| | 1 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Add | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1834 June 2  | | | | Published: | 1999 | | | | 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 will find you in and all yours in good helth it
affords me adegree of Comfort that I have the
oppertunity of conversing with you by
way of paper and ink I have been in Africa almost Six months and I have not kept my bed one
day at A time I had but A Slight tuch of the fever I have Chills now
and then and also the fever with them the
fever is not as hard in this Country as it is in the United States if you get it around here it is very hard to
heal but I thank god that I have had none yet
it is almost nedless for me to undertake
to dis crib
Africa to you I have Seen but
little of it but this I can Say the more I See and
the longer I Stay the better I
like it I am convinced in my owun own mind that all that is wanting is
industry and good management and then we Shall be independant and can enjoy the comforts of life I visited A Town by the name of
New Gorgia
it is Settled by the recaptured Africans by the name of
Ebose and
Congose
they had not been in the United
States long enough to learn to talk
English if you Could See their town and
their farms around it you would Say that any person that could not live in
A A
Africa
ort
to Starve I Seen three Crops all at
one time on one peace of ground their was corn rice and Cosider and they all
look as promising as I would wish to See them
Swete
potatos look as fine as any I ever Saw I must Say that I am afraid that our Country never
will improve as it
ort
untill
the people in the United States keep their Slaves
that they have raised like as dum as horses at home and Send those here who
will be A help to improve the Country
as for Virginia as far as my
knowledg extends I think She has Sent out the
most Stupid Set of people in the place while they have them their the cow hide is hardly ever
off of their backs and when they come here they feal So free that they walk about from morning till evening
with out doing one Stroke of work by those means they become to Sufer
people in the United States
ort
to have more regard for Liberia than to
Send Such people here Some think that every thing grows
by
in this Country with out labour but they are mistaken I must Correct an error that I made in William Jackson's
letter I Stated that every
thing grew almost
Spontanious in this Country I wish to be un derstood by
that expresion that we need not labour half
So hard here as in Some parts of the United
States yet we can not live with out work
their have com agrate many from
North Carlina
who are dregs in the place the most
enterprising men that we have here is from Baltimore and
Charleton
I can only Say that if the
Coulard man had the Same oppertunity with the White man he would not be one Step
behind him in no respect
the
their is not much Sickness in Liberia at this time god Still
preserves our lives
time would fail
m with me to tell all that I have
Seen and heard Since I left
Buchannon
I often think about you the thousands of miles apart we have had
Seet
intercourse together on Buchannon and
I feal in hopes if god Spares us we will See each
other in the flesh I am now living in
Call well
imploid to assist in giving out provis ion and Selling goods in the mean time I am studing grammer and the
arithmetic I want to get all the Learning
that I can for with out it we can do but little
both in temperl and Spirituel
matters your assistance to me will never
be forgotten by me while I move on the globe as it respects my religious
enjoy ments I think I enjoy my Self as well as I ever have Since god Spoke
peace to my Soul the more I See of the world the more I feal like Serving god as I n
no that I have but afew
days to live in the world I want to do all I can in god's service I feal that when
god calls me from this world that it Shall be from the walls of Zion I have been trying to Blow the gospel trump
ever since I landed in
Africa
I Still feal that god is with me god is reviveing his
work in
Caldwell
I feal as if the time was not far distant
till the Clangours of truth will be Sounded to
the last green verg on erth
when I look back to America
and See how the people in Buchannon Stood in my
way in trying to Serve god I fear that if they do not repent they will
be Sorry in the morning of the resurrection I can appeal to god and Say I love all my old neighbours I want you to give my best love to
your wife and tell her that I am Still trying to [illeg.]
tell her not to forget
me at athrone of grace Give my
love to all the family tell your boys to improve their time in
learning while young and when they grow up they will be glad that they
Spent their time in gaining knowledg tell
Betty likewise to get learning tell
Lydia that I expect She has all the learning She
can get unless She goes to
Germany
if She is not mared yet
[illeg.] tell her to write to me and I will try
and bring A German with me when I come to the
United States
I want you to give my love to your father and all his family both
at [illeg.]
and
abroad I have not time to mention [illeg.]
