TORONTO, December 29th,
1853.
MY DEAR FRIEND:— It affords me a good deel of Pleasure to
say that my wife and the Children have arrived safe in this City. But my wife
had very bad luck. She lost her money and the money that was belonging to the
children, the whole amount was 35 dollars. She had to go to the Niagara falls
and Telegraph to me come after her. She got to the falls on Sat'dy and I went
after her on Monday. We saw each other once again after so long an Abstance,
you may know what sort of matting it was, joyful times of corst. My wife are
well Satisfied here, and she was well Pleased during her stay in your city. My
Trip to the falls cost Ten Eighty Seven and half. The things that friend Brown
Shiped to me by the Express costed $24¼. So you can see fiting out a house
Niagara falls and the cost for bringing my things to this place, have got me
out of money, but for all I am a free man.
The weather are very cold at Present, the snow continue to
fall though not as deep here as it is in Boston. The people haves their own
Amousements, the weather as it is now, they don't care for the snow nor ice,
but they are going from Ten A. M. until Twelve P. M., the hous that we have
open don't take well because we don't Sell Spirits, which we are trying to
avoid if we can.
Mr. Still, I hold in my hand A letter from a friend of
South, who calls me to promise that I made to him before I left. My dear Sir,
this letter have made my heart Bleed, since I Received it, he also desires of
me to remember him to his beloved Brethren and then to Pray for him and his
dear friends who are in Slavery. I shall Present his letter to the churches of
this city. I forward to your care for Mrs. Moore, a few weeks ago. Mrs. Hill
sends her love to your wife and yourself.
Please to write, I Sincerely hope that our friends from
Petersburg have reached your city before this letter is dated. I must close by
saying, that I Sir, remain humble and obedient Servant,
J. H. H.
SOURCES: William Still, The Underground
Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 195-6
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