Title: Three items relating to fiery abolitionist John Brown Author: Place: Publisher: Date: 1842-1861 Description: Three items related to fiery abolitionist John Brown and his ill-fated raid on Harper’s Ferry: Unused Civil War patriotic cover, with engraving of John Brown captioned: "His Last Words: 'I die for the inalienable right of mankind to freedom, whatever hue the skin may be.'” (Stimson & Co., NY, [ca. 1861]) 3 x 5.5” Wilson Shannon, Autograph Letter Signed as Governor-elect of Ohio. Columbus, Dec. 12, 1842, 1pg.+ stampless address leaf. To John P. Heffinstein, Dayton, Ohio: Preparing for his Inauguration, Shannon denies seeking any other political office. Twelve years later, Shannon did become Governor of the “bloody Kansas” Territory, sending his “Shannon’s Sharpshooters” on a fruitless search for John Brown after his “massacre” of pro-slavery settlers James Holt. Autograph Letter Signed. Harpers Ferry, Virginia, March 5, 1849. To William Potts, “Lou Den Co”, Va.: "… i was disapointed in geting the money i exspected but as sune as i get it i wil send it over, monny is hard to get now …” This 25 year-old Harper’s Ferry butcher later fought Brown and his supporters during their ill-fated 1859 raid on the US Armory, capturing one of the free Black men in Brown’s band, and, in a racist rage, attempting to hang him from a tree with tied handkerchiefs before he could be jailed. All ephemera related to John Brown’s legendary life and tragic end is now rare and collectible. Of these offered here: The Civil War cover was probably the only Brown pictorial envelope issued, as militant anti-slavery was not a popular wartime cause in the North. Shannon’s letters are scarce; failing to capture Brown, he was soon removed from gubernatorial office and retired into obscurity as Kansas descended into violent chaos. Holt, other than his brutal role in fighting Brown’s band, was an historical non-entity, killed early in the Civil War while in Confederate service; this may be the only one his near-illiterate letters to survive. Lot Amendments Condition: The Shannon letter has separation at folds repaired with non-archival tape Item number: 247882
Title: Three items relating to fiery abolitionist John Brown Author: Place: Publisher: Date: 1842-1861 Description: Three items related to fiery abolitionist John Brown and his ill-fated raid on Harper’s Ferry: Unused Civil War patriotic cover, with engraving of John Brown captioned: "His Last Words: 'I die for the inalienable right of mankind to freedom, whatever hue the skin may be.'” (Stimson & Co., NY, [ca. 1861]) 3 x 5.5” Wilson Shannon, Autograph Letter Signed as Governor-elect of Ohio. Columbus, Dec. 12, 1842, 1pg.+ stampless address leaf. To John P. Heffinstein, Dayton, Ohio: Preparing for his Inauguration, Shannon denies seeking any other political office. Twelve years later, Shannon did become Governor of the “bloody Kansas” Territory, sending his “Shannon’s Sharpshooters” on a fruitless search for John Brown after his “massacre” of pro-slavery settlers James Holt. Autograph Letter Signed. Harpers Ferry, Virginia, March 5, 1849. To William Potts, “Lou Den Co”, Va.: "… i was disapointed in geting the money i exspected but as sune as i get it i wil send it over, monny is hard to get now …” This 25 year-old Harper’s Ferry butcher later fought Brown and his supporters during their ill-fated 1859 raid on the US Armory, capturing one of the free Black men in Brown’s band, and, in a racist rage, attempting to hang him from a tree with tied handkerchiefs before he could be jailed. All ephemera related to John Brown’s legendary life and tragic end is now rare and collectible. Of these offered here: The Civil War cover was probably the only Brown pictorial envelope issued, as militant anti-slavery was not a popular wartime cause in the North. Shannon’s letters are scarce; failing to capture Brown, he was soon removed from gubernatorial office and retired into obscurity as Kansas descended into violent chaos. Holt, other than his brutal role in fighting Brown’s band, was an historical non-entity, killed early in the Civil War while in Confederate service; this may be the only one his near-illiterate letters to survive. Lot Amendments Condition: The Shannon letter has separation at folds repaired with non-archival tape Item number: 247882
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