When we arrived at Syracuse we found Mr. Loguen ready to receive
us, and as times are rather hard in Canada he thought best for
us not to go there, so he sent us about twenty miles west of
Syracuse to Skaneateles, where George Upshur and myself soon
found work. Henry Grimes is at work in Garden about eight miles
from this place.

If you should chance to hear any of my friends inquiring for me,
please direct them to Skaneateles, Onondaga county, N.Y.

If you can inform me of the whereabouts of Miss Alice Jones I
shall be very much obliged to you, until I can pay you better. I
forgot to ask you about her when I was at your house. She
escaped about two years ago.

Please not to forget to inquire of my wife, Rachel Land, and if
you should hear of her, let me know immediately, George Upshur
and myself send our best respects to you and your family.
Remember us to Mrs. Jackson and Miss Julia. I hope to meet you
all again, if not on earth may we so live that we shall meet in
that happy land where tears and partings are not known.

Let me hear from you soon. This from your friend and well
wisher,

EDWARD LEWIS,

formerly, but now WILLIAM BRADY.

GEORGE UPSHER.--The third in this arrival was also a full man. Slavery
had robbed him shamefully it is true; nevertheless he was a man of
superior natural parts, physically and intellectually. Despite the
efforts of slave-holders to keep him in the dark, he could read and
write a little. His escape in the manner that he did, implied a direct
protest against the conduct of Dr. Thomas W. Upsher, of Richmond, Va.,
whom, he alleged, deprived him of his hire, and threatened him with
immediate sale. He had lived in North Carolina with the doctor about two
years. As a slave, his general treatment had been favorable, except for
a few months prior to his flight, which change on the part of his master
led him to fear that a day of sale was nigh at hand. In fact the seventh
of July had been agreed upon when he was to be in Richmond, to take his
place with others in the market on sale day; his hasty and resolute move
for freedom originated from this circumstance. He was well-known in
Norfolk, and had served almost all his days in that city. These
passengers averaged about six feet, and were of uncommonly
well-developed physical structure.

The pleasure of aiding such men from the horrors of Ca