| | 402 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Add | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to David S. Haselden 1834
February 7  | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I embrace this opportunity to inform you that I am well at this time
hoping that these few lines may find you enjoying the
Same
blessing after
fifty sixt days on the ocean we all landed
Safe in
monrovia
I was very Sick on board of the vessle
but I thank god that he has taken Cear of me untill the present time I
hav Seen Agreate manys things Since I left home that
I never would of Seen in
Buchannon
it
urengs to mind the words of Solomon that the eye is not satisfide with Seeing nor the eare with
hearing I must say that I am as well pleasd as I expeced to
be in
Liberia
we hav most all had the fever and hav lost four of our number one woman about Seventy five two
Children under twelve allSo the
Rev
Mr Rigt
[1] one of our misenarys lost his wife and we may Say She is aloss to
africa
but we hav evry reson to belive that she
is at rest the balance is all on the mend this is my twenty fourth day Since I first was
takin and I thank god that I hav not kept my bed one hole day at atime the people do die through imprudence we
hav the best
docter that ever was in this place I can not tell you much about
africa
I hav not been from
Monrovia Since I landed I
must Say that the people are doing better than I expected them
two agreat many of them got rich Since they
came to
Liberia
their is Some that are doing bad like in all other
places I think from what I hav Seen and heard that any body Can liv in this place if they will be industrous
the natives are numerous in this place and they do
the most of the work for the people in this place
they will Steal every Chance They they hav they are most all Croomen[2]
in respect to my Self I think
that I Could make an independent living if I was to put
my Self about it but as my intention was to Spend
and be Spent for god I feal like standing to my
post I hav not been employd by the
methodist yet the Presbytterians offer to take me in to their famely and Support me and give me the best education that they
Can their is four in famely two white men one white woman and one Coloured man
they hav treated me with greate kindness and
all So the methodist the methodist
preachers are plenty in this place and their is
not as larg A field in
monrovia
as would I wish to find and be
spent for god our methodist bishup told me that as soon as he got over the fever he
would find me A Station I Can not tell you
at this time what parte of
africa
I will be placd
in I will write when I can tell you more A bout
it you must excuse bad writing and
all So bad Spelling I must
come to A close | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 403 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Add | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1834 March
18 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I embrace the opper tunity to let you no that I send this paper to
Adam Carper
I am on my road to
Calwell
and met the oppertunity to send one
paper home please to send it to him
youy
you must excuse me for not writing more and better my company is wating to go to
Calwell
I
hav not been there yet
but am on my road at this time.
tell
Adam to read the news of Africa and let his friends read the same and all so his neighbours I did not
no when I wrote to
Daniel that I could get A paper to send home my Company is waiting on me and I must Stop
the writing is bad the Spelling is bad and the lines
Crocked. The
indorcment on the paper is put on by one of
our store keepers pardon me for not senen sending you A paper | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 404 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Add | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1834 April 1 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | 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 may find you all in good helth I wrote to you by the same ship that I came
in and I now hav the oppertunity of writing to you by a vessel that
brough out emegrants
from
baltimore
to
Cape Palmus
About five hundred miles from
monrovia
their is anumber
gon from this place to
Cape Palmus
as I wrote before I can not tell you
much About the Country as their has been so many
people died in this place I though I would not
expose my Self in travling So I hav not been from the
Cape
we have vessels coming in harber
All most every
weak from
urope
no man could tell what trade is going on in Africa unless he could See it I
hav seen so many Strang
things Since I left home that evry thing
be comes
old when I first Saw the nativs
all naked I though that I never could get ust to it but
it is an old saing use is second nature I do not mind to See them now
if I could talk with you face to face and tell you
about the nativs you would not belive
me to See their cloth that they make and other
Articue els that they make you would be
Supprised To be Short, their natturel
talants are grate
in deed Some of them can read and write.
I am sory to
tell you that we hav lost the Rev
Mr. Wright
after he lost his wife he had got on so fare that he came to Church and he took re laps and on the 21 of march he fell Asleep in
Jesus
arms ware
Sickneys and Sorrow pain
and Death are felt and feard no more
Mr. Spaulding is very low at this time and all
so the Single Lady, but She Says Se would
Sooner Die than to go back and discurage the
mishen it seem
all most
imposable for white men to liv here but still their is A greate many on the cost at
the
British Colenny
their is a greate many
white people in short they are coming and going out and in Monrovia most evry day
we hav lost but five out of our number yet but
God only noes how Soon Some
more of us will
hav to go but thank God it is
as nigh to havin in
africa
as it is in
America
the time is not
fare distant when
Gabril
will sound the
Trump and gether us all
together O that I may be so hapy to meet you and
all your
famely on the Right hand of God and all So all my neighbours
ware we can enjoy the company of each other for
ever and we will be clear of truble for ever
and we will see our God face to face and live for
ever.
