The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry, with Legends of the Surrounding CountryBarry, Joseph
History
The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry, with Legends of the Surrounding Country
Barry, Joseph
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History; Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859
p. 8 contempt on the busy hive of men below (changed from "bleow")
p. 9 to see one of them climb (changed from "clmb")
p. 10 a crow's nest is a comparatively (changed from "compartively")
p. 12 then unbroken wilderness to fulfill (changed from "fullfill")
p. 14 that transpired in Mr. Harper's time (changed from "itme")
p. 14 and another, though a less freshet (changed from "through")
p. 15 and ninety-five acres on the Loudoun (changed from "Loudon")
p. 19 into the streets in pursuit of some of (changed from "some or")
p. 19 pursuit of some of his tormentors (changed from "tormenters")
p. 19 charge an armorer for medical advice (changed from "advise")
p. 20 from eastern Virginia, the ancestors (changed from "ancesters")
p. 20 in 1810, by James Stubblefield (changed from "Stublefield")
p. 22 man was named Robert W. Daugherty (changed from "Daughtery")
p. 22 Young Daugherty was a scion of the (changed from "Daughtery")
p. 25 Twice he had been honorably acquitted (changed from "acquited")
p. 28 under him, on account of politics (changed from "poliics")
p. 30 These restrictions were (changed from "restriction were")
p. 31 do them justice. The octogenarian participants (changed from
"octogenarians participants")
p. 40 succeeded in lifting Chamberlain (changed from "Chamblain")
p. 41 Chamberlain on the subject, but it is (changed from "is is")
p. 44 Mr. Beckham was always much opposed (changed from "Beckman")
p. 47 boarded at the house of Mr. Ormond (changed from "0rmond")
p. 51 Mr. Thomas Boerly approached (changed from "approched")
p. 52 passed on strongly impressed (changed from "impresssed")
p. 53 history, like that of Pocahontas (changed from "Pocohontas")
p. 53 gratefully remembered than that (changed from "that that")
p. 58 holes kept up a brisk fusillade (changed from "fusilade")
p. 58 Martinsburg; Mr. Young, of Charlestown (changed from
"Charestown")
p. 58 Shenandoah streets, where Mr. Boerly (changed from "Boerley")
p. 59 enemy. He crept along the railroad (changed from "ralroad")
p. 61 be none by them on the besiegers (changed from "beseigers")
p. 63 Brown himself was wounded severely (changed from "severly")
p. 63 This removal and reinterment accomplished (changed from
"reinterrment accomplish-")
p. 65 penknife or even with a minie (changed from "minnie")
p. 65 he had, all along, communicated (changed from "communcated")
p. 66 women and children rushed wildly (changed from "wildy")
p. 67 not molest them. Sandy Hook (changed from "Hok")
p. 70 succeeded in eluding the vigilance (changed from "viligance")
p. 73 hoped that honest convictions (changed from "convections")
p. 74 railroad passengers who, every day (changed from "everyday")
p. 74 Henrie Kagi, Charles P. Tydd, Oliver (changed from "Oiver")
p. 75 and helped to give to his aquiline (changed from "acquiline")
p.
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