Wednesday, July 7, 2021

John W. Garrett to John T. Quynn, October 17, 1859—3:50 p.m.

Baltimore, Oct. 17th—3.50 P. M.
J. T. Quynn:

Employ instantly a reliable man and a fast horse to take by express via Shepardstown the following dispatch from the Governor of Va. to Col. John Thomas Gibson, Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Va. Instruct him to use such additional horses as may be necessary to accomplish the earliest practicable delivery.

JOHN W. GARRETT,
Pres't B. & O. R. R. Co.

I send copy of dispatch from Gov. Wise to myself, for the further information of Col. Gibson.

SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 11-12

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