HAMILTON, Sept. 15th, 1856.
To Mr. Still, Dear Sir:--I take this opportunity of addressing
these few lines to you hoping to find you in good health I am
happy to inform you that Miss Weaver arrived here on Tuesday
last, and I can assure you it was indeed a happy day. As for
your part that you done I will not attempt to tell you how
thankful I am, but I hope that you can imagine what my feelings
are to you. I cannot find words sufficient to express my
gratitude to you, I think the wedding will take place on Tuesday
next, I have seen some of the bread from your house, and she
says it is the best bread she has had since she has been in
America. Sometimes she has impudence enough to tell me she would
rather be where you are in Philadelphia than to be here with me.
I hope this will be no admiration to you for no honest hearted
person ever saw you that would not desire to be where you are,
No flattery, but candidly speaking, you are worthy all the
praise of any person who has ever been with you, I am now like a
deserted Christian, but yet I have asked so much, and all has
been done yet I must ask again, My love to Mrs. Still. Dear Mr.
Still I now ask you please to exercise all your influence to get
this young man Willis Johnson from Richmond for me It is the
young man that Miss Weaver told you about, he is in Richmond I
think he is at the corner of Fushien Street, & Grace in a house
of one Mr. Rutherford, there is several Rutherford in the
neighborhood, there is a church call'd the third Baptist Church,
on the R.H. side going up Grace street, directly opposite the
Baptist church at the corner, is Mrs. Meads Old School at one
corner, and Mr. Rutherfords is at the other corner. He can be
found out by seeing Fountain Tombs who belongs to Mr. Rutherford
and if you should not see him, there is James Turner who lives
at the Governors, Please to see Captain Bayliss and tell him to
take these directions and go to John Hill, in Petersburgh, and
he may find him. Tell Captain Bayliss that if he ever did me a
friendly thing in his life which he did do one friendly act, if
he will take this on himself, and if money should be lacking I
will forward any money that he may require, I hope you will
sympathize with the poor young fellow, and tell the captain to
do all in his power to get him and the costs shall be paid. He
lies now between death or victory, for I know the man he belongs
to would just as soon kill him as not, if he catches him, I here
enclose to you a letter for Mr. Wm. C. Mayo, and please to send
it as directed. In this letter I have asked him to send a box to
you for me, which you will please pay the fare of the express
upon it, when you get it please to let me know, and I will send
you the money to pay the expenses of the carriage clear through.
Please to let Mr. Mayo know how to direct a box to you, and the
best way to send it from Richmond to Philadelphia. You will
greatly oblige me by so doing. In this letter I have enclosed a
trifle for postage which you will please to keep on account of
my letters I hope you wont think hard of me but I simply send it
because I know you have done enough, and are now doing more,
without imposing in the matter I have done it a great many more
of our people who you have done so much fore. No more from your
humble and oldest servant.
JOHN HALL, Norton's Hotel, Hamilton.