up, the subjoined letter from the owner of Peter's family was received
and is here inserted precisely as it was written, spelled and
punctuated--



McKIERNON'S LETTER.



SOUTH FLORENCE ALA 6 Augest 1851

Mr WILLIAM STILL _No 31 North Fifth street Philadelphia_

Sir a few days sinc mr Lewis Tharenton of Tuscumbia Ala shewed
me a letter dated 6 June 51 from Cincinnati signd samuel Lewis
in behalf of a Negro man by the name of peter Gist who informed
the writer of the Letter that you ware his brother and wished an
answer to be directed to you as he peter would be in
philadelphi. the object of the letter was to purchis from me 4
Negros that is peters wife & 3 children 2 sons & 1 Girl the Name
of said Negres are the woman Viney the (mother) Eldest son peter
21 or 2 years old second son Leven 19 or 20 years 1 Girl about
13 or 14 years old. the Husband & Father of these people once
Belonged to a relation of mine by the name of Gist now Decest &
some few years since he peter was sold to a man by the Name of
Freedman who removed to cincinnati ohio & Tuck peter with him of
course peter became free by the volentary act of the master some
time last march a white man by the name of Miller apperd in the
nabourhood & abducted the bove negroes was caut at vincanes Indi