John Brown Jr. to John Henry Kagi, August 17, 1859

[Rochester, New York August 17, 1859.]

On my way up to our friend's¹ house, I met his son Lewis, who informs me that his father left here on Tuesday, August 16, via New York and Philadelphia, to make you a visit.

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¹ Frederick Douglass.

SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 538