. Book of the Royal blue . z ^o It go = 3 z2> O <1 9-^ B O ^ S f O H S 2 H K O «j s - 5 un r* J Et: z SISago C r*. CO S o :£ z H ^ -5 « asp B (» su < s Book of the Royal Blue. Published by thePassenger Department of the & Ohio Vol. VI. BALTIMORE, FELIKUARY, 1903. No. JAMh-S lU ( of the United States. HENKV A. nf Virginia. J. U. of War. THE CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO THE INSURRECTION AT HARPERS FERRY.* THE THRILLING STORY RE-TOLD IN THE DISPATCHES AND LETTERS WHICH WERE PUBLISHEDIN A LIMITED PAMPHLET EDIT


. Book of the Royal blue . z ^o It go = 3 z2> O <1 9-^ B O ^ S f O H S 2 H K O «j s - 5 un r* J Et: z SISago C r*. CO S o :£ z H ^ -5 « asp B (» su < s Book of the Royal Blue. Published by thePassenger Department of the & Ohio Vol. VI. BALTIMORE, FELIKUARY, 1903. No. JAMh-S lU ( of the United States. HENKV A. nf Virginia. J. U. of War. THE CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO THE INSURRECTION AT HARPERS FERRY.* THE THRILLING STORY RE-TOLD IN THE DISPATCHES AND LETTERS WHICH WERE PUBLISHEDIN A LIMITED PAMPHLET EDITION, BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND, IN 1860. BY ELLIOTT LOWES. THE remarkable tragedy of 185!*, whichintroduced the beautiful little villageof Harpers Ferry to the world, is atale of unceasing interest. To tell thestory again in connection with the authen-tic correspondence, throws new light uponthose troublous times. The incredulity ofthe people at the first rumors of the insur-rection; the intense excitement of thewhole United States when the reports werecorroborated; the greatly exaggeratedstories that were set afloat; the vast armyof newspaper correspondents who werehurried to the scene of action; the in-creased excitement when the identity ofJohn Brown, of Ossawatoniie, Kansas, wasdiscovered in I


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