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[JOHN BROWN]

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[JOHN BROWN]
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>[JOHN BROWN] </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>(1800-1859). Abolitionist hanged for treason after his unsuccessful attack on Harper’s Ferry. Three strands from the executed abolitionist’s hair with copy of certification from noted handwriting and manuscript expert Charles Hamilton. The hair strands were removed by Hamilton from an old envelope inscribed “<i>John Brown’s Hair,</i>” which was “<i>apparently in Brown’s own handwriting. The lock of hair was probably sent by Brown to an admirer. This envelope, with the hair inside, was recently discovered in a collection of important John Brown letters.</i>..” VG.</span></p>