Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Report of the Joint Committee on the Harpers Ferry Outrages, January 26, 1860
Early in October, John E. Cooke, one of the conspirators, was dispatched under false pretenses into the interior of the county of Jefferson, to ascertain the number of able bodied slaves in particular neighborhoods, and to learn their disposition towards their masters. 'and Brown acknowledged that he himself had also visited different parts of the state for similar purposes.
The town of Harpers Ferry, situated on the south bank of the Potomac in the county of Jefferson, is the seat of an extensive armory of the United States, and for many years past has been without the protection of a military guard.
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