[208] Letter of I. Newton Peirce, Folcroft, Pa., Feb. 1, 1893.
[209] Letter of Sidney Speed, Crawfordsville, Ind., March 6, 1896. Mr. Speed and his father were both connected with the Crawfordsville centre.
[210] Life and Poems of John Howard Bryant, p. 30; letter of William H. Collins, Quincy, Ill., Jan. 13, 1896; History of Knox County, Illinois, p. 211.
[211] Letter of George L. Burroughes, Cairo, Ill., Jan. 6, 1896.
[212] Ibid.; conversation with the Rev. R. G. Ramsey, Cadiz, O., Aug. 18, 1892.
[213] J. B. Grinnell, Men and Events of Forty Years, p. 216.
[214] Smedley, Underground Railroad, pp. 174, 176, 177, 365. The following letter is in point:—
"Schuylkill, 11th Mo., 7th, 1857.
William Still, Respected Friend:—There are three colored friends at my house now, who will reach the city by the Philadelphia and Reading train this evening. Please meet them.
Thine, etc.,
E. F. Pennypacker."