CHARLESTOWN, Jefferson County, Va., Nov. 29, 1859.
S. E. Sewall, Esq.,
Boston.
My Dear Sir, —
Your most kind letter of the 24th instant is received. It does indeed give me “pleasure”
and the greatest encouragement to know of any efforts that have been made in
behalf of my poor and deeply afflicted family. It takes from my mind the
greatest cause of sadness I have experienced during my imprisonment here. I
feel quite cheerful, and ready to die. I can only say, for want of time, May
the God of the oppressed and the poor in great mercy remember all those to whom
we are so deeply indebted!
Farewell!
Your friend,
John Brown.
SOURCES: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters
of John Brown, p. 612
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