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1Author:  Ceasar, SamsonAdd
 Title:  Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1834 June 2  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I embrace this oppertunity to inform you that I am well hoping that these few lines will find you in and all yours in good helth it affords me adegree of Comfort that I have the oppertunity of conversing with you by way of paper and ink I have been in Africa almost Six months and I have not kept my bed one day at A time I had but A Slight tuch of the fever I have Chills now and then and also the fever with them the fever is not as hard in this Country as it is in the United States if you get it around here it is very hard to heal but I thank god that I have had none yet it is almost nedless for me to undertake to dis crib Africa to you I have Seen but little of it but this I can Say the more I See and the longer I Stay the better I like it I am convinced in my owun own mind that all that is wanting is industry and good management and then we Shall be independant and can enjoy the comforts of life I visited A Town by the name of New Gorgia it is Settled by the recaptured Africans by the name of Ebose and Congose they had not been in the United States long enough to learn to talk English if you Could See their town and their farms around it you would Say that any person that could not live in A A Africa ort to Starve I Seen three Crops all at one time on one peace of ground their was corn rice and Cosider and they all look as promising as I would wish to See them Swete potatos look as fine as any I ever Saw I must Say that I am afraid that our Country never will improve as it ort untill the people in the United States keep their Slaves that they have raised like as dum as horses at home and Send those here who will be A help to improve the Country as for Virginia as far as my knowledg extends I think She has Sent out the most Stupid Set of people in the place while they have them their the cow hide is hardly ever off of their backs and when they come here they feal So free that they walk about from morning till evening with out doing one Stroke of work by those means they become to Sufer people in the United States ort to have more regard for Liberia than to Send Such people here Some think that every thing grows by in this Country with out labour but they are mistaken I must Correct an error that I made in William Jackson's letter I Stated that every thing grew almost Spontanious in this Country I wish to be un derstood by that expresion that we need not labour half So hard here as in Some parts of the United States yet we can not live with out work their have com agrate many from North Carlina who are dregs in the place the most enterprising men that we have here is from Baltimore and Charleton I can only Say that if the Coulard man had the Same oppertunity with the White man he would not be one Step behind him in no respect the their is not much Sickness in Liberia at this time god Still preserves our lives time would fail m with me to tell all that I have Seen and heard Since I left Buchannon I often think about you the thousands of miles apart we have had Seet intercourse together on Buchannon and I feal in hopes if god Spares us we will See each other in the flesh I am now living in Call well imploid to assist in giving out provis ion and Selling goods in the mean time I am studing grammer and the arithmetic I want to get all the Learning that I can for with out it we can do but little both in temperl and Spirituel matters your assistance to me will never be forgotten by me while I move on the globe as it respects my religious enjoy ments I think I enjoy my Self as well as I ever have Since god Spoke peace to my Soul the more I See of the world the more I feal like Serving god as I n no that I have but afew days to live in the world I want to do all I can in god's service I feal that when god calls me from this world that it Shall be from the walls of Zion I have been trying to Blow the gospel trump ever since I landed in Africa I Still feal that god is with me god is reviveing his work in Caldwell I feal as if the time was not far distant till the Clangours of truth will be Sounded to the last green verg on erth when I look back to America and See how the people in Buchannon Stood in my way in trying to Serve god I fear that if they do not repent they will be Sorry in the morning of the resurrection I can appeal to god and Say I love all my old neighbours I want you to give my best love to your wife and tell her that I am Still trying to [illeg.] tell her not to forget me at athrone of grace Give my love to all the family tell your boys to improve their time in learning while young and when they grow up they will be glad that they Spent their time in gaining knowledg tell Betty likewise to get learning tell Lydia that I expect She has all the learning She can get unless She goes to Germany if She is not mared yet [illeg.] tell her to write to me and I will try and bring A German with me when I come to the United States I want you to give my love to your father and all his family both at [illeg.] and abroad I have not time to mention [illeg.] [illeg.] names tell them all that I am better contented than I ever was Since I blivd that god called me to preach his gosple their is a large field opend for me and I intend to labour for god untill he Calls me from the world and then I hope to go whare the wicked Seas from trubling and the wared Soul be for ever at rest O Henry never sufer the vain and sorded things of this world to deprive you of the immortle crown [illeg.] that awaits the faithful at god's right hand Give my love to Mr Haselden tell him that the world has not got my hart yet I and I hope by the help of god that it never will get the advantage of me for their is nothing in it worthy of our affection give my love to all my old neighbours and to all inquireng friends I want you to write as often as possible and let me no what is going on in your Settlement how many have died and who they ware also how things are generaly both in State and in Church in Short write all that you think will be profitable to me this is the fourth letter I have written [illeg.] to you Since I landed in Africa I will write as often as I can please to excuse bad writing and Spelling for I am Surrounded with company I want you to tell the people to direct their letters to Mr Robert R Gurley in Wash ington for him to send to me and I think that I will get them by so doing you will oblige your friend.
