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United States -- History -- 1849-1877 -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Autograph, 1854

 Item — Box 10: [Barcode: 31197233283222], Folder: 13-14
Identifier: Vault MSS 2
Scope and Contents

Autograph pasted on a printed booklet entitled, "Speech: Mr. Cass of Michigan on the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 11, 1854.

Dates: 1854

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