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- GLC#
- GLC03007.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 5 January 1860
- Author/Creator
- Stevens, Aaron D., 1831-1860
- Title
- to Anne Brown Adams
- Place Written
- Charlestown, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson Slavery & Anti-slavery
One letter from Aaron D. Stevens to Anne Brown Adams dated January 5, 1860. Awaiting his upcoming trial and execution, and recalls the deaths of John Brown and other Harpers Ferry raiders. Says "The boys met their fate very cheerful." Was badly wounded in the jaw. Written from the Charlestown Jail. Says he is sharing a cell with Harrison, the name that Albert Hazlett had assumed. Likely copied in Anne Brown Adams' hand.
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