Papers. 1858 Feb. 24.

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Papers. 1858 Feb. 24.

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A.L.S. from Petersboro, N.Y. (home of Gerrit Smith). Brown wrote his wife and children that "Mr. Smith & family: go 'all' lengths with me," asked them to find out whether he could "cross the Lake from the Vermont side, " and assured them he would see them "once more; 'if I can.'"

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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...