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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Letters and Journals of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Chapter 3: Journeys (search)
as already headed a gang of organized pilferers. There is also a set of marauders from this island who flocked to Pico like vultures. So long as the Messrs. Dabney are on guard, the property is comparatively safe, but they cannot sacrifice themselves much longer. . . . They hope, however, to remain until the goods reach Magdalena. After his return from Fayal, Mr. Higginson was plunged into the Kansas troubles. The following letters to his mother explain themselves: Worcester, June 26, 1856 I have a momentary lull, having yesterday sent off my second party to Kansas. ... The first had forty-seven and our Committee will send no more, leaving it for the State Committee, which was appointed yesterday, chiefly on my urging. ... At Chicago they show an energy which disgraces us; have arrangements and men already and need only money. The night I came from Brattleboroa, Friday, we had letters from Chicago, and our Finance Committee voted them fifteen hundred dollars and vo