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181Author:  Walker, Tarins; Walker, HughAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Tarins Walker and Hugh Walker to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 29  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I have never had the chance to write to you but I have try this time to do so. I am well and also, my brother Hugh is the same we hope this may find you in good health, father and the rest of the family is tolerable and they send their love to you and all in your family and all in the place. If you I have received 3 pair shoes 1 boots axe and 1 blade. If you pleased to send me 1 barrel press pork, two kegs of nails, no. 4 pen ny no. 10 penny, two hoes grusbling 1 Box of leaf tobacco, 7 yards Broad cloth, pisce of Blue driling 1 pisce Brown linen, 1 piece linen for shirts, cottons for pants. bottons for shirts, 6 hanks of silk thread 7 hanks of flax thread, 1 piece coarse cotton, and 1 piece bleached cotton two Boxes of soap
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182Author:  Carr, MildredAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Mildred Carr to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 29  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I take this opportunity of writein you this lines to inform you that We are all well hopeing that this may find you and famil enjoying the same blessings of good Health now the ship is about to sail for Virginia & wish to let you know about the things that you sent me last one peace of Brown jeanes and one peace of blue cottin there a small peace of yaller cottin & nothing more in the way of clothing as the outher woman had thay had shoes stockins & calicoes and I did not think that you sent any more to them Than you did to me & I can not beleave outher Ways unless you write me that you did make That differrance with us dear master James Please send me some clothing for my self & Children some shoes for me no 7 & a box of soap and some counterpin calico and some calicoes for clothing for my self & children also we has gotten in our new house jist at Chrismast and it is large a enufe for four rooms Please master send those things as far as the Money will a low please give my love to all the servants old aunt Rachiel speshily Please give my love to Brother Billy and Joe when you see them dr. as I am quite busy at this time washing & ironing for the society In deed all the music hall woman are inployed by the society at this time nothing more at this time master James but beleave me to be your obediant servant
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183Author:  Harden, JudyAdd
 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
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184Author:  Scott, MaryAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Mary Scott to Elizabeth Minor 1858 December  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: My Deare I recive your letter an was glad to her from you I hope these lines will find well as these leave me & mother Elzibeth I am in Africa an is well satfid this is the Country for the Culore raice My deare I do wich I could see your fasce again, o, Miss Elzibeth most evey thing Grows in this Country oringes peach wasnots most very thing. I did leave Careys burg in dec 1858 to go to the fane. I did not Beleave that it was somany thing heare in this Country I have ben goin to Choole but I have ben employed to wait on the amegrant in the Resepticel My Choole teacher name, Miss Julet Hazzit. I have lost my Deare Brother he is dead he is dead he left a Good test tamony behind he died happy. very happy indeed when you write again please write me all the Strange nose you did write A short letter to me before please tell Mrs Sarah Loois I have written her an never recive no anser. Give my love to your Mother an Father. Give love to Maly & Roday tell them tha must write to me Bety Walker says tell Roday as she did not write me write before please rite when the ship return. Give my love to An Rachel tell her I off time think of her I give my love to all the frieds Mother send all love to you all Mary Jane & Sarah send their love to Ant Rachel
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185Author:  Douglass, WilliamAdd
 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
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186Author:  Franklin, HenryAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Henry Franklin to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 February 17  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: Theas Lines me in good health at preasant I wish you would pleas to let me know if their is any thing commig to me & if their is pleas send me Sume Cloth I am Learning Lumber & Farming Sume Rember me to all the Freinds
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187Author:  Southall, AdelineAdd
 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
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188Author:  Coleman, Margaret; Coleman, Martin; Coleman, AlanAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Margaret Coleman, Martin Coleman, Alan Coleman, and Washington Coleman to Dr. Minor 1859 August 23  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: theas will in form you that I am yet well and hop theas may find you and all the family the saim as – – – Mr. Minor you will be so kind as to send me one Barl of Poark and one Barrel of flour & one Barrel of Shuger and one piece of white Cloth & 3 kegs of nailes No 16 & 8 & 4 and one Dresspaturn of Blue long & one pice of Calico and one Box of Soape one Spinnin Whial 2 pare of shous No 7 & 2 Grubin Hoes one ax
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189Author:  Coleman, WilsonAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Wilson Coleman to Dr. James H. Minor 1859 August 23  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: Dear Sir by theas you may be inform that I am quite unwell and has bin so for som tim so I have not bin able to do a days work for one yeare so you may now that I am now in a bad Staite all of my complaint ar mosley in my Back & Side an Bress it appeares that no Docters Can do me aney good or theay has don me no good as yet So I suffers a good Eal— —I do hop theas may find you & all of the family ar Enjoying good health
