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Collection Reference Number GLC03007.01
From Archive Folder Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross 
Title Aaron D. Stevens to Anne Brown Adams discussing his upcoming trial and execution, and recalling the deaths of John Brown and other Harpers Ferry raiders
Date 5 January 1860
Author Stevens, Aaron D. (1831-1860)  
Recipient Adams, Anne Brown  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Likely copied in Anne Brown Adams' hand. Awaiting his upcoming trial and execution, and recalls the deaths of John Brown and other Harpers Ferry raiders. Says "The boys met their fate very cheerful." Was badly wounded in the jaw. Written from the Charlestown Jail. Says he is sharing a cell with Harrison, the name that Albert Hazlett had assumed.
Subjects African American History  John Brown  Abolition  Slavery  Women's History  Law  Injury or Wound  Children and Family  Prisoner  Death  Death Penalty  
People Stevens, Aaron Dwight (1831-1860)  Adams, Anne Brown (1843-1926)  Brown, John (1800-1859)  
Place written Charlestown, Virginia
Theme Slavery & Abolition
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Aaron D. Stevens was one of the Harpers Ferry raiders. He was sentenced to hang March 16, 1860. Albert Hazlett was one of the Harpers Ferry raiders. After escaping from Harpers Ferry he assumed the name William H. Harrison, and all the other raiders pretended not to know him. His ruse failed, and he was sentenced to hang March 16, 1860. Anne Brown Adams was John Brown's daughter.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
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