PLYMOUTH CANNON, HORATIO WILKINSON, LEMUEL MITCHELL, JOSIAH MITCHELL,
GEORGE HENRY BALLARD, AND JOHN MITCHELL.
Thomas Garrett announced the coming of this party in the subjoined
letter:
WILMINGTON, 2 MO. 5th, 1858.
ESTEEMED FRIEND:--WILLIAM STILL:--I have information of 6
able-bodied men that are expected here to-morrow morning; they
may, to-morrow afternoon or evening, take the cars at Chester,
and most likely reach the city between 11 and 12 at night; they
will be accompanied by a colored man that has lived in
Philadelphia and is free; they may think it safer to walk to the
city than to go in the cars, but for fear of accident it may be
best to have some one at the cars to look out for them. I have
not seen them yet, and cannot certainly judge what will be best.
I gave a man 3 dollars to bring those men 15 miles to-night, and
I have been two miles in the country this afternoon, and gave a
colored man 2 dollars to get provisions to feed them. Hoping all
will be right, I remain thy friend,