Wednesday, December 29, 2021

William Preston Smith to Governor Henry A. Wise, October 25, 1859

Baltimore, Oct. 25, 1859.
His Excellency,
        Henry A. Wise,
                Governor of Virginia,
                        Richmond, Va.

Dear Sir:— In compliance with your request, expressed to the President of this Company, we have this day transmitted a number of letters and other papers, bearing upon the recent outbreak at Harper's Ferry, to Andrew Hunter, Esq.,, at Charlestown, Va., by the hands of a special messenger. I have the honor to remain,

Your ob’t sv’t.,
W. P. SMITH,        
M. of T.

SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 32-3

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