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It is said that… (November 18th, 1859)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: It is said that Gov. Wise has so arranged it as to be able to have 5,000 men at Charlestown at a day's notice.
Full DetailsCommitted Suicide (November 18th, 1859)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: A slave named William Davis of Fairplay committed suicide by hanging himself. It was said that he had "too great an intimacy with a white girl" and feared what might be done to him, so killed himself. [from Boonsboro' Odd Fellow]
Full DetailsJason Brown, of Summit… (November 18th, 1859)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Jason Brown of Summit Co., OH, son of Osawatomie Brown, has written to Virginia Gov. Wise requesting that the body of his father be sent to Ohio or be delivered to his friends if he is executed.
Full DetailsMeasures are being taken… (November 18th, 1859)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Measures are being taken in the North to raise a fund for the education of two of John Brown's daughters at the school of Theodore D. Weld in Eagleswood, NJ.
Full DetailsDr. Palmer, lately arrested… (November 18th, 1859)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Dr. Palmer, lately arrested in Memphis, TN for suspicion of being connected to John Brown, was released on $2,500 bail.
Full Details(November 24th, 1859)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: Dr. Boyd, arrested in Carroll County for the abduction of slaves, is being held on $6000 bail
Full Details$50 Reward (November 24th, 1859)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: Mary Smith has doubled the reward for the recovery of an African American girl who has run away
Full DetailsWants Brown Hung (November 25th, 1859)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Rev, Henry Ward Beecher approves of hanging John Brown, as that will make him a martyr to the anti-slavery cause.
Full DetailsMad Brown's Plot (November 25th, 1859)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: A Richmond newspaper claims that the Secretary of War, Mr. Floyd, had been forewarned of the John Brown raid and it could have been avoided if the Secretary had acted. However, it was allowed to take place and 17 white men and 5 Negroes seized the U. S. Armory at Harper's Ferry. Armies from Virginia and Maryland as well as the U.S. Army were called upon. [from the Richmond Whig]
Full DetailsA Letter to "Old Brown" (December 2nd, 1859)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Letter from Mahal Doyle, widow and mother of men killed by Brown party in Kansas in 1856, hoping her surviving son can attend his execution.
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