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Hazlett, Albert, 1837-1860 to Anne Brown Adams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03007.56.01 Author/Creator: Hazlett, Albert, 1837-1860 Place Written: Charleston, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 March 1860 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; Order a Copy

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

Hazlett, Albert, 1837-1860
Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
African American History
John Brown
Abolition
Slavery
Women's History
Slavery & Anti-slavery

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