Petersburg, Va., Oct. 17th, 1860.
Mr. W. Still: —
Dear Sir — I am
happy, to think, that the time has come when we no doubt can open our
correspondence with one another again. Also I am in hopes, that these few lines
may find you and family well and in the enjoyment of good health, as it leaves
me and family the same. I want you to know, that I feel as much determined to
work in this glorious cause, as ever I did in all of my life, and I have some
very good hams on hand that I would like very much for you to have. I have
nothing of interest to write about just now, only that the politics of the day
is in a high rage, and I don't know of the result, therefore, I want you to be
one of those wide a-wakes as is mentioned from your section of country
now-a-days, &c. Also, if you wish to write to me, Mr. J. Brown will inform
you how to direct a letter to me.
No more at present, until I hear from you; but I want you to
be a wide-a-wake.
Yours in haste,
Ham & Eggs.
_______________
* Slave & Underground Railroad Agent
SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A
Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 41-2
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