Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va., Nov. 1, 1859.
TO MY FRIENDS IN NEW ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE, — Aaron D.
Stephens, one of the prisoners now in confinement with me in this place, is
desirous of obtaining the assistance of George Sennott, Esq., of Boston, Mass.,
in defending him on his trial to come off before the United States Court.
Anything you can do toward securing the services of Mr. Sennott for the
prisoner will add to the many obligations of your humble servants.
John Brown.
The above contains the expression of my own wishes.
A. D. Stephens.
SOURCES: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters
of John Brown, p. 583
