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The last of three "love letters" written by Aaron D. Stevens, alias Charles Whipple, to a girl he apparently had only recently met. He desperately desired a closer relationship. It was dated October 7, 1859, "near Harper's Ferry." (He had been writing for at least a month and had not received a letter from her.) Stevens rode with John Brown in Kansas, participated in the Harpers Ferry raid on October 18, 1859, and died on the Charlestown gallows in the spring of 1860.
Creator: Stevens, Aaron D.
Date: October 7, 1859
Item Number: 90080
Call Number: Richard Hinton Coll. #384 Box 1 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90080
Collections - Manuscript - Hinton, Richard
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage - Courtship
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Other States - West Virginia
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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