Caption on back of postcard reads: "Charlestown is the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia (then Virginia), and on the Shenandoah Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio, about 10 miles southwest of Harper's Ferry. In 1859 it had a population of less than 1,500, about one third of whom were colored. It is surrounded by a fertile and beautiful country. The jail in which John Brown was confined and from which he was taken to execution has been rebuilt and modernized." Published by National Tribune. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Built in 1780. Caption on back of postcard reads: "Here Robert Harper, the founder of Harper's Ferry lived during the years he conducted a ferry across the river to the Maryland Shore. Harper's body lies buried overlooking the town." See original for correspondence. Published by John Myerly Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