O Henry when
I look back and reflect on the many
ours I spent with you and your famely I am led to wish that I could see you all but we are
severl thousand miles Apart at this time
the Captain of our ship says it is five thousand and six hu ndred miles from Norfolk to
Liberia
he can measure A mile on sea as correct as you can on
land I want you to write to me as often as you
can vessels are coming from the United States
evry
month let me no all about
the people how many
hav died and who they are and how many hav
mared and who they are and who was elected to
the next Legislature. Write evry thing [HOLE IN
MS] [HOLE] fit to write and I will do the same. [HOLE]
Give my love to your
wife and mothernlaw tell them to pray for
me I often think of you all
giv my love to Simon and
Harison
and to
Bety
tell them that I want them to have good education and good Religion
Against I come to
America
Giv my love to your Father and
Step mother tell them I often think of them
Tell them to pray for me Giv my love to the
Boys and tell them if they ever want to see any
thing to leave
Buchannon
giv my love to all the Children to Philip Reger with all his family and to Mr Haselden and Goff
and all inquireing
friends Tell Lydia that their was A vessel from
Jermany
landed here About ten days Ago and I never saw better looking men
in my life than some of them ware if She wants
a Jerman and
will write to me I will try to send
hur one for I think they will suit hur Tell
hur Above all things to get religion so that she may
Save hur
sole May the Lord bless you all and save you is my
pray for Christ's
Sak | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 405 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Add | | | 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. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 406 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Add | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1835 March 5 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I Embrace the opper tunity to inform you that
I am well hoping that these few lines will find you all
well I hav written to you
not long Since I will not write but a short
letter I want to in
form you that I hav received but two letters
from you since I landed I hav written as many as a dozen to you you
hav no excuse for not writing
vessels are coming from the
united states
everry month
the most of the vessels are from New York
with out it is and Emigrant vessel
they are mostly from
Norfolk
three of our Preachers are expected to
l Sail from Liberia to
new york
to morrow in order to bring their
familys to Liberia to
remain for life one is a white man
Super intender of the Methodis
Epistal Episcopal Church Several more of the people in this place are going I can not tell when I will start to come to
America I am employed to teach
school I do not know when I can come but if God
Spares me I hope to See you all in this world
if not I hope to see you in a
better world than this
I hav been to
one Camp meeting in
Liberia
I must say I never was at a Camp meeting in my life that
people acted better
it has been very sickly here for a
bout three month many
hav gone to eternity in that time I thank God that I am still living
Giv my lov to Mother Eade
an to David and his wife
tell them that I am well and doing well I am still striving to serv the
Lord in my weak manner and to Preach the Gospel
also
giv my best lov to all the
family tell them I often think about
them and would like to see them all but the proud ocean rolls between
us tho the ocean bet between us roll friendship shall unite our
souls giv my lov to your
wife and
and Children and to Miss Lydia
Simmons to all your friends and to all
the neighbours I will send your father one of our
herbals I hav not time to
write much now please to excuse me
as for you my best lov is alway with you I want you to write as often as possible and I will do the
same | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 407 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 408 | Author: | Michie, Mary | Add | | | 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. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 409 | Author: | Douglass, William | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Dr. James H. Minor 1857
February 5 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | In haste I drop you these few lines to inform you of my health, and family,
we are all well and enjoying the blessings of kind heaven. We left
Norfolk on the 8th, of
Decr.
