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to Aaron D. Stevens

Written on the day Brown was hanged from Charlestown Prison, Virginia, present day West Virginia. Writes in full, "He that is slow to anger; is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit, that he, that taketh a city" Solomon."; with...

GLC07230.01

[We are going Home]

"We are going home and soon shall be / Where the sky is clear and all are free..." Written in pencil. (Enclosure with 7230.01)

GLC07230.02

to his brother and sisters [Decimalized .01- .13]

Group of 13 autograph letters signed of John Brown's associate about abolitionist activities in KA, IA, NM, and Charlestown. Written from various locations, including Charlestown jail awaiting execution for his participation in Harper's Ferry...

GLC07231

Liberator. [Vol. 29 no. 49 (December 9, 1859)]

Whole no. 1510. It includes eyewitness accounts, the "Arrival of Mrs. Brown", "The Harper's Ferry Rising", the execution of Brown.

GLC07286

Liberator. [Vol. 29, no. 50 (December 16, 1859)]

Whole no. 1511. It includes "Brown's letter to his wife.", the burial of John Brown; South Carolina's secession movement and the dissolution of the Union.

GLC07287