Pieces of John Brown's scaffold

Archive

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Pieces of John Brown's scaffold

Entry/Object ID

ARC468

Scope and Content

Note handwritten on brown paper; relevant to objects 601 and 602, the wood and rope fragments of the scaffold and rope used to hang John Brown. Transcription: "This piece of hemp said to be part of the scaffold on which John Brown was hung The pieces(?) of scaffold was used to build a porch to a house which was in near the(?) Thus (?)"

Acquisition

Accession

4

Source or Donor

Ambler, Lucy

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

NB: No Deed of Gift on record for this donor as of 2/6/14

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

Rectangular piece of wrinkled brown paper with three straight-cut sides and one irregularly cut sides, 19" X 12 1/2" at widest point