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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Memorandum of William Hutchinson to John Brown

Bloomington.
A. Curtis
Navy Revolver.
No. 50,400
Osawatomie.
N. King
No. 49,860

J. B. Way
Navy Revolver.
No. 50,966
Keokuk.
J. M. Arthur
eight revolvers with accout-rements. Numbers not taken.

Pottawatomie.
Wm. Partridge
Navy Revolver.
No. 50,410
Lawrence.
E. C. Harrington
No. 51,171

A. Cutler
No. 50,995
Minniola.
O. A. Bassett
No. 51,140


The following are the numbers of others given to the “Stubs”:—

49,986
51,208
50,992
50,410
51,203
50,903
49,947
51,101
50,998
50,969
50,944
51,043
51,021
51,033
51,195
50,994
50,980
49,741
50,448
60,040
51,019
51,218
51,200
51,204
51,059
50,948

51,149
50,958
51,255



Mr. Whitman has one, and I think the others were distributed by Eldridge without taking receipts. Feeling too unwell to walk the distance, I gave up going to my sister's, and have looked up the above numbers. Sorry to hear of your ill-health. Still it is nothing unusual to hear of sickness all over the Territory. I have waited for Eldridge to act; but he has left, I think, without doing anything for you, and as soon as 1 can take the time I will make one more earnest effort for you in this place, and am sure that some can be obtained. Say to Mr. Kagi I gave the order for Parsons's gun into the hands of Mr. Lyon's family, and they promised to bring it to town, but it has not come yet. If you get any news of importance, please inform me.

Yours again,
Wm. Hutchinson.


[Upon which is the following indorsement in the handwriting of John Brown:]

“Wm. Hutchinson's letter.”

SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 364-6, Sanborn notes “The date is not given, but it must be in 1857-58.”