Franklin, Henry; Franklin, Milly . Liberian Letters: Henry Franklin and Milly Franklin to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January 27
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January 27, 1858 from Henry and Milly Franklin to Dr. James H. Minor





Carysburgh, Jan 27th, 1858 honerable Doctor Miner & your Lady
Miss May miner & Mr Edward Lewis

Dear Sir.

    [pl] please to accepect these few
Lines from me hoping that the Same may
find & [sic] you & yours all well. & as to myself
& Dear old mother & Brother Warren &
Little Allis we are all well. I like the
Country very well indeed & have no
Desire to return to [A] America. for we be
leve there is no County on the Earth can
Equal it in the world. & now Sir my [ mother] Dear [ mother]
wants you Sir if you please to Send her.
[or] [ one] barrel of pork. one bar of Soap.
one half barrel of Suger Some Cloth for her
Little grand Child. its mother is Dead. named
Rachel man. & for my mother Some Shoes.
Some Cloth. one barrel of Mackerel & now
Sir for myself. Henry Franklin. one barrel of
pork. one box of soap. one barrel of Shingleing nals
or nails. one barrel of Leaf Tobacco & 2 axes & 2
hoes & Sirs & madam please to give my best
& kindest Love & respects to all my Enquiring
friends both while [sic] & Coloured & we write for those
articles because we had no [unclear: plank] from the
Society1 nor anyese [sic] anythingelse and we Did not
riceived our portion with the rest. we apply to you
Sir for the ballence. which when the articles comes



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will be very accepetable in Deed
no more at present


I your humble & obediant Servant

Henry Franklin & Milly Franklin

his mother

PS Two Sacks of Salt & Two bars of Iron