. John Brown and his men; with some account of the roads they traveled to reach Harper's Ferry. DY FARM. 257 place and date. In visits after the war to LondonCounty and other parts of the valley of Virginia, Igathered many details of Cooks movements, as awriting-teacher, map and book agent, etc., and of hisrather loose talk. He never concealed his identity withthe Kansas free-state cause, and was quite open, atleast among the Quaker and Dunker farmers of thatsection, in declaring that there might be disturb-ance or active uneasiness among the one letter Leeman tells hismother he is
. John Brown and his men; with some account of the roads they traveled to reach Harper's Ferry. DY FARM. 257 place and date. In visits after the war to LondonCounty and other parts of the valley of Virginia, Igathered many details of Cooks movements, as awriting-teacher, map and book agent, etc., and of hisrather loose talk. He never concealed his identity withthe Kansas free-state cause, and was quite open, atleast among the Quaker and Dunker farmers of thatsection, in declaring that there might be disturb-ance or active uneasiness among the one letter Leeman tells hismother he is in Virginia, en-gaged in a movement to attackslavery at Harpers Taylor was engaged inwriting farewells to intimatefriends and his brother, andletters found in the carpet-bag,captured in Virginia, shows thateven Tidd had been very frankin his hints to his brother andsister as early as 1858. Someof these matters reached JohnBrown and aroused his anxiety,if not anger. The sharpest let-ter from his pen I have seen was written to Kagi, though not designed for him, and isas follows:. STEWARD TAYLOR. Washington, Md., nth August, Henrie, Esq.: Dear Sir—I got along Tuesday evening all right; withletters, etc. I do hope all corresponding except on business ofthe Co. will be droped for the present. If every one mustwrite some^zW; or some other extra friend, telling or shoing 17 2S8 JOHN BROWN. our location ; and telling (as some have done) alters ; we might as well get the whole publishecNew York Herald. Any person is a stupid fthis friends to keep for him; that which he cannAll our friends have each got their special fragain have theirs; and it would not be right t<of keeping a secret on any one ; at the end of acould tell you of some reasons I have for feelinon this point. I do not say this on account of Ithat I accuse any—you of. Three more handsNorth Elba on Saturday last. Be sure to let nthing of interest. M Your There is another fact to account for tll
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