SENNETT, July 31st, 1856.
MR. WM. STILL:--_My Dear Friend_:--I have just received your
note of 29th inst. and allow me dear sir, to assure you that the
only letter I have written, is the one you received, an answer
to which you sent me. I never wrote to Baltimore, nor did any
person write for me there, and it is with _indescribable grief_,
that I hear what your letter communicates to me, of those who
you say have gotten into difficulty on my account. My Cousin
Charlotte who came with me, got into a good place in this
vicinity, but she could not content herself to stay here but
just _one week_--she then went to Canada--and she is the one who
by writing (if any one), has brought this trouble upon those to
whom you refer in Baltimore.
She has written me two letters from Canada, and by neither of
them can I ascertain _where she lives_--her letters are mailed
at Suspension Bridge, but she does not live there as her letters
show. In the first she does not even sign her name. She has
evidently employed some person to write, who is nearly as
ignorant as herself. If I knew where to find her I would find
out _what_ she has written.
I don't know but she has told where I live, and may yet get me
and my friends here, in trouble too, as she has some in other
places. I don't wish to have you trouble yourself about my
clothes, I am in a place where I can get all the clothes I want
or need. Will you please write me when convenient and tell me
what you hear about those who I fear are suffering as the result
of their kindness to me? May God, in some way, grant them
deliverance. Oh the misery, the sorrow, which this cursed system
of Slavery is constantly bringing upon millions in this land of
boasted freedom!
Can you tell me where Sarah King is, who was at your house when
I was there? She was going to Canada to meet her husband. Give
my love to Mrs. Still & accept the same yourself. Your much
indebted & obliged friend,