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3 April 1878
Brown, Owen (1824-1889)
to Alexander Milton Ross
One letter from Owen Brown to Alexander Milton Ross dated April 3, 1878. Discusses mutual acquaintances, Ross' book and the struggle for abolition.
GLC03007.56.16
1 December 1892
Rust, Horatio (fl. 1892)
One letter from Horatio Rust to Alexander Milton Ross dated December 1, 1892. Concerns John Brown.
GLC03007.56.17
31 December 1877
Bill, George B. (fl. 1877)
to Alexander Milton Thompson
One letter from George B. Bill to Alexander Milton Thompson dated December 31, 1877. Letter written to John Brown's "Secretary of the Treasury" under his promised government.
GLC03007.56.20
15 November 1892
Thompson, Ruth Brown (1829-1904)
[Letter and flower to Alexander Ross] [Decimilized .01-.02]
One letter and a pressed flower from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross.
GLC03007.56.04
16 November 1896
[Letter and pressed flower to Alexander Milton Ross] [Decimilized .01-.02]
One letter and a pressed flower from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated November 16, 1896.
GLC03007.56.08
March 29, 1884
Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
to unknown
Declines the request to be a lecturer. Written on The Constitution Magazine letterhead.
GLC00496.164
21 March 1880
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
to George Brinton McClellan
Mentions an article re the Battle of Antietam advertised in the 'North American Review.' Hunt discusses his conspiracy theory involving Stanton, McClellan and the Emancipation Proclamation. "…if you had lost Antietam you would have been shot [a hury...
GLC02382.068
11 August 1894
Funk, Isaac K. (Kaufmann), 1839-1912;
The Literary Digest [Vol. IX, No. 15 (August 11, 1894)]
One issue of The Literary Digest dated New York, August 11, 1894. Consists of articles related to current events, literature, science, religion, international affairs and other topics. An article entitled "An Anti-Lynching Crusade in America Begun"...
GLC09896
no date
Mahon, William S. (1881-1891)
[Carte-de-visite of a young girl]
One undated carte-de-vistie of a young black girl seated on a velvet chaise taken by William S. Mahon in Nashville, Tennessee.
GLC09645.102
1889
Stroyer, Jacob, 1849-1908
My life in the south.
Biography of Stroyer, an freedman raised on a plantation in South Carolina and freed in 1864 by the Emancipation Proclamation. Stroyer was minister of the African Methodist Episcopal church in Salem. The introduction contains letters of support for...
GLC00267.083
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