WASHINGTON, D. C., July 13th, 1857.
MY FRIEND:— Your
kind letter in reply to mine about Arrah was duly received. As she is doubtless
with you before this, she will explain all. I propose that a second journey be
made by her or some one else, in order to take the other. They have been a
great burden to the good folks here and should have been at home long ere this.
Arrah will explain everything. I want, however, to say a word in her behalf. If
there is a person in the world, that deserves the hearty co-operation of every
friend of humanity, that person is Arrah Weems, who now, after a long series of
self-sacrificing labor to aid others in their struggle for their God-given
rights, solicits a small amount to redeem the last one of her own children in
Slavery. Never have I had my sympathies so aroused in behalf of any object as
in behalf of this most worthy family. She can tell you what I have done. And I
do hope, that our friends in Philadelphia and New York will assist her to make
up the full amount required for the purchase of the boy.
After she does what
she can in P., will you give her the proper direction about getting to New York
and to Mr. Tappan's? Inform him of what she has done, &c.
Please write me as
soon as you can as to whether she arrived safely, &c. Give me your opinion,
also, as to the proposal about the other. Had you not better keep the little
one in P. till the other is taken there? Inform me also where E. is, how she is
getting along, &c., who living with, &c.
Yours Truly,
E. L. S.
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