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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC03007.52 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross |
Title | Anne Brown Adams to Alexander M. Ross about her objections to a wax sculpture that is being made of her father for an exhibition [Fragment] |
Date | ca. 1893 |
Author | Adams, Anne Brown (1843-1926) |
Recipient | Ross, Alexander Milton |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Does not want her father made into a wax sculpture by men in Chicago who are staging an exhibition about John Brown's raid. Only the last two pages remain. Place and recipient inferred from content. |
Subjects | African American History John Brown Abolition Slavery Woman Author Women's History Art, Music, Theater, and Film Expositions and Fairs Museum |
People | Adams, Anne Brown (1843-1926) Ross, Alexander Milton (1832-1897) Brown, John (1800-1859) |
Place written | Petrolia, California |
Theme | Slavery & Abolition; Women in American History; Arts & Literature |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
Additional Information | Anne Brown Adams was the daughter of John Brown. Alexander M. Ross was a famous Canadian naturalist, also a prominent abolitionist and a strong supporter of John Brown. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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