Oberlin, April 3, 1840.
Dear Brother Brown,
— I received your favor by your son John, and our committee have opened
negotiations with him preliminary to his visiting our Virginia lands. We hope
for a favorable issue, both for him and the institution. When he has thoroughly
examined the papers and spent the necessary time upon the premises, we expect
that he will know more than all of us about the matter; and I trust we shall
feel disposed to offer liberal inducements for him and others to settle there,
if that is best. Should he succeed in clearing up titles without difficulty or
lawsuits, it would be easy, as it appears to me, to make provision for
religious and school privileges, and by proper efforts, with the blessing of
God, soon see that wilderness bud and blossom as the rose.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 135
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