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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 1: Whetting the sword. (search)
hin thirty days thereafter. Having failed to raise the necessary money, the pikes were left unfinished at this time; but, in the following year, in the month of June, John Brown was again in Collinsville, and completed the contract, and in August, under the name of J. Smith and Sons, ordered them to be forwarded to Chambersburgd Hugh Forbes, all Englishman, and a Revolutionary exile, to instruct a number of young Kansas men in military science. Forbes engaged to be at Tabor, in Iowa, in June, to meet John Brown and his men there. In May, John Brown set out for Kansas, but was delayed in the Central States for some time. Here is an incident of his tremont County, Iowa, and around the rim the name of Jason Jones, Notary public. The first entry, of Aug. 25, states that the writer started at a certain date in June for Tabor, from Akron to Hudson; got goods at Henrichs, &c. ; harness ; bought red mail stage at Jerries ; next day went to Cleveland; shipped chest by express; st
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 5: assembling to conspire. (search)
it there is neither insanity nor inconsistency in the instrument; but, on the contrary, every evidence of a judicious and humane statesmanship. The day will yet come when John Brown's name will stand first in the list of American statesmen. Why John Brown did not at once proceed to Harper's Ferry, is thus stated by Cook in his Confession: We staid about two weeks in Chatham — some of the party staid six or seven weeks. We left Chatham for Cleveland, and remained there until late in June. In the mean time, Captain Brown went East on business; but, previous to his departure, he had learned that Colonel Forbes had betrayed his plans to some extent. This, together with the scantiness of his funds, induced him to delay the commencement of his work, and was the means, for the time being, of disbanding the party. He had also received some information which called for his immediate attention in Kansas. I wished to go with him; but he said that I was too well known there, and re
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 6: making ready. (search)
aft of three hundred dollars to pay for the pikes. He then proceeded to Summit, Portage, and Ashtabula Counties, in Ohio. He went from Ohio to Chambersburg, stopping at Pittsburg City and Bedford. He remained at Chambersburg toward the close of June, for several days; and, on the 30th, with two sons and Captain Anderson, left for Hagerstown, in Maryland. The next movements of the party are thus described by a resident of Hagerstown, a pro-slavery man, in a letter written after the arrest of Captain Brown at Harper's Ferry: John Brown, his two sons, and a Captain Anderson spent a night here, at the Washington House, in June, and were taken to Harper's Ferry next day in a hack. When here I was struck with the long beard of one of them, and called over to learn who they were and where they came from. Brown registered as Smith and two sons, from Western New York, and told Mr. Singling, the landlord, that they had got tired of farming in that region; that the frosts had take
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 11: the political inquisitors. (search)
far from Wheeling. Mr. V. Have you been in Ohio this summer? Capt. B. Yes, sir. Mr. V. How lately? Capt. B. I passed through to Pittsburg on my way, in June. Mr. V. Were you at any county or state fair there? Capt. B. I was not there since June. Senator M. Did you consider this a military organization in this a boy. His father was Henry Brown, of Irish or Scotch descent. The family was very low. Mr. V. Have you ever been in Portage County? Capt. B. I was there in June last. Mr. V. When in Cleveland, did you attend the Fugitive Slave Law Convention there? Capt. B. No. I was there about the time of the sitting of the court e Free States. Mr. V. But are you not personally acquainted in Southern Ohio? Capt. B. Not very much. Mr. V. (To Stevens.) Were you at the convention last June? Stevens. I was. Mr. V. (To Capt. Brown.) You made a speech there? Capt. B. I did, sir. Bystander. Did you ever live in ~Washington city? Capt. B. I