John Brown in Chambersburg

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Describes important and little known events in Chambersburg and Franklin County, PA that related to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, VA. Chambersburg was a staging area for the raid. Much of the planning for the raid and transhipment of weapons to the jumping-off point (Kennedy farm) took place from the Ritner Boarding House (the John Brown House) at 225 East King Street in Chambersburg. See http://johnbrownhouse.tripod.com . Brown and many of his men stayed at the Ritner Boarding House before the raid and some briefly returned to Chambersburg after the raid's failure. Frederick Douglass refused to join Brown's cause when they met clandestinely in Chambersburg. John E. Cook (Capt. Cook), one of the raiders was held in the Chambersburg jail - now a museum and headquarters for the local historical society. A Chronology of Brown's life is included along with a drawn map and description of Brown sites in the town.