Remarks at a meeting for the relief of the family of John Brown : autograph manuscript : [Boston], [1859 Nov. 18].

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Remarks at a meeting for the relief of the family of John Brown : autograph manuscript : [Boston], [1859 Nov. 18].

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The text of a speech Emerson gave at a meeting held at Tremont Temple in Boston for the relief of the family of the abolitionist John Brown.

1 item (25 p.) ; 20 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...

Wakeman, Stephen H., 1859-1924

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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...