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Armchair
Date:
1856-1857
Object Number:
1857.11
Medium:
Oak

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"The Harper's Ferry Insurrection - The U.S. Marines Storming the Engine-House - Insurgents Firing through Holes in the Doors"

Object Number: 
MSS.JohnBrown.1
Date: 
October 29, 1859
Description: 
Frank Leslie's illustration (pages 323 & 324)
Credit Line: 
New-York Historical Society Library
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group