| | 1 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Add | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to David S. Haselden 1834
February 7  | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I embrace this opportunity to inform you that I am well at this time
hoping that these few lines may find you enjoying the
Same
blessing after
fifty sixt days on the ocean we all landed
Safe in
monrovia
I was very Sick on board of the vessle
but I thank god that he has taken Cear of me untill the present time I
hav Seen Agreate manys things Since I left home that
I never would of Seen in
Buchannon
it
urengs to mind the words of Solomon that the eye is not satisfide with Seeing nor the eare with
hearing I must say that I am as well pleasd as I expeced to
be in
Liberia
we hav most all had the fever and hav lost four of our number one woman about Seventy five two
Children under twelve allSo the
Rev
Mr Rigt
[1] one of our misenarys lost his wife and we may Say She is aloss to
africa
but we hav evry reson to belive that she
is at rest the balance is all on the mend this is my twenty fourth day Since I first was
takin and I thank god that I hav not kept my bed one hole day at atime the people do die through imprudence we
hav the best
docter that ever was in this place I can not tell you much about
africa
I hav not been from
Monrovia Since I landed I
must Say that the people are doing better than I expected them
two agreat many of them got rich Since they
came to
Liberia
their is Some that are doing bad like in all other
places I think from what I hav Seen and heard that any body Can liv in this place if they will be industrous
the natives are numerous in this place and they do
the most of the work for the people in this place
they will Steal every Chance They they hav they are most all Croomen[2]
in respect to my Self I think
that I Could make an independent living if I was to put
my Self about it but as my intention was to Spend
and be Spent for god I feal like standing to my
post I hav not been employd by the
methodist yet the Presbytterians offer to take me in to their famely and Support me and give me the best education that they
Can their is four in famely two white men one white woman and one Coloured man
they hav treated me with greate kindness and
all So the methodist the methodist
preachers are plenty in this place and their is
not as larg A field in
monrovia
as would I wish to find and be
spent for god our methodist bishup told me that as soon as he got over the fever he
would find me A Station I Can not tell you
at this time what parte of
africa
I will be placd
in I will write when I can tell you more A bout
it you must excuse bad writing and
all So bad Spelling I must
come to A close | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 2 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Add | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1834 March
18 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I embrace the opper tunity to let you no that I send this paper to
Adam Carper
I am on my road to
Calwell
and met the oppertunity to send one
paper home please to send it to him
youy
you must excuse me for not writing more and better my company is wating to go to
Calwell
I
hav not been there yet
but am on my road at this time.
tell
Adam to read the news of Africa and let his friends read the same and all so his neighbours I did not
no when I wrote to
Daniel that I could get A paper to send home my Company is waiting on me and I must Stop
the writing is bad the Spelling is bad and the lines
Crocked. The
indorcment on the paper is put on by one of
our store keepers pardon me for not senen sending you A paper | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 3 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Add | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1834 April 1 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I embrace this oppertunity to inform you
that I am well hoping that these few lines may find you all in good helth I wrote to you by the same ship that I came
in and I now hav the oppertunity of writing to you by a vessel that
brough out emegrants
from
baltimore
to
Cape Palmus
About five hundred miles from
monrovia
their is anumber
gon from this place to
Cape Palmus
as I wrote before I can not tell you
much About the Country as their has been so many
people died in this place I though I would not
expose my Self in travling So I hav not been from the
Cape
we have vessels coming in harber
All most every
weak from
urope
no man could tell what trade is going on in Africa unless he could See it I
hav seen so many Strang
things Since I left home that evry thing
be comes
old when I first Saw the nativs
all naked I though that I never could get ust to it but
it is an old saing use is second nature I do not mind to See them now
if I could talk with you face to face and tell you
about the nativs you would not belive
me to See their cloth that they make and other
Articue els that they make you would be
Supprised To be Short, their natturel
talants are grate
in deed Some of them can read and write.
