Eastport

The following interesting letters penned by the hand of Conklin convey minutely his last struggles, and characteristically represent the singleness of heart which impelled him to sacrifice his life for the slave.

Eastport, Mississippi, February 3, 1851.

To William Still.

Our friends in Cincinnati have failed finding anybody to assist me on my return.

Telegraph station at Tuscumbia, 12 miles from the plantation, also at Paducah.

Came from Florence to here Sunday night by steamboat.

Eastport is in Mississippi.

Waiting here for a steamboat to go down, paying $1 a day for board.