Ferry with John Brown. "It is my wish that you publish this Richard W. Howard, who claims to have been with John Brown at Harper's Ferry, as a fraud and a humbug. It is evident that he...

GLC03007.30

to Alexander M. Ross

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

GLC03007.37

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses her family's well being, and wonders about their place in God's larger plan.

GLC03007.44

to Alexander M. Ross

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

to Alexander M. Ross

"The struggle for a married woman's rights will be a longer and a harder fought battle than any other that the world has ever known." Preaches rights for married women, and catalogs the abuses of husbands. Also supports temperance. Wonders why God...

GLC03007.53

to Alexander Milton Ross

Brown Jr. writes from Put-in-Bay Island located on South Bass Island (Lake Erie), Ohio. He mentions he will personally be traveling to Kansas and possibly Colorado to examine the land for the purpose of "settlement by Colored people of limited means...

GLC03007.56.11

to Anne Brown Adams

One letter from Albert Hazlett to Anne Brown Adams dated March 1, 1860. Thanking her for her letter to him in "his prison home." Discussing his fate and death and visits from the "ladies" and "gentlemen." Written at Charleston Jail

GLC03007.56.01

to Norman Ross

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

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated January 28, 1895. Discussing his health and thanking him for the help he has given them over the years. Discusses mutual acquaintances and a friend's bad marriage and possible visits...

GLC03007.56.07

to Alexander Milton Thompson

One letter from George B. Bill to Alexander Milton Thompson dated December 31, 1877. Letter written to John Brown's "Secretary of the Treasury" under his promised government.

GLC03007.56.20

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated January 21, 1897.

GLC03007.56.23

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated May 24, 1892.

GLC03007.56.30

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated November 12, 1894.

GLC03007.56.31

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One undated envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada.

GLC03007.56.32

[Draft of inscription intended for the Robert Gould Shaw monument]

Includes hand written corrections. Describes the Shaw monument as a tribute to the famous 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, organized in Boston and reviewed by Massachusetts Governor John Albion Andrew 18 May 1863. Includes extracts from Andrew...

GLC02928.05

National intelligencer. [Vol. 50, no. 7191 (January 25, 1849)]

US Coinage, D.C. Slave trade petition, Bill for admission of California.

GLC08430.03

History of the antislavery measures of the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth United-States congresses, 1861-1864.

Inscribed and signed by Wilson on front flyleaf to Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States under President Abraham Lincoln. Published by Walker, Wise, and Company. In the preface, Wilson writes, "I have sought, in this volume, to...

GLC08423

Liberator. [Vol. XXXL, no. 16 (April 19, 1861)]

Announces "Civil War Begun. Fort Sumter Captured. The Federal Capital in Danger. Thousands of Troops Mustering. The North United At Last." Includes proclamations by the President, official correspondence regarding the surrender of Fort Sumter...

GLC08429.02

New-York tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6666 (August 15, 1862)]

Contains speech of Lincoln on the colonization of blacks plus news of General Pope's army.

GLC08429.03

12 miscellaneous newspapers re: Nat Turner, slavery, Lincoln, War of 1812

GLC08430

Salem observer. [Vol. 9, no. 37 (September 10, 1831)]

Includes a brief description of the aftermath of Nat Turner's Rebellion: "...the insurgents are all taken and killed, except Nat Turner, the leader, after whom there is a warm pursuit... the troops will be discharged shortly... the number of...

GLC08430.01

Herald of freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)]

Anti-slavery, Civil War, Lincoln, War of 1812.

GLC08430.02

[Amendment for an act (Senate Bill, No. 109) authorizing the employment of free African Americans]

Increases compensation given to free African Americans for their employment. Authorizes the Secretary of War to employ 40,000 slaves instead of 20,000 for governmental service. Empowers the Secretary of War to impress 40,000 slaves if they will not...

GLC08417

Amendment to senate bill (s. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and to perform other labor connected with the defences of the country.

Provides corrections for Confederate Senate Bill 129. Establishes guidelines for the number of slaves that can be impressed from one owner. States that the Secretary of War is authorized to exempt certain areas from the act if "the labor of the...

GLC08418

A bill to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications and perform other labor connected with the defences of the country.

Senate Bill 129, passed by the Confederate Senate 13 December 1864. Ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives 15 December 1864. States that "The Congress of the Confederate States of American do enact, That all free male negroes...

GLC08419

A bill (No. 49) to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to increase the efficiency of the army, by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities, approved February 17th, 1864, and to repeal an act for the enlistment of cooks in the army, approved April 21st, 1862.

States "it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to have employed one hundred thousand slaves, as provided in said act, if so many should be necessary, to work upon fortifications, or government works, for the production or preparation of...

GLC08420

New York times and commercial intelligencer. [Vol. 3, no. 472 (September 20, 1839)]

Contains an article discussing the Amistad case. States "Very considerable doubts are entertained, I find, whether the grand jury will bring in a bill for any crime against the Africans; in which case the whole discussion will be on the various...

GLC08812

The daily examiner. [no volume or number information, (January 7, 1865)]

A Confederate newspaper previously published as "The Richmond Examiner." Published without a masthead 30 May 1864-9 December 1865. Pencil signature at top says "Rev. Everhart" (or Overhart). Includes coverage of the fall of Savannah to General...

GLC08780

New York Daily Tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 6074 (October 12, 1860)]

Advertises a book titled The Life and Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln. Reports on the Republican majority in a recent Pennsylvania election. Includes an article on Republicans in the slave states, advising them to vote for Lincoln. Discusses...

