above referred to, my duty to it and myself is, to tender you this as my resignation of the office of Vice President for Pennsylvania, and not to await another election for withdrawing from it.

“With no heart for the controversies which have got in among my brethren, the common friends of the enslaved, and which are sadly wasting their anti-slavery strength, but with a warm heart for the legitimate objects of the American Anti-Slavery Society, I shall not cease anxiously to desire its prosperity and speedy triumph with these just limitations.

    “Your friend,

    “(Signed) ABRAHAM L. PENNOCK.

    “Haverford, 6th Month 28th, 1841.”

APPENDIX I. P. 146.

GERRIT SMITH’S SLAVES.

Extract of a Letter from James Cannings Fuller to Joseph Sturge.

“DEAR FRIEND,—­Doubtless thou hast often thought of the visit to our mutual friend, Gerrit Smith, and dwelt on the recollection with pleasure.  As thou requested me to furnish thee with the result of the case which was brought under our notice from the correspondence in the case of Sam and Harriet, I cheerfully comply, by giving thee a somewhat detailed account, believing it may be interesting to thee, and not unproductive of benefit to others.

“There are in America no small number of individuals whose circumstances, by parental gift or marriage endowments, are similar to those of our dear friend, Ann Carroll Smith.  I would there were a host prepared, like her and her noble husband, to do sacrifice of their substance on the altar of human rights.

“Ann Carroll Fitzhugh is the daughter of the late Col.  Wm. Fitzhugh, a slaveholder, who formerly resided in Hagerstown, Maryland.  About twenty-three years ago, he removed to Geneseo, New York.  Twenty human chattels, whom he brought with him, became free by the law of 1817; the remainder were left on his plantation, in Maryland.  Mammy Rachael, who nursed the Colonel’s wife, on the births of James Fitzhugh and his sister Ann, gave to the former a boy, who was named Sam; and to the latter a girl, called Harriet.  They grew up together, and ultimately formed a strong attachment.  When Ann Fitzhugh was about eighteen years old, her brother wrote to inquire if she would give him Harriet, that she might become Sam’s wife.  When it is considered that Ann was young and inexperienced; that she had been educated to consider slavery right; that the doctrine of inalienable personal ownership had not then been urged; and that the idea of bestowing a wife on her brother’s slave was naturally pleasing, it is no marvel that she cheerfully granted the request.

“James Fitzhugh removed from Maryland to Kentucky.  In the course of events, his pecuniary affairs became embarrassed, and creditors grew clamorous for the adjustment of their claims.