Papers 1849-1855

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Papers 1849-1855

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Scattered letters, 1849, 1852, and 1855, from John Brown, Springfield, Mass., Troy, N. Y., and Brown's Station, Kansas Ter., to Simon Perkins, Akron, O., Orson Day, White Hall, N. Y., and his family.

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Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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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...