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1Author:  Douglass, WilliamAdd
 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
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