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Collection Reference Number GLC08261
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1870s 
Title Mary Ann Day Brown to Jason Brown and Ellen Brown regarding a memorial for their father's grave and family activities
Date 15 January 1873
Author Brown, Mary Ann Day (1816-1884)  
Recipient Brown, Jason  Brown, Ellen  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description John Brown's wife writes to her son and daughter from the family homestead. She comments on erecting " a good iron fence...around...the memorial to your father's grave...." Also details sibling activities and spring livestock.
Subjects John Brown  Children and Family  Death  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Abolition  Slavery  
People Brown, Mary Ann Day (1816-1884)  Brown, Jason (1823-1912)  Brown, Ellen (fl. 1973)  
Theme Children & Family; Arts & Literature; Slavery & Abolition; Agriculture
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945