John Mason Brown : papers, 1866-1884.

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John Mason Brown : papers, 1866-1884.

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Includes an 1866 article Brown wrote about the Blackfoot Indians, noting that he was adopted by the tribe; and a 7 August 1884 letter to General Alpheus Baker sending his translation of the Hymn "Dies Ira."

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Brown, John Mason, 1837-1890

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John Mason Brown was born in Frankfort, Ky., 26 April 1837, the son of Mason and Mary (Yoder) Brown. He graduated from Yale College in 1856. He returned to Frankfort where he taught school and studied law. In April, 1860, he opened a law practice in St. Louis, Mo. He spent several months in 1861 and 1862 traveling in the Northwestern United States and British America. Upon his return from a trip to the Montana Territory in October, 1862, he was commissioned Major of the Kentucky10th cavalry regi...