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2Author:  Ceasar, SamsonAdd
 Title:  Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1835 August 3  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I feel happy to have the oppertunity of writing you in order to let you know that I am well at this time hoping that these lines will find you all well. I am sorry to have to inform you that we have been attacted by the natives at the place called Bassaw Cove about one hundred miles from here they k killed about 15 or 20 Americans our people attacted them twice and the first time we lost one man they sent up for more men they went down and made the second attact and drove the natives all out of Town it is not known how many natives got killed but it is Sertain Several was killed I Can not Give you full Satisfaction in this letter I will send you one Herld and if I can I will send you a paper witch will be printed to morrow or next day & witch will Give you a full Statement of all the ware. I Can only say that we are in no danger of the natives if we manage Right as for my own part I feal no fear at all of the natives I receive a letter from Eade in July and was Glad to here that you ware all well tell Eade I have not time to write to her now but will write the first vessel that Sails from here to America After this one Give my love to all your famely and to all my old neighbours tell Mother I am well Give my love to all the famely tell Daniel I have never received a line from him Since I left home I am in a hurry the vessel is expected to Sail in a few days. God is with us of a truth. I still feal Intent on Serving God untill I die write as often as possible I remain your friend
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3Author:  Douglass, William; Walker, William; Carr, SamuelAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: William Douglass, Hugh Walker, and Samuel Carr to Dr. James H. Minor 1857 February 6  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: i have taken this oppertunity of wrighting thes feue lines to in form your how we ar geting along in our new home we was forty one Days from Hamto n Rhoades to Cape Mont and we need to illeg. that noe lives has not Bin lost in way coming we ar at this tim settle on the St Paul River fifteen miles from Monrovia and the Children and some of our old Peopoel is about to take the Affrican feaver But not as yet Searous and as Artickels is high her we send for some things Robbenson Scoot send fore a whiyp saw and 4 Barrels of flower and a coupp le Barrels of Pork and a Box of Shoes of Diffrent sizes from twelve to 8 of men shoes and from 8 to 5 of woman shoes forty yards of calicoe and forty yards of lawn of Diffrent Kindes and Dozon pair of thin stockigs and forty yards of Bleach and unbleach cotton and dozon spools of cotton and send me 8 yardes of Dottot whit Muslin Jeams and Douglass[1] send fore a suit of Broad Cloth Clothes and a Dozon Shirtes each fiftwen Dollars a Peac Jeames and Douglass Robenson Scoot send fore a foot axe and pleas to me twenty Dollars in money and i should to have the whiyp saw as soone as i can get Molly send worde to youe to send her 4 Barrels of flooers of and 2 Barrels of Pork thirty yardes of Unbleac Cotton and thirty yardes of Calicoe Dozon Pair of woman shoes number six and all soe a Barrel of Suggar and half a Dozon of men shoes number twelve and Spooles of Sootton Diffrent qality half Dozon Pair of Stock ings [Illeg.] Judah Hardon Send fore thirty yards of Calicoe and thirty yardes of unbleach cotton 4 pair man shoes number eleven and half a Dozon of Boyes Shoes about 7 or 8 years old and a whiyp saw 3 Barrelles of floower and a Barrel of Suggar 2 Barrel Pork and fifty Dollars in money Frances Barret if youe Pleas to send her one Barre of flouer one of Suggar too Barrels of Pork and and a Barrel of Mackrel twenty yardes of Bleach and unbleach cotton twenty yardes calicoe half a pair of stockings and Dozon Splooes of Cotton Diffrent qulty 4 pair of Shoes men shoes number nine half Dozon Pair of wom en shoes number 7 Dozon pair of Stockings and all soe Brier Blaid Milly Franklin if you Be pleas to send her 2 Barrels of flower and a Barrel of Suggar twenty yardes of Calicoe and twenty yardes of un bleach cotton 8 Pair of Stockings half a Pair of Shoes number Seven Rachel Mans if youe pleas to send her twenty yardes geames half a Dozon pair of Shoes 7 Dozon Pair Stockings Dozon Spooles of Cotton half Dozon Pair of Pocket hankerchef Vonnor [2] send fore if you pleas to send him 6 Barrels of flower and a Barrel of Moolasses and a Barrel of Mackrel 3 pair of shoes number nine 3 pair of sockes suit of sunday Clothes ten yardes of Blue Jean Henry[3] ask if you Pleas to send him a Barrel of Suggar and 4 Barrels of flower one of Pork and a Whiyp Saw and a suit of Brod Clth clothes and working Clothes and 2 hundred weight of toobaccoe and ten Dollars and 20 yardes of Blue jeanes Adline Southhall ask if and Lucy[4] ask if youe Pleas to send to them to gether 4 Barrel of flower 2 Barrels of Pork one Barrel of Suggar 2 Barrel of Mackrels one Box of shoes men shoes number ten and women shoes from nine to six 205 yardes of jeanes 205 yarde of Lawn and allsoe of cotton cloth and calicoe Dozon Spooles of Cotton Dozon Pair of Stocking 20 yardes of Bleach cotton and a Box of Ribbons and some [illeg.] sodar Margret Scoot if youe be pleas to send her 3 Barrell of flower on of Pork one of fish thirty yardes of Calicoe twenty yardes of jeanes thirty yardes of Bleach cotton one of Sugar Dozen Spooles of cotton and a box of shoes women shoes from nine to six boyes shoes from thirteen years old to seven years Billy Dugllas [5] if youe pleas to send him a suit of Brod Cloth Clothes and 20 yardes of Blue jeanes Box of Shoes from 21 to 8 half a Dozon of Shirtes all Ready Maide Grae Faran [6] is be pleas to send him 2 barrels flower on of Pork one of Mackrel half Dozon Pair of Shoes tens and 11 one Barels of Moolasses 20 yardes of cotton jeanes thirty yardes of Bleach hundred whet of toabaccoe half Dozon summer hats Patty Walker[7] sends her best respects to Doctor Minor and requests him to please to send her 4 barrels of flour and one of sugar and two of pork and one of mackerel her three boys please send them each suit of broad clothes and a box of boots and shoes No from ten to 7 mens and woman from 8 to five fifty yards of calico and the same of lawn and gingham fifty yard fifty yards of unbleached cotton two dozen of shirts all ready made fifty of blue cotton jeans for mens wear two dozen of stockings and a dozen pair of socks half a dozen bottles of castor oil, and some gingham handkerchiefs and some flax thread and two dozen spools of cotton — and when these things are sent please be particular in having them marked to each one so there will be no mistake please be particular in sending a memo of things so that there will be no mistake made they all join with me in love to you all wishs to hear from you soon no more remains
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4Author:  Walker, HughAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Hugh Walker to Dr. James H. Minor 1857 March 4  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I sit down to addres a few lines to you to inform you that I am well but my wife has a severe attack of the acclimating fever and the rest are tolerable my three sons are out at a place called Careysburg settled by Mr Seys and they are doing well and have no sickness at all neither chills nor fever. I am much pleased with this place I am still travelling about trying to prepare a home for myself and family there has been a great many died since I last wrote for insts Robinson Scott and his son James, Patrick Mickey, Buck Thompson Richard Franklin, Jacob Twine, and his grand child Lucy twines son, and Cyrus Terrel, and, Francis Barrett and Samuel Carrs youngest child, two grandchildren of uncle Cy's these twelve have died since I last wrote the rest I think are getting better Samuel Carr has been quite sick but I think he is getting well again—William Douglass has wrote to you and the boys sent for things in it but what I wrote for you need not send as they desired me not to send for anything please send me a couple of brier blades we have taken into deep consideration how to live and to prepare to die while some are rejoicing at their friends going to a better house others are filled with grief at the thoughts of their future estate others have suffered with the fever I am left to go and I am invited to preach in the baptist and methodist and presbyterians
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5Author:  Campion, Saunders A.Add
