F. Mantz to William Preston Smith, October 17, 1859—3:32 p.m.

Monocacy, Oct. 17th, 1859—3.32 P. M.

W. P. Smith:

Capt. Shriver proceeded as far as Gibson's Switch, east end of Harper's Ferry Bridge, and found the state of things so bad he returned to this place, and has gone to Frederick to get the three military companies from there, and proceed back to Harper's Ferry to show fight if necessary.

F. MANTZ

SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 14