The Brown family collection, 1872-1919.

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The Brown family collection, 1872-1919.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17166787

This collection consists of five folders, comprised primarily of correspondence relating to the Brown family of Bridgewater, Va., 1872-1919. Also included are some photographs, printing plates, and a typescript copy of Johannes Braun's "Treatise on slavery and serfdom," 1818.

1 box (about 37 items).

James Madison University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6917785

James Madison University Libraries

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Brown, John, 1771-1850

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John Brown (Johannes Braun), 1771-1850, was one of the best educated clergymen of his time in western Virginia. Born near Bremen, Germany, he came to the United States in 1797, becoming the leading minister of the German Reformed Church in Virginia. Besides his "Treatise" (published by Laurenz Wartmann of Rockingham County), he translated excerpts from Jefferson on slavery, and was influential in the Rockingham County pauper school system, the forerunner of today's public school system in that c...

Brown family.

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Reformed Church in the United States

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