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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05925.01 |
| From Archive Folder | John Brown letter and broadside |
| Title | John Brown to Mary Stearns regarding his execution |
| Date | 29 November 1859 |
| Author | Brown, John (1800-1859) |
| Recipient | Stearns, Mary |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written three days before his execution. He asks to be "spared from having any mock; or hypocritical prayers made over me, when I am publicly murdered: & that my only religious attendants be poor little, dirty, ragged, bare headed, & barefooted Slave Boys; & Girls led by some old gray headed Slave Mother...Farewell, Farewell." Docket reads "please mail this to her." Addressed to "Mrs. George L. Stearns." Mary's husband George was a member of The Secret Six, the group that financed Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. |
| Subjects | John Brown Abolition African American History Death Penalty Slavery Death Religion Children and Family Women's History |
| People | Brown, John (1800-1859) Stearns, Mary E. Preston (fl. 1859) |
| Place written | Charleston, West Virginia |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Women in American History; Religion; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |