Papers, 1770-1911.

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Papers, 1770-1911.

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Papers of the Stevens family, originally from Norwich, Ct. through Moses Stevens, in particular material related to Aaron D. Stevens, an ardent abolitionist and member of John Brown's party during the raid on Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) in 1859. Letters from Stevens (in typescript only) before Harpers Ferry related to his work for the cause of anti-slavery in Kansas under the name of Charles Whipple. Letters to (often as originals and typescripts) and from Stevens were written while he was in prison in Charlestown, W. Va. for his involvement in the raid. Stevens was convicted and hung on 16 Mar. 1860. (Cont'd) His correspondents include Lydia M. Pierce (his sister), Rebecca B. Spring, Lydia M. Child, Henry E. Stevens (brother), George Sennott (his lawyer), and James Redpath (author of a book on Brown). Letters among family members and others from 1899-1911 relate to the reinterment of Stevens' remains to Brown's grave at North Elba, N.Y.; attempts to locate Stevens' rifle from the raid; and providing recollections of him for nephews Henry B. and Edward P. Stevens. Additional correspondents include Samuel J. Reader, Oswald G. Villard, Thomas Featherstonaugh, and Brown's children Annie and Salmon. Also, a few misc. deeds to and from members of the Stevens family, including Moses, for lands in Conn.

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Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880

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Lydia Maria Child was born Lydia Maria Francis in Medford, Massachusetts on February 11, 1802. She was born into an abolitionist family and was greatly influenced by her brother, Convers, who would later become a Unitarian Clergyman. After the death of her mother in 1814, Child moved to Maine to live with her sister and began teaching in Gardiner in 1819. While living in Maine, Child became increasingly interested in Native Americans and visited many nearby settlements. Child began actively writ...

Stevens, Aaron Dwight, 1831-1860

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Stevens, Moses, ca. 1725-1814.

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Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949

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Epithet: US journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x000092 Villard, a journalist and author, was president of the New York Evening Post (1897-1918), editor and owner of The Nation (1918-1932), publisher and contributing editor of The Nation (1932-1935), a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and of Yachting Magazine, and owner of the Nautical Gazette. His father ...

Stevens, Edward P.

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Brown, Annie May

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Reader, Samuel J.

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Stevens family.

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STEVENS, HENRY B.

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Pierce, Lydia M.

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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.

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Redpath, James, 1833-1891

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Journalist, educator, and abolitionist. From the description of Papers of James Redpath, 1861 [microform] (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 173183825 From the description of Papers of James Redpath, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455130 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Henry C. Bowen, 1871 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616506 James Redpath was a journalist and acti...

Spring, Rebecca B.

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Sennott, George

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Stevens, Henry E.

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Featherstonaugh, Thomas.

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