John Brown’s Grave North Elba 7” X 9” Brown’s daughter Ruth successfully lobbied for her fathers’ body. In a letter I once owned she wrote to Mr. Graves Otis (Inventor of the Otis elevator). "... We all thank you sincerely for your generous offer to intercede for us in getting our dear Father's body. we all feel very anxious to have him buried here, but I am afraid it is too late.. Will you not telegraph to Governor Wise to grant our request?... If our dear father (as well as brothers) are to be sacrificed to the God of Slavery, we shall not believe they have died in vain. We see that a great many attribute fathers course to a spirit of revenge, but it is utterly false. He was actuated by a noble, generous, feeling which has been growing in his breast for more than 20 years..." The letter was written four days before Brown's execution. His body was turned over to the family, as requested, and buried in North Alba, NY. Photographed in 1888 by S.R. Stoddard, Glen Falls, N.Y.