WILMINGTON, 3mo. 23d,
1856.
DEAR FRIEND, WILLIAM STILL:—Since I wrote thee this morning
informing thee of the safe arrival of the Eight from Norfolk, Harry Craige has
informed me, that he has a man from Delaware that he proposes to take along,
who arrived since noon. He will take the man, woman and two children from here
with him, and the four men will get in at Marcus Hook. Thee may take Harry
Craige by the hand as a brother, true to the cause; he is one of our most efficient
aids on the Rail Road, and worthy of full confidence. May they all be favored
to get on safe. The woman and three children are no common stock. I assure thee
finer specimens of humanity are seldom met with. I hope herself and children
may be enabled to find her husband, who has been absent some years, and the
rest of their days be happy together.
I am, as ever, thy
friend,
Thos. GARRETT.
SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A
Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 39
