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Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926 to Alexander M. Ross

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03007.08 Author/Creator: Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926 Place Written: Bridgeville, California Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 April 1879 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 16 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

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 "taught in the Contraband's schools" towards the end of the war. Also discusses personal matters.

Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926
Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897
Brown, John, 1800-1859

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