Wheeling, Nov. 27th, 1859–8.37 A. M.
W. P. Smith,
Has Gen. Taliaferro arranged for transportation of troops with: out pre-payment? One hundred men leave here on Express, today, if they can be ready in time. If not, can we run a train on Mail time, to-night, to accommodate them? Please answer quick.
J. B. FORD
SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 53
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