John W. LeBarnes autograph letter signed to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson], Boston, 15 November [18]59
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Recommends L[ysander] S[pooner]'s scheme; thinks [Edward Augustus] Brackett's too dangerous. Mentions the whereabouts of [James] Redpath, [George] Sennott, and [George Henry] Hoyt. Signed "LeB." Appended is a note in Thomas Wentworth Higginson's hand, dated November 14, discussing a scheme for kidnapping Governor [Henry Alexander] Wise. Referred to in O. G. Villard, John Brown, p. 515.