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1Author:  Douglass, WilliamAdd
 Title:  Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Dr. James H. Minor and Frank Nelson 1857 March 8  
 Published:  1999 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters 
 Description: Dear Sirs I take this opportunity of sending my best regards to you as well as the family and friends we all got safe from Virginia to Liberia all of us that came to Carysburgh are well Young Barrett had a Slight Bilious attack but is now better, the rest of the people that we left at the Cape have moved to Clay Ashland, so as to be near their farm I now tell you who is dead, Dick Franklin, and Patrick Mickey Robinson Scott, Jacob Twine, Francis Barrett, James Scott Maria Coleman, Frank Coleman, Lucy twines Baby young Jacob WBilly Douglass, Emily Carr, these have all died with the fever and the rest have all had the fever but are getting better I am sorry to inform you of the death of these persons, I always thought it imprudent for persons raised on high lands to settle on the Coast, so I came to this mountain where I am well as ever, All the boys have wrote for themselves what they want, When you send what they have sent for be so good as to send all seperate and different receipts for the same, As I told you when I left we had great difficulty in selecting our tools, not having a Bill for them, our Box of Cloth was broke upon and our Cloth was taken out what was left I divided as far it would go The Boys all wish you to send them money as follows The Walkers want all what is left to be sent and all the rest except Young Barrett wish to have all sent that is left if there is not enough to get what they sent for please to get such things as they most need, As I did not know what was coming to me I thought best to mention these things that I much stand in need off by referring to the other Letters you will see what we are doing if there is any money left for me please send it in in Tobacco a Small Caske would be worth a great deal as Tobacco is worth in trade 50 Cts a lb— Bacon is worth 25 Cts a lb flour 12 1/2 butter 25 & 37 Eggs 37 1/2 a Dozen fowls 12 & 25 Cts a peice we are able to get 30 Acres of farm land and a town lot of 1/2 An acre in the new settlement this is certainly a fine country fine Timber fine soil and on this mountain a Beautiful Climate I am delighted with this Country thus far and with industry I think that any man can get a living, We all have a good Chance here, we have the worship of God regularly twice a day, we also have a school which we attend daily & at night so that these 6 months if we dont improve it will be our own fault, Mr John Seys is continualy thinking of some thing to increase our comforts and happiness the Agent and Superintendent trys to do his part you will direct all things designed for any of us to Carysburgh Mount Fauble Interior Settlement Care of Mr Saunders A Campion Agt A. Cl Sy. and Governor or Superintendent of the Settlement by these means we will never, get them this land is very heavy Timbered the Largest trees I ever seen the Axes we got are all bro broke but one, in looking at the Giant trees and our broken axes we feel bad, but we intend to go on, we are building a Log Church and School House so that you must not think that I am idle I now Close this part Dr Minor my Dear freind please to rememember my love to dear old Aunt if she is living tell her I thank God she did not start to come here as she could never have got here, this is not the Country for any old People my wife joins in her kind regards to you I wish very much to hear from you and let me know how your crops are I close by saying I am thankful to you for to you all I send my love to every body and shall try to again by the steamer God Bless you prays your truly
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