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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], John Brown Records, A&M 1475, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Letter from Brown's cousin, Luther Humphrey, dated Windham, Portage Co, O. November 12, 1859 extolling Brown's course of action; Brown's reply, dated Charlestown, Jefferson Co, Va., November 19, 1859, in which he upholds the righteousness of his cause.

Related Material

335, 336, 1475

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Abolition of slavery
• Brown, John.
• Charles Town (W. Va.)
• Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
• Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859
• Humphrey, Luther.
• Jefferson County.
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865