M.E. Bickle letter to Governor of Virginia concerning John Brown's body, 1859
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M.E. Bickle letter to Governor of Virginia concerning John Brown's body, 1859

Permanent ID:
13156
Date:
November 25 1859
Image Description:
Letter written by M.E. Bickle to Governor of Virginia requesting that he be given permission to embalm John Brown's body and take his body as a traveling exhibit for enslaved peoples in the South, and then for Abolitionists in the North.
Format:
Manuscripts; Correspondence
Collection:
Ferdinand J. Dreer autograph collection
Related People or Organizations:
John Brown, 1800-1859 (mentioned)
Henry Alexander Wise, 1806-1876 (mentioned)