Date:

1861

Exhibit Description:

Perhaps the first publication of the text of the "John Brown Song," with the notation at the bottom reading, "From an Original in the Possession of Mr. Abram E. Cutter of Charlestown." Republished in George Kimball, "Origin of the John Brown Song", New England Magazine, vol. 7, no. 4 (1889), 374.

Source:

Wikimedia Commons

Attribution Statement:

Image from Wikimedia Commons

Source URL:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Original-john-brown-words-george-kimball-1890.jpg

Exhibit Tags:

John BrownCivil WarbroadsidesWikimedia Commonsmusicpublications