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