F. J. McCaffrey to William Preston Smith, November 21, 1859—4:18 p.m.

Benwood, Nov. 21st, 1859—4.18 P. M.

W. P. Smith:

I went over to Bellaire this morning, and made every enquiry confidentially in relation to your dispatch.. I saw Col. Sullivan and Mr. Morris, who know nothing of even sympathy with the friends of Brown and other State prisoners. There are no strangers at Bellaire, and I have the promise of Col. Sullivan, who visits the country towns of Ohio on business during the next two days, that he will post me immediately of the least suspicious appearances

There are no sympathizers even, with the State prisoners at Bellaire.

F. J. McCAFFREY.

SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 46