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"Piece of rope that hung John Brown"
8" length of rope with accompanying tag written by James Risque Hutter which states:
Piece of the rope that hung John Brown at Charlestown, Va. 1859. Cut by J. Risque Hutter in command of a detachment of Cadets from the Virginia Mil. Institute…
Photograph, Rev. Hugh Roy Scott (1824-1878)
Half-plate ambrotype of Reverend Hugh Roy Scott, of the Scott families of Lynchburg and Amherst, Virginia. Scott was a Protestant Episcopal missionary who served in Africa. The book Day Dawn in Africa, Or, Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Mission…
Voucher- pay, clothing, forage, subsistence. 31 March 1847, for George Christian Hutter (1793-1879)
Voucher for pay, clothing, forage, and subsistence for George C. Hutter, Paymaster, and two servants, enslaved men named Arthur and Moses. This voucher was created during the Mexican-American War while Hutter was serving in Texas. Total amount of…
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Portrait, George Christian Hutter (1793-1879)
Oil on Canvas portrait of George Hutter as a young man, circa 1820s -1830s. George Christian Hutter.Artist believed to be early American painter Jacob…