Brown-Gee collection--Series I, [18--]-[19--].

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Brown-Gee collection--Series I, [18--]-[19--].

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Correspondence file, including letters written by Brown to his father, Owen Brown, brother, Jeremiah, other family members, and Frederick Douglass, marriage licenses of his parents (Owen Brown and Sally (Root) Brown) and other family members, deeds, and other papers; Harpers Ferry file, containing clippings relating to Brown's Harpers Ferry raid (Oct. 1859), the observance of its 100th anniversary, map, history of the early years of Storer College, and outline of events at John Brown's farm in North Elba, N.Y., written by Edwin Cotter, Jr.; Kansas file, containing newspaper clippings, postcards, programs, photos, etc., relating to a park and statue honoring Brown in Osawatomie; New Richmond, Pa., file, with clippings and writings on his residence in Crawford County, photographs of the remains of his tannery at New Richmond, as well as gravesites of first wife Dianthe Lusk Brown and two of his sons; periodical articles, including an article by Clarence Darrow; plays, including Mrs. J.C. Swayze's Ossawatomie Brown (1857) and Gallows Glorious (1933) by Robert Gow; and photograph file including photos of Brown and his homes in Hudson, Ohio and North Elba, N.Y., prints of a carving of Brown in the capitol building in Albany, N.Y., and print "The Last Moments of John Brown" by Thomas Hovenden. Also includes recollections by sons John, Jr. and Salmon and one of Brown's associates at Harpers Ferry, Osborne P. Anderson; Owen Brown file, including genealogies of the Brown, Root, and Mills families, pictures of the old burying ground in Hudson, and estate papers; John Brown articles file, containing articles and poems on a variety of subjects concerning Brown and his family; articles on Brown's religious views; four wills of John Brown; affidavits alleging Brown's insanity at the time of his trial, and eyewitness accounts of the trial and execution; and miscellaneous periodical articles, including a history of 115 of the oldest homes in Hudson, Ohio and various articles (1949-1969) pertaining to the life and times of John Brown.

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Hudson Library & Historical Society

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Brown, Jeremiah, 1791-1880

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Jeremiah Brown. From the description of Tune book, 18th century. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191276857 ...

Anderson, Osborne P. (Osborne Perry), 1830-1872

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Swayze, J. C., Mrs.

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Hovenden, Thomas, 1840-1895

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Genre painter; New York City and Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Born in Dunmanway, Ireland. He came to New York City in 1863. Elected a member of the National Academy in 1882. Exhibited at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. From the description of Thomas Hovenden scrapbook, 1866-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454934 ...

Gow, Robert

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Cotter, Edwin

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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818. He barely knew his mother, who lived on a different plantation and died when he was a young child and never discovered the identity of his father. When he turned eight years old, his slaveowner hired him out to work as a body servant in Baltimore. At an early age, Frederick realized there was a connection between literacy and freedom. Not allowed to attend school, he taught himself to read and wr...

Brown, Sally Root, 1789-1840

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Root family.

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Brown, Dianthe Lusk, -1832

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Mills family.

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Brown family.

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Brown, John, 1821-1895

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Farmer and soldier; son of John Brown, the abolitionist; b. at Hudson, Ohio; moved with brother Owen Brown to Osawatomie, Kan., 1855 where was elected a member of the legislature; led group of militia to the relief of Lawrence, Kan., after it had been "sacked" by a pro-slavery force; served with the Kansas Brigade during the Civil War but was forced to resign because of illness; did not participate in the Harper's Ferry raid; in 1862 purchased a ten-acre plot on the south shore of South Bass Isl...

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...

Storer College

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Storer College was a historically black college located in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. The Home Mission Society of the Free Baptist Church founded it in 1867 to educate former slaves. The school closed in 1955 after the 1954 Supreme Court desegregation decision led to the end of state and federal funding. From the description of Storer College programs 1920. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 58836927 Storer College In 1...

Brown, Owen

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Tanner; father of abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859). From the description of Owen Brown diary extract, circa 1820. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451970 Owen Brown was the great grandson of Tabitha Moffat Brown. From the description of Owen Brown letters [manuscript], 1896-1927. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 696965842 From the guide to the Owen Brown letters, 1896-1927, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) ...

Brown, Salmon, 1836-1919

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