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[We are going Home]
circa 1859
Brown, John, 1800-1859
"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]
1851-1860
Stevens, Aaron D., 1831-1860
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)]
1859/12/09
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)]
1859/12/16
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
General Orders no. 3 [inability of government to help black refugees]
1865/05/04
Steele, Frederick, 1819-1868
Informing people that "destitution and distress is likely to arise from the influx of the colored population into this city. People of this class are informed that it is impossible for the United States Government to feed them and they are advised...
GLC07293
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