Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926 to Alexander M. Ross

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GLC#
GLC03007.31-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
2 May 1892
Author/Creator
Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926
Title
to Alexander M. Ross
Place Written
Petrolia, California
Pagination
6 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 13 cm
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
Slavery & Anti-slavery

Discusses her sister, Ruth Brown Thompson and Ruth's husband Henry Thompson. Both have failing health. Argues that Kansas should give Henry a pension, since he fought under John Brown at the Battle of Black Jack to help keep Kansas a free state. Gives some details about the Brown family's time in Kansas, and emphasizes that her father began planning the Harpers Ferry raid before going to Kansas.

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