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Brown, John, 1800-1859 to Mary Ann Brown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02519 Author/Creator: Brown, John, 1800-1859 Place Written: Springfield, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 April 1857 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Has "been more prospered within a very few days than I had before been," thanks to a $7,000 loan from George L. Stearns to be used towards a free Kansas. Hears "that one of 'Uncle Sam's Hounds was at Cleavland on my track;' and I have been hiding a little so as to let my track get cold." However has "no great fear of being caught" and says "I trust that God will send me back with Irons in rather than uppon my hands." Hopes to return home soon. Brown hid for a week in Boston to avoid the rumored United States Marshall.

Brown, John, 1800-1859
Brown, Mary Ann Day, 1816-1884

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