Jenkins, James H., 1841-? [Decimalized .01-.03]

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GLC#
GLC02484
Type
Header Record
Date
circa 1910
Author/Creator
Jenkins, James H., 1841-?
Title
[Decimalized .01-.03]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
3 items
Primary time period
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Sub-Era
Jim Crow and the Great Migration
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Art, Music, Theater, and Film
African American History
Civil War
Military History
John Brown
Union Forces
Abolition
Slavery
Infantry

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GLC02484.01
Collection Item
Autograph manuscript signed

[Words and music for the song "John Brown's Body"]

26 March 1910

Jenkins, James H., 1841-?

Transcription of the verses and the chorus for the song "John Brown's Body," with music. Also lists three Civil War regiments in which Jenkins served. One of these, the Twelfth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, was the unit that invented the song....

GLC02484.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Charles G. Stack

17 November 1910

Jenkins, James H., 1841-?

Promises that as soon as his health improves he will comply with the request to send a photograph. Some text lost on the right side of the letter.

GLC02484.02
Collection Item
Printed document

The story of a song

circa 1910

Jenkins, James H., 1841-?

Jenkins account of the origins of the song "John Brown's Body." Credits Jenkins as "the author of 'John Brown's Body.'" Says the song was created spontaneously by a group of Union Soldiers, inspired partly by a soldier named John Brown.

GLC02484.03