The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-10
Mrs. Isabelle Hinton EnricheS
Historical Society.
MAMYPATRIOTSMENT I0NED
Nothing Written by } o h n
Brown Appears However.


by her husband, the late Coloael Richard
j. Hinton in the preparation of his vol
ume. John Brown and His Men, AS
would naturally be supposed those of
most interest are the earliest. written
by the boys before they reached Har-
per's Ferry. or by their mourning friends
who were anxious that the world should
hook upon those nineteen men so
few" with appreciative sympathy.
The biographical and reminiscent letters
were intended for use in the preparation
OF Redpaths John Brown written i'm
Inediately after the raid, but wee kept
by Col. Hinton, who YVES associated with
him, and to many OF them are addressed.
A majority of the over 20 manuscripts are
Of recent date, and all are interesting.
There are no letters by Captain Brown.
Several of his men. the best OF the lot,
were residents of Kansas and learned to
battle for freedom in her free state wars.
Jeremiah G.. Anderson a young man of
q when he met death at Harper's Ferry,
settled in Bourbon county in 1S7, and
took part under Balm and Montg2
In tie Fort Scott troubles. lis letters
TO his brothers show the life of a young
settler who finds relief from the priva-
tions of patching his prairie claim by
going to dances IN Missouri, and return
ing with apples. He secures timber
claim, but is soon invoked in the trou-
bles of southeastern Kansas. which intro
duced him to John Brown.
o. p. Anderson was perhaps the only
northern negro who engaged in the raid
and survived. His letter of Oct 49, 1862
relates to the publication of his pamph-
let history OF that event. An autograph
letter of Clara Hoyt Bureigh, the sister
of Geo. II. Hoyt, calls to mind a very
pleasing character whose knowledge and
practice of vocal music left its impress
upon the Leavenworth girls who were
SO fortunate as to be her pupils during
the dark days of the war. a letter from
Col Hoyt tells Of his intention 10 publish
his own "reminiscences as junior counsel
for Capt. Brown.
The letters of John E. Cook, written in
the fall Of 1859 at Chambersburg show
him to have been in an exalted state Of
mind which collapsed in the hour of dan
ger. Several letters from his friends eau
ton Col. Hinton TO deal kindly by him.
A. ]. Gibbs of Springfield. Vermont.
came into Kansas through Iowa with four
other young-men, making a forced march
OF 800 miles, and reached Topeka early i
OF so miles, and reached Topeka early in
the morning of July A. 1856. in time to SEE
the Free-State Legislature dispersed by
Col. Sumner "Cn the march one morn
lng, we surprised Kagi while sleeping on
the open prairie He hal been driven out
of Kansas and was returning by the route /
We were taking. He was destitute of food /
and as untidy as one really could be-
The letters of Geo. e Gil are the most /
voluminous Of ali, and are excellent read |
ing. He is largely quoted by Colonel Hin
ton.
There are many letters relating to the
attempt to rescue Aaron d Stevens ana
Albert Hazlett. by ThoTnas Wentworth
Higinsen, Charles W. Eldredse, William
w. Thayer, j. w LcBarnes and Silas S
Soule. The last young man contrived to
be arrested at Charleston in an appar- I
emily intoxicated condition and was
placed in Jail After sleeping off his spree
he secured. by his pleasant Irish wit, the
good will ard confidence of the jailors
family, and in some way, without raising
their suspicion. contrived to get an inter-
view with Stevens and Hazlett. who re-
fused to accept the aid of their friends.
August 50. 1898. the bodies of nine of
John Browns men were reinterTed by the
side of their leader, in the little burial
ground among the Adirondacks. at North
Eiba. n Y. Most of these bodies had
been buried in one grave white and black
together. at the close of the Harpers
Ferry foray. The place of burial lost
sight of for years. was at last found after
10 a,.ae-g ton
haueh of Washington. whose letters show
much kindly assistance rendered Col
Hinton. Col Hinton has left q paper con-
corning the ceremonies OF this second bur
ial.
There were three autograph poems Of
John Brown, by William Dean Howelis
Edna Dean Proctor, and Edmund Chr /
ence StejElan. The Iiowells f2mily show
their abol.t on sentiments, for besi3es a
cordial letter of Williams Is an auto
graph of his brother. Samuel. dated JEFF
ferson. Ohio, No. e iSe0: Il believe it
would be right to abolish slavery wher- +
ever it exists. II it costs the life Of every
other man, woman and child in the coun- /
try where it holds its sway. Yours for
the right Samusl y. How1lls."
Here is a letter from the young Penn .
sylvanlan. William r. Lishton, who
wrote .'Sons of Strength" a story found
ed on the Kansas struggle. Rev Ephrain
Mute wrires from Boston in 1896. Ii is not
known whether his two books. then in
manuscript of his Kansas "reminiscences. i
and Of his service as chaplain ef the
First Kansas. have since been published. i
There are two letters from Luke 7.
Parsons in 1855. giving the whereabouts
of the John Brown men after the Chat
ham convention. and in 1860 Il Rcdpath
and Hinton. full of "reminiscences Aig- .
ginson has this TO say of him. IS the .
conductor Of an emisrant party 20 Kan 4
sas In the summer of 1856; our three !
parties from Worcester were commando i
By Gutter. Stowen and Parsons. the lat
ter an antl-slavery, orthodox minister. 1
capable and energetic, but sorely tIie :
With the free ana easy ways Of his Marie
rinberies. the finest set Of men for !
physique l ever encountered, and not BAD
at heart. Poor Parsons wrote me Z
yeu have any doubt about total depraviry
conduct party of Maine lumhevmen 20
Kansas
A letter from Frank 3. Sanborn &c j.
W. 1eBaraes in November. 1S9. rela Is
to the frustrated plans TO rescue ) In
Brown. Miss Mary z Stearns and Yrs.
Rebecca b. Spring are represented b.
several characteristic letters. The rst
succored John Brown in the anti-sla' cry
enterprises. the second. himself and men
"a prison. Here. in their own letters.
ere found the love stories OF Aaaron D.
Stevens and John Henri Kagi, both strong
and good men. with records any sood