Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Brown, John, 1821-1895. |
| Title: | John Brown, Jr. Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1849-1895 |
| Quantity: | 1 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the farmer and soldier, free soil advocate, son of abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859). 13 combination diary/account books (1856-1895), and 3 letters of his father to family members. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
John Brown, Jr. (1821-1895) was the oldest of twenty children of the noted abolitionist John Brown of Kansas. He was a farner, soldier, and Free Soil advocate.
The John Brown, Jr. Collection contains thirteen diary/account books of John Brown, Jr. and three letters from Brown's father.
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
John Brown, Jr. Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Gift of Sol Feinstone.
Created by: KM
Date: Jun 1994
Revision history: 4 Jun 2009 - converted to EAD (MRC)
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | John Brown, Sr. 28 Sep 1849; 24 Feb 1852; 15 Aug 1855 | ||||||||||
| Diaries/account books | |||||||||||
| John Brown, Jr. | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | [Untitled] 1856, 1872, 1875, 1879-1880 (6 volumes) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | [Untitled] 1883-1887, 1894-1895 (7 volumes) | ||||||||||
