Letter signed by Theodore Parker (1810-1860) that reads:
"My dear Johnson,
I will preach for you on the night of the first Sunday in Nov.- the fifth day, Nov 5th. Please send me your hymns for the 27th. [Illegible] next Sunday
Yours faithfully, Theo. Parker"
Parker was a Unitarian minister and abolitionist. He and a small circle of supporters helped John Brown plan the raid at Harpers Ferry while in Boston. Parker would be in Italy at the time the raid actually occurred, and never returned to the United States.
