Papers, 1833-1937.

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Papers, 1833-1937.

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Mainly letters and reminiscences by Edward Payson Bridgman describing his life in Kansas in 1856 and recollections of John Brown; his service with the 37th Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War, 1863-1865; and his experiences as a storekeeper on Wisconsin's Menominee Indian Reservation in 1876.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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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...

United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 37th.

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Bridgman, Edward Payson, 1834- .

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Bridgman, Edward Payson, 1834- Rank : Pvt. Regiment : 37th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Co. G (1862-1865) Service : 1862 August 15-1865 June 21 The son of a Congregationalist minister from Northampton, Mass., Edward P. Bridgman traveled to Kansas in 1856 to join John Brown's free-staters. Evidently highly committed to the abolition movement, Bridgman had the misfortune to arrive just in time for Brown's defeat at the Battle of Osaw...