SYRACUSE, Oct. 5, 1856.
DEAR FRIEND STILL:— I write to you for Mrs. Susan Bell, who
was at your city some time in September last. She is from Washington city. She
left her dear little children behind (two children). She is stopping in our
city, and wants to hear from her children very much indeed. She wishes to know
if you have heard from Mr. Biglow, of Washington city. She will remain here
until she can hear from you. She feels very anxious about her children, I will
assure you. I should have written before this, but I have been from home much
of the time since she came to our city. She wants to know if Mr. Biglow has
heard anything about her husband. If you have not written to Mr. Biglow, she
wishes you would. She sends her love to you and your dear family. She says that
you were all kind to her. and she does not forget it. You will direct your
letter to me, dear brother, and I will see that she gets it.
Miss F. E. Watkins left our house yesterday for Ithaca, and
other places in that part of the State. Frederick Douglass, Wm. J. Watkins and
others were with us last week; Gerritt Smith with others. Miss Watkins is doing
great good in our part of the State. We think much indeed of her. She is such a
good and glorious speaker, that we are all charmed with her. We have had
thirty-one fugitives in the last twenty-seven days; but you, no doubt, have had
many more than that. I hope the good Lord may bless you and spare you long to
do good to the hunted and outraged among our brethren.
Yours truly,
J. W. LOGUEN,
Agent of the
Underground Rail Road.
SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A
Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 158
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