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Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897 [Alexander Ross' scrapbook related to John Brown's family]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03007.56 Author/Creator: Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897 Place Written: Various Places Type: Scrapbook Date: 1878-1898 Pagination: 22 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Ross' collection of letters relating to John Brown's family, mostly letters sent to him by John Brown's children. Scrapbook contains twenty one letters and one cartoon relating to John Brown, as well as envelopes for most of the letters. Letters written by Anne Brown Adams, Ruth Brown Thompson, John Brown Jr., Sarah Brown, Owen Brown, George B. Gill. One letter is signed W. H. Harrison, the pseudonym of Albert Hazlett. Also contains letters written by others to Anne Brown, which she copied and forwarded to Ross. Inside the pages is a small envelope labeled "California wild flowers. Poppies," containing flower petals, likely sent to Ross by Anne Brown Adams.

Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897
Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926
Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904
Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895
Brown, Owen, 1824-1889
Hazlett, Albert, 1837-1860
Brown, John, 1800-1859

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