Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va., Nov. 12, 1859.
Dear Brother Jeremiah, —
Your kind letter of the 9th inst. is received, and also one from Mr. Tilden;
for both of which I am greatly obliged. You inquire, “Can I do anything for you
or your family?” I would answer that my sons, as well as my wife and daughters,
are all very poor; and that anything that may hereafter be due me from my
father's estate I wish paid to them, as I will endeavor hereafter to describe,
without legal formalities to consume it all. One of my boys has been so
entirely used up as very likely to be in want of comfortable clothing for the
winter. I have, through the kindness of friends, fifteen dollars to send him,
which I will remit shortly. If you know where to reach him, please send him
that amount at once, as I shall remit the same to you by a safe conveyance. If
I had a plain statement from Mr. Thompson of the state of my accounts with the
estate of my father, I should then better know what to say about that matter.
As it is, I have not the least memorandum left me to refer to. If Mr. Thompson
will make me a statement, and charge my dividend fully for his trouble, I would
be greatly obliged to him. In that case you can send me any remarks of your
own. I am gaining in health slowly, and am quite cheerful in view of my
approaching end, — being fully persuaded that I am worth inconceivably more to
hang than for any other purpose. God Almighty bless and save you all!
Your affectionate brother,
John Brown.
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SOURCES: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 588
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