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Saunders A. Campion for George Walker, et al, to Dr. James H. Minor 1857 March 5  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: Its with great pleasure that we embrace the first opportunity after our arrival here of sending you a few lines to inform you of our safe arrival here in this place without a single person being lost by Death we were all sea sick but not long, we have all of us whose names are here, gone to the new Interior Settlement, about 50 or 60 miles from Monrovia, now under the care of Revd John Seys Special Agent of the Am Col Soy where the great experiment is being tried Dr Hall made such proposals to us as indused us to come here and we have no cause as yet to regret it, Young Barrett and his wife Maria, Wm Douglass and wife & child Charles Twine and Philip, David Scott, Thomas Scott, Winslow Walker, Hugh Walker, George Walker, Martin Coleman, Washington Coleman, Allen Coleman, Wilson Coleman, Charles Barrett, Richard Barrett, Isabella Johnson, Washington Mickey, John Mickey, these are all here in this place and doing as well we wish as far as we have seen yet. Now Sir George Walker wishes you to send us him and his 2 Brothers a small Cork of Tobacco, and 3 Blls of Flour 2 Kegs of Double F powder 2 Bags of Buck shot, 1 Bll of Bacon, 1 Box of Soap, 1 Bll of Brown Sugar, Now Sir you will please to the same persons 1 whip saw George wants 1 pair of Boots & 4 pairs of shoes all No 10 Winslow 1 pair of Boots 3 pair No. 11 of Shoes, Hugh Walker 1 pair of Boots 3 pair of Shoes No 9 all fine quality 1 Peice of Tip top Denins, 1 Peice of Cotton Cloth White 1 Peice of fine linen, 6 yds of merino cassimore 1 Peice of Black Alpacca, These things you will please to put in a separate parcel and direct as described herafter— Charles Twine & Philip wish you to send them 1 Cask of Tobacco 1 Bll of pork, 1 Bll of Fish, 2 Kegs of Double F powder, 4 bags of buck Shot, 1 whip saw, 3 Bll of Flour 1 Bll of Brown Sugar, 1 Bll of Molasses, 1 Roll of fine Linen to make shirts, 4 different kinds of Cloths the same as George Walkers, 2 peices of Calico for trade purposes, also 1 pair of Coarse Boots and 4 pair of fine shoes No 10, 1 peice of Blue flannell Cloth, 1 Box of Soap, 6 yellow flannell shirts, 1 pair of fine boots 4 pair of shoes No 10; 1 Don Blue water Buckets 2 washing tubs, These to be put separate and marked for Charles Twine—. Thos Scott and David and his Brother wish you to send him, 1 Keg of Powder 2 Bags of buck Shot, 1 Bll of Flour 1 Bll of Brown Sugar 1 Cask of Tobacco, 1 peice of Blue flannell Cloth — 1 peice of white Linen, 1 peice of Dungaree or Blue drilling, 1 pair of Coarse boots 4 pair of Shoes No 11 1 double barrelled Gun; David Scott wants a Keg of powder 2 bags of Bucke Shot, 1 Doubled Barrell Gun 1 Bll of Flour 1 Bll of Brown Sugar, 1 peice of Bed Ticking 1 pair of Coarse boots, 4 pair of fine shoes all No 11 1 Box of Soap 4 peices of Calico for trade purposes to be put separate and directed as herein described. — John Mickey wishes to have 1 Bll of Bacon & Bll of Flour; 1 Bll of Sugar, 1 Bll of fish, 1 Box of Soap, 1 Keg of Powder, 2 Bags of Shot, 2 peices of Calico for trade purposes— 1 peice of white linen for shirts bosoms 1 peice of White Cotton Cloth, 12 yds of Blue flannell, ½ Don Blue Buckets; 1 pair of Coarse boots 4 pair of Shoes No 9 1 whip saw —. 1 peice of Tip Top Denins— Washington Mickey wants 2 blls of Flour 1 Bll of Pork 1 Tunnel Bedstead 1 peice of Blue Dungaree 1 Tip Top Denins 1 peice of White Cotton for Shirts 1 peice of Linen 2 peices of Calico for trade purpose, 1 Cask of Tobacco 3 pair of Shoes No 9 12 yds Blue flannell — 1 Gun Percusion Washington Coleman wishes to have 3 Bll of Flour, 2 Casks of Tobacco 2 Kegs of powder, 2 Bags of Buck Shot, 2 or 3 peices of Calico 1 Bll of Pork, 1 Bll of fish 1 Bll Sugar 1 box of soap 1 sack of fine Salt, 1 peice white drilling 1 pair of Boots No 10 3 pair of Shoes No 10 1 whip saw Wilson Coleman 2 pair of Boots No 9, 2 pair of Shoes 1 Roll of Alapacca 1 peice of white Cotton for shirts 2 peices of Calico 1 Roll of Coarse Cotton— Martin wishes 3 pair shoes No 11 1 Roll of Bleached Cotton 1 Roll of Linen 1 Roll of Cotton Jeanes 1 Roll of Alapacca 3 Sides of shoe leather 1 set of shomakers Tools 2 sides sole Leather Allen Coleman 3 pairs of Shoes No 10, — George Walker and Phil Twine wants each a sack of salt and 3 peices— Wm Douglass wishes to have — 6 Blls of Flour, 50 lbs of soda, 1 Bll of pork, 3 peices of Bleached Cotton 3 peices of Calico, These persons all are well satisfied and well and wish to have some money to be sent to Wm Douglass who will tell you the amount they want &c in his letter Douglass wants 1 keg of powder 1 Bag of Buck shot