I am sory to
tell you that we hav lost the Rev
Mr. Wright
after he lost his wife he had got on so fare that he came to Church and he took re laps and on the 21 of march he fell Asleep in
Jesus
arms ware
Sickneys and Sorrow pain
and Death are felt and feard no more
Mr. Spaulding is very low at this time and all
so the Single Lady, but She Says Se would
Sooner Die than to go back and discurage the
mishen it seem
all most
imposable for white men to liv here but still their is A greate many on the cost at
the
British Colenny
their is a greate many
white people in short they are coming and going out and in Monrovia most evry day
we hav lost but five out of our number yet but
God only noes how Soon Some
more of us will
hav to go but thank God it is
as nigh to havin in
africa
as it is in
America
the time is not
fare distant when
Gabril
will sound the
Trump and gether us all
together O that I may be so hapy to meet you and
all your
famely on the Right hand of God and all So all my neighbours
ware we can enjoy the company of each other for
ever and we will be clear of truble for ever
and we will see our God face to face and live for
ever.
O Henry when
I look back and reflect on the many
ours I spent with you and your famely I am led to wish that I could see you all but we are
severl thousand miles Apart at this time
the Captain of our ship says it is five thousand and six hu ndred miles from Norfolk to
Liberia
he can measure A mile on sea as correct as you can on
land I want you to write to me as often as you
can vessels are coming from the United States
evry
month let me no all about
the people how many
hav died and who they are and how many hav
mared and who they are and who was elected to
the next Legislature. Write evry thing [HOLE IN
MS] [HOLE] fit to write and I will do the same. [HOLE]
Give my love to your
wife and mothernlaw tell them to pray for
me I often think of you all
giv my love to Simon and
Harison
and to
Bety
tell them that I want them to have good education and good Religion
Against I come to
America
Giv my love to your Father and
Step mother tell them I often think of them
Tell them to pray for me Giv my love to the
Boys and tell them if they ever want to see any
thing to leave
Buchannon
giv my love to all the Children to Philip Reger with all his family and to Mr Haselden and Goff
and all inquireing
friends Tell Lydia that their was A vessel from
Jermany
landed here About ten days Ago and I never saw better looking men
in my life than some of them ware if She wants
a Jerman and
will write to me I will try to send
hur one for I think they will suit hur Tell
hur Above all things to get religion so that she may
Save hur
sole May the Lord bless you all and save you is my
pray for Christ's
Sak | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 4 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Add | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1835 March 5 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I Embrace the opper tunity to inform you that
I am well hoping that these few lines will find you all
well I hav written to you
not long Since I will not write but a short
letter I want to in
form you that I hav received but two letters
from you since I landed I hav written as many as a dozen to you you
hav no excuse for not writing
vessels are coming from the
united states
everry month
the most of the vessels are from New York
with out it is and Emigrant vessel
they are mostly from
Norfolk
three of our Preachers are expected to
l Sail from Liberia to
new york
to morrow in order to bring their
familys to Liberia to
remain for life one is a white man
Super intender of the Methodis
Epistal Episcopal Church Several more of the people in this place are going I can not tell when I will start to come to
America I am employed to teach
school I do not know when I can come but if God
Spares me I hope to See you all in this world
if not I hope to see you in a
better world than this
I hav been to
one Camp meeting in
Liberia
I must say I never was at a Camp meeting in my life that
people acted better
it has been very sickly here for a
bout three month many
hav gone to eternity in that time I thank God that I am still living
Giv my lov to Mother Eade
an to David and his wife
tell them that I am well and doing well I am still striving to serv the
Lord in my weak manner and to Preach the Gospel
also
giv my best lov to all the
family tell them I often think about
them and would like to see them all but the proud ocean rolls between
us tho the ocean bet between us roll friendship shall unite our
souls giv my lov to your
wife and
and Children and to Miss Lydia
Simmons to all your friends and to all
the neighbours I will send your father one of our
herbals I hav not time to
write much now please to excuse me
as for you my best lov is alway with you I want you to write as often as possible and I will do the
same | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 5 | Author: | Michie, Mary | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Mary Michie to Dr. James H. Minor 1857 February
4 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | It affords me great pleasure to have this opportunity to address a letter to
you. In the midst of danger & death, while we could discern
nothing above, & around us but the blue canopy of heaven, &
under ous the deep, deep blue sea,
we we were Providentially cared for, and bless to reach this our destined port, Monrovia. I am much pleased with this place inded,
Monrovia is nearly as large as
Charlotsville
and has some fine houses in it. The people here are very
genteel. I thought to find things different, and that we would have to
enlighten tha people, but I find that we need
teaching ourselves. There was not a death during the passage out, and
up to this date all our folks are well, and very well satisfied indeed. For
myself, I would not go back to America no how. I leave
to day for to go up the St Pauls
river and see how it looks up there: and when I have got a
better knowledge of the Country, I want to write you all about: so as you
may be informed and others through you how & what the country
is. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 6 | Author: | Douglass, William | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Dr. James H. Minor 1857
February 5 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | In haste I drop you these few lines to inform you of my health, and family,
we are all well and enjoying the blessings of kind heaven. We left
Norfolk on the 8th, of
Decr.
and we were 45 days on our tedious passage from Hamilton roads to
Roberts port
Grand Cape Mount, were we
stop to land some of our immigrants who were destined to the place,
and during the voyage, there was none sick of any disease only sea sickness
which of course we were not accustom to in no way, before our arrival
at the above named; all well and fater than they
was before in thier life, and all arrived at Monrovia in the beautiful Receptacle[1] which was brought out by the Rev. John Seys some months hence
in good spirits and sound; except myself, wife
Susan
, and Mary Douglass my daughter,
Thos. Scott
, David Scott,
Chas. Twin
,
Phil Twin
,
Geo. Walker
, Hugh Walker, Jr.,
Winzer Walker
,
Wilson Coleman
, Washington Coleman
Martin Coleman, Allen
Coleman, Young Barrett
Maria Barrett, Isabella
Johnson,
Chas. Barrett
,
Dick Barrett
,
John Mickey
, and
Washington Mickey
, all these I have mentioned[2] leave the ship
Mary Caroline Stevens, on the 28th day of January for this place,
which is about 46 miles which is only few hours travel, 15, of us arms our
mus kets and march in the roads from White Plains near
Millsberg to our destined home here we arrived safe
and sound; and we are all here provided
for by the Rev. John
Seys our excellent Agent who came out here for that purpose; and we
think could find no better man for
that experiment, no how in the world, who is acquainted with the natives fashion and cus
toms, and have already prepare us a loving and fine peo- ple; and everything is suitable to our taste in every respects and condition. We have meetings in the week on the
Sabbath and also Sabbath school; and in the week day school is for us,
which is taught by Mr. John A. Claode a native
of this country who have been reared up by the good missionary Society some
years back
who ever thought we would find such a one as this young
man is in the midst of civilized people O may God give him grace to teach those
who has arrived here late; this school is taught in our receptable as there was no school house has
been built for that purpose, but I hope by the assistance of God we shall
put up one for school and also will answer for worshipping. I cannot say
any thing now about the people until I hear
from them again but when I left them they were all well and good
in spirits; as for the country I am
very much
disap pointed
to see what beautiful country it is. I dont
think there could be any better country found for our colored race
any part of the globe, and when we come to behold the natural fruits
hanging on our beautiful shady trees, its makes my
heart to re- joiced within me; and I almost exclaim O God thou has
hidden many things from the eyes of
man, on this
this side of the shores and, now we
are able we are to see
it for ourselves which we have heard of for many years past and gone, but
you may assumed that we are long
way behind the people of this
country for thier
in genuity
they can make an excellent country cloths which of course I did not expect to see such
in the land. I have seen an excellent African cotton which is of the best
quality it can be raise
by any one if they only prepare a place for it. We find everything good
for eatable and also that to make man happy in this world, but most
every thing is dear for to buy. My dear Doctor
Minor as you fail in given us the list of
our tools it was difficult to get it
of from the ship, but we have done the best we could and have divided them according to our ability, for you assured we
found very a ble for our wants, and we are
very thankful to you that you did procure these things for our means,
that we are now have the pleasure
to say to you what we stand in need off, and we will
say that by the Mary Caroline Stevens, when she
returns in
March we all will remember you all in our pray ers to God, especially your family in preference
fromand all the rest, they all remember their love to
every body, and all are well and have not had any
sick ness since our arrival in this mount,
and if all meet up with good luck we will unite to all in that neigh borhood. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 7 | Author: | Barrett, Young; Barrett, Maria; and Johnson, Isabella | Add | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Young Barrett, Maria Barrett, and Isabella
Johnson to Dr. James H. Minor 1857 March 3 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I have taken this first opportunity after my arrival in this country, of writing to you I hope that you and family are well, myself &
family are quite well, and have been since I been in this country, yet at
this time I am not quite well to day. Myself and
Maria
,
Isabella
Charles
and
Richard
, have all come to the new
Interior Settlement, about 50 or 60 miles from
the sea coast.