[illeg.]
names
tell them all that I am better contented than I
ever was Since I
blivd
that god called me to preach his gosple
their is a large field
opend
for me and I intend to labour for god untill he Calls me from the world and then I hope to go
whare the wicked Seas from trubling and the wared Soul be for ever at rest O Henry never sufer the vain and sorded things of this world to deprive you of the
immortle
crown
[illeg.] that awaits the faithful
at god's right hand Give my love to
Mr Haselden
tell him that the world has not got my hart yet I and
I hope by the help of god that it never will get the advantage of me
for their is nothing in it worthy of our affection give my love to all my
old neighbours and to all
inquireng friends I want you to write
as often as possible and let me no what is going on
in your Settlement how many have died and who they ware also how things are generaly
both in State and in Church in Short write
all that you think will be profitable to me
this is the fourth letter I have written [illeg.]
to you Since I landed in
Africa
I will write as often as I can
please to excuse bad writing and Spelling for I am Surrounded with
company
I want you to tell the people to direct
their letters to Mr Robert R Gurley in
Wash ington
for him to send to me and I think that I will get them by so doing you will oblige your
friend. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 2 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Add | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1835 August
3 | | | | Published: | 1999 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I feel happy to have the
oppertunity of writing you in order to let
you know that I am well at this time hoping that these lines will
find you all well. I am sorry to have to inform you that we have been
attacted by the natives at the place called
Bassaw Cove about one
hundred miles from here they
k killed about 15 or 20 Americans our people attacted them
twice and the first time we lost one man they sent up for more men they
went down and made the second
attact and drove the natives all out of Town it is not known how many natives got killed
but it is
Sertain Several was killed
I Can not Give you full Satisfaction in this letter I will send you
one
Herld and if I can I will send you a paper witch will be printed to
morrow or next day & witch will
Give you a full Statement of all the
ware. I Can only say that we are in no danger of
the natives if we manage Right as for my own part I feal no fear at all of the natives I
receive
a letter from Eade in July and was Glad to
here that you ware all
well tell
Eade
I have not time to write to her now but will write the first
vessel that Sails from here to America After this one Give my love to all your famely and
to all my old neighbours tell Mother
I am well Give my love to all the famely tell Daniel I have
never received a line from him Since I left home I am in a hurry the vessel is expected to Sail in a few
days. God is with us of a truth. I still feal
Intent on Serving God untill I die write as often as possible I remain your friend | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 3 | Author: | Douglass, William; Walker, William; Carr, Samuel | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 4 | Author: | Walker, Hugh | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 5 | Author: | Campion, Saunders A. | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Saunders A. Campion for George Walker, et al,
to Dr. James H. Minor 1857 March 5 | | | | Published: | 1999 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | Its with great pleasure that we embrace the first
opportunity after our arrival here of sending you a few lines to
inform you of our safe arrival here in this place without a single person
being lost by Death we were all sea sick but
not long, we have all of us whose names are here, gone to the new
Interior Settlement, about 50 or 60 miles from
Monrovia, now under the care of Revd
John Seys
Special Agent of the Am Col Soy where the great
experiment is being tried Dr
Hall made such proposals to us as indused us to come here and we have no cause as
yet to regret it, Young Barrett
and his wife Maria,
Wm
Douglass and wife & child
Charles Twine and Philip,
David Scott,
Thomas Scott,
Winslow Walker,
Hugh Walker,
George Walker,
Martin Coleman,
Washington Coleman,
Allen Coleman,
Wilson Coleman,
Charles Barrett,
Richard Barrett,
Isabella Johnson,
Washington Mickey,
John Mickey,
these are all here in this place and doing as well we wish as far as
we have seen yet. Now Sir
George Walker wishes you to send us him and his 2 Brothers a small Cork of Tobacco, and 3 Blls of Flour
2 Kegs of Double F powder 2 Bags of Buck shot,
1 Bll
of Bacon, 1 Box of Soap, 1 Bll of Brown Sugar, Now Sir you will please to the same
persons 1 whip saw
George wants 1 pair of Boots & 4 pairs of shoes all No
10
Winslow
1 pair of Boots 3 pair
No. 11 of Shoes, Hugh
Walker
1 pair of Boots 3 pair of Shoes No 9 all fine quality
