Monday, March 14, 2016

John Brown to Horatio N. Rust, April 25, 1857

Springfield, Mass., April 25, 1857.
H. N. Rust, Esq.

My Dear Sir, — I did not see you the other morning before I left, as I expected. Please hand line and draft to Mr. Blair at once. The sabre you got is the identical one taken from Lieutenant Brocket at Black Jack surrender. I would on no account have you buy it of me, as you really have done, but that I am literally driven to beg, — which is very humiliating.

Very respectfully your friend,
John Brown.

SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 376-7

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