Jefferson County Jail

Photograph

Jefferson County Museum

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Entry/Object ID

IMG2360

Description

Jail, Charlestown, W. VA. Verso reads: "Charlestown is the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia (then Virginia), and on the Shenandoah Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio, about 10 miles southwest of Harper's Ferry. In 1859 it had a population of less than 1,500, about one-third of whom were colored. It is surrounded by a fertile and beautiful country. The jail in which John Brown was confined and from which he was taken to execution has been rebuilt and modernized."

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Accession

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Found in collection

Acquisition Method

Gift

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Place

* Untyped Place

Charles Town, West Virginia