God gives me me the sweet
assurance, that my prayers
for you are heard! Dear
friend — I will not speak
of my own personal
sorrows. Only I must
tell you that my beloved
friends have left me.
They departed for Italy
on the 28th of October.
Before leaving, dear
Mrs Rawson gave me
the enclosed note for
you — and dearest Lizzie
wished much to write
a few lines also — but she
had not strength to do so.
She desired I would
give you her affectionate
regards — We talked much
of you — during the last
few weeks we were here
together — I told Mrs. Rawson
how I longed to go
over to help you — And that
Dr Cheever thought I could
be very useful indeed
if I would only go — She

I have just received some
numbers of the National
Anti Slavery Standard from
New York. With a powerful
discourse of Dr Cheever, the
subject "Emancipation by the
war power. A duty and
a necessity." You will
no doubt have seen and
read it — Also a sermon
preached by him on the
fast day. How can
slavery withstand such
champions of liberty? It
must perish ere long.
Ah may God give each
of you—noble souls!—
increased strength
and power to fight it!—
Mrs Cheever in her last
letter to me says that the
Doctor's church is crowded
every Sunday. With people
eager to know, and to
listen, to what he had
to say against the National
Sin. They quite hope
that something will