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 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
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