Nov. 20, 1852
I parted with Frederick at Ravenna, on his way to your
place; he has told you of the death of our Mr. Jenkins (of Vernon, N. Y., a
brother of Timothy Jenkins). We have employed Timothy Jenkins, M. C, to finish
up his business, and I am now on my way to assist him to understand it,
previous to having our trial with O. J. Richardson. We now expect our trial at
Boston to come off sometime about the middle of December, and hope to see the
end of it before the close. We hope the situation of your family is such,
before this time, that you are relieved in regard to the anxiety you have
expressed, so that you can leave at once, and go on when you get notice of the
time. I will send you funds for your expenses and the earliest possible
information of the exact time when the trial will come on. All were well at
home and at Hudson this morning. I should wait and go on with you, did not our
Warren business require my immediate attention. I suppose our Pittsburgh cause
is decided before this; but we had not heard from it when I left. I will only
add that you all have my most earnest desire for your real welfare. Will
you drop me a line (care of A. B. Ely, Esq., Boston), on receipt of this, to
let me hear how you all do?
Your affectionate
father,
JOHN BROWN.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 83
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