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M.D.).
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"The Underground Railroad." Still (William). Philadelphia, 1872.
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1877.
"Music and Some Highly Musical People." Trotter (James M.). Boston,
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"First Lessons in Greek." Scarborough (W. S., A.M.). New York, 1882.
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"Uncle Tom's Story of His Life." From 1789 to 1879. Henson (Rev.
Josiah). Boston.
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"The Greatness of Christ," and other Sermons. Crummell (Rev.
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CHAPTER XIII.
THE JOHN BROWN MEN.
The subjoined correspondence was published in the _Republican_, J. K.
Rukenbrod, editor, at Salem, Ohio, Wednesday, December 28, 1859. The
beautiful spirit of self-sacrifice, the lofty devotion to the sublime
principles of universal liberty, and the heroic welcome to the hour of
martyrdom, invest these letters with intrinsic historic value.
LETTER FROM EDWIN COPPOCK TO HIS UNCLE JOSHUA COPPOCK.
CHARLESTON, VA., December 13, 1859.
MY DEAR UNCLE: I seat myself by the stand to write for the _last_
time, to thee and thy family. Though far from home, and overtaken
by misfortune, I have not forgotten you. Your generous
hospitality toward me during my short stay with you last Spring
is stamped indelibly upon my heart; and also the generosity
bestowed upon my poor brother, at the same time, who now wanders
an outcast from his native land. But thank God he is free, and I
am thankful it is I who have to suffer instead of him.
The time may come when he will remember me. And the time may come
when he will still further remember
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