AKRON, OHIO, Dec. 9,
1852.
DEAR SON JOHN, — I reached home last night, and found all
well. I came by the Erie Railroad, and got along very well until I left
Dunkirk. Fare from Dunkirk to Cleveland, $8.90; expenses from same to same,
$4.02, and was two and a half entire days getting through, the roads being
vastly worse than when we went out. Had I expected so hard and so expensive a
trip, I should not have returned. I mean to go back by Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia, there being on that route but twenty-eight miles of sleighing,
from Troy to Hudson, and that on a good road. I intend to get back to Troy by
the 17th if I can. Have not yet seen Mr. Perkins, to have any conversation with
him of any account. Whatever you may do in the preparation of papers will be
all well for the Burlington case. You will have saved a great amount of
exposure, hardship, and expense by staying behind.
Your affectionate
father,
JOHN BROWN
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 84
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