Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Brown letter and newspaper clippings
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293593]
Identifier: Vault MSS 626
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter and photocopies of newspaper clippings. The letter was written at White Hall, New Jersey on April 29, 1857 and is addressed to William Barnes Esq. of Albany New York. Brown states that he would be pleased if Mr. Woods or any friends at Albany could help him by contributing money. Also included are three newspaper clippings dated 1889, 1892, and 1896. The clippings are retrospectives on John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid (1859).
Dates:
1857-1896
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Greenleaf Whittier letter
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293791]
Identifier: Vault MSS 675
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter written on November 3 in an unknown year, at Amesbury. Whittier asks to see a proof of a poem he has written.
Dates:
approximately 1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections