WILMINGTON, 3d mo, 23d,
1856.
DEAR FRIEND, WILLIAM STILL: — Captain Fountain has arrived
all safe, with the human cargo thee was inquiring for, a few days since. I had
men waiting till 12' o'clock till the Captain arrived at his berth, ready to
receive them; last night they then learned, that he had landed them at the
Rocks, near the old Swedes church, in the care of our efficient Pilot, who is
in the employ of my friend, John Hillis, and he has them now in charge. As soon
as my breakfast is over, I will see Hillis and determine what is best to be
done in their case. My own opinion is, we had better send them to Hook and
there put them in the cars to-night and send a pilot to take them to thy house.
As Marcus Hook is in Pennsylvania, the agent of the cars runs no risk of the
fine of five hundred dollars our State imposes for assisting one of God's poor
out of the State by steamboat or cars.
As ever thy friend,
THOS. GARRETT.
SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A
Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 325
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