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21Author:  Franklin, Henry; Franklin, MillyRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Henry Franklin and Milly Franklin to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 27  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: pl please to accepect these few Lines from me hoping that the Same may find & you & yours all well. & as to myself & Dear old mother & Brother Warren & Little Allis we are all well. I like the Country very well indeed & have no Desire to return to A America. for we be leve there is no County on the Earth can Equal it in the world. & now Sir my mother Dear mother wants you Sir if you please to Send her. or one barrel of pork. one bar of Soap. one half barrel of Suger Some Cloth for her Little grand Child. its mother is Dead. named Rachel man. & for my mother Some Shoes. Some Cloth. one barrel of Mackerel & now Sir for myself. Henry Franklin. one barrel of pork. one box of soap. one barrel of Shingleing nals or nails. one barrel of Leaf Tobacco & 2 axes & 2 hoes & Sirs & madam please to give my best & kindest Love & respects to all my Enquiring friends both while & Coloured & we write for those articles because we had no plank from the Society 1 nor anyese anythingelse and we Did not riceived our portion with the rest. we apply to you Sir for the ballence. which when the articles comes will be very accepetable in Deed no more at present
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22Author:  Twine, CharlesRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Charles Twine to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 28  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: I hope thes lines may find you well as thes leave me 2 pole Axes tow grubings H hoes one han Saw. Send tow cage of nails no 4 no 10 one Set of knifes & forks one dusen tine plats, please send me Barrel of Bacon send me one Barrel of Hearen. one Barrel of Crus Sugar. one cage of Butter one Box of SheseChees. please send me 3 Role of Calco of difrent kind 1 Role of onblich cotten one Role of bleasch cotten please send me a patten of broad cloth the other got disstroyed by accident Send me tow black satten ves please Send me one Role of beadticken please send me a pladed cantepin tow blanket one bead stide Send me one box of calafenuas hats of diffrent kind three cuse pare brogins tow pare fine welted shause for Sunday send me Fahler pice & one bag of Duck shauts please send me box of soap please send me some fine Pocket hankerchif send me one dusin sockes send me some flackes thread 3 hole bucket I want tow nice Gay silk hanker chif please send me one Whipe saw jamun stile please send tobacco seedes some of all you have one hand please send me barrel syrup please send me some saks to take one or tow bottel of Cast oil send me me some vinager
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23Author:  Michie, WashingtonRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Washington Michie to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 28  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: I cannot write a long letter as all the others have written to you and you might think hard of me is the reason I am writing these few lines. I am well and hope this find you well. I want you to send me 1 barrel of Corn meal, 1 Barrel of press Pork, 1 Box of men shoes, 1 Box of leaf tobacco, 1 piece of pantaloons stuff, 4 umbrellas 1 Barrel of fish.
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24Author:  Coleman, MartinRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Martin Coleman to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 28  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: I Hope thes lines may find you well as thes leaves me pleas send me one Boshl of flour one barrel of Pork one barrel of Bacon one barrel of leaf tobaco four pair of No 10 shoes one Role of blue flannel send me a foulen pice send me four Roles of Calico one cage of molases one cage of shugar one Role of Bleach cotton one bag of shots one cage of Powder one Box of soap send me tow umbrellas one for me and one for my Wife one Barrel of corn meal one Box of sodar one sack of salt tow pole Axes tow grubing hoes one Role of Blue Drilling tow Pair of Children shoes 1 No 3 tow pair of Blades one cage of Butter one Role of Kentuckey Janes one set of Tin plates one Dosen of Knive and forkes send me tow Hounds one cage of nails no 4 one no 6
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25Author:  Barrett, RichardRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Richard Barrett to Elizabeth Lewis 1858 January 28  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: I now write in answer to your two letters I received this year, I was glad to hear from you and all the freinds in that part of the Country. I and children are well, and may this find you and all well and enjoying the bless ings of kind heaven. I now tells you some thing about Careysburg. This is a fine place and fine country indeed, the custom of the natives is very good they are docile and friend ly people, I have not seen one hostile one as yet. Those persons that came out with us, most all living except those you have heard death. If you pleased to send me 1 Keg of nails, 1 Barrel of Pork, and children shoes and pair for myself, and two axes, pantaloons stuff 1 piece, 1 piece Calico, 1 grumbling 1 hoes and some of the cheapest of Cloths which is dif ferent kinds of Calico piece of each, 1 Box of soap and two Bridle Blabes and 1 sett of knives and forks and half dozen of water pails. We have meetings every Sunday and the Baptist Association have appointed a young man from Grand Bassa Country by the name of F. Roberts to teach us all little and big who wished to go to school
