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John Brown's Movements, from June to December, 1859May l0-June 2. 1859At Boston. June
3rd- Left Boston; arrived in Collinsville, Conn. 4th- Reached New York. 5th-6th- In New York. 7th- At Troy. 9th- At Keene, New York. 10. At Westport. 16th- (Probably) Left North Elba for last time. 18th- At West Andover, Ohio. 19. Left West Andover. 23rd- Akron, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pa. 23rd-27th- Bedford Springs, Bedford Co., Pa. 27th-28th- At Chambersburg. 30th- Left Chambersburg; spent night at Hagerstown July3rd- At Sandy Hook, Md. (Harper's Ferry) 12th- (About) Moved to Kennedy Farm. August
16th-21st- At Chambersburg with
Frederick Douglass September27th- At Chambersburg, en route to Philadelphia 30th- On his way back through Harrisburg. October
1st- At Chambersburg 8th- At Chambersburg. 16th- (Sunday) Raid began.
17th- In battle at Harper's Ferry
18th- Captured at daybreak. 19th- Taken to Charlestown jail. 25th- Trial begun. November2nd- Sentenced December2nd- Executed
(From Oswald Garrison Villard, John Brown 1800-1859: A Biography Fifty Years After (1910, reprint, Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1965), 678) |
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