SENNETT, October 28th,
1856.
DEAR MR. STILL:— I am happy to tell you that I am well and
happy. I still live with Rev. Mr. Anderson in this place, I am learning to read
and write. I do not like to trouble you too much, but I would like to know if
you have heard anything more about my friends in Baltimore who got into trouble
on our account. Do be pleased to write me if you can give me any information
about them. I feel bad that they should suffer for me. I wish all my brethren
and sisters in bondage, were as well off as I am. The girl that came with me is
in Canada, near the Suspension Bridge. I was glad to see Green Murdock, a
colored young man, who stopped at your house about six weeks ago, he knew my
folks at the South. He has got into a good place to work in this neighborhood.
Give my love to Mrs Still, and believe me your obliged
friend,
HARRIET EGLIN.
P. S. I would like to know what became of Johnson,* the man whose foot was smashed
by jumping off the cars, he was at your house when I was there.
H. E.
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* Johnson was an unfortunate young fugitive, who, while
escaping, beheld his master or pursuer in the cars, and jumped therefrom,
crushing his feet shockingly by the bold act.
SOURCE: SOURCES: William Still, The Underground
Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 223
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