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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XI: John Brown and the call to arms (search)
now was to rescue Brown from prison, but the latter absolutely prohibited any such attempt. Thinking that perhaps Mrs. Brown could shake her husband's determination and ultimately help in his rescue, Mr. Higginson travelled to the mountains of North Elba, New York, to take her to visit him in prison. This visit to Brown's home the author has described in a paper called John Brown's Household included in his Contemporaries. In this article he says:— It had been my privilege to live in th . . . It is for you in Boston to say go or stay. But owing to the impossibility of raising funds the plan was abandoned. John Brown wrote a letter of farewell to Mr. Higginson, November 22, 1859, expressing deep gratitude for his visit to North Elba, thanking him for sending his family money and newspapers, especially the latter, and adding, Truly you have proved yourself to be a friend in need. After Brown's execution a project was formed by the most daring of his friends to rescue the