[Photograph of John Brown's last written words]

Brown, John, 1800-1859 [Photograph of John Brown's last written words]

GLC04463.08.01

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GLC#
GLC04463.08.01-View header record
Type
Images
Date
December 1859
Author/Creator
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Title
[Photograph of John Brown's last written words]
Place Written
Charlestown, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 8 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Albumen print of the last written words of John Brown. "I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty, land: will never be purged away, but with Blood. I had as I now think: vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed; it might be done."

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