John Brown, Charlestown, Virginia, letter to Mrs. George L. Stearns, Boston, Massachusetts, 1859 November 29 : autograph manuscript signed.

Item Info

Title:
John Brown, Charlestown, Virginia, letter to Mrs. George L. Stearns, Boston, Massachusetts, 1859 November 29 : autograph manuscript signed.
Date:
November 29, 1859
Creator:
Brown, John, 1800-1859, creator
Description:

  • John Brown's letter written a few days before his death, thanking Mrs. Stearns for her letter, from which he received "satisfaction" and "comfort." He writes that he is cheerful and happy, and has asked to be spared "any mock; or hypocritical prayers" made "when I am publicly murdered." He also has requested that his religious attendants be "Slave Boys; & Girls; led by some old, grey headed, Slave Mother."

  • Title devised by cataloger.

  • Formerly titled: Letter from John Brown, prison inmate, to Mrs. George L. Strens of Boss [Boston?], Mass.

Location:
Subject:
Format:
correspondence
Publisher:
Charlestown, Jefferson County, Virginia, 1859 November 29.
Language:
English
Digital Collection:
American Slavery Documents
Source Collection:
American slavery documents collection, 1757-1878 and undated
Series:
Slavery Series
Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
Identifier:
  • 009947901
  • b6fa0ad292a96fe0c488fb885b951a5b
  • americanslaverydocs
  • duke:324269
  • asdsi002031
  • ark:/87924/r4j679c69
  • bc30401f-df5c-4937-ad44-0d78f8d1d9bb
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