this day 12 months I was not out of the reach the slaveholders, but this 14th day of Sept.  I am as Free as your President Pearce. only I have not been free so long However the 30th of the month I will have been free only 12 months.

    It is true that I have to work very hard for comfort but I would
    not exchange with ten thousand slave that are equel with their
    masters.  I am Happy, Happy.

    Give love to Mrs. Still.  My wife laments her child’s death too
    much, wil you be so kind as to see Mr. Brown and ask him to
    write to me, and if he have heard from Petersburg Va.

    Yours truely

    J.H.  HILL.

NINTH LETTER.

He is anxiously waiting for the arrival of friends from the South.  Hints that slaveholders would be very unsafe in Canada, should they be foolish enough to visit that country for the purpose of enticing slaves back.

    TORONTO, Jan. 19th 1854.

MY DEAR STILL:—­Your letter of the 16th came to hand just in time for my perpose I perceivs by your statement that the money have not been to Petersburg at all done just what was right and I would of sent the money to you at first, but my dear friend I have called upon you for so many times that I have been ashamed of myself to call any more So you may perceive by the above written my obligations to you, you said that you had written on to Petersburg, you have done Right which I believes is your general way of doing your business, the money are all right I only had to pay a 6d on the Ten dollars. this money was given to by a friend in the city N. york, the friend was from Richmond Virginia (a white man) the amount was fifteen dollars, I forward a letter to you yesterday which letter I forgot to date. my friend I wants to hear from virginia the worst of all things. you know that we expect some freneds on and we cannot hear any thing from them which makes us uneasy for fear that they have attempt to come away and been detected.  I have ears open at all times, listen at all hours expecting to hear from them Please to see friend Brown and know from him if he has heard anything from our friends, if he have not. tell him write and inquiare into the matter why it is that they have not come over, then let me hear from you all.

We are going to have a grand concert &c I mean the Abolisnous Socity.  I will attend myself and also my wife if the Lord be willing you will perceive in previous letter that I mension something concerning Mr Forman’s wife if there be any chance whatever please to proceed, Mr Foreman sends his love to you Requested you to do all you can to get his wife away from Slavery.

Our best respects to your wife.  You promisted me that you would write somthing