Wm Douglass
and his family, Charles Twine and his
Brother
Philip
,
George
,
Winslow
and
Hugh Walker
3 Brothers,
Washington, Coleman,
Allen
,
Wilson,
and
Martin
4 Brothers,
John
and
Washington Mickey
2 Brothers, and
Thomas
and David Scott, 2 Brothers1 compose the company that came to the new
Interior Settlement with us, We have all been
quite well, no fever nor any other kind of sickness
the place is finely located on top of a very high
mountain, we like this place much better than we seen elsewhere, and
although things are not like they were at home, yet we are thus far
quite satisfied. The rest of our people all settled at
Monrovia, and Clay Ashland
up the river about 15 miles from the sea coast, And I am very sorry to
inform you that the mortality has;
been very great by the fever, we have
lost by Death the following persons, my father, sister
Francis2, Uncle Buck Thomson, Billy Douglass,
James Scott,
Lucy Twines
baby, Frank Coleman;
Maria Coleman;
Lucy Twines
Father; Patrick
Mickey;3
4
Robert Scott is laying very low, indeed all the
people down at Clay Ashland are quite sick, Thus
far we all have enjoyed good health as when at home. I will now tell you of
my wife
Maria,
and the children, they did not get any of the clothes that was
intended for them
the box was robbed or something else; as there was
no bill of Lading for them, we have never seen
any them. I would like you send me 1 Barrell
of Pork 1 Bll of Fish and 1 of flour, and also 2
pair of Black Gaiters No 6 and No 7 also some leather shoes for us all, I would
be very glad to receive these by the Mary Caroline
Stevens, when she comes in the Spring, so as we may get them by
the then our 6 months is up on the Society, I would like to get some
Calico, some Bleached and some Unbleached Cotton, and 2 cotton Bed spreads —. some Blue and White
womens stockings; and 1 White Swiss muslin
dress pattern for
Isabella
; I wish this to be fine, and a peice of
Satin Ribbon, and please to send
Maria
some Black dresses suitable for mourning | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 8 | Author: | Gurley, Ralph Randolph | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Ralph Randolph Gurley to Dr. James H. Minor
1857 November 4 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | Thanks for your fafavor of the
30th
ult
enclosing a printed letter from William
Douglass. From the health experienced at Careysburg, we derive animating hopes of the salubrity of
the highland Districts of Liberia. I shall
publish in the January Repository Douglass'
letter, with your introductory Remarks. Mr
Mc'Lain informed me that he sent nothing to your people by the
Stevens,
because, without loss he could not buy with Virginia money, & that on the whole, he thought as
well, to postpone sending
until another opportunity. He will
be most happy however to attend to any of your explicit instructions.
He desires me to inquire, when and to what extent, you will feel
authorized to pay sundry orders from the
Terrill
people forwarded by Mr
Seys
? Contributions, at present, are scarcity, & far
between, though we have reason to thank God for notice of one or two Generous bequests. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 9 | Author: | Scott, Tibby | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Tibby Scott to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January
8 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | i drop you thes few lines
i hope you and all of your family are enjoying the
blesing of helth
and my love to them all
i am quit well and soe is my fam ily
at prezen
and thay send thear love to all
i like the country Right wel and
i find it Better than i
exspected and the wether is
quit plesant and
comforttable and we need our warm clothing
here as well as we did in the
states
my helth has bin quite Bad and i have Bin quit sick ofton and
on But thank god my helth
is Better we have great meny and diffrent kinds of
vetgable
grooes here Eudoos and
Cassavdoes
swet
pototoe and
plantin banneanna
and some times rice and corn these
ar our breadstuf and
we have beans and peas cabbag grens
rowpar
ocra
we can rais
cowever and sevrel
kindes of veg talle
Frouits of all kinds grooes
here too fine apples
gaugeous cheeres and oranges
lemmon meat is hard to get her
i did not get eny grocers
ataul but 2 Barrel of
flooer if you Pleas to send me too Barels of pork
one barrel of
fish one barrel of of suggar and box of soap and a keg of Butter and too Barrel of flooer and i than
k you if you [illeg.]
pleas to me some calicoes and gengeams and some [illeg.]
stuf to mak my Boys some
clothes as
aid not have eny come out and
shoes
Milvey ask youe if youe
pleas to send her a white
foorved muslin drees and
pleas to
send a Bonneet and
mantilar and some whit shirting and
some bed tick and a
coun ter pin and my love to all
esspeashly
aunt Rachel
if you pleas to send me
some gardon seds my love to
Willam
and Joe and we all Desire to hear
from and wish for them to wright to me and
Mr Marress
family
thomes and
Brobert send thear love to [illeg.]
