F. B. Sanborn autograph letter signed to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson], Concord, 4 June [18]59
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Declares [John] Brown has set out, having obtained the balance from [George Luther] Stearns. Suggests Higginson go to Canada and collect recruits and also investigate the society for destitute fugitives. Discusses Miss [Ellen?] Waterman has a possible assistant for his school. Quotes in T.W. Higginson, Cheerful Yesterdays, p.222; O.G. Villard, John Brown, p.396; F.B. Sanborn, Recollections of Seventy Years, p.167.