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6Author:  Douglass, WilliamAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Dr. James H. Minor and Frank Nelson 1857 March 8  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: Dear Sirs I take this opportunity of sending my best regards to you as well as the family and friends we all got safe from Virginia to Liberia all of us that came to Carysburgh are well Young Barrett had a Slight Bilious attack but is now better, the rest of the people that we left at the Cape have moved to Clay Ashland, so as to be near their farm I now tell you who is dead, Dick Franklin, and Patrick Mickey Robinson Scott, Jacob Twine, Francis Barrett, James Scott Maria Coleman, Frank Coleman, Lucy twines Baby young Jacob WBilly Douglass, Emily Carr, these have all died with the fever and the rest have all had the fever but are getting better I am sorry to inform you of the death of these persons, I always thought it imprudent for persons raised on high lands to settle on the Coast, so I came to this mountain where I am well as ever, All the boys have wrote for themselves what they want, When you send what they have sent for be so good as to send all seperate and different receipts for the same, As I told you when I left we had great difficulty in selecting our tools, not having a Bill for them, our Box of Cloth was broke upon and our Cloth was taken out what was left I divided as far it would go The Boys all wish you to send them money as follows The Walkers want all what is left to be sent and all the rest except Young Barrett wish to have all sent that is left if there is not enough to get what they sent for please to get such things as they most need, As I did not know what was coming to me I thought best to mention these things that I much stand in need off by referring to the other Letters you will see what we are doing if there is any money left for me please send it in in Tobacco a Small Caske would be worth a great deal as Tobacco is worth in trade 50 Cts a lb— Bacon is worth 25 Cts a lb flour 12 1/2 butter 25 & 37 Eggs 37 1/2 a Dozen fowls 12 & 25 Cts a peice we are able to get 30 Acres of farm land and a town lot of 1/2 An acre in the new settlement this is certainly a fine country fine Timber fine soil and on this mountain a Beautiful Climate I am delighted with this Country thus far and with industry I think that any man can get a living, We all have a good Chance here, we have the worship of God regularly twice a day, we also have a school which we attend daily & at night so that these 6 months if we dont improve it will be our own fault, Mr John Seys is continualy thinking of some thing to increase our comforts and happiness the Agent and Superintendent trys to do his part you will direct all things designed for any of us to Carysburgh Mount Fauble Interior Settlement Care of Mr Saunders A Campion Agt A. Cl Sy. and Governor or Superintendent of the Settlement by these means we will never, get them this land is very heavy Timbered the Largest trees I ever seen the Axes we got are all bro broke but one, in looking at the Giant trees and our broken axes we feel bad, but we intend to go on, we are building a Log Church and School House so that you must not think that I am idle I now Close this part Dr Minor my Dear freind please to rememember my love to dear old Aunt if she is living tell her I thank God she did not start to come here as she could never have got here, this is not the Country for any old People my wife joins in her kind regards to you I wish very much to hear from you and let me know how your crops are I close by saying I am thankful to you for to you all I send my love to every body and shall try to again by the steamer God Bless you prays your truly
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7Author:  Douglass, WilliamAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Reverend W. Slaughter 1857 April 24  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I take this opportunity of writ ing You these few lines to inform you of the health of my family; and the rest of the immigrants which came out here with me; there are only two have had the acclimating fever; Mr. Young Bar rett and Mr. John Michie, they only had it slightly I thought there could not be any place in Af rica where new comers would build and not— have the acclimating changes, but I see there is, men can come on top of this beautiful mountain, which is 25 miles from the Saint Paul's River and have but very little fever; If every one that comes here improved like we have