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See original for correspondence. Published by Hill's Pharmacy. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

1. Graded School Building; Shepherdstown, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by Walter E. Dittmeyer. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

2. Hill Top House; Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Caption on back of postcard reads: "Court House at Charlestown, W. Va. (then Virginia), where John Brown was tried and convicted on Nov. 2, 1859. The scaffold on which Brown was executed was afterwards built into the porch of a house, bought by a Confederate soldier, still the owner. It was taken to Chicago and then brought to Washington. The Kansas State Historical Society will probably become its permanent owner." Published by The National Tribune. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

3. Charlestown Court House; Charlestown, W. Va.

Caption on back of postcard reads: "Charlestown is the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia (then Virginia), and on the Shenandoah Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio, about 10 miles southwest of Harper's Ferry. In 1859 it had a population of less than 1,500, about one third of whom were colored. It is surrounded by a fertile and beautiful country. The jail in which John Brown was confined and from which he was taken to execution has been rebuilt and modernized." Published by National Tribune. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

4. Jail; Charlestown, W. Va.

Published by National Tribune. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

5. View of Harpers Ferry and Potomac River; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Took place on October 27, 1869. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

6. John Brown Arraigned Before Court, Jefferson County, W. Va.

Event took place on October 17, 1859. Published by W. L. Erwin. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

7. John Brown's Battle at Harpers Ferry Against Citizen Volunteers and Militia, Jefferson County, W. Va.