herance of the good cause.

If Philadelphians are not aroused now after this great stretch
of power, to consider their safety, they must be a stupid set of
people, but it must certainly do good. * * * You will take
good care of Jane Johnson, I hope, and not let her get kidnapped
back to Slavery. Is it safe for her to remain in your city or
anywhere else in our "free land?" I have some doubts and fears
for her; do try to impress her with the necessity of being very
cautious and careful against deceivers, pretended friends. She
had better be off to Canada pretty soon.

Thy wife must not sit up washing and ironing all night again.
She ought to have help in her sympathy and labors for the poor
fugitives, and, I should think there are many there who would
willingly assist her.

I intended to be careful of trespassing upon thy time, as thee
must have enough to do; the fugitives are still coming I expect.
With kind regards, also to thy wife, your friend,

A. GOODWIN.

In another letter, she suggests the idea of getting up a committee of
women to provide clothing for fugitive females; on this point she wrote
thus:

"SALEM, 8th mo., 1st.

"Would it not be well to get up a committee of women, to provide
clothes for fugitive females--a dozen women sewing a day, or
even half a day of each week, might keep a supply always ready,
they might, I should think, get the merchants or some of them,
to give cheap materials--mention it to thy wife, and see if she
cannot get up a society. I will do what I can here for it. I
enclose five dollars for the use of fugitives. It was a good
while that I heard nothing of your rail road concerns; I
expected thee had gone to Canada, or has the journey not been
made, or is it yet to be accomplished, or given up? I was in
hopes thee would go and see with thy own eyes, how things go on
in that region of fugitives, and if it's a goodly land to live
in.

"This is the first of August, and I suppose you are celebrating
it in Philadelphia, or some of you are, though I believe you are
not quite as zealous as the Bostonians are in doing it. When
will our first of August come? oh, that it might be soon, very
soon! ... It's high time the 'reign of oppression was over.'"

Ever alive to the work, she would appeal to such as were able among her
friends,