[May 16, 1861.]
Yesterday afternoon, in furtherance of my plans, I went to
Silver Spring to see old Mr. Blair. He received me very cordially, and, talking
about the war, I asked him, “What news from Missouri?” He told me that he was
afraid his son Frank had gone to Jefferson City with troops, and there was
danger that the Missourians would rise and be too strong for them, but he hoped
to hear that Jim Lane had gone to Arkansas with two regiments of Kansas troops
to make a diversion. When I told him that no troops had been equipped in
Kansas, and Jim Lane was sick at Altoona, Pennsylvania, on his way to
Washington, he said something should be done immediately and we must go to the
President. I then laid before him the requests of Collamore and also of
Stewart, for regiments, and we agreed to meet at ten to-morrow and see what
could be done.
SOURCE: Preston Stearns, The Life and Public
Services of George Luther Stearns, p. 248-9
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