Baltimore, 17th October, 1859.
John W. Garrett, Esq.:
Pres't. of the Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co.
Sir:— Your communication of this day has been received, and, acting upon such reliable information, I have ordered a detachment of five companies from the First Light Division to be in readiness to proceed to Harper's Ferry in the four o'clock train of this afternoon.
You will oblige me by making the needful arrangements for their transportation.
Yours, very respectfully,
G. H. STEUART.
SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 8
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