this will be the very spot for immigrants for sev eral years to come. After our arrival in this place we have put up a neat little log church of which we call Union Church, as every persons who lived in this little settlement are trying to be one people for the cause of Jesus Christ our Lord; and since the completion of this church, we have drawn our lands and every body are trying to build as fast as they can; I was the first man out of our number that put up a log house and the rest are doing the same, and I hope we will try to do what we can if the good Lord's share is to build up our county. We have written back to Dr. Jas. H. Minor as you request us to do, for what we want and I did not think to remind him of putting up our provisions in half a barrels as we have so far to bring it, so please to tell him to have it done for us and direct it to Careys Burg and in the care of the Special Agent the Rev. John Seys, we would be very thankful that our little means which were left behind would be sent to us in pro visions which would be very good for all of us. There is no hinderance cause for us to build in this place if we only can get astart; there can be most everything grows here that is eatable, and if it is cultivated in a right manner; and, man will only plant it to grow, I see eddas, cassabas, potatoes plantains, and many other things, that are too tedious for me to mentioned now, there was twenty one of my people came out here to settled and all are at work today, and the ballance are at the Rec tacle at Monrovia the city of the Republic, and out of that number 17 have died in Clayash- land after they moved from Monrovia, all the old people excepting one, which Mrs. Franklin; my wife have improved considerably and also my daughter they have not lost one day since we arrived.
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8Author:  Douglass, WilliamAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Dr. James H. Minor 1857 August 19  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I am pleased to acknowledge the recipt of you letter by the ship M. C. Stevens which arrived July last; and I learn that she has completed her voyage on this coast and now is lying in the port of Monrovia on her re turn trip home. And I am certain you will be pleased to hear from us, as no doubt you are anscious to know how we are — where we are — and how we are getting along. 1st We are all doing tolerable Well in health for there have been only a part of us sick with the fever; as for myself, I hav never had cause to lie down a day since here I have been, neither hav any of my family been sick — those who hav been sick did not suffer as much as was antis cipated and some of them caused their sickness by inadvertence in living & otherwise. Dr We are all at Careysburg with the escception of Robinson Scott's family who are still at Clay Ashland, & who I am sorry to say are much reduced — yet, I rather escpect the old lady will come here; but her son desires to buy land there with a small tenement on it at a cost of $100.00. How success ful he will be, I cannot tell. We have built mine log cabbins, and I am pleased to say that in our sisc months were up we were in them and pretty comfortably situated. All of us have our lots pretty well planted down in potatoes, cassada, eddoes, tomatoes, lima beans, some coffee trees set out & other little articles which will do service in our families. Our boys I am happy to say have up to this time conducted themselves pretty honorably & I hope their present good character will be their index through life with farther improvement for use fulness.
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9Author:  Barrett, MariaAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Maria Barrett to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 8  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I am happy of the opportunity to write you by the Stevens which will sail in few days from Monrovia for Balti- more ; believing you will be pleas ed to her from me and family, and especially, how we are getting along.
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10Author:  Twine, LucyAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Lucy Twine to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 28  
 Published:  1999 
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 Description: I take the liberty of again addressing you. hoping this will find you and your family all in good health. We are all well.
