March 5. 1864.

Sir,

We have been very much interested in the accounts we have lately seen of the efforts for the useful employment, education, and elevation of the Slaves, who have become free

during the conclusions of
the last few years in America.
We do not know so much
as we could wish to know
of what is being done, but
what we hear fills us with
the hope that the Almighty
has heard the united prayers
of many, & that freedom
is beginning to dawn.—We watch the result
with great interest, &
in token of our good will
& sympathy my children

have been preparing a little
concert, to come off in a few
days. The proceeds of all
they offer for some use
in the great cause to which
you have for so many
years devoted your talents