Peterboro’, Jan. 22, 1859.
My Dear Sir, —
I have yours of the 19th. I am happy to learn that the Underground Railroad is
so prosperous in Kansas. I cannot help it now, in the midst of the numberless
calls upon me. But I send you twenty-five dollars, which I wish you to scud to
our noble friend John Brown. Perhaps you can get some other contributions to
send along with it. He is doubtless in great need of all be can get. The
topography of Missouri is unfavorable. Would that a spur of the Alleghany
extended from the east to the west borders of the State! Mr. Morton has not
yet returned. We hope he may come to-night.
In haste, your
friend,
Gerrit Smith.
P. S. Dear Theodore Parker! May Heaven preserve him to us!
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 483
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