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26Author:  Scott, DavidRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: David Scott to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 28  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: I am well and I hope this may find you and family in the finest of health as it leaves me. I Should have written you but time and chance did not admit. I now must tele you something about Liberia, this will be a find country in time to come all we want is in dustrious men and religious persons to carry out the object that is design for Liberia. I am now building a small house on my lot which I hope will be done in short. I think many of the friends have written almost everything to you which will interest you, so I will not pick up many things as they did. Brother Thomas Scott is dead and I hope he is gone to heaven. Brother Willi am Douglass and family is well and doing well as it can be expected for we, new persons for this country. Mr. S. Carr have build a small house for himself and family. Mr. Hugh Walker Sr. have also build and is living in it. If you pleased to be so kind as to send me, 1 box of leaf tobacco 1 piece of bleached cotton, 1 piece of pantaloons stuff and two pair of shoes, one pair of coarse and pair fine no. ll's: half barrel pork and one piece of Caleco. I should written long and more of the news about Liberia but time is very short and precious, as I hear the ship will leave Saturday so you see I cannot say much at this time. My regards to yourself and family and es pecially to little Tommy and all the enquiring friends. All my love to Roda, Caroline, and El ly , to Ann Rachel and I very often think about her. And all my, to Mr. H. Lewis I should like to see him very much but I think about two years from now I shall try todoso if I should be spared by the assistant of God Almighty. I am very glad to hear that you had the very fine wheat crop on the mountain that I sowed for you before I left home, I have killed killed 5 deers since I have been on the mountain one day before I wrote.
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27Author:  Barrett, MariaRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Maria Barrett to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 8  
 Published:  1999 
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 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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28Author:  Twine, LucyRequires cookie*
 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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29Author:  Douglass, WilliamRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: William Douglass to his aunt 1858 January 28  
 Published:  1999 
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 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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30Author:  Coleman, WashingtonRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Washington Coleman to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 28  
 Published:  1999 
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 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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31Author:  Walker, Tarins; Walker, HughRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Tarins Walker and Hugh Walker to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 29  
 Published:  1999 
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 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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32Author:  Carr, MildredRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Mildred Carr to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 29  
 Published:  1999 
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 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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33Author:  Harden, JudyRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Judy Harden to Howell Lewis, Dr. James H. Minor, and Frank Nelson 1858 February 27  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: Sir will you pleas to send me one barreal of pork and one barrell of shugar as I now stand in need of it I am now a lone without a hus ban but I mean to go to Cultivating the sol soail and one barell of flower and a box of soader and a set of nives and forks set of Cups and sausars and a set of tinnplats and 12 cups tinn pleas send me one roal of bleached Coton and a role asemburg ausomburgh 2 pleas to send me suteble clothing for my children and pleas to send me some suteable clothing for my self and a box of hankcheff and a box of stockings and a box of sope and thread choose for my self and chillern and pleas to take this leter to your self and pleas to study my intrust you three
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34Author:  Scott, MaryRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Mary Scott to Elizabeth Minor 1858 December  
 Published:  1999 