1 Peice of Tip top Denins, 1 Peice of Cotton Cloth White
1 Peice of fine linen, 6 yds of merino cassimore
1 Peice of Black Alpacca, These things you will
please to put in a separate parcel and
direct as described herafter— Charles
Twine &
Philip wish you to send them 1 Cask of Tobacco
1 Bll of pork, 1 Bll of Fish, 2 Kegs of Double F
powder, 4 bags of buck Shot, 1 whip saw, 3
Bll of Flour 1 Bll
of Brown Sugar, 1 Bll of
Molasses, 1 Roll of fine Linen to make shirts, 4 different kinds of Cloths
the same as George Walkers, 2 peices of Calico for trade
purposes, also 1 pair of Coarse Boots and 4 pair of fine shoes No 10, 1 peice of Blue flannell Cloth, 1 Box of
Soap, 6 yellow flannell shirts, 1 pair of fine
boots 4 pair of shoes No 10; 1 Don Blue water Buckets
2 washing tubs, These to be put separate and marked for Charles Twine—. Thos Scott
and David and his Brother
wish you to send him, 1 Keg of Powder 2 Bags of
buck Shot, 1 Bll of
Flour 1 Bll of Brown Sugar
1 Cask of Tobacco, 1 peice of Blue flannell Cloth —
1 peice of white Linen, 1 peice of Dungaree or Blue drilling, 1 pair of Coarse boots 4 pair of Shoes No
11
1 double barrelled Gun; David Scott wants a Keg of powder 2 bags of Bucke Shot, 1 Doubled Barrell Gun
1 Bll of Flour 1 Bll of Brown Sugar, 1 peice of Bed Ticking 1 pair of Coarse boots, 4 pair of
fine shoes all No
11
1 Box of Soap 4 peices
of Calico for trade purposes to be put separate and directed as herein
described. —
John Mickey
wishes to have 1 Bll
of Bacon &
Bll of Flour; 1 Bll of Sugar, 1 Bll of fish, 1 Box of
Soap, 1 Keg of Powder, 2 Bags of Shot, 2 peices of
Calico for trade purposes— 1 peice of
white linen for shirts bosoms 1 peice of White Cotton Cloth, 12 yds
of Blue flannell, ½ Don Blue Buckets; 1 pair of
Coarse boots 4 pair of Shoes No
9 1
whip saw —. 1 peice of Tip Top Denins—
Washington Mickey
wants 2 blls of Flour 1 Bll of Pork 1 Tunnel Bedstead
1 peice of
Blue Dungaree 1 Tip Top Denins 1 peice
of White Cotton for Shirts 1 peice of Linen 2 peices
of Calico for trade purpose, 1 Cask of Tobacco
3 pair of Shoes No
9 12
yds Blue flannell
— 1 Gun Percusion
Washington Coleman wishes to have 3 Bll of Flour, 2 Casks of
Tobacco 2 Kegs of powder, 2 Bags of Buck Shot,
2 or 3 peices of Calico 1 Bll of Pork,
1 Bll of fish 1 Bll
Sugar
1 box of soap 1 sack of fine Salt, 1 peice white drilling
1 pair of Boots No
10 3 pair of Shoes No
10 1
whip saw
Wilson Coleman 2 pair of Boots No 9, 2 pair of Shoes
1 Roll of Alapacca 1 peice of white Cotton for shirts
2 peices of Calico 1
Roll of Coarse Cotton— Martin
wishes 3 pair shoes No
11 1 Roll of Bleached Cotton
1 Roll of Linen 1 Roll of Cotton Jeanes 1 Roll of Alapacca 3
Sides of shoe leather 1 set of shomakers
Tools 2 sides sole Leather
Allen Coleman 3 pairs of Shoes No 10, — George Walker
and Phil Twine wants each a sack of salt and 3
peices— Wm Douglass wishes
to have — 6 Blls of Flour, 50 lbs of soda, 1 Bll of pork, 3 peices of Bleached Cotton 3 peices of Calico, These persons all are well satisfied and well and wish to
have some money to be sent to Wm Douglass who will tell
you the amount they want &c in his
letter Douglass
wants 1 keg of powder 1 Bag of Buck shot | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 6 | Author: | Douglass, William | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 7 | Author: | Douglass, William | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Reverend W. Slaughter 1857
April 24 | | | | Published: | 1999 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I take this opportunity of writ ing You these few
lines to inform you of the health of my family; and the rest of the
immigrants which came out here with me; there
are only two have had the acclimating fever; Mr. Young
Bar rett and Mr. John Michie,
they only had it slightly I thought there could not be any place in
Af rica
where new comers would build and not—
have the acclimating changes, but I see there
is, men can come on top of this beautiful
mountain, which is 25 miles from the Saint Paul's
River and have but very little fever; If every one that comes here
improved like we have this will be the very spot for immigrants for sev eral years to come. After our arrival in this
place we have put up a neat little log church of which we call Union Church, as every persons who lived in this little settlement are trying to be
one people for the cause of Jesus Christ our
Lord; and since the completion of this church, we have drawn our
lands and every body are trying to build as
fast as they can; I was the first man out of our
number that put up a log house and the
rest are doing the same, and I hope we will try to do what we can if the good Lord's share
is to build up our county. We have written back to Dr. Jas. H. Minor as
you request us to do, for what we want and I did not think to remind him of
putting up our provisions in half a barrels as we have
so far to bring it, so please to tell him to have it done for us and
direct it to Careys Burg and in the care of
the Special Agent the Rev.
