Home > Back to Search Results >
Lengthy on the trial of John Brown, plus a letter from home...
Lengthy on the trial of John Brown, plus a letter from home...
Item # 689625
Currently Unavailable. Contact us if you would like to be placed on a want list or to be notified if a similar item is available.
October 29, 1859
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 29, 1859
* John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid
* Harpers Ferry WV West Virginia trial
Page 2 has 2 1/2 columns taken up with very detail reporting headed: "The Harper's Ferry Conspiracy---The Trial of Captain Brown".
Also, page 3 has: "Capt. Brown's Letter to Judge Tilden" which begins: "I am here a prisoner, with several saber cuts in my head and bayonet stabs in my body..." with more, signed in type: John Brown.
This insurrection was an effort by abolitionist John Brown to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry. It has been called the dress rehearsal for, or Tragic Prelude to the Civil War.
Great to have this report in a newspaper so close to the event (65 miles away) and from the nation's capital.
Four pages, very nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Category: Pre-Civil War
No Longer Available
