DescriptionFamily record recording the births of fourteen named children to Leven and Charity Still from 1798 to 1821. The document was written all at one time in the same handwriting.
DescriptionWilliam Lloyd Garrison thanks William Still for the gift of Still's book on the Underground Railroad; comments on the volume’s presentation and contents, including the perils encountered by escaping...
DescriptionWilliam Lloyd Garrison acknowledges the receipt of William Still’s letter requesting a reply by a certain date; reports that there is no possibility of his attending the centennial of the...
DescriptionLetter of introduction for Peter Still, written by Horace Greeley, which notes, of the sum required to free Still’s family members, that: “It is robbery to pay it, but inhumanity to refuse.”
DescriptionMorris L. Hallowell acknowledges the receipt of Charles A. Gurley’s letter; expresses delight that Peter Still has had such success in his fundraising efforts (which he will keep secret); states...
DescriptionLetter of introduction for Peter Still written by Henry Hoyt, which states in part that: “The bearer Peter Sill [sic] is one of God[’]s own poor from the land of bondage who having bought his own...
DescriptionEllis Gray Loring acknowledges the receipt of a letter from the Rev. A.L. Brooks enclosing 300 dollars that has been credited to Peter Still’s account.
DescriptionEllis Gray Loring notes the receipt of 250 dollars from Mr. S.S. Wardwell of Providence, which has been credited to the letter’s recipient, Peter Still.