June 4, 1859.
Brown has set out on his expedition, having got some eight
hundred dollars from all sources except from Mr. Stearns, and from him the
balance of two thousand dollars; Mr. S being a man who, “having put his hand to
the plow, turneth not back.” Brown left Boston for Springfield and New York on
Wednesday morning at 8.30, and Mr. Stearns has probably gone to New York
to-day, to make final arrangements for him. Brown means to be on the ground as
soon as he can, perhaps so as to begin by the 4th of July. He could not say
where he should be for a few weeks, but letters are addressed to him, under
cover to his son John, Jr., at West Andover, Ohio. This point is not far from
where Brown will begin, and his son will communicate with him. Two of his sons
will go with him. He is desirous of getting some one to go to Canada, and
collect recruits for him among the fugitives, — with Harriet Tubman or alone,
as the case may be.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 524-5
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