[Materials related to "The Capture of John Brown"] [decimalized .01-.03]

[Materials related to "The Capture of John Brown"] [decimalized .01-.03]

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Items accompanying Avey's book: the original publisher's prospectus signed by James Collin as publisher's agent, small printed leaflet facsimile of Brown's last written words (included with the book, according to the note written on it), and a photograph of Brown's widow's house in California. The prospectus notes "Avery... was learning the watchmaker's trade in Charlestown, Jefferson County, Virginia in 1859 in the days of the John Brown troubles. He heard John Brown's trial and those of his associates. He saw him and his six men executed."

GLC#
GLC06806.02
Type
Header Record
Date
1915 circa
Title
[Materials related to "The Capture of John Brown"] [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
John Brown
Abolition
Death
African American History
Slavery
Death Penalty
Book Selling

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Collection Item
Printed document signed

[Printer's prospectus for "The Capture and Execution of John Brown"]

1915 circa

Collin, James C., fl. 1906

Original publisher's prospectus for "The Capture and Execution of John Brown," by Elijay Avey. Claims the book is "crammed from cover to cover with the most thrilling events in the life of the fearless, justice-loving John Brown." Avey was an eye...

GLC06806.02.01
Collection Item
Photograph signed

[Photograph of house of John Brown's widow]

July 17, 1913

Sweeney, J.D, 1869-?

Photograph of the house of John Brown's widow in California. Photograph taken by T. Major Edgecomb. Docket on verso in green ink states "After the execution of John Brown, his widow and several of her young children came to Red Bluff. Citizens...

GLC06806.02.02
Collection Item
Printed document

John Brown's Prophesy

1915 circa

Brown, John, 1800-1859

The last words of John Brown, and a poem he wrote in prison, printed on a piece of paper that may have been intended to go inside Elijah Avey's book on Brown. A hand written note at the bottom reads "One of these to every book."

GLC06806.02.03