Research Catalog

Title

John Brown and the legend of fifty-six, by James C. Malin ...

Author

Malin, James C. (James Claude), 1893-1979

Publication

Philadelphia, The American Philosophical Society, 1942.

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Details

Description

xii, 794 p. maps (1 fold.) facsims. (1 fold.); 24 cm.

Series Statement

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 17

Uniform Title

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society v. 17.

Subject

• Brown, John, 1800-1859
• 1854-1861
• Slavery > United States
• Kansas > History > 1854-1861

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• History

Bibliography (note)

• "Bibliographical note": p. 765-767.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Part one. The Contemporary Printed Record: John Brown in 1856 ; Factual Survey with Questions -- The Local Pro-slavery Press ; Early 1856 -- The Local Free-state Press ; Early 1856 -- The Eastern Press ; Early 1856 -- The Local Pro-slavery Press ; Late 1856 and Early 1857 -- The Local Free-state Press ; Late 1856 and Early 1857 -- Part two. The Growth of the Legend: Harpers Ferry and the Making of a Martyr ; the Act of Creation: Opinion in Kansas. Opinion in the East -- The Redpath Period in john Brown Biography -- Hanway's Challenge to the John Brown Legend in Kansas -- Sanborn and the Legend ; The Opening of the Sanborn Period in ohn Brown Biography -- Organization and Symbols for hero Worship -- The Post-monument Controversy, 1877-79 -- James Townsley is Heard at Last, 1879 -- Robinson, Adams and Sanborn Change Positions, 1880 -- The Utter Controversy, 1883-84 -- Robinson's Round ; A. A. Lawrence and L. W. Spring -- The Last Round of the Old Guard --^
• The Aftermaths ; Mrs. Robinson's Crusade and a Miscellany of Propaganda -- The Later Biographies: Villard, Hero of the Pen. Wilson, Heroic Villain. Warren, Self-justification -- Part three. A critique, the John Brown and the Kansas Questions Restated: The Geography of the Brown Country. The Economic Bases of the Kansas Controversy. The Single Issue ; Dissent and Discipline within Free-state Ranks. The Judiciary and Law Enforcement. The Potawatomie Massacre. The August War. Geary's Pacification of Kansas. The Victory of Conservatism. Dutch Henry's Crossing --^
• Documents: Map by John Brown, Jr. on the Reverse of a Letter to his Father, Dated June 22, 1855. F.B. Sanborn's Pledge to John Brown, April 26. 1857. Court Journal Notes , Franklin County. Court Journal Notes, Anderson County. George Grant Affidavit Relative to the Potawatomie Massacre, May 31, 1856. Warrant for the arrest of John Brown et al., May 28, 1856. Indictment of Hames Townsley for th Potawatomie Massacre. Alleged Henry Sherman Signatures -- Maps: The Brown Country Land Entry Mpa. The Brown Country Index Map.

ISBN

0838310214

LCCN

^^^43001879^

OCLC

• 656338
• SCSB-13450224

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library