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Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Notes of R. Parker - upon the lectures delivered by Professor Davis to the junior class of law - the session of 1832-3

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0134
Abstract

This college notebook belonged to Virginia congressman and jurist Richard Parker, judge in the trial of abolitionist John Brown. The book contains lecture notes taken from 1832 to 1833 during a University of Virginia class on law.

Dates: 1832-1833

Gustave Percival Wiksell miscellaneous material related to Bliss Carman, F. B. Sanborn, and R. W. Trine

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0921
Abstract

Gustave Percival Wiksell (1863-1940) was a Boston dentist who also served as president of the Walt Whitman Fellowship from 1903 until 1919. The Gustave Percival Wiksell miscellaneous material related to Bliss Carman, F. B. Sanborn, and R. W. Trine contains letters, photographs, and clippings that were originally laid in books that were part of Wiksell's collection.

Dates: 1887-1939