STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, May
15, 1851.
DEAR SON JOHN, — I wrote you some days since, enclosing ten
dollars, and requesting you to acknowledge it, and also to hold yourself in
readiness to go to Pittsburgh when called upon; since which I have not heard
from you. I am now on my way to Akron; and as our causes at Pittsburgh have
been continued until next fall, we shall not need you there until then. We have
now no prospect of any trial until fall, except with Henry Warren; and we wish
you to so arrange your business that you can leave for Troy upon a short
notice. I also want you to keep me advised at Akron of your whereabouts, so
that I may call upon you should I have time. I did expect to go to Hartford
when I left home, but find I must alter my course. I was in Essex on Tuesday
last. Left Ruth and husband well, and very comfortably situated. We seem to get
along as pleasantly as I expected, so far; can't say how long it will be so;
hope we may continue. I want you to write often and let us know how you get
along. Had sad work among our Saxony ewes and lambs by dogs, Saturday night
last: probably forty killed and wounded.
Your affectionate
father,
JOHN BROWN.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 81
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