Willam
and for Milvy and Mary also hows all the Neigbors | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 10 | Author: | Harden, Judy | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Judy Harden to Mr. Howell Lewis 1858 January 21 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I agin by tha
healpe of god am abel to
infourm you that i am well at
preasent and I hope theas few lines may find you in tha same
state and all tha rest and i am
glad to say to you that all my family is well we hav not bin sick Since my housban
dide and I have found
Imployment at Cooking for the
Emmigrents at this place
Carysburgh Is a healthy mountian and i was very much disapinted in not giting a Letter from you and i hope on tha next Ship you an
mis Sara lowis
will right and give my love to
all tha Children
and to
ant rachel
and uncle John and tell him that his
Children has not forgot him yet and
federrick
mans I am Sorrow to imform
you that your Sister in law dide aboute
5 mounts ago in ad 1857
Brothers and sisters dont forgit me
bi cause my housban is
did and i look
four some of you to rite to me
befour Long and give my love to
ante franky
and i have got one town lot and thirty
Akers of land for my self and
Children and while i am ann ann thi
aC I rent my lot aught for $3 50 Six mounts | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 11 | Author: | Scott, Mary | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Mary Scott to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January
21 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | i Drop you these few lines and i
hope that thay may finde
you and family well as it leaves me at pres ent
and i enjoy good helth at this tim
and My Respects to all enquiring
frendes and to Mrs Mary and Children if you Be pleas
to send mee one Barrel of Bacon and one Barel of flooer one
Barrel of fish a keg of Buter a Barrel of Suggar and if you Be
pleas to send me a Bonnet And a Counter Pin
Pleas to send me a Blue Barage2 Dress and some Lawn and geigem and a Roll of Bleach Cotton and
3 Pair of Shoes and Stocking
is you Please and Ball of
figerd
White Ribbon and if you Pleas Sir to
Direct our letters and things to
Carys Burg
is you Pleas
Sir | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 12 | Author: | Walker, George | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: George Walker to Dr. James H. Minor 1858
January 27 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I hop
thes lines may find you well as they leave me. I
am very Glad of the Saw you Sent me I am thusin times oblige
to you. also I am blige
to you for all the things you Sent me. I recive
all you Sent to me. but the cloth I sent to you
for I wish you wold
please send me one Soot of Broad cloth
please Send me one role
of Blue Driling one pice
of calco & one pice of lon. one Role of unblich. one pice of fine
cotting for shirten. one
pice of line. please Send me one Dr Book
please Send me four Baptis hym Book.
please Send me one box of tobacc. Send me one cage of nails number
10. one cage of number 4
if
thare is any mony
of for me please
Send it by someone that is coming Right heare. to
this plase
please Send me one barrel of meat. Sister Betty Says please send hea her one Role of unblich cotten & three pareShause number 7. please Send her one white dress. & She Says you must Send them with my things
we Just got our Land since the last Emegrants
come
out
wich is 30 Acrs
we are now fixen to plant
Rice
please give my love to master
Howl Louis
& all his family & Master
Henry Louis
aske him I Says is he marred
yeat or m
no
tell him to write me I have writin to him I do not
no whether he Recive the
letter in or no I my Self
is not yeat
mared
give my love to ant
Rachel at
Musik hall
tell her that I am yeat
Striven to pray for
tha all By the Strangh that
God give me to do it with. I Am doing well an all
the f
family tell
ant Rachel all the Girls Send
thare love to her &
Winslow
tell
ant Rachel that I now
stans in the pulpit to
clas
the Gospel the
liven
the best way I no
how
all you all wich take Goad for
thare
Mast must pray for me when
times gous well
with you. Dr please Send me them
thinges
wich I write to you for I
hop
hapnest & payety will
gide you while on erth you
stay
if we dont meet on erth
no
more I hop we will meet in
heaven,
please
write
also when you writ tell me
whare is unc el
Billy &
Joseph) | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | 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 |
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