Brown, John, 1800-1859 to Aaron D. Stevens
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07230.01 Author/Creator: Brown, John, 1800-1859 Place Written: Charlestown, West Virginia Type: Autograph quotation signed Date: 2 December 1859 Pagination: 1 p. ; 9.1 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
Written on the day Brown was hanged from Charlestown Prison, Virginia, present day West Virginia. Writes in full, "He that is slow to anger; is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit, that he, that taketh a city" Solomon."; with Stevens autograph endorsement "This was given me an hour or two before he was executed. A.D.S."
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