Lot of 5, featuring envelope addressed to "Miss Mary Shannon / Newton, Mass.," containing 1.5 x 3.25 in. fragment of wood, identifying the relic as "Pieces of wood from gallows on which 'John Brown' was hung / 186_, Va.," with additional note on the envelope indicating that the wood was "given by Mrs. Caroline M. Severance to Mary C. Shannon 1865." Caroline Severance (1820-1914) was a celebrated abolitionist and suffragist who established and remained active in a number of women's rights organizations and clubs. Accompanied by 2 CDVs of Mary Shannon, one credited to Whipple, Boston, and ALS to Mary Shannon from "Mrs. Booker T. Washington" (as signed), Margaret Murray Washington (1865-1925). 2pp, 8.5 x 11 in., Tuskegee, AL. February 7, 1898. On "Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute" letterhead. In the letter, Mrs. Washington tells Miss Shannon that there is an accompanying letter from one of the students at the Institute, trying to connect students with supporters, "...friends in the north who have given of your means to carry then thro school." She then notes: "Mr. Washington is not yet forty and yet he is all worn and can not go on at the present rate very long. This constant strain of traveling and soliciting is sure to kill him." "There has been great suffering in these sections for the past year. First the floods and then the small pox and afterwards the yellow fever which is still in some of the cities. You can not concieve [sic] of how hungry and clotheless many of these people are....If things do not brighten a little I do not know how those living in the country and even in the large cities can survive through the winter." Mary Shannon (1836-1901) was born to a wealthy Boston businessman. Oliver and Harriet Shannon separated not long after, and in 1840 Oliver bought a house in Newton Center and brought his mother, Mary Waldron Shannon (d.1862) and sister, Mary Clarke Shannon (1813-1887) to live with he and his daughter. Mary Clarke Shannon became known as "Mary, Sr.," and Oliver's daughter as "Mary, Jr." The senior Mary had an interest in educational reform, women's suffrage and abolition, which influenced the younger woman to pursue many social and charitable causes. through these works, the family counted many educators and abolitionists among their friends, such as Booker T. Washington, Julia Ward Howe, Horace Mann, Samuel Gridley, and the Durant family, founders of Wellesley College. The Shannons patronized the arts and various artists, writers and sculptors were among their friends. Condition: Letter in very good condition, cdvs with some foxing. Envelope from the gallows relic is fragmented and battered, but is mostly present.
Lot of 5, featuring envelope addressed to "Miss Mary Shannon / Newton, Mass.," containing 1.5 x 3.25 in. fragment of wood, identifying the relic as "Pieces of wood from gallows on which 'John Brown' was hung / 186_, Va.," with additional note on the envelope indicating that the wood was "given by Mrs. Caroline M. Severance to Mary C. Shannon 1865." Caroline Severance (1820-1914) was a celebrated abolitionist and suffragist who established and remained active in a number of women's rights organizations and clubs. Accompanied by 2 CDVs of Mary Shannon, one credited to Whipple, Boston, and ALS to Mary Shannon from "Mrs. Booker T. Washington" (as signed), Margaret Murray Washington (1865-1925). 2pp, 8.5 x 11 in., Tuskegee, AL. February 7, 1898. On "Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute" letterhead. In the letter, Mrs. Washington tells Miss Shannon that there is an accompanying letter from one of the students at the Institute, trying to connect students with supporters, "...friends in the north who have given of your means to carry then thro school." She then notes: "Mr. Washington is not yet forty and yet he is all worn and can not go on at the present rate very long. This constant strain of traveling and soliciting is sure to kill him." "There has been great suffering in these sections for the past year. First the floods and then the small pox and afterwards the yellow fever which is still in some of the cities. You can not concieve [sic] of how hungry and clotheless many of these people are....If things do not brighten a little I do not know how those living in the country and even in the large cities can survive through the winter." Mary Shannon (1836-1901) was born to a wealthy Boston businessman. Oliver and Harriet Shannon separated not long after, and in 1840 Oliver bought a house in Newton Center and brought his mother, Mary Waldron Shannon (d.1862) and sister, Mary Clarke Shannon (1813-1887) to live with he and his daughter. Mary Clarke Shannon became known as "Mary, Sr.," and Oliver's daughter as "Mary, Jr." The senior Mary had an interest in educational reform, women's suffrage and abolition, which influenced the younger woman to pursue many social and charitable causes. through these works, the family counted many educators and abolitionists among their friends, such as Booker T. Washington, Julia Ward Howe, Horace Mann, Samuel Gridley, and the Durant family, founders of Wellesley College. The Shannons patronized the arts and various artists, writers and sculptors were among their friends. Condition: Letter in very good condition, cdvs with some foxing. Envelope from the gallows relic is fragmented and battered, but is mostly present.
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