Samuel N. Simpson Letter 1859

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Samuel N. Simpson Letter 1859

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A letter from S.N. (Samuel Newell) Simpson of Lawrence, Kansas to John Brown in Boston Massachusetts dated November 18, 1859, two weeks before Brown’s execution. Simpson sent a circular about the establishment of Monumental College in Kansas and a letter of explanation. The circular is the first edition, and second known copy of the solicitation for funds to establish a college in Kansas.

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Monumental College

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Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

Simpson, S. N. (Samuel Newell), 1826-1915.

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(October 3, 1826 – November 27, 1915) The son of Samuel and Hannah Pearson Simpson of Deerfield, New Hampshire. Family tradition attributes the first shot for the American side at the Battle of Bunker Hill to Samuel N. Simpson’s grandfather, John Simpson. Samuel N. Simpson was among the party of the first sixty settlers to found Lawrence, Kansas. He is credited with suggesting the town’s name – after Amos A. Lawrence. Simpson was involved in establishing Sunday Schools a...