"Holograph, signed. In this letter, Martha Griffith Browne signs her name Mattie Griffith. Maria Weston Chapman's letter gave Martha Griffith Browne great encouragement. Martha Griffith Browne writes: \"Poor John Brown! ---the thought of him never leaves me. For the first week after his capture I did not close my eyes---and though the weather is quite cool, I had to put out my fire and keep my window open; felt as if I should ...I can't think they will dare to hang him. But what an argument he furnishes the Anti-Slavery cause---and his death (if indeed it must come) will surely advance the movement half a century.\" She expresses great pity for the blacks who were with John Brown. She regrets that they should have been handcuffed together in their cell. Martha Griffith Browne says: \"All the vile newspaper shot is aimed at them; their cowardice has been bruited about & they are used like dogs.\" She tells of trying to persuade a woman friend who owned slaves to set them free."
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"Letter from Martha Griffith Browne, 15 Carroll Place, Bleecker Street, New York, to Maria Weston Chapman, Nov. 17th / [18]59"
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creators
"Browne, Martha Griffith, -1906 (Author); Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885 (Addressee)"
