Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 4

קְצָת אָמְרוּ: שֶׁנָּסַע כְּדֵי לִמְצֹא שָׁם אֶת הַכְּתָבִים שֶׁל הַבַּעַל־שֵׁם־טוֹב שֶׁסְּגָרָם בְּאֶבֶן, וְאוֹמְרִים קְצָת שֶׁהֵם טְמוּנִים שָׁם בְּקַאמִינִיץ וְאָמְרוּ שֶׁנָּסַע לְשָׁם בִּשְׁבִיל זֶה. There were some who said that the Rebbe went to Kaminetz to find some hidden writings of the Baal Shem Tov. It was said that the Baal Shem Tov had enclosed some of his writings in a stone,⁶These writings were bequeathed to him by Rabbi Adam Baal Shem Tov and hidden in a rock in a mountain. See Shevachey HaBaal Shem Tov (Jerusalem, 5729), p. 52. and there was a rumor that it was hidden in Kaminetz. Some said this was the purpose of the Rebbe’s journey.

וְהוּא ז"ל הִתְלוֹצֵץ מִזֶּה וְאָמַר שֶׁלֹּא נָסַע כְּלָל בִּשְׁבִיל זֶה, כִּי אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לָהֶם כְּלָל. וְאָמַר, אִלּוּ הָיָה רוֹצֶה אוֹתָן הַכְּתָבִים הָיוּ מְבִיאִים אוֹתָם לְבֵיתוֹ, אַךְ הוּא אֵין צָרִיךְ לָהֶם כְּלָל. The Rebbe ridiculed this. He said, “I did not go for that reason. If I needed those writings, they would bring them to my house. But I have no need for them at all.”