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11Author:  Douglass, WilliamAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: William Douglass to his aunt 1858 January 28  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I am pleased to have the pre- viledge in life to address this letter to you -& while I am having it pened, I feel truly sensible of the good providence of God in pre- serving me with health & strength & a sound disposal to write. I feel sensible how pleased you will be to hear from me as well as other friends at my old home & I pray the Lord that all of you are well & doing well. One so far off as I am—it may appear upon imagination that I am almost out of the World. We are all well & myself & wife join in love to you. Your letter afforded me much pleasure be cause it imparted satisfactory intelligence about my children. Myself and daughter have the fever slightly but never laid up a day. My wife have not been laid up a day neither. David has not been sick at all Poor Thomas is dead. He followed his old habbits of running about, he went away from home, and spent some time, and re turned with the fever lived 8 days and died Mary is well and hearty, a very fine girld and industrious. Her mother suffered much with the fever at Clay Ashland-but has improved considerable. We are living & do as well as we can—and we are much pleased with our home & country. Though should you & I live, I expect in a few years to see you again & should we not live—pray God that we may meet in heaven.
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12Author:  Coleman, WashingtonAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Washington Coleman to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 28  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: Dear Sir I hop thes lines may find you well I my self is not well I have bin Quit sick but thank God I am Better. do please send me one Barrel of Pork Barrel of Sugar Barrel Flour Bar of Soap one Broad Ax Eight yarde cloth three patten for vestcets patten Role of Bound linen 3 Role of calico two pare gators Shouse 3 pare cast Shouse 3 grubin hoes 2 pole Ax cage of Powder Bag Shot one Gun folen pice1 Six Boxis caps one cardes of buttens Some fine linen Role blich cotton one cage of nails one Role Blue drilling set of Kinife & fork I send my best love to ouncel Joseph & ouncel William tell him I have bin very sick William must tell me how hes gitten along he have never witen me Send my love to Dor Minor & all his children Send me one Barrel of tobacco
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13Author:  Walker, Tarins; Walker, HughAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Tarins Walker and Hugh Walker to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 29  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I have never had the chance to write to you but I have try this time to do so. I am well and also, my brother Hugh is the same we hope this may find you in good health, father and the rest of the family is tolerable and they send their love to you and all in your family and all in the place. If you I have received 3 pair shoes 1 boots axe and 1 blade. If you pleased to send me 1 barrel press pork, two kegs of nails, no. 4 pen ny no. 10 penny, two hoes grusbling 1 Box of leaf tobacco, 7 yards Broad cloth, pisce of Blue driling 1 pisce Brown linen, 1 piece linen for shirts, cottons for pants. bottons for shirts, 6 hanks of silk thread 7 hanks of flax thread, 1 piece coarse cotton, and 1 piece bleached cotton two Boxes of soap
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14Author:  Carr, MildredAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Mildred Carr to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 29  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I take this opportunity of writein you this lines to inform you that We are all well hopeing that this may find you and famil enjoying the same blessings of good Health now the ship is about to sail for Virginia & wish to let you know about the things that you sent me last one peace of Brown jeanes and one peace of blue cottin there a small peace of yaller cottin & nothing more in the way of clothing as the outher woman had thay had shoes stockins & calicoes and I did not think that you sent any more to them Than you did to me & I can not beleave outher Ways unless you write me that you did make That differrance with us dear master James Please send me some clothing for my self & Children some shoes for me no 7 & a box of soap and some counterpin calico and some calicoes for clothing for my self & children also we has gotten in our new house jist at Chrismast and it is large a enufe for four rooms Please master send those things as far as the Money will a low please give my love to all the servants old aunt Rachiel speshily Please give my love to Brother Billy and Joe when you see them dr. as I am quite busy at this time washing & ironing for the society In deed all the music hall woman are inployed by the society at this time nothing more at this time master James but beleave me to be your obediant servant
