[204] are quieter, though many are drilling. Think how honorable to Massachusetts that her first troops marched through New York before the famous 7th Regiment had started . . . . If you see I have enlisted don't believe it yet, but I am trying to get means for equipping a picked Company for John Brown, Jr.—to be used on the Pennsylvania border. How much I may have to do with the undertaking if it ever comes to anything—the future course of events must determine. I want at least to get the name of John Brown rumored on the border and then the whole party may come back and go to bed—they will frighten Virginia into fits all the same.With Dr. S. G. Howe's help, he raised money for this purpose and consulted Governor Andrew, who gave him a letter of introduction to Governor Curtin of Pennsylvania. This letter Mr. Higginson took in person to Harrisburg. Some doubts arose in Governor Andrew's mind after sending the letter and he wrote another to the Pennsylvania governor advising caution. In this second letter the Massachusetts governor said of Mr. Higginson: ‘He is a man capable of facing great perils, of gallant and ardent spirit, and one whose plans I would not endorse in blank or in advance. You may find on enquiry that he proposes some scheme not only courageous, but wise.’ Governor Curtin, after talking with his eager visitor and reflecting upon his plans, wrote to
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