C. W. Perviel to William Preston Smith, October 18, 1859—10:22 a.m.

New York, Oct. 18, 1859–10.22 A. M.

W. P. Smith,

    Master Transportation,

        Camden Station :

Telegraph me information—latest from insurrectionists at Harper's Ferry; reports in morning papers state that tonnage or passenger trains cannot pass that point—important.

C. W. PERVEIL.

SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 21