HAMILTON, Sept. 15th,
1856.
Dear Friend STILL:
I write to inform you that Miss Mary Wever arrived safe in this city. You may
imagine the happiness manifested on the part of the two lovers, Mr. H. and Miss
W. I think they will be married as soon as they can get ready. I presume Mrs.
Hill will commence to make up the articles to-morrow. Kind Sir, as all of us is
concerned about the welfare of our enslaved brethren at the South, particularly
our friends, we appeal to your sympathy to do whatever is in your power to save
poor Willis Johnson from the hands of his cruel master. It is not for me to
tell you of his case, because Miss Wever has related the matter fully to you.
All I wish to say is this, I wish you to write to my uncle, at Petersburg, by
our friend, the Capt. Tell my uncle to go to Richmond and ask my mother
whereabouts this man is. The best for him is to make his way to Petersburg;
that is, if you can get the Capt. to bring him. He have not much money. But I
hope the friends of humanity will not withhold their aid on the account of
money. However we will raise all the money that is wanting to pay for his safe
delivery. You will please communicate this to the friends as soon as possible.
Yours truly,
JOHN H. HILL.
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* A fugitive, appealing in behalf of a poor slave in
Petersburg, Va.
SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A
Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 41
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