Biographical data on John Brown and Salmon Brown, 1916-1921 / compiled by Matthew Patterson.

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Biographical data on John Brown and Salmon Brown, 1916-1921 / compiled by Matthew Patterson.

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Biographical data on John Brown, American abolitionist who led a famous 1859 raid against the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia to protest slavery, and his son Salmon Brown in four letters to Matthew Patterson. Includes a handwritten copy of the article, "John Brown's Son Talks About His Father," that appeared in the American Magazine, January 1917 (5 pages).

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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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...

Brown, Salmon, 1836-1919

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Patterson, Matthew S.

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