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Stevens family. Papers, 1770-1911.

Title: Papers, 1770-1911.

Papers of the Stevens family, originally from Norwich, Ct. through Moses Stevens, in particular material related to Aaron D. Stevens, an ardent abolitionist and member of John Brown's party during the raid on Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) in 1859. Letters from Stevens (in typescript only) before Harpers Ferry related to his work for the cause of anti-slavery in Kansas under the name of Charles Whipple. Letters to (often as originals and typescripts) and from Stevens were written while he was in prison in Charlestown, W. Va. for his involvement in the raid. Stevens was convicted and hung on 16 Mar. 1860. (Cont'd) His correspondents include Lydia M. Pierce (his sister), Rebecca B. Spring, Lydia M. Child, Henry E. Stevens (brother), George Sennott (his lawyer), and James Redpath (author of a book on Brown). Letters among family members and others from 1899-1911 relate to the reinterment of Stevens' remains to Brown's grave at North Elba, N.Y.; attempts to locate Stevens' rifle from the raid; and providing recollections of him for nephews Henry B. and Edward P. Stevens. Additional correspondents include Samuel J. Reader, Oswald G. Villard, Thomas Featherstonaugh, and Brown's children Annie and Salmon. Also, a few misc. deeds to and from members of the Stevens family, including Moses, for lands in Conn.

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