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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 320 320 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 206 206 Browse Search
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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 32 32 Browse Search
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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Book 1: he keepeth the sheep. (search)
sire to see the blossom, too. Happily, in the case of Captain John Brown, this desire can be amply gratified-and in a way, and by the pen, of all others the best fitted to do justice to it. Gladly I here step aside for the old hero; to permit him, in his own inimitable style, to narrate the history of his infancy, and early manhood. All that it becomes me to write, by way of preface, is a brief statement of the story of this autobiography. When John Brown was in Boston, in the winter of 1857, among other noble friends of freedom here, he made the acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Stearns, of Medford; who, recognizing him at once as an historic character,--although clad in a plain suit of clothes only, and with a leathern strap for a neck-tie,--received him at their hospitable home with all the honor justly due to a hero and a saint. Their children soon learned to love the old warrior; for, like all godlike men, he loved little children; and, like all young souls, they instinctively
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 2: the father of the man. (search)
sire to see the blossom, too. Happily, in the case of Captain John Brown, this desire can be amply gratified-and in a way, and by the pen, of all others the best fitted to do justice to it. Gladly I here step aside for the old hero; to permit him, in his own inimitable style, to narrate the history of his infancy, and early manhood. All that it becomes me to write, by way of preface, is a brief statement of the story of this autobiography. When John Brown was in Boston, in the winter of 1857, among other noble friends of freedom here, he made the acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Stearns, of Medford; who, recognizing him at once as an historic character,--although clad in a plain suit of clothes only, and with a leathern strap for a neck-tie,--received him at their hospitable home with all the honor justly due to a hero and a saint. Their children soon learned to love the old warrior; for, like all godlike men, he loved little children; and, like all young souls, they instinctively
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 1: Whetting the sword. (search)
abbath is as good a day as any to help her out. I will come. Travels in the Eastern States. The winter and spring of 1857 John Brown spent in travelling. He visited North Elba once. He spoke at different cities, and employed all his energies e is an incident of his travels, recently published to prove his insanity, by a citizen of Ohio: During the summer of 1857, I met John Brown in the cars between Cleveland and Columbus. He was about to return to Kansas. I sought to gather some exalted people; even the necessary supplies of the common soldier. , How are the mighty fallen? Boston, April, A. D. 1857. The diary of one of the old man's sons, which was found among the papers at the Kennedy Farm, gives an outline of hisan authority of historical interest to the biographer of John Brown: . . . I did not see him again until the fall of 1857, when I met him at the house of E. B. Whitman, about four miles from Lawrence, K. T., which, I think, was about the 1st of
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 2: some shadows before. (search)
wn said, most impressively: Young men must learn to wait. Patience is the hardest lesson to learn. I have waited for twenty years to accomplish my purpose. (In the course of the conversation he reminded me of a message that I had sent him in 1857, This message was an expression of regret, in a letter given to Richard Realf for John Brown, that the writer could not then join him, in consequence of other engagements; but promising, at any future time, to be ready to obey his call. and saioned my intention of embarking in a newspaper enterprise. Captain Brown, in an impressive manner, reminded me of my promise to obey his call, and expressed a wish that I should not enter into any entangling engagements, referring to my letter of 1857. He said that he thought all engagements should be considered sacred, and liked my adhering to the one I had at the time. That was the reason he had not sent to me; but now he hoped I would keep myself free. In this connection he used words whi
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 3: Fleshing the sword. (search)
ered and devastated the Free State settlements in every direction. Abandoning the agency of force in Northern Kansas,--for the immense emigration of the spring of 1857 placed the pro-slavery party there in a hopeless minority,--the South and the Federal Administration directed their energies to the formation of a fraudulent Const a rapid progress in material wealth, population, and civilization. Southern Kansas. In Southern Kansas, also, there were no difficulties until the winter of 1857-8--until shortly after John Brown paid his visit of three days to Lawrence for the purpose of bringing out his young followers to drill them. In the summer of 1larke, a Federal office-holder, and the murderer of Robert Barber. The emigrants thus expelled began to return to their homes in the spring, summer, and autumn of 1857. They found their houses and farms occupied by the Southern ruffians. Instead of driving them out, or hanging them, as, in strict justice, by the squatter code,