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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A locality of extreme northeast West Virginia. It was the scene of John Brown's rebellion (1859), in which he briefly seized the U.S. arsenal here. The town changed hands a number of times during the Civil War.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there
- n. a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there
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“A bill allowing compensation to the commissioners to audit the Harpers Ferry claims, was taken up, on motion of Mr. SEDDON, read the third time and passed.”
Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Extra Session, 1861.
“SEDDON moved to amend the bill, by striking out that portion allowing to J.M. Bennett, G.W. Munford and W.H. Richardson, five hundred dollars each as commissioners to audit the claims arising from the Harpers Ferry raid.”
Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Extra Session, 1861.
“(See GPO publications, "John Brown's Raid" and Harpers Ferry pamphlets of 1981 and 1993; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 29, 1859; Dave Gilbert, A Walker's Guide to Harper's Ferry, and photographs and illustrations in Villard and others.) 50.”
“Government Printing Office maps of 1859, made available to me through the kindness of Jeff Bowers and Kyle McGrogan of the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.”
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