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15Author:  Scott, MaryAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Mary Scott to Elizabeth Minor 1858 December  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: My Deare I recive your letter an was glad to her from you I hope these lines will find well as these leave me & mother Elzibeth I am in Africa an is well satfid this is the Country for the Culore raice My deare I do wich I could see your fasce again, o, Miss Elzibeth most evey thing Grows in this Country oringes peach wasnots most very thing. I did leave Careys burg in dec 1858 to go to the fane. I did not Beleave that it was somany thing heare in this Country I have ben goin to Choole but I have ben employed to wait on the amegrant in the Resepticel My Choole teacher name, Miss Julet Hazzit. I have lost my Deare Brother he is dead he is dead he left a Good test tamony behind he died happy. very happy indeed when you write again please write me all the Strange nose you did write A short letter to me before please tell Mrs Sarah Loois I have written her an never recive no anser. Give my love to your Mother an Father. Give love to Maly & Roday tell them tha must write to me Bety Walker says tell Roday as she did not write me write before please rite when the ship return. Give my love to An Rachel tell her I off time think of her I give my love to all the frieds Mother send all love to you all Mary Jane & Sarah send their love to Ant Rachel
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16Author:  Franklin, HenryAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Henry Franklin to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 February 17  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: Theas Lines me in good health at preasant I wish you would pleas to let me know if their is any thing commig to me & if their is pleas send me Sume Cloth I am Learning Lumber & Farming Sume Rember me to all the Freinds
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17Author:  Coleman, Margaret; Coleman, Martin; Coleman, AlanAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Margaret Coleman, Martin Coleman, Alan Coleman, and Washington Coleman to Dr. Minor 1859 August 23  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: theas will in form you that I am yet well and hop theas may find you and all the family the saim as – – – Mr. Minor you will be so kind as to send me one Barl of Poark and one Barrel of flour & one Barrel of Shuger and one piece of white Cloth & 3 kegs of nailes No 16 & 8 & 4 and one Dresspaturn of Blue long & one pice of Calico and one Box of Soape one Spinnin Whial 2 pare of shous No 7 & 2 Grubin Hoes one ax
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18Author:  Coleman, WilsonAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Wilson Coleman to Dr. James H. Minor 1859 August 23  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: Dear Sir by theas you may be inform that I am quite unwell and has bin so for som tim so I have not bin able to do a days work for one yeare so you may now that I am now in a bad Staite all of my complaint ar mosley in my Back & Side an Bress it appeares that no Docters Can do me aney good or theay has don me no good as yet So I suffers a good Eal— —I do hop theas may find you & all of the family ar Enjoying good health
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19Author:  Twine, CharlesAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Charles Twine to Dr. James H. Minor 1860 January 19  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I write you these lines to inform you of my health which is quite well & hope these will find you the same. I recive the meshesed you sent me & I understan that you was in sulted about the letter I send you but Deare Sir I did not meane to insulte you. I was very glad to hear that your family was well & your peopel was well if you aras insulted Sir I aske your parden When you see my sister please tell her howdy for me. tell her if I never see her on erth I hop to meet her in heaven whose perstin will be no more Lucy & Adline send thare best respects hear tell Susan she must excuse me for not writing to her but I will write her on the next Ship Myself & will will send you some mony the reason I write before twas because I thugh I had some money there but if I have none I will stop writen over those to you I heard that some of the peopel have some things come but I have not recive anything as yeat if I have anything else home Please send it to me in me ennything you see proper tell Aunt rachel Hardy for me & auncel John & Sadey Brackston & Caroling Brackston & Noley Sharps tell sadey & Courotiny tha mus write me
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20Author:  Scott, Tibby and Scott, MaryAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Tibey Scott and Mary Scott to James H. Minor and Elizabeth Minor 1860 January 19  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: Deare Sir I write you these lines to inform you of my health wich is quite well. I hope these lines will find you all well in health. My Best respects to Joseph Tarel William Tarel Mr Thomas Estres family Liess Harris family & Julia A Ann Haliaday & her servient & saddy in particular My children all is well Mary & Milred & Robert & Thomas Send thar best love to you all. we lik the country very well our littel town are inproven very much with amegrants at this time. Both of the Boys gos to chule we have the pleasur of goin to church three times as week. our pastur is a pastur from Richmond I received the thing you sent us 3 pare of shoes, 1 keg of [hole in ms.] you have ay thing els to send me please send me some cloth for my boys such as cotton cloth to make for & any thing els you think we stand need of & some white cloth. Mr Minor fare well fare well if we never meet on erth no mor I hop to meet you in heaven whare partin will be no more
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