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The outside cover of John Brown's jail house Bible

37777. John Brown's Bible

IDNO:
037781
Title:
John Brown's Bible
Description:
The outside cover of John Brown's jail house Bible
The inside leaves of John Brown's jail house Bible,including an inscription written by Brown to John Blessing. Before Brown's Execution, he presented the Bible to Blessing as show of gratitude for Blessing's acts of kindness.

37778. John Brown's Bible

IDNO:
037782
Title:
John Brown's Bible
Description:
The inside leaves of John Brown's jail house Bible,including an inscription written by Brown to John Blessing. Before Brown's Execution, he presented the Bible to Blessing as show of gratitude for Blessing's acts of kindness.
Frances D. Packette and her pet cat, Schley-Puss, on a see-saw.

37779. Frances D. Packette and 'Schley-Puss'

IDNO:
037783
Title:
Frances D. Packette and 'Schley-Puss'
Date:
Undated
Description:
Frances D. Packette and her pet cat, Schley-Puss, on a see-saw.
Margaret Holliday Gibson sitting on the floor of a front porch

37780. Margaret Holliday Gibson, Age 2

IDNO:
037784
Title:
Margaret Holliday Gibson, Age 2
Description:
Margaret Holliday Gibson sitting on the floor of a front porch
Two girls, Frances Packette and Margaret Gibson, holding hands.

37781. Portrait of Frances Packette and Margaret Gibson

IDNO:
037785
Title:
Portrait of Frances Packette and Margaret Gibson
Description:
Two girls, Frances Packette and Margaret Gibson, holding hands.
View of Harper's Ferry showing the old engine house called John Brown's Fort

37782. John Brown's Fort

IDNO:
037786
Title:
John Brown's Fort
Description:
View of Harper's Ferry showing the old engine house called John Brown's Fort
Small boy sitting in a chair

37783. Poot Gibson

IDNO:
037787
Title:
Poot Gibson
Description:
Small boy sitting in a chair
"Billy Packette", taken Christmas, 1900

37784. Portrait of Willie B. Packette

IDNO:
037788
Title:
Portrait of Willie B. Packette
Date:
1900/12
Description:
"Billy Packette", taken Christmas, 1900
"Supposed to be daughter of Edward and Elina", Photograph from an old daguerreotype, December 20, 1928, R. S. Franklin

37785. Portrait of Priscilla Strode

IDNO:
037789
Title:
Portrait of Priscilla Strode
Description:
"Supposed to be daughter of Edward and Elina", Photograph from an old daguerreotype, December 20, 1928, R. S. Franklin
Rutherford and his family worked with a young George Washington, surveying the lower Shenandoah Valley ca. 1750. Rutherford also served under Washington during the French and Indian War.

37786. Portrait of Robert Rutherford of Eastern Panhandle in (West) Virginia

IDNO:
037790
Title:
Portrait of Robert Rutherford of Eastern Panhandle in (West) Virginia
Date:
ca. 1785
Description:
Rutherford and his family worked with a young George Washington, surveying the lower Shenandoah Valley ca. 1750. Rutherford also served under Washington during the French and Indian War.

37787. Horse Show, Charles Town, W. Va

IDNO:
037791
Title:
Horse Show, Charles Town, W. Va
Date:
1913
The young girl holding a teddy bear is Frances Davenport Packette. The older boy is possible her brother, Willie.

37788. Portrait of Frances Davenport Packette and Older Boy

IDNO:
037792
Title:
Portrait of Frances Davenport Packette and Older Boy
Description:
The young girl holding a teddy bear is Frances Davenport Packette. The older boy is possible her brother, Willie.