John Seys,
we would be very thankful that our little means
which were left behind would be sent to
us in pro visions which would be very good
for all of us. There is no hinderance cause for us to
build in this place if we only can get astart; there can be most everything grows here
that is eatable, and if it is cultivated in a right manner; and, man
will only plant it to grow, I see eddas, cassabas, potatoes
plantains, and many other things, that are too tedious for me to mentioned
now, there was twenty one of my people came
out here to settled and all are at work today,
and the ballance are at the Rec tacle at Monrovia the city of the
Republic, and out of that number 17 have died in
Clayash- land
after they moved from Monrovia, all the
old people excepting one, which
Mrs.
Franklin;
my
wife have improved considerably and also
my daughter
they have not lost one day since we arrived. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 8 | Author: | Douglass, William | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Dr. James H. Minor 1857
August 19 | | | | Published: | 1999 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I am pleased to acknowledge the recipt of you
letter by the ship
M. C. Stevens
which arrived July last; and I learn that she has completed her
voyage on this coast and now is lying in the port of Monrovia on her re turn trip home.
And I am certain you will be pleased to hear from us, as no doubt you are
anscious to know how we are —
where we are — and how we are getting along. 1st We are all doing tolerable Well
in health for there have been only a part of us sick with the fever;
as for myself, I hav never had cause to lie down a day since here I have been, neither
hav any of my family been sick — those who
hav been sick did not suffer as much as was
antis cipated and some of them caused
their sickness by inadvertence in living & otherwise. Dr We are all at Careysburg with the escception of Robinson Scott's family who are still at Clay Ashland, & who I am sorry to say are
much reduced — yet, I rather escpect
the old lady will come here; but her son desires to buy land there with a
small tenement on it at a cost of $100.00. How success
ful he will be, I cannot tell. We have built mine log cabbins, and I am
pleased to say that in our sisc months were up we
were in them and pretty comfortably situated. All of us have our lots
pretty well planted down in potatoes, cassada,
eddoes, tomatoes, lima beans, some coffee trees set out & other
little articles which will do service in our families. Our boys I am happy
to say have up to this time conducted themselves pretty honorably
& I hope their present good character will be their index
through life with farther improvement for use fulness. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 11 | Author: | Douglass, William | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: William Douglass to his aunt 1858 January 28 | | | | Published: | 1999 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I am pleased to have the pre- viledge in life
to address this letter to you -& while I am having it
pened, I feel truly sensible of the good
providence of God in pre- serving me with
health & strength & a sound disposal to write. I feel sensible how pleased you will be
to hear from me as well as other friends at my old home & I
pray the Lord that all of you are well & doing well. One so
far off as I am—it may appear upon imagination that I am
almost out of the World. We are all well & myself &
wife join in love to you. Your letter afforded me much pleasure be cause it imparted satisfactory
intelligence about my children. Myself and daughter have the fever
slightly but never laid up a day. My wife have not been laid up a day
neither. David has not been sick at all Poor Thomas is dead. He followed his old
habbits of running about, he went away from home,
and spent some time, and re turned with the
fever lived 8 days and died
Mary is well and hearty, a very fine girld and industrious. Her mother suffered much with the
fever at Clay Ashland-but has improved
considerable. We are living & do as well as we can—and we
are much pleased with our home & country. Though should you
& I live, I expect in a few years to see you again & should
we not live—pray God that we may meet in heaven. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 12 | Author: | Coleman, Washington | Add | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Washington Coleman to Dr. James H. Minor 1858
January 28 | | | | Published: | 1999 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | Dear Sir I hop
thes lines may find you well I my self is not
well I have bin
Quit sick but thank God I am Better. do please send me one Barrel of Pork Barrel of Sugar Barrel Flour Bar of
Soap one Broad Ax
Eight yarde cloth three
patten for
vestcets
patten
Role of Bound
linen 3 Role of calico
two
pare
gators
Shouse 3 pare
cast
Shouse 3 grubin hoes
2 pole
Ax cage of Powder Bag
Shot one Gun
folen pice1 Six
Boxis caps
one cardes of
buttens Some fine linen Role
blich cotton one
cage of nails one Role Blue
drilling set of
Kinife & fork I send
my best love to ouncel
Joseph & ouncel
William tell him I have bin very sick
William must tell me how hes
gitten
along
he
have never witen
me Send my love to Dor Minor & all his children Send me one Barrel of tobacco | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 13 | Author: | Walker, Tarins; Walker, Hugh | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 14 | Author: | Carr, Mildred | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 15 | Author: | Scott, Mary | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 19 | Author: | Twine, Charles | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 20 | Author: | Scott, Tibby and Scott, Mary | Add | | | 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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