Hudson, Ohio, June 3, 1857.
My Dear Sir, —
I write to say that I started for Kansas some three weeks or more since, but
have been obliged to stop for the fever and ague. I am now righting up, and
expect to be on my way again soon. Free-State men need have no fear of my desertion.
There are some half-dozen men I want a visit from at Tabor, Iowa, to come
off in the most Quiet Way; namely, Daniel Foster, late of Boston,
Massachusetts; Holmes, Frazee, a Mr. Hill, and William David, on
Little Ottawa Creek; a Mr. Cochran, on Pottawatomie Creek; or I would like equally
well to see Dr. Updegraff and S. H. Wright, of Osawatomie; or
William Phillips, or Conway, or your honor. I have some very
important matters to confer with some of you about. Let there be no words about
it. Should any of you come out to see me, wait at Tabor if you get there first.
Mr. Adair, at Osawatomie, may supply fifty dollars (if need be) for expenses,
on my account, on presentation of this. Write me at Tabor, Iowa, Fremont
County.
Very respectfully
yours,
James Smith.1
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1 The persons mentioned in this letter were
supposed by Brown to be specially friendly and true to him. Foster was a
clergyman, formerly settled at Concord, Mass., but then in Kansas. Holmes was
Brown's lientenant in 1856, and afterward in 1858-59. Frazee was Brown's teamster
and soldier in 1856, and fought at Black Jack, as did B. L. Cochran. Dr.
Updegraff fought at Osawatomie. Concerning David, Hill, and Wright I have
little information. Phillips was afterwards Congressman.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 393
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