M.E. Bickle letter to Governor of Virginia concerning John Brown's body, 1859

Letter written by M.E. Bickle to Governor of Virginia requesting that he be given permission to embalm John Brown's body and take his body as a traveling exhibit for enslaved peoples in the South, and then for Abolitionists in the North.

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Collection:Ferdinand J. Dreer autograph collection (#0175)
Date:1859-11-25
Volume Number:Volume 30
Format: Electronic
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Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13156
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Summary: Letter written by M.E. Bickle to Governor of Virginia requesting that he be given permission to embalm John Brown's body and take his body as a traveling exhibit for enslaved peoples in the South, and then for Abolitionists in the North.