Baltimore, Nov. 30, 1859—2.20 P. M.
J. T. Quynn, Frederick.
Gov. Wise,
of Virginia, has desired us to sell no tickets to Harper's Ferry,
by our trains of to-morrow, Thursday, December 1st, and as
we are anxious to avoid any trouble in connection with the
execution at Charlestown, you are hereby instructed not to sell tickets
to the Ferry on the day named. Of course, if any citizen
of Frederick or vicinity, of known character, wishes to go,
you can give necessary orders for the sale of tickets. It will,
however, be unsafe for persons to go there as the authorities
have given orders for arrest of all parties, strangers, and not
bearing papers vouching for them. Answer.
W. P. SMITH,
SOURCE: B. H.
Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to
the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 65
No comments:
Post a Comment