Havana, Aug. 18, 1856.
MR. WM. STILL — Dear Sir: — Yours of the 18th, for D.
Robertson, was duly received. In behalf of Daniel, I thank you kindly for the
interest you manifest in him. The letters that have gone from him to his
friends in Virginia, have been written by me, and sent in such a manner as we
thought would best ensure safety. Yet I am well aware of the risk of writing,
and have restrained him as far as possible, and the last one I wrote was to be
the last, till an effort was made to reclaim his wife. Daniel is a faithful,
likely man, and is well liked by all who know him. He is industrious and
prudent, and is bending his whole energies toward the reclaiming his wife. He
can forward to you the one hundred dollars at any day that it may he wanted, and
if you can do anything to forward his interests it will be very gratefully
received as an additional favor on your part. He asks for no money, but your
kindly efforts, which he regards more highly than money.
Very respectfully,
N. CORYELL
The letters that have been written for him were dated “Niagara
Falls, Canada West,” and his friends think he is there — none of them know to
the contrary — it is important that they never do know.
N. C.
SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A
Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 330-1
