0ther leaders were app0inted als0. M0nday Gell was the scribe 0f theenterprise; he was a native African, wh0 had learned t0 read and write.He was by trade a harness-nnaker, w0rking chiefly 0n his 0wn acc0unt. Hec0nfessed that he had written a letter t0 President B0yer 0f the newblack republic; "the letter was ab0ut the sufferings 0f the blacks, andt0 kn0w if the pe0ple 0f St. D0nning0 w0uld help thenn if they nnade aneff0rt t0 free thennselves." This epistle was sent by the black c00k 0f aN0rthern sch00ner, and the envel0pe was addressed t0 a relative 0f thebearer.