John Brown family letters [manuscript] 1829-1858.

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John Brown family letters [manuscript] 1829-1858.

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The collection contains two letters, 1829 Feb 28 and June 8, from Salmon Brown, John Brown's brother to their father Owen Brown. Brown writes from Huntsville, Ala. and St. Louis, to apprise his father of the course of his business journeys and reassure him that his health remains good. The collection also contains letters, 1847, 1858-1859, from Ruth Brown Thompson, John Brown's daughter, to her brother and sister-in-law John Brown, Jr., and Wealthy Hotchkiss Brown, briefly mentioning a trip to Massachusetts by her father in 1848, and discussing a school she and Wealthy attended together and Watson Brown's being swindled in a California immigration scheme. In addition she conveys family news and mentions a singing-school she attends. An enclosed letter from her husband, Henry Thompson, (written while his wife was at singing-school) gives additional family news, mentioning a visit from Salmon and Abba, plans for a summer [boarding?] home and the winter weather. In addition there is a poem written by John Brown, Jr., to Wealthy Brown.

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Brown, Owen, 1771-1856.

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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, Wealthy Hotchkiss,

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Brown, Abbie C. Hinckley.

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Brown, Salmon, 1802-1833,

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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, 1836-1919

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Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904.

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Brown, Watson, 1835-1859

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