Papers of John Brown, Jr., 1830-1932.

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Papers of John Brown, Jr., 1830-1932.

Includes correspondence, diaries, notes, newspaper clippings, and other papers. Contains 632 letters from John Brown, Sr., many letters addressed to Brown's wife, Wealthy C. Hotchkiss, and a letterbook of the firm Perkins and Brown, wood dealers of Springfield, Massachusetts.

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United States. Army. Kansas Cavalry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865)

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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...