Wednesday, December 29, 2021

A. P. Shutt to William Preston Smith, October 26, 1859—7:10 p.m.

Charlestown, Oct. 26th, 1859—7.10 P. M.
W. P. Smith:

There is no visible idea of a rescue. I will see Barbour on my return and inform him. I will get two men on my return. The citizens of the town were delighted to hear of the arrest of Cook. The Court has decided to try Brown first. He is now in the court on a bed. He is acting the thing out to perfection.

A. P. SHUTT.

SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 31

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