Mason Report

Mason Report

Incident at Harpers Ferry

James Murray Mason leads the select committee of the Senate in investigating the incident at Harper's Ferry involving John Brown and the raid on the armory. The report details what they believe happened, why it happened, and who was behind it all.

James Murray Mason; Jacob Collamer

U.S. Select Committee

Harvard College Library

28, August, 1860

Michael Pinkerton

Public Domain

Invasion at Harper's Ferry, U.S. Congress

Digital Text; 71, 255, [1] p. 23 cm.

English

Senate Report; investigative

(OCoLC)612947023

The Mason Report as it became known as, is very important in showing how Murray Mason used the report to make the North look like the aggressors. On page 18 specifically, we see how he uses the words like invasion, insurrection and protection to make make the south seem innocent. While pushing this rhetoric, he is only diving the country even more.