BROWN JOHN Autograph Letter Signed

Sale 1952 - Lot 43

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Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000

WRITING FROM JAIL, TWO DAYS BEFORE HIS EXECUTION BROWN, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, presumably to Virginia Free Press newspaper editor William W. B. Gallaher, but addressed to "Mr. Galager," accusing him of misrepresenting his remarks about a sermon by abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher, written just 2 days before his execution. 3/4 page, single 8vo sheet; separations at folds, linen-backed and mounted; framed, with remnants of a typed letter of provenance, dated 27 February 1896, mounted on verso of the frame. Charlestown, 30 November 1859

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