Friday, January 21, 2022

William Preston Smith to A. J. Phelps, October 26, 1859

Baltimore, Oct. 26, 1859.
A. J. Phelps,

On Express East: Stop at Harper's Ferry to-night to go to Charlestown Court to-morrow as a witness. Mr. Gaither will meet your train there and bring it in here.

Rumors of an abolitionist rescue are rife. Have you an unusual crowd of men on your train? Keep a good lookout as you come down.

W. P. SMITH.

SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 37

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