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 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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35Author:  Douglass, WilliamRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Dr. James H. Minor 1859 January 26  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: you Kind Letter Came to hand & it gave me much pleasure to hear from you & Famly & that you are all Well theas Lines Leaves my Self & Famly injoying Reasinable health I have had the feaver, but have Chills at times but Still able to tend to Bisness I am Somtimes working at the camp in town work other times on my lott & as to the happyness of the Rest & how the will get a Long I cannot say yet as the are only getting on thair farms but Can Say for my Self that I apprehend no fear as Regards my Self if I have my health I have beanSelling Potatoas at $100 pr Bushel beside what I use for my Famly. I have Coffee in Bloom & also a Small Crop of tobacco. The Seed was Sent to yong Barret & by Sowing at dif ferant times have found out the propper time to Plant, it grows as well as Nair ground tobacco I am cureing Sume the Longest Leaves ware 27 inches Long & 13 inches in weadth but this Land being high I think it will do better in the Low Land, but fear we can rais no Seed as thair is a small incect that get on it when in full Bloom, that will destroy the Seed. when the Ship Returns pleas Send me Some of the White Stem Seed tobacco our Farm Land is Low Bottom Land, & will be more suteable for the Cultevation of all Seeds I am happy to Say to you that all the things Sent by you Came Safe to the Per sons the ware sent according to the Bill of Laden sent by Mr Nelson. The Clay Ash land party had all Come hear Except Duglss Scott & I went down my Self & had the things devided & his Portion left for him at the Depot the Freight was $40 00 Dollars for Bringing the things from monrovia to the Depo the Duty on the goods was $1.80 So that the $200.00 did not pay the Expence & in concequence of no invoice of the goods it is thought thair is an an over Charge of Money & wish you to be Sure & Send the invoice of Goods Bought & Shiped that is the amount Sent out in Goods the Letters that you may Receive now will be from the par ties as thay are tending to thair own Bisiness Sepperately I shall only write for my Self & what Ever Balance is to be Sent I hope that you will Send it I do not Expect any thing more I am sattisfied I am sattisfied with what I have got but should thair be any thing send me 2 flannel shirt & the Balance in grocerys as thair is dis sattisfaction amon the other parties I have nothing to do with & havefent not put my Name to no paper What Ever Except my own Letter we are getting along well the place is improveing the Popu lation at preasant is one hundred & fifty 1.50 our prospects are fine we fine Agent Mr Paxton I spent a faw days at Monrovia in December & I tell you the do things up Lik you White People & I am happy to say to you that I am a Justice of the Peice I am Lerning to Write 1 but not able to send you a letter yet
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36Author:  Franklin, HenryRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Henry Franklin to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 February 17  
 Published:  1999 
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 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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37Author:  Southall, AdelineRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Adeline Southall to Dr. James H. Minor 1859 February 17  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: I Receive the things you sent & thank you kindly I got the half of the things you sent the Calico & Flannel & Shues & Stockings & my sister Lucy got the other half I wish you would Send me a Keg o Flouring nails & Brod Axe & Sume Door hinges & anything you have money to get them with I have my Lot Cut down & want to put up a House as I have no place of my own I am Cooking for the Society now but do not know how Long & would Like to have my own House to go into Pleas to Send Some Bead ticken & Sume blue Cotton & Cloths for Horras 1 & a hat 2 Peices muslin 1 ps unbleched one do Bleach 1 Box Soap as it is Scarce hear I would like to have Sume Hank enchiefs Sume Cotton & Sume Linnen & a pair Shues for Horras Please Send Sume Leaf tobacco & a Piece a Calico give my Love Sister Susan that I am well & Like the Country very well Horras is well & goas to School Evary Day give my Love to my Husband Henry Southhall & tell him I am not married yet & miss him vary much & Like him to come out Please Send me a Door Lock & Pad Lock
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38Author:  Coleman, Margaret; Coleman, Martin; Coleman, AlanRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Margaret Coleman, Martin Coleman, Alan Coleman, and Washington Coleman to Dr. Minor 1859 August 23  
 Published:  1999 
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 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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39Author:  Coleman, WilsonRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Wilson Coleman to Dr. James H. Minor 1859 August 23  
 Published:  1999 
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 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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40Author:  Coleman, MargaretRequires cookie*
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Margaret Coleman to Dr. James H. Minor 1860 January 19  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: I write you these lines to inform you of my health which is quite well at present.. I hope these lines will find the Same.. Give my beset respects to Father.. Please Send me Some Nailes. no.. 6 & no 8.. I have nor house.. I recive.. 1 pare Shouese from you. I wold thank you for you to send one keag of Powder.. &. 1. kage of [illeg.] fish.. Please Send me Some calco.. & Some blue denims ed.. Please Send 2 par shuese Gators & fifty lbs of Tobacco.. One Box of Soap. half barrel of Flour ½ Flour & Sugar the thengs I Sent for please Send she them to me, Becaus I have all the children with me & this country is hard please send me one Ax & 2 hoes
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