Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of the house in which John Brown was born in Torrington, Connecticut. The house is a two story home with wood siding and a chimney in the center of the roof. The house is surrounded by a stone retaining wall and wood pole fencing. An outbuilding is depicted to the left and trees are depicted in various places around the house. A person in a hat is depicted behind the fence on the right of the illustration. The caption beneath the illustration reads "House in Which John Brown was Born, Torrington, Connecticut." Brown was an American abolitionist leader who was eventually captured and executed for a failed incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry preceding the American Civil War. The illustration is within volume two of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.
Publication Date
1890
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Publisher
New York : The Century Co
Time Period
1890-1899
Subjects
Brown, John, 1800 – 1859
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V2_House-Picture_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2
Repository
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
"Illustration, John Brown's Birthplace, Torrington, Connecticut" (1890). Images. 79.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/79