| | 21 | Author: | Franklin, Henry; Franklin, Milly | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Henry Franklin and Milly Franklin to Dr. James
H. Minor 1858 January 27  | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 22 | Author: | Twine, Charles | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Charles Twine to Dr. James H. Minor 1858
January 28 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 24 | Author: | Coleman, Martin | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Martin Coleman to Dr. James H. Minor 1858
January 28 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 25 | Author: | Barrett, Richard | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Richard Barrett to Elizabeth Lewis 1858 January
28 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 26 | Author: | Scott, David | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: David Scott to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January
28 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | 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. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 29 | Author: | Douglass, William | Add | | | 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. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 30 | Author: | Coleman, Washington | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 31 | Author: | Walker, Tarins; Walker, Hugh | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 32 | Author: | Carr, Mildred | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 33 | Author: | Harden, Judy | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Judy Harden to Howell Lewis, Dr. James H.
Minor, and Frank Nelson 1858 February 27 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 34 | Author: | Scott, Mary | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 35 | Author: | Douglass, William | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Dr. James H. Minor 1859
January 26 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 37 | Author: | Southall, Adeline | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Adeline Southall to Dr. James H. Minor 1859
February 17 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 40 | Author: | Coleman, Margaret | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Margaret Coleman to Dr. James H. Minor 1860
January 19 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | 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 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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