Collection of manuscript and printed documents related to the John Brown relief and memorial meetings : Boston, Salem, and Concord, Mass., 1859-1860.

The collection includes: Emerson's autograph manuscript of a speech he gave at the Boston relief meeting for John Brown's family (MA 884.1); a typed copy of a letter from Franklin B. Sanborn to James Redpath about the publication of speeches from the John Brown memorial meeting in Concord (MA 884.2); a printed program for the Concord memorial meeting titled "Martyrdom of John Brown" (MA 884.3); Thoreau's autograph manuscript of a speech he gave at the Concord memorial meeting (MA 884.4); passages from poems, Thomas Jefferson, Plato, and the Bible read at the Concord memorial meeting transcribed in various hands (MA 884.5-6, 8, and 10); notes on the Concord memorial meeting written by Thoreau and Sanborn (MA 884.7 and 11); copies of John Brown's letters and a portion of his cross-examination in the autograph of Emerson and his daughter Ellen (MA 884.9); and a printed copy of John Brown's address to the court on receiving the sentence of death (MA 884.13). Collection also includes an engraving of Emerson (MA 884.14) and an engraving of his house in Concord (MA 884.15). Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 884.1-15).