that we know not. I have
been careful to keep it to private circles, but thy valuable
letter of last July, has been read by many with the deepest
interest. A dear young lady from Dublin is by my side, and has
but this minute returned it to me. It is but a little, but I
have gathered L4 by its perusal here and there. I am not able to
forward so small a sum in this letter, but some way wish to send
L2 of this amount for thy own use, and the other L2 to your
Vigilance Committee. It so happens that we have not anything for
the better from our own Anti-slavery Association this year. Very
sincerely thy friend, my dear husband uniting in kind regards,

Anna H. Richardson.

WOOD HOUSE, near NEWCASTLE, May 3, 1860. [An occasional rural
residence of ours, five miles from home.]

To William Still:--I have again to thank thee, dear friend, for
a kind letter and for the perusal of three letters from thy
fugitive friends. It must be truly cheering to receive such, and
their warm and affectionate gratitude must be as rich reward for
many anxieties. I conclude that it is not necessary for those
letters to be returned, but should it be so, let me know, and I
will be on the lookout for some private opportunity of returning
them to Philadelphia. Such occur now and then. We like to see
such letters. They assist us to realize the condition of these
poor wanderers. I am sorry for not having explained myself
distinctly in my last. The promised L4 were _for the fugitives_,
being gathered from various Christian friends, who gave it me
for their particular use. But we wished half of that sum to be
laid out (as on a previous occasion), at thy own discretion,
irrespective of the Vigilance Committee. I have now another L1
to add to the latter half, and would gladly have enclosed a L5
note in this envelope, but we are rather afraid of sending the
actual money in letters, and our London bankers do not like to
remit small sums. I shall continue to watch for the first
opportunity of forwarding the above.

Our valued friend, Samuel Rhoads, has been lately in heavy
sorrow. I send this through his medium, but fear to add more
lest I should make his letter too heavy. With our united kind
regards, very truly, thy friend,

Anna H. Richardson.

54, Westmoreland Terrace, June 8, 1860.