Lecompton, Aug. 14, 1856.
You can, at any time you think it best, come to camp and see
me, especially at evening, without observation. Come to the house of Mrs.
Wesley, about fifty rods east from the camp, and she will send up her boy to
let me know that a man wants to see me. You could no doubt find a temporary
stopping-place either at Captain Thome's or at Mr. Lewis's, about a mile south
of our camp, near the California road. In coming here you will notice two
camps; ours is the more easterly. If you wish to see me, come at
evening, early, to the captain's tent, and say that you wish to see the
prisoners, and you will be admitted, without a doubt . The captain is very
accommodating; you can come and go incog. The captain of Company I says
he has been after you more than two months. Don't let them get you. I very much
want to see you, but don't run any great risk on this account. At any time you
wish to write me, direct to X. Y. Z., and enclose in an envelope to C.
W. Babcock, Lawrence.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 310
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