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Harpers Ferry Raid (Tindall, 1999)
George Brown Tindall and David E. Shi, eds., America: A Narrative History, 5th ed. (2 vols., New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1999), 1: 711-12.
Self-righteous and demanding, [John Brown] was driven by a sense of crusading zeal. His penetrating gray eyes, flowing beard, and religious certainty evoked images of a vengeful Abraham and struck fear into supporters and opponents alike. On October 16, 1859, Brown made his supreme gesture. From a Maryland farm he crossed the Potomac with about twenty men, including five blacks, and under cover of darkness occupied the federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).
Fire destroys part of central Bath in upstate New York
A swift and destructive fire quickly consumed buildings and businesses in the town of Bath in upstate New York causing around $75,000 worth of damage. Starting in a small shoe factory, very high winds spread the fire to several blocks in the town before it burned out. There were not injuries reported. (By John Osborne)
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Officers and crew of captured American slaveship indicted in New York City
The captain and crew of the American vessel Emily, which had been brought to New York Harbor the day before under a U.S. Navy prize-crew, were indicted for engaging in the slave trade before U.S. Commissioner K. G. White. Bail was granted at $3000 for the captain and officers and for the crewmen $1000. (By John Osborne)
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Houghton County, MI
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Houghton County, Michigan, 1857
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A New Map of Michigan with canals, roads, and distances
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Mitchell's New Universal Atlas.... (Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1857), 30.
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Cropped from the larger original image of the state of Michigan, available as a zoomable image here.
Wexford County, MI
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Wexford County, Michigan, 1857
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John Osborne
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 12, 2009.
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map
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A New Map of Michigan with canals, roads, and distances
Source citation
Mitchell's New Universal Atlas.... (Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1857), 30.
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Cropped from the larger original image of the state of Michigan, available as a zoomable image here.
Wayne County, Michigan, 1857
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John Osborne
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 12, 2009.
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A New Map of Michigan with canals, roads, and distances
Source citation
Mitchell's New Universal Atlas.... (Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1857), 30.
Source note
Cropped from the larger original image of the state of Michigan, available as a zoomable image here.
Washtenaw County, Michigan, 1857
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John Osborne
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 12, 2009.
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map
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No
Original caption
A New Map of Michigan with canals, roads, and distances
Source citation
Mitchell's New Universal Atlas.... (Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1857), 30.
Source note
Cropped from the larger original image of the state of Michigan, available as a zoomable image here.
Van Buren County, MI
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