[Homer_J_Simpson]

Franklin B. Sanborn to John Brown, July 28, 1859

July 28.

I reached here yesterday and have seen few people as yet. Here I expect letters from those to whom I have written. I conclude that your operations will not be delayed if the money reaches you in course of the next fortnight, if you are sure of having it then. I cannot certainly promise that you will, but I think so. Harriet Tubman is probably in New Bedford, sick. She has stayed here in N. E. a long time, and been a kind of missionary. Your friends in C. are all well; I go back there in a week. God prosper you in all your works! I shall write again soon.

Yours ever,
F.

SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 535

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[BroJoeK]

John Brown's "secret six" were:

1. Gerrit Smith, former Congressman, inherited wealth from John J Astor estate, post-war bailed out Jefferson Davis.

2. George Luther Stearns, wealthy manufacturer of sheet metal & pipe.

3. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Unitarian minister.

4. Samuel Gridley Howe, doctor.

5. Theodore Parker, Unitarian minister.

6. Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, teacher.

Here we see teacher Sanbourn offering Brown encouragement, but none of his own money.