Richmond, Oct. 17th, 1859.
John W. Garrett, Pres't B. & 0. R. R. Co.,
Camden Station, Balt.:
Whereas, Authentic information has been received that a sudden insurrection has happened at Harper's Ferry in the county of Jefferson, and that immediate danger therefrom is to be apprehended, — the commandant of the regiment therein, is hereby commanded to order out a part or the whole of the militia under his command to repel, suppress, or prevent the same. And if necessary he shall call on the commandants of the adjacent regiments who are ordered forth with in like manner to furnish the additional force that may be necessary. Commandants will immediately report to me at Harper's Ferry, and all persons in the State of Virginia will aid and assist in repressing said insurrection by facilitating in all legal and proper manner the transportation of military companies and detachments from this and any other State to that end and otherwise.
HENRY A. WISE,
Governor of Va.
SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland,
Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's
Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 10
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