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Although the letter is signed "Judy Hardon," in Immigrants to Liberia, 1843 to 1865: an alphabetical listing, Robert T. Brown lists the the surname as Harden rather than Hardon.

Osnaburg is "a coarse, strong, plain weave cotton fabric... The original cloths often were yarn dyed in blue and white and brown and white stripes, checks and solid colors, and were used locally for work clothing." Wingate, Isabel B., Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, sixth edition.