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"Effigy-Burning among the Princeton Students"
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"Effigy-Burning among the Princeton Students"

December 9, 1859

A news item about the burning of John Brown in effigy at the College of New Jersey, printed in the Richmond Whig.

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Newspaper Richmond Whig Place of Publication Richmond, VA
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