St. Charles, Iowa, Oct. 30,1856.
Dear Mother,
Brothers, And Sisters, — I sent you a draft for thirty dollars a few
days ago in a sheet of paper with a very few words on it, — they being all I
had time to write then. We are well and in fine spirits, besides being in good
company. We are in the company of a train of Kansas teams loaded with Sharpe's
rifles and cannon. I heard a report that father had gone East. We travel very
slow; you can write to us at Tabor. On our way we saw Gerrit Smith, F.
Douglass, and other old friends. We have each a Sharpe's rifle. Oliver, your
watch was all that saved us. I want you to write and let us know how you get
along. No more now.
Yours truly,
Watson Brown.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 341
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