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1Author:  Douglass, William; Walker, William; Carr, SamuelAdd
 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
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