William Preston Smith to Colonel James Lucius Davis, November 20, 1859

Baltimore, November 20, 1859.

Col. J. L. Davis,

Charlestown: I cheerfully comply with your request, and send you with this, an order by telegraph which Mr. Post can use, by showing to any conductors or Agents.

W. P. SMITH.

SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October 1859, p. 44