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John Brown letter and broadside [decimalized .01-.02]

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Letter written by John Brown shortly before his death, and broadside for a funeral service to him.

GLC#
GLC05925
Type
Header Record
Date
November 29, 1859 - December 2, 1859
Title
John Brown letter and broadside [decimalized .01-.02]
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
2 items
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson
Brown, John, 1800-1859
John Brown
Abolition
African American History
Death Penalty
Slavery
Death

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GLC05925.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mary Stearns

November 29, 1859

Brown, John, 1800-1859

Written three days before his execution. He asks to be "spared from having any mock; or hypocritical prayers made over me, when I am publicly murdered: & that my only religious attendants be poor little, dirty, ragged, bare headed, & barefooted...

GLC05925.01
GLC05925.02
Collection Item
Broadside

Martyrdom of John Brown

December 2, 1859

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

Program created by Thoreau for the funeral service for John Brown to be held in the Concord Town Hall on December 2nd. Event will include "Reading of pertinent passages. Selections from Brown's last words. Service for the death of a martyr." Also...

GLC05925.02