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Robert E. Lee's Demand for the Surrender of John Brown and his Party [at Harper's Ferry]   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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War Department. The Adjutant General's Office. (03/04/1907 - 09/18/1947)
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Robert E. Lee's Demand for the Surrender of John Brown and his Party [at Harper's Ferry]
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  • Scope and content: The destruction of slavery in the United States was the driving ambition of abolitionist John Brown. He came to believe that it would take bloodshed to root out the evil of slavery, and by the mid-1850's he dedicated himself to an all-out war for slave liberation. On October 16, 1859, he and his "army" of some 20 men seized the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). By the morning of October 18, Marines under the command of Bvt. Col. Robert E. Lee, stormed the building and captured Brown and the survivors of his party. When Brown refused to unconditionally accept the terms of this note, Lee gave this order to storm the building.
  • General notes: Letters Received, Main Series, File W-386, Box 857. Exhibit History: "American Originals," December 1996 - December 1997, National Archives Rotunda, Washington, DC, 624.0052.
Date 18 October 1859
date QS:P571,+1859-10-18T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q518155
Archives I Reference Section, Textual Archives Services Division (NWCT1R), National Archives Building, Washington, DC
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  • Record group: Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 (National Archives Identifier: 423)
  • Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 (National Archives Identifier: 300368)
  • NAIL Control Number: NWCTB-94-CORRPI17E12-W386(1859)1
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