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190Author:  Coleman, MargaretAdd
 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
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191Author:  Southall, AdelineAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Adeline Southall 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 recive one pare of shoese my Best respects to you & family please if you send me any more shuese send no 7 & on 8. Please send 1 pice of calco, 1 Box of Soap 2 piece of bleach cotton. Lucy send her love to all the family She says she recive 1 pare of shoese please send her pare of fine shoese no 7 one piece of Calco 1 bolt of bleach. 1 bolt of onbleach. 1 box fo of Tobacco. Box of Soap Nothing more
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192Author:  Twine, CharlesAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Charles Twine to Dr. James H. Minor 1860 January 19  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I write you these lines to inform you of my health which is quite well & hope these will find you the same. I recive the meshesed you sent me & I understan that you was in sulted about the letter I send you but Deare Sir I did not meane to insulte you. I was very glad to hear that your family was well & your peopel was well if you aras insulted Sir I aske your parden When you see my sister please tell her howdy for me. tell her if I never see her on erth I hop to meet her in heaven whose perstin will be no more Lucy & Adline send thare best respects hear tell Susan she must excuse me for not writing to her but I will write her on the next Ship Myself & will will send you some mony the reason I write before twas because I thugh I had some money there but if I have none I will stop writen over those to you I heard that some of the peopel have some things come but I have not recive anything as yeat if I have anything else home Please send it to me in me ennything you see proper tell Aunt rachel Hardy for me & auncel John & Sadey Brackston & Caroling Brackston & Noley Sharps tell sadey & Courotiny tha mus write me
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193Author:  Scott, Tibby and Scott, MaryAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Tibey Scott and Mary Scott to James H. Minor and Elizabeth Minor 1860 January 19  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: Deare Sir I write you these lines to inform you of my health wich is quite well. I hope these lines will find you all well in health. My Best respects to Joseph Tarel William Tarel Mr Thomas Estres family Liess Harris family & Julia A Ann Haliaday & her servient & saddy in particular My children all is well Mary & Milred & Robert & Thomas Send thar best love to you all. we lik the country very well our littel town are inproven very much with amegrants at this time. Both of the Boys gos to chule we have the pleasur of goin to church three times as week. our pastur is a pastur from Richmond I received the thing you sent us 3 pare of shoes, 1 keg of [hole in ms.] you have ay thing els to send me please send me some cloth for my boys such as cotton cloth to make for & any thing els you think we stand need of & some white cloth. Mr Minor fare well fare well if we never meet on erth no mor I hop to meet you in heaven whare partin will be no more
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194Author:  Walker, HughAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Hugh Walker to Dr. James H. Minor 1860 January 20  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I take my pen in hand To drop you a few lines to let you know that I am well and I hope these lines may find you the same, my family are tolerably well with the excetions of Sally she has an ulcer on her foot for the last two years, it is so that she can first hop to school at this time, Mary Jane beky Sally and Taylor have all had very bad ulcers but they are all well but Sally's I am some time so ignorant as to believe if you had been present that you would have cured them. long ago I received a cag of nails which I was very much oblige to you for the only thing is a box of hardware at the depot which we have not received yet but we don't know what is in it yet I learned from Wm Douglass letter that you have been advised what to do with the children's money I believe that the advise is very good in some things but as my circumstances is otherwise fixed im advise according to things I have six upon my hands to provide bread for them and myself and clothes and shoes if you have any means you must please send them some clothing, betty says is you have any money for her please send it in money, my children send their love to Aunt rachel and to roda and nelly, and to mr. and mrs. howe lewis, My respects to you No more at present but remains yours respectfully
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195Author:  Harden, JuliaAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Julia Harden to Dr. James H. Minor 1860 January 20  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: As the Ship M. C. Stevens are about to sail for the United States I avail myself of the opportunity to write you a few lines as I have written two or three times but up to the present time I have not received no answer to Either of my letters which I cannot account for I have thought perhaps they may have gotten misplaced is why I again have attempted to write you again which I trust will reach you. Permit me to request of you to send me some things which I greatly needs please to Send me some cloths Suitable for to make some dreses for myself & Daughter & Some pantloon Stuff for my boys & a peices of white clothe & some sewing cotton & a dozen Ladies Shoes & a dozen Linen Hankerchiefs & Some Bed ticking & Some Shoes for myself & daughter Say a couple of pair Each, these things I would be happy to get by the Ship on her return. My respects to yourself & family this leaves me well with all my children my respects to old aunt Racheal If alive. please to reply by the return of the Ship.
