Vergennes, Vt., May 18, 1857.
George L, Stearns, Esq., Boston, Mass.
My Dear Sir, — . . . In
regard to the security you mention, for being responsible for Colonel Carter, I
will say, it is most reasonable; but as I deem it most uncertain what will
become of things I carry into the war, and as I need arms “more than I do
bread,” I propose not to draw on you for the amount named, — thirteen hundred
dollars, — and will not.
This, I trust, will
be entirely satisfactory to you, and a vastly better security. I am exceeding
glad of the arrangement with Colonel Carter, whom I have written. I leave here
for the West to-day, with health some improved, and shall be much gratified
with getting a line from you, addressed to Orson M. Oviatt, Esq., Cleveland,
Ohio. Please remember me to Mrs. S., family, and other friends; and believe me
Your sincere friend,
John Brown.
SOURCE: Franklin B.
Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 406
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