and we were 45 days on our tedious passage from Hamilton roads to
Roberts port
Grand Cape Mount, were we
stop to land some of our immigrants who were destined to the place,
and during the voyage, there was none sick of any disease only sea sickness
which of course we were not accustom to in no way, before our arrival
at the above named; all well and fater than they
was before in thier life, and all arrived at Monrovia in the beautiful Receptacle[1] which was brought out by the Rev. John Seys some months hence
in good spirits and sound; except myself, wife
Susan
, and Mary Douglass my daughter,
Thos. Scott
, David Scott,
Chas. Twin
,
Phil Twin
,
Geo. Walker
, Hugh Walker, Jr.,
Winzer Walker
,
Wilson Coleman
, Washington Coleman
Martin Coleman, Allen
Coleman, Young Barrett
Maria Barrett, Isabella
Johnson,
Chas. Barrett
,
Dick Barrett
,
John Mickey
, and
Washington Mickey
, all these I have mentioned[2] leave the ship
Mary Caroline Stevens, on the 28th day of January for this place,
which is about 46 miles which is only few hours travel, 15, of us arms our
mus kets and march in the roads from White Plains near
Millsberg to our destined home here we arrived safe
and sound; and we are all here provided
for by the Rev. John
Seys our excellent Agent who came out here for that purpose; and we
think could find no better man for
that experiment, no how in the world, who is acquainted with the natives fashion and cus
toms, and have already prepare us a loving and fine peo- ple; and everything is suitable to our taste in every respects and condition. We have meetings in the week on the
Sabbath and also Sabbath school; and in the week day school is for us,
which is taught by Mr. John A. Claode a native
of this country who have been reared up by the good missionary Society some
years back
who ever thought we would find such a one as this young
man is in the midst of civilized people O may God give him grace to teach those
who has arrived here late; this school is taught in our receptable as there was no school house has
been built for that purpose, but I hope by the assistance of God we shall
put up one for school and also will answer for worshipping. I cannot say
any thing now about the people until I hear
from them again but when I left them they were all well and good
in spirits; as for the country I am
very much
disap pointed
to see what beautiful country it is. I dont
think there could be any better country found for our colored race
any part of the globe, and when we come to behold the natural fruits
hanging on our beautiful shady trees, its makes my
heart to re- joiced within me; and I almost exclaim O God thou has
hidden many things from the eyes of
man, on this
this side of the shores and, now we
are able we are to see
it for ourselves which we have heard of for many years past and gone, but
you may assumed that we are long
way behind the people of this
country for thier
in genuity
they can make an excellent country cloths which of course I did not expect to see such
in the land. I have seen an excellent African cotton which is of the best
quality it can be raise
by any one if they only prepare a place for it. We find everything good
for eatable and also that to make man happy in this world, but most
every thing is dear for to buy. My dear Doctor
Minor as you fail in given us the list of
our tools it was difficult to get it
of from the ship, but we have done the best we could and have divided them according to our ability, for you assured we
found very a ble for our wants, and we are
very thankful to you that you did procure these things for our means,
that we are now have the pleasure
to say to you what we stand in need off, and we will
say that by the Mary Caroline Stevens, when she
returns in
March we all will remember you all in our pray ers to God, especially your family in preference
fromand all the rest, they all remember their love to
every body, and all are well and have not had any
sick ness since our arrival in this mount,
and if all meet up with good luck we will unite to all in that neigh borhood. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 410 | Author: | Douglass, William; Walker, William; Carr, Samuel | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 411 | Author: | Barrett, Young; Barrett, Maria; and Johnson, Isabella | Add | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Young Barrett, Maria Barrett, and Isabella
Johnson to Dr. James H. Minor 1857 March 3 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I have taken this first opportunity after my arrival in this country, of writing to you I hope that you and family are well, myself &
family are quite well, and have been since I been in this country, yet at
this time I am not quite well to day. Myself and
Maria
,
Isabella
Charles
and
Richard
, have all come to the new
Interior Settlement, about 50 or 60 miles from
the sea coast.
Wm Douglass
and his family, Charles Twine and his
Brother
Philip
,
George
,
Winslow
and
Hugh Walker
3 Brothers,
Washington, Coleman,
Allen
,
Wilson,
and
Martin
4 Brothers,
John
and
Washington Mickey
2 Brothers, and
Thomas
and David Scott, 2 Brothers1 compose the company that came to the new
Interior Settlement with us, We have all been
quite well, no fever nor any other kind of sickness
the place is finely located on top of a very high
mountain, we like this place much better than we seen elsewhere, and
although things are not like they were at home, yet we are thus far
quite satisfied. The rest of our people all settled at
Monrovia, and Clay Ashland
up the river about 15 miles from the sea coast, And I am very sorry to
inform you that the mortality has;
been very great by the fever, we have
lost by Death the following persons, my father, sister
Francis2, Uncle Buck Thomson, Billy Douglass,
James Scott,
Lucy Twines
baby, Frank Coleman;
Maria Coleman;
Lucy Twines
Father; Patrick
Mickey;3
4
Robert Scott is laying very low, indeed all the
people down at Clay Ashland are quite sick, Thus
far we all have enjoyed good health as when at home. I will now tell you of
my wife
Maria,
and the children, they did not get any of the clothes that was
intended for them
the box was robbed or something else; as there was
no bill of Lading for them, we have never seen
any them. I would like you send me 1 Barrell
of Pork 1 Bll of Fish and 1 of flour, and also 2
pair of Black Gaiters No 6 and No 7 also some leather shoes for us all, I would
be very glad to receive these by the Mary Caroline
Stevens, when she comes in the Spring, so as we may get them by
the then our 6 months is up on the Society, I would like to get some
Calico, some Bleached and some Unbleached Cotton, and 2 cotton Bed spreads —. some Blue and White
womens stockings; and 1 White Swiss muslin
dress pattern for
Isabella
; I wish this to be fine, and a peice of
Satin Ribbon, and please to send
Maria
some Black dresses suitable for mourning | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 412 | Author: | Walker, Hugh | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 413 | Author: | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 414 | Author: | Douglass, William | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 415 | Author: | Douglass, William | Add | | | 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. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 416 | Author: | Douglass, William | Add | | | 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. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 417 | Author: | Gurley, Ralph Randolph | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Ralph Randolph Gurley to Dr. James H. Minor
1857 November 4 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | Thanks for your fafavor of the
30th
ult
enclosing a printed letter from William
Douglass. From the health experienced at Careysburg, we derive animating hopes of the salubrity of
the highland Districts of Liberia. I shall
publish in the January Repository Douglass'
letter, with your introductory Remarks. Mr
Mc'Lain informed me that he sent nothing to your people by the
Stevens,
because, without loss he could not buy with Virginia money, & that on the whole, he thought as
well, to postpone sending
until another opportunity. He will
be most happy however to attend to any of your explicit instructions.
