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April 1, 1834 from Sampson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall

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 mon
rovia 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