Saturday, October 28, 2023

Annie Brown to John Brown, November 9, 1859

North Elba, November 9.

Father, you said that you were cheerful. I am glad of that. But why should you be otherwise? All you were guilty of was, doing your duty to your fellow-men. Would that we were all guilty of the same. Martha and Bell* bear their grief like heroines. . . Give my love to Stevens and the other prisoners. Tell them I think of them often; tell them to hope for the best; but be sure and be prepared for the worst. . . .

Ever your affectionate daughter,
Annie Brown.
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* The widows of Oliver and Watson Brown.

SOURCE: James Redpath, Editor, Echoes of Harper’s Ferry, p. 428

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