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January 28, 1858 from David Scott to Dr. James H. Minor

I am well and I hope this
may find you and family in the finest of health
as it leaves me. I Should have written you but
time and chance did not admit. I now must
tele you something about Liberia, this will be a
find country in time to come all we want is in
dustrious men and religious persons to carry
out the object that is design for Liberia. I
am now building a small house on my lot
which I hope will be done in short. I think many
of the friends have written almost everything to you
which will interest you, so I will not pick up
many things as they did. Brother Thomas Scott is
dead and I hope he is gone to heaven. Brother Willi
am Douglass and family is well and doing well
as it can be expected for we, new persons for this
country. Mr. S. Carr have build a small house
for himself and family. Mr. Hugh Walker Sr. have
also build and is living in it. If you pleased to
be so kind as to send me, 1 box of leaf tobacco
1 piece of bleached cotton, 1 piece of pantaloons
stuff and two pair of shoes, one pair of coarse
and pair fine no. ll's: half barrel pork and one
piece of Caleco. I should written long and more
of the news about Liberia but time is very short

and precious, as I hear the ship will leave
Saturday so you see I cannot say much at this
time. My regards to yourself and family and es
pecially to little Tommy and all the enquiring
friends. All my love to Roda, Caroline, and El
ly , to Ann Rachel and I very often think about
her. And all my, to Mr. H. Lewis I should like
to see him very much but I think about two
years from now I shall try todoso if I should be
spared by the assistant of God Almighty. I am
very glad to hear that you had the very fine wheat crop
on the mountain that I sowed for you before I left
home, I have killed killed 5 deers since I have
been on the mountain one day before I wrote.