He desires me to inquire, when and to what extent, you will feel
authorized to pay sundry orders from the
Terrill
people forwarded by Mr
Seys
? Contributions, at present, are scarcity, & far
between, though we have reason to thank God for notice of one or two Generous bequests. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 418 | Author: | Scott, Tibby | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Tibby Scott to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January
8 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | i drop you thes few lines
i hope you and all of your family are enjoying the
blesing of helth
and my love to them all
i am quit well and soe is my fam ily
at prezen
and thay send thear love to all
i like the country Right wel and
i find it Better than i
exspected and the wether is
quit plesant and
comforttable and we need our warm clothing
here as well as we did in the
states
my helth has bin quite Bad and i have Bin quit sick ofton and
on But thank god my helth
is Better we have great meny and diffrent kinds of
vetgable
grooes here Eudoos and
Cassavdoes
swet
pototoe and
plantin banneanna
and some times rice and corn these
ar our breadstuf and
we have beans and peas cabbag grens
rowpar
ocra
we can rais
cowever and sevrel
kindes of veg talle
Frouits of all kinds grooes
here too fine apples
gaugeous cheeres and oranges
lemmon meat is hard to get her
i did not get eny grocers
ataul but 2 Barrel of
flooer if you Pleas to send me too Barels of pork
one barrel of
fish one barrel of of suggar and box of soap and a keg of Butter and too Barrel of flooer and i than
k you if you [illeg.]
pleas to me some calicoes and gengeams and some [illeg.]
stuf to mak my Boys some
clothes as
aid not have eny come out and
shoes
Milvey ask youe if youe
pleas to send her a white
foorved muslin drees and
pleas to
send a Bonneet and
mantilar and some whit shirting and
some bed tick and a
coun ter pin and my love to all
esspeashly
aunt Rachel
if you pleas to send me
some gardon seds my love to
Willam
and Joe and we all Desire to hear
from and wish for them to wright to me and
Mr Marress
family
thomes and
Brobert send thear love to [illeg.]
Willam
and for Milvy and Mary also hows all the Neigbors | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 419 | Author: | Harden, Judy | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Judy Harden to Mr. Howell Lewis 1858 January 21 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I agin by tha
healpe of god am abel to
infourm you that i am well at
preasent and I hope theas few lines may find you in tha same
state and all tha rest and i am
glad to say to you that all my family is well we hav not bin sick Since my housban
dide and I have found
Imployment at Cooking for the
Emmigrents at this place
Carysburgh Is a healthy mountian and i was very much disapinted in not giting a Letter from you and i hope on tha next Ship you an
mis Sara lowis
will right and give my love to
all tha Children
and to
ant rachel
and uncle John and tell him that his
Children has not forgot him yet and
federrick
mans I am Sorrow to imform
you that your Sister in law dide aboute
5 mounts ago in ad 1857
Brothers and sisters dont forgit me
bi cause my housban is
did and i look
four some of you to rite to me
befour Long and give my love to
ante franky
and i have got one town lot and thirty
Akers of land for my self and
Children and while i am ann ann thi
aC I rent my lot aught for $3 50 Six mounts | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 420 | Author: | Scott, Mary | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Mary Scott to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January
21 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | i Drop you these few lines and i
hope that thay may finde
you and family well as it leaves me at pres ent
and i enjoy good helth at this tim
and My Respects to all enquiring
frendes and to Mrs Mary and Children if you Be pleas
to send mee one Barrel of Bacon and one Barel of flooer one
Barrel of fish a keg of Buter a Barrel of Suggar and if you Be
pleas to send me a Bonnet And a Counter Pin
Pleas to send me a Blue Barage2 Dress and some Lawn and geigem and a Roll of Bleach Cotton and
3 Pair of Shoes and Stocking
is you Please and Ball of
figerd
White Ribbon and if you Pleas Sir to
Direct our letters and things to
Carys Burg
is you Pleas
Sir | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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