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1Author:  Michie, MaryAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Mary Michie to Dr. James H. Minor 1857 February 4  
 Published:  1998 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: It affords me great pleasure to have this opportunity to address a letter to you. In the midst of danger & death, while we could discern nothing above, & around us but the blue canopy of heaven, & under ous the deep, deep blue sea, we we were Providentially cared for, and bless to reach this our destined port, Monrovia. I am much pleased with this place inded, Monrovia is nearly as large as Charlotsville and has some fine houses in it. The people here are very genteel. I thought to find things different, and that we would have to enlighten tha people, but I find that we need teaching ourselves. There was not a death during the passage out, and up to this date all our folks are well, and very well satisfied indeed. For myself, I would not go back to America no how. I leave to day for to go up the St Pauls river and see how it looks up there: and when I have got a better knowledge of the Country, I want to write you all about: so as you may be informed and others through you how & what the country is.
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