Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va ., Dec. 1, 1859. I give to my son John Brown, Jr., my surveyor's compass and other surveyor's...

CHAMBERSBURG, PENN., Aug. 2, 1859. Dear Wife And Children, All , — If Watson and D. should set out soon after getting this, it may be w...

Boston, Mass. , May 16, 1859. Dear Sir , — I should have acknowledged the receipt of yours of April 2l, to Henry Thompson, together wit...

Osawatomie, Kansas , Sept . 9, 1858. Dear Wife And Children, All , — I received Henry's letter of the 21st July a long time ago, bu...

Chicago, Ill ., April 28, 1858. Dear Wife And Children, Every One, — The letters of Henry, Ruth, and Oliver are all received, and most...

Springdale, Iowa , April 27, 1858. Dear Wife And Children, Every One , — We start from here to-day, and shall write you again when we s...

Ingersol, Canada West, April 16, 1858. Dear Wife And Children, Every One , — Since I wrote you I have thought it possible, though not...

NORTH Elba , Feb. 20, 1858. My Dear Father , — Your letter of January 30 we received this week, it having lain in the postoffice a wee...

Rochester, N. Y. , Jan. 30, 1858. My Dear Wife And Children, Every One , — I am (praised be God!) once more in York State. Whether I sh...

Tabor, Iowa , Aug. 17, 1857. Dear Wife And Children, Every One , — I have just received the letter of Henry and Ruth, of 26th and 27th ...

October 31st. MY DEAR FRIEND — Such you prove to be, though a stranger – your most kind letter has reached me, with the kind offer to c...

Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa , Aug. 27, 1856. Dear Mother , — The last news we had from Kansas, father was at Lawrence, and had charge o...

August 19. The affair last mentioned was conducted with such expedition that the United States troops, located about a mile off, had no...

Names of sufferers and persons who have made sacrifices in endeavoring to maintain and advance the Free-State cause in Kansas, within my pe...

Near Brown's Station , K. T., June, 1856. Dear Wife And Children, Every One, — It is now about five weeks since I have seen a line...

Osawatomie, K. T., Feb. 20, 1856. Dear Wife And Children, Every One , — Your letter to Salmon, and Ruth's to Henry and Ellen, of 6...

Osawatomie , K. T., Feb. 1, 1856. Dear Wife And Children, Every One , — Yours and Watson's letters to the boys and myself, of Decem...

Monday Morning, December 17. The ground for the first time is barely whitened with snow, and it is quite cold; but we have before had a...

Osawatomie, K. T ., Dec. 16, 1855. Sabbath Evening. Dear Wife And Children, Every One, — I improve the first mail since my return fr...

Osawatomie, K. T., Nov. 23,1855. Dear Wife And Children, All , — Ruth's letter to Henry, saying she was about moving, and dated 23...