John Brown in Chambersburg
By: by Virginia Ott Stake.
Edition: Cover is from 2nd Edition
Publisher: 1977 Franklin County Heritage; 2009 Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny
Published: 1977; 2nd Printing 2009
Place of publication: Chambersburg, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Homes and haunts -- Pennsylvania -- Chambersburg.; Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.; Chambersburg (Pa.) -- History.
First sentence: It is 1977 and beyond, and many people have forgotten that a man named John Brown came to Chambersburg.
Description: Describes important and little known events in Chambersburg and Franklin County, PA that related to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, VA.  Chambersburg was a staging area for the raid.  Much of the planning for the raid and transhipment of weapons to the jumping-off point (Kennedy farm) took place from the Ritner Boarding House (the John Brown House) at 225 East King Street in Chambersburg.  See http://johnbrownhouse.tripod.com .  Brown and many of his men stayed at the Ritner Boarding House before the raid and some briefly returned to Chambersburg after the raid's failure.  Frederick Douglass refused to join Brown's cause when they  met clandestinely in Chambersburg.   John E. Cook (Capt. Cook), one of the raiders was held in the Chambersburg jail - now a museum and headquarters for the local historical society.  A Chronology of Brown's life is included along with a drawn map and description of Brown sites in the town.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 117-122.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: THE JOHN BROWN HOUSE AND THE PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH IT OVER THE YEARS
pagenum: 1-6
class: chapter
label: I; label: II
pagenum: 7-12
class: part
title: WHAT JOHN BROWN DID BEFORE HE CAME TO CHAMBERSBURG IN 1859; label: III
pagenum: 13-20
class: part
title: WHAT CHAMBERSBURG AND ITS PEOPLE WERE LIKE IN 1859; title: THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD AND HOW JOHN BROWN USED IT
pagenum: 21-26
class: part
label: IV; title: JOHN BROWN IN CHAMBERSBURG
pagenum: 27-36
class: part
label: V; title: FREDERICK DOUGLASS IN CHAMBERSBURG
pagenum: 37-40
class: part
label: VI; label: VII
pagenum: 41-46
class: part
title: LETTERS TO AND FROM CHAMBERSBURG; title: JOHN BROWN'S FAMILY AND HIS MEN, MANY OF WHOM CAME TO CHAMBERSBURG
pagenum: 47-50
class: part
label: VIII; title: JOHN BROWN'S MEN AND FAMILY IN AND OUT OF CHAMBERSBURG BEFORE THE ATTACK ON HARPERS FERRY
pagenum: 51-54
class: part
label: IX; title: JOHN HENRIE KAGI, JOHN BROWN'S SECRETARY OF WAR, IN CHAMBERSBURG
pagenum: 55-62
class: part
label: X; label: XI
pagenum: 63-64
class: part
title: COL. A.K. McCLURE'S MAKING OF A WILL FOR FRANCIS JACKSON MERRIAM; label: XII
pagenum: 65-66
class: part
title: JOHN BROWN OUTSIDE OF CHAMBERSBURG; label: XIII
pagenum: 67-70
class: part
title: JOHN BROWN'S MEN IN CHAMBERSBURG AFTER THE RAID; title: OSBORNE P. ANDERSON'S ACCOUNT OF HIS ESCAPE
pagenum: 71-74
class: part
label: XIV; label: XV
pagenum: 75-84
class: part
title: OWEN BROWN'S ACCOUNT OF HIS ESCAPE; title: HIRAM E. WERTZ'S MEETING WITH ALBERT HAZLETT
pagenum: 85-88
class: part
label: XVI; label: XVII
pagenum: 89-90
class: part
title: MRS. VIRGINIA COOK IN CHAMBERSBURG AFTER THE RAID; label: XVIII
pagenum: 91-100
class: part
title: THE CAPTURE OF JOHN E. COOK; label: XIX
pagenum: 101-104
class: part
title: WHAT B.L. MAURER SAW IN CHARLESTOWN, VIRGINIA, IN DECEMBER OF 1859; label: XX
pagenum: 105-106
class: part
title: A CHAMBERSBURG WOMAN'S LETTER TO JOHN BROWN IN CHARLESTOWN; title: LAST MINUTE FINDINGS ON JOHN BROWN AND HIS MEN
pagenum: 107-116
class: part
label: XXI