"Piece of rope that hung John Brown"

"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 _________ carried said Jno Brown __________ to the scaffold.

Donated by Janie Hutter Preston Walton

Historic Sandusky-University of Lynchburg

1859

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