WILMINGTON, 11th mo.,
6th, 1856.
RESPECTED FRIEND: — WILLIAM STILL: — Thine of yesterday,
came to hand this morning, advising me to forward those four men to thee, which
I propose to send from here in the steam boat, at two o’clock, P. M. to day to
thy care; one of them thinks he has a. brother and cousin in New Bedford, and
is anxious to get to them, the others thee can do what thee thinks best with,
after consulting with them, we have rigged them up pretty comfortably with
clothes, and I have paid for their passage to Philadelphia, and also for the
passage of their pilot there and back; he proposed to ask thee for three
dollars, for the three days time he lost with them, but that we will raise here
for him, as one of them expects to have some money brought from Carolina soon,
that belongs to him, and wants thee when they are fixed, to let me know so that
I may forward it to them. I will give each of them a card of our firm. Hoping
they may get along safe, I remain as ever, thy sincere friend,
THOS.. GARRETT.
SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A
Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 380
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