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In this letter to his wife, from the Charlestown, Virginia, jail, John Brown wrote mainly of his children--especially the daughters--and his ideas about the proper education for them, in light of the fact that some of his Eastern supporters were offering to provide assistance in this area: "You my wife perfectly well know that I have always expressed a decided preference for a very plain but perfectly practical education for both Sons & Daughters."
Creator: Brown, John, 1800-1859
Date: November 16, 1859
Item Number: 5345
Call Number: John Brown Coll. #299 Box 2 Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 5345
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Education - Primary - Activities
Education - Secondary - Activities
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Children - Boys
Home and Family - Children - Girls
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Other States - Virginia
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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