TORONTO, April 25,
1857.
To Mr. WM. STILL — Dear Sir: — I take this opportunity of
addressing these few lines to inform you that I am well and hope that they may
find you and your family enjoying the same good health. Please to give my love
to you and your family. I had a very pleasant trip from your house that
morning. Dear sir, you would oblige me much, if you have not sent that box to
Mr. Robinson, to open it and take out the little yellow box that I tied up in
the large one and send it on by express to me in Toronto. Lift up a few of the
things and you will find it near the top. All the clothes that I have are in
that box and I stand in need of them. You would oblige me much by so doing. I
stopped at Mr. Jones’ in Elmira, and was very well treated by him while there.
I am now in Toronto and doing very well at present. I am very thankful to you
and your family for the attention you paid to me while at your house. I wish
you would see Mr. Ormsted and ask him if he has not some things for Mr. Anthony
Loney, and if he has, please send them on with my things, as we are both living
together at this time. Give my love to Mr. Anthony, also to Mr. Ormsted and
family. Dear sir, we both would be very glad for you to attend to this, as we
both do stand very much in need of them at this time. Dear sir, you will oblige
me by giving my love to Miss Frances Watkins, and as she said she hoped to be
out in the summer, I should like to see her. I have met with a gentleman here
by the name of Mr. Truehart, and he sends his best love to you and your family.
Mr. Truehart desires to know whether you received the letter he sent to you,
and if so, answer it as soon as possible. Please answer this letter as soon as
possible. I must now come to a close by saying that I remain your beloved
friend,
LEWIS COBB.
The young man who was there that morning, Mr. Robinson, got
married to that young lady.
SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A
Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 378-9
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