April 20, 1858
I have lately had two letters from Mr. Hawkins, who has just
left Canada for the West, on business connected with his enterprise. He has
found in Canada several good men for shepherds, and, if not embarrassed by want
of means, expects to turn his flock loose about the 15th of May. He has
received four hundred and ten dollars of the five hundred guaranteed him in
Massachusetts, but wants more; and we must try to make up to him the other five
hundred dollars. Part of it is pledged, and the rest ought to be got, though
with some difficulty. . . . Hawkins's address is “Jason Brown,” under cover to
John Jones, Chicago. He has gone West to move his furniture and bring on his
hands. He has received two hundred and sixty dollars from other sources than
our friends, and is raising more elsewhere, but got little in New York or
Philadelphia.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 457-8
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