GLC08788

The New York herald. [No. 9136 (September 15, 1861)]

Prints a letter of President Lincoln to John C. Fremont concerning emancipation. Headline reads, "Modification of the Proclamation with regard to the liberation of slaves." Lincoln asks Fremont to modify his order proclaiming that all slaves owned...

GLC08793

New York tribune. [Vol. 24, no. 7,249 (June 29, 1864)]

Reports on various Civil War events, including a 27 June 1864 Confederate attack on General Ambrose Burnside's soldiers. Includes a tribute from a Kentucky slaveholder concerning an enlisted slave. Includes local reports, international news, and...

GLC08800

The Pennsylvania packet, and daily advertiser [No. 2763 (December 13, 1787)]

Reports on the ratification of the Constitution in Pennsylvania. Prints Benjamin Franklin's "Last Speech at the late Federal Convention." Contains foreign and domestic news. Many advertisements, including some for slaves.

GLC08809

Gazette of the United States. [No. 7 (May 2 - May 6, 1789)]

Anti-slavery essay, President's home (in New York).

GLC08810

New York daily tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 6067 (October 4, 1860)]

Capture of a slave ship, Lincoln campaign.

GLC08811

Niles' weekly register. [Vol. 2, no. 14-15 (June 5-12, 1824)]

Two issues. Convention with Great Britain for the suppression of the slave trade printed on p. 226 ff.

GLC08813

Paterson Daily Guardian [Vol. VI, no. 905 (19 October 1859)]

Attempting to clarify news of the raid on Harpers Ferry. States the previous days news was unclear as to the specifics of the events, and gives new details available. John Brown, "the hero of numberless border skirmishes in Kansas," attacked...

GLC08827

[Adjutant General's Office general orders no. 1: Emancipation Proclamation]

Includes obliterated property stamp on page one. Possibly the first army printing of the final proclamation. Binding is extremely fragile.

GLC08852

Vindication of Major General John C. Fremont, against the attacks of the slave power and it's allies, by Hon. John P. C. Shanks, of Indiana, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, March 4, 1862.

Printed by Scammell & Co.

GLC08874

New-York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4251 (May 11, 1865)]

One newspaper issue of New-York times, dated May 11, 1865. Reports Queen Victoria's condolence to Mrs. Lincoln as well as other expressions of sympathy from international heads of state on the assassination of President Lincoln. Also contains an...

GLC08835

The Abolitionist

Volume 1, numbers 1 - 11 of a monthly magazine advocating the abolition of slavery. The eleven issues are bound together in one book. Includes articles from numerous sources on emancipation, colonization and many other evangelical and slavery...

GLC08844

The War in Texas...

Anti-slavery and anti-Mexican war sentiments.

GLC08846

Case of Passmore Williamson. Report of the proceedings on the writ of Habeas Corpus, issued by the Hon. John K. Kane, judge of the district court of the United States...

(title continues)... for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in the case of the United States of America Ex. Rel. John H. Wheeler vs. Passmore Williamson, including the several opinions delivered; and the arguments of counsel, reported by Arthur...

GLC08853

Narrative of facts in the case of Passmore Williamson

Relates the story of Passmore Williamson, an abolitionist who was imprisoned for helping a slave named Jane escape her master while in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Because Jane was already in the North, Williamson informed her she was free and...

GLC08854

Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, at January term, 1842. In which it was decided that all the laws of the several states relative to fugitive slaves are unconstitutional and void...

(title continues)... and that Congress have the exclusive power of legislation on the subject of fugitive slaves escaping into other states. Reported by Richard Peters, reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States....

GLC08856

New-York Daily Tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6786 (January 3, 1863)]

One newspaper issue of New-York Daily Tribune, dated January 3, 1863. Prints the Emancipation Proclamation on page four. This is among the early printings of the Proclamation in a newspaper. Other news includes the Battle of Murfreesboro with map...

GLC08862

Letter of Gerrit Smith to President Schmucker.

Smith discusses his and Schmucker's shared disapproval of the Colonization Society. Defends the Anti-Slavery Society against Schmucker's criticism. Also covers Schmucker's opinions of temperance. Contains several spots of water damage in former...

GLC08873

Collection of abolitionist newspapers [Decimalized .01-.59]

A collection of early anti-slavery and abolitionist newspapers, including issues of The Emancipator, the National Anti-Slavery Standard, and the Liberator. Some of the papers are edited by William Lloyd Garrison; others by Edmund Quincy & James...

GLC08875

Herald of freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)]

Slavery and abolition.

GLC08721

New-York weekly journal. [Vol. 932, no. 19 (March 11, 1733)]

Quotes "Cato" on the importance of opposition and controls upon political power: "Political jealousy, therefore, in the people is a necessary and laudable passion." Reports on foreign affairs particularly relating to the War on the Polish Succession...

GLC08724

Paterson Daily Guardian [Vol. VI, no. 934 (November 22, 1859)]

Anticipating increased sectionalism in politics, partly related to Harpers Ferry. "The late elections having demonstrated that the Opposition of the North are abundantly able to elect a President, we may as well prepare for a stormy session of...

GLC08725.06

New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 6277 (June 3 1861)]

Includes considerable coverage of opinion from around the country and the globe. On p. 7 is a short letter signed "A Person" about "contraband slaves" being allowed to grow crops for themselves on abandoned estates as proof they can take care of...

GLC08726.11

New-York times. [Vol. 13, no. 3931 (April 29, 1864)]

Tax bill, Lincoln on slavery page 3.

GLC08726.30

Greenleaf's New York journal & patriotic register. [Vol. 1, no. 72 (September 23, 1796)]

Contains Washington's farewell address, in which he articulates his desire to return to retirement and his thoughts on the United States Government. Includes information on foreign and domestic affairs, announcements, and notices of sale. Contains...

GLC08748.01