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February 6, 1857 from William Douglass, Hugh Walker, and Samuel Carr to Dr. James H. Minor

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