Dear Friend:--William Still:--It is a good plan to send me these
interesting communications. The letter to your coadjutor at
Elmira, reached us a few days since. That depot must not be
allowed to go down if it be possible for this to be prevented.
Perhaps J.W. Jones might be encouraged by a gift from England,
that is, by a little aid from this country, expressly for the
fugitives, being put into his hands. If you think so, I am sure
my friends would approve of this, and you can use your own
discretion in giving him our gifts in one sum or by detached
remittances. The greatest part of the money on hand, has come in
from the private perusal of thy interesting letters, and my
friends simply gave my husband and me their money for the
fugitives, leaving the exact disposal of it to our own
discretion. It has struck me of late, that if I may be allowed
to print occasional extracts from thy letters (with other
Anti-slavery information), it would greatly facilitate the
obtaining of pecuniary aid. As it is, I can lend a private
letter to a trustworthy friend, but if by any chance, this
letter got lost, it would be awkward, and it is also impossible,
of course, to lend the original in two quarters at once. Then,
again, the mechanical trouble of making copies of letters, is
not convenient; much sedentary employment does not suit my
health, and I cannot manage it. I have been thinking of late,
that if my friends in various parts of the country, could be
supplied with a small quarto, an occasional printed paper, for
private circulation, it would save a great deal of trouble, and
probably bring in considerable aid. My husband and I have long
been accustomed to preparing tracts and small periodicals for
the press, so that I think we know exactly what ought to be made
public and what not. If thou likest to give me this
discretionary power, do so, and I will endeavor to exercise it
wisely, and in a way that I feel almost certain would be in
accordance with thy wishes.

The sum now remitted through our friend, Samuel Rhoads, is L8
(eight pounds). Of this, we should like L3 to be placed at thy
own discretion, for the benefit of the fugitives, L3 (if you
approve it) in a similar way, to be handed to J.W. Jones, and L2
as formerly, to be handed to the Philadelphia Vigilance
Committ