Letter to John Brown from James Brown
date: label: date made
content: 1756-11-14
name: label: recipient
content: Brown, John
label: owners
content: Copp Family
label: maker
content: Brown, James
notes: label: Description
content: James Brown this letter from Norwich, Connecticut, to his brother Capt. John Brown in Stonington, Connecticut, on November 14, 1756. The letter informs his brother and sister about the death of his son the week prior. He tells Capt. Brown that he plans to go to Rhode Island soon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Norwich
label: place owned; place sent
content: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
topic: label: Subject
content: Death
label: Subject
content: God
label: Subject
content: Jesus Christ
label: Subject
content: Letters
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: American Enterprise
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006873.191
label: accession number
content: 28810
label: catalog number
content: 6873.191
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter
label: Other Terms
content: Sheet (Paper); Manuscript
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper, laid (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink, iron gall (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 7 3/8 in; 15.24 cm x 18.7325 cm