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On John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry... Kit Carson is not dead...



Item # 699724

November 29, 1859

NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 29, 1859  

* Abolitionist John Brown
* Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
* Rare Kit Carson mention


The front page has column heads: "The Harper's Ferry Trouble" "Arrangements for the Execution of John Brown on Friday" "Any Attempt at Rescue to be Crushed Out at Once" "Imposing Military Display" and "The Public Feeling in Virginia and Elsewhere."
Other reports include: "The Metropolis of the Union in Favor of the Union" and an interesting item at the bottom of the front page: "Kit Carson Not Dead" (he would live until 1868).
Eight pages, nice condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War