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Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross
February 19, 1895
One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated February 19, 1895.
GLC03007.56.25
20 May 1895
One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated May 20, 1895.
GLC03007.56.28
28 June 1894
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]
1893 circa
Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926
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
2 January 1887
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
15 December 1887
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
6 March 1890
Rain has been so heavy all winter that she and her family have been virtually unable to leave the house.
GLC03007.25
22 August 1891
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
24 June 1894
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
December 9, 1892
One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated December 9, 1892.
GLC03007.56.03
to Alexander Milton Ross
11 March 1879
Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904
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
30 April 1897
One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated April 30, 1897.
GLC03007.56.26
January 11, 1893
One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated January 11, 1893.
GLC03007.56.34
1878
Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895
States that he is enclosing a letter from John Brown, intended for the recipient's son. Recipient inferred from content.
GLC03007.06
February 25, 1882
Discusses local plant life, her obligations as a mother, and his friendship with her father.
GLC03007.11
19 October 1887
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
26 August 1888
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
29 June 1890
Discusses bad weather, vaccination of her children, and the evil of most human beings. Recipient inferred from content.
GLC03007.26
February 19, 1892
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
9 August 1893
Encloses copies of some documents he might find interesting, and reports her sister Ruth is in poor health.
GLC03007.37
28 April 1897
Discusses her family's well being, and wonders about their place in God's larger plan.
GLC03007.44
12 May 1899
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
1877-1900
"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
19 June 1879
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
1 March 1860
Hazlett, Albert, 1837-1860
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
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