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<blockquote>"I want to put into the hands of my young men copies of Plutarch's 'Lives', Irving's 'Life of Washington', the best-written Life of Napoleon, and other similar books, together with maps and statistics of states. Could you not find persons who might be induced to contribute old copies (or other ones) of that character, or find some person who would be willing to undertake to collect some for me?" - John Brown, in his letter to Mr Sanborn, February 26th 1858 | <blockquote>"I want to put into the hands of my young men copies of Plutarch's 'Lives', Irving's 'Life of Washington', the best-written Life of Napoleon, and other similar books, together with maps and statistics of states. Could you not find persons who might be induced to contribute old copies (or other ones) of that character, or find some person who would be willing to undertake to collect some for me?" - John Brown, in his letter to Mr Sanborn, February 26th 1858 | ||
"These articles not for the overthrow of government. The foregoing articles shall not be construed so as in any way to encourage the overthrow of any State government, or of the general government of the United States, and look to no dissolution of the Union, but simply to amendment and repeal. And our flag shall be the same that our fathers fought under in the Revolution." - John Brown, John Brown's Provisional Constitution, November 1858 | |||
"After a while, possibly I shall be able to release you; (great-grandnephew of George Washington) but only on condition of getting your friends to send in a negro man as a ransom. I shall be very attentive to you, sir; for I may get the worst of it in my first encounter, and if so, your life is worth as much as mine. My particular reason for taking you first was, that as an aid to the Governor of Virginia I knew you would endeavor to perform your duty; and apart from that, I wanted you particularly for the moral effect it would give our cause having one of your name as a prisoner... (the sword of George Washington) I will take especial care of it, and shall endeavor to return it to you after you are released ('Brown carried it in his hand all day Monday; when the attacking party came on Tuesday morning, he laid it on the fire-engine, and after the rescue I got it')" - John Brown, letter written by Lewis Washington recounting his experience as a hostage during John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in October 1859 | "After a while, possibly I shall be able to release you; (great-grandnephew of George Washington) but only on condition of getting your friends to send in a negro man as a ransom. I shall be very attentive to you, sir; for I may get the worst of it in my first encounter, and if so, your life is worth as much as mine. My particular reason for taking you first was, that as an aid to the Governor of Virginia I knew you would endeavor to perform your duty; and apart from that, I wanted you particularly for the moral effect it would give our cause having one of your name as a prisoner... (the sword of George Washington) I will take especial care of it, and shall endeavor to return it to you after you are released ('Brown carried it in his hand all day Monday; when the attacking party came on Tuesday morning, he laid it on the fire-engine, and after the rescue I got it')" - John Brown, letter written by Lewis Washington recounting his experience as a hostage during John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in October 1859 | ||