Memorandum of William Hutchinson to John Brown

Bloomington.	A. Curtis	Navy Revolver.	No. 50,400
Osawatomie.	N. King	“	No. 49,860
	J. B. Way	Navy Revolver.	No. 50,966
Keokuk.	J. M. Arthur	eight revolvers with accout-rements. Numbers not taken.
Pottawatomie.	Wm. Partridge	Navy Revolver.	No. 50,410
Lawrence.	E. C. Harrington	“	No. 51,171
	A. Cutler	“	No. 50,995
Minniola.	O. A. Bassett	“	No. 51,140

The following are the numbers of others given to the “Stubs”:—

49,986	51,208	50,992	50,410	51,203	50,903	49,947	51,101
50,998	50,969	50,944	51,043	51,021	51,033	51,195	50,994
50,980	49,741	50,448	60,040	51,019	51,218	51,200	51,204
51,059	50,948		51,149	50,958	51,255

Mr. Whitman has one, and I think the others were distributed by Eldridge without taking receipts. Feeling too unwell to walk the distance, I gave up going to my sister's, and have looked up the above numbers. Sorry to hear of your ill-health. Still it is nothing unusual to hear of sickness all over the Territory. I have waited for Eldridge to act; but he has left, I think, without doing anything for you, and as soon as 1 can take the time I will make one more earnest effort for you in this place, and am sure that some can be obtained. Say to Mr. Kagi I gave the order for Parsons's gun into the hands of Mr. Lyon's family, and they promised to bring it to town, but it has not come yet. If you get any news of importance, please inform me.

Yours again,

Wm. Hutchinson.

[Upon which is the following indorsement in the handwriting of John Brown:]

“Wm. Hutchinson's letter.”

SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 364-6, Sanborn notes “The date is not given, but it must be in 1857-58.”