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196Author:  Barrett, MariaAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: Maria Barrett to Dr. James H. Minor 1860 January 20  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: Sir I take this oppertunity writing you these few lines hoping to you well as it leaves me at Present you will Pleas to send me a m a white dress one Kegg of 10° penny nails one of shiglen nails 6° one Piece of Bron Linnen Drill for Pantaloons and Pleas to send me som tobaco and som Bleach cotton and one Pair of shoes NO 7's for my self one Pair of No 6 for Isabella If you can Posible send them Pleas to Do so for I need them very much my children is all well and are Doing the Best we can
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197Author:  Paxton, J. H.Add
 Title:  Liberian Letters: J. H. Paxton to Dr. James H. Minor 1860 February 15  
 Published:  1998 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I beg to say that on the return of the M. C. Stevens 1 from the leeward there was landed from her another box of merchandize for the Terril people, of which I had no former knowledge, because there came no invoice or bill of landing for the goods shipped.
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198Author:  Douglass, WilliamAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Dr. James H. Minor 1861 February 22  
 Published:  1998 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I recd your letter per M. C. Stevens and was much pleased with the contents thereof. I have seen Dr Harner in Liberia. I & him came togeother to Liberia and I was very glad to see him again on our shore. it was my intention to have came over in the "Stevens" this time myself but defer it for another times on account of bad news.
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199Author:  Douglass, WilliamAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Dr. James H. Minor 1865 August 15  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I seat myself once more to write you to in- form you that I am still with my family in the land among the living, for which I am more than thankful to God. I can truly say that the Lord has been good to us since we have been in this land in sparing our lives. My daughter instead of the little girl I brought with me is now taller than her mother. She has grown much indeed and with her mother is enjoying good health. It has been now about 4 years since I have heard from you and I must say I am over axious to hear from you once more— more so since I heard the war is about over. It must indeed have been dreadful to be in a land as America has been for the last four years— covered with all the horrors of war. But I hope it will not be long ere peace shall again be de clared and when the sound of the battle shall no more be heard. In your last letter you requested me when I write to inform you how I was am getting along. At present I am doing pretty well. I am paying the mass of my attention to the growing of cane of which I have about 8 acres. I made this year 8000 pounds of sugar which was said to be the best made around here. It is true that it is a new country, and we have many hardships to un- dergo, but by God's blessings and an effort on one's side he can get along. Here I have realized the meaning of the words: Sitting under one's own vine and fig tree and none daring to molest or make afraid. The only thing that grieves me, is that I cannot enjoy it with my children. were they with me I should be perfectly satisfied. To be so far separated from them is indeed an afflic- tion hard to bear.
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200Author:  Douglass, WilliamAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: William Douglass to a Friend 1866 January 29  
 Published:  1998 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: I take this opportunity of writing these few lines trusting they may find you well, and family, as I am quite well, I have been very anxious of hearing from you I has written you four letters during the war and could hear nothing which made me very anxious to hear from you, I could not tell whether you was dead or alive. Please to let one hear from you as early as possible and also let me your condition and your country's. I would like to come over but and had proposed doing so, but at this time I am very busy in sugar making & farming and cannot well leave, Last year I made 8000 pounds of sugar, and I expect to make a great deal more with the Small machinery I have this year, I Sold last year's for $60 thousand. 1 I am also acting as agent for the Am. Col. Society for this last emigra tion that came from Lynchburg here Dec. 14th 1865, which keeps me very busy I therefore am oblige to give up the idea of coming as I proposed this march, but the pastor of our Church Albert Woodson is coming over in march and I expect him to call and See you and all the friends in that district for me. please answer this as Soon as you can to this as I may know all about you and if you are alive and all respecting you as I am longing to hear a word from an old friend as you. Also inform me something about my Children I could hear nothing from them neither during the war though I has often written them, but I chance to hear mention of them in a letter to George Walker from Mrs Reeves that two was dead and one she never mention her name at all Julia, which made me very unhappy. In 1861 when Dr. Hall was over here last I gave him $20 — in gold and a receipt for the Same was inclosed to you in a letter. requesting you to draw it from him and give it to my children but the war broke out before he could arrive to America and I have heard nothing about it Since. I and family is doing well here and are well, And I feel very proud that myself and family may be an example for those that may hereafter come to this country of Industry. I must close for the present untill I hear from you, Make our love and regards to your family and all inquiring friends
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