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Date
1866-04-30
Subjects
African American fathers
Fathers and daughters
African American businesspeople
African American abolitionists
Geographic Subject
Lombard Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
People
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
Number of Pages
4
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Phila April 30th, 1866/ Dear Carrie -/ How many moments I may/ have to devote to an answer to your two/ last letters, I am not able to see just now,/ yet I feel that I must not make any/ further delay, at least so far as an attempt/ to do the work is concerned./ As to your previous letters which has/ been kept a considerable length of time unans-/=wered, where it is at this moment I cannot/ say, nor have I time now to hunt it up - so I/ will only allude to it from memory./ I think it was in it that you informed me/ that Prof. Peck’s property could be purchased for $6000/ also you endeavored to impress us with the notion/ that we should come to Oberlin to live at any/ rate that it would be well for your mother &/ the children. This proposition let me say - is not/ intertained[sic]. I am more deeply involved in/ business than ever. I may have informed/ you weeks past of my Chase purchases on/ Lombard St.; if I did not- I will do it now./ I purchased within the last 3 or 4 weeks 2 three/ story brick houses on Lombard above 4th St./ This property was formerly owned by Jos. Cassey/ (the father of the Cassey’s) who lived & died/ there. The house that he lived in is a very/ nice house & just about the kind of a one/ I have been ha hunting for, yet I am not/ as yet inclined to go there to live. That/ part of Lombard St. is pretty genteel & quiet,/ you know, but still I have some prejudi-/-ces against Lombard St. and may hesitate/ for sometime before consenting to move/ there. I bought the property at Sheriff/ Sale and got it quite cheap or I should/ not have bought it of course./ Now, I am out of the notion of coming/ to Oberlin to live. There is too much/ work here to do, for me to make up my/ mind to think of leaving./ We have the carpenters busy at/ work on the High School Building, alter/=ing it into 4 [stores?], (2 Bassment & 2 on the/ 1st floor.) Which will be finished in/ about 5 weeks./ Today I advertise for a coal yard./ How soon I shall get one I cannot say./ I hope it will not be long./ Now, a word about the change you/ propose. I mean in regard to going to the/ Hall. If Mrs. Dascomb is there I do not know/ that I shall object, as Mrs P. is going away./ You seem to be worried about/ your Mathamatical studies. “Sphere” or/ no sphere, I want you to work at it &/ master it. I have an idea of seting[sic] you/ up in a store as soon as you are done/ your education, and I am sure you/ would be [pu?]but poorly qualified to suc-/ceed well if you was not ready in figures./ I admit it is hard yet, remember/ everything that is particularly valuable/ is not gained expect by exertion. That/ you have the capacity to succeed fairly/ in this study I do not doubt./ I presume you have failed to/ master the rules, hence find difficulty/ from this direction. So without having/ to go over the [entire?] ground might you/ not make your self[sic] proficient by carefully/ going over the rules again./ The idea of having to turn back is/ not pleasant to contemplate - yet not to be/ thorough is still more to be dreaded. If/ your health will admit of extra exertion/ I would greatly if I were you [rather?] prefer self denial/ and assiduous study to going behind my/ class./ The great majority of our young/ people are carried away with dress. & show-/ love pleasure, music & light studies - but/ I hope you will go in for solid worth./ Aim for # a high moral character, superior/ knowledge & a marked love for justice & right./ If I were you, I would make very/ strenuous efforts before I would be turned back/ [xx?] &c [m ?] ./ Did you see our report in the Chris-/tian Recorder of April 21 ,,st relative to $1281.50/ which we raised here amongst - the colored/ people & send to the congressional com-/mittee, [for?] to enable them to distribute/ radical documents on the suffrage/ question./ With regard to the scholarship/ I will send that on, rather the money, before/ the next term commences, will that/ do?/ We are all well. Give my regards to/ Mrs. Peck. I shall write her quite soon./ Your aff. Father/ W Still/
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[Letter of 1866 April 30]
African American abolitionists
African American businesspeople
African American fathers
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
Correspondence
Fathers and daughters
Lombard Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Charles L. Blockson Afro American Manuscript Collection
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[unknown]
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African American abolitionists
African American families
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New Bedford (Mass.)
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Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
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2
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7
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Page 2 But of the habits and/<br /> condition of the people/<br /> I do not care to write/<br /> at least when the thermom/<br /> -eter stands where it does/<br /> today, it may be under/<br /> 100 but it strikes me that/<br /> it can not be far short/<br /> of that. Today is very/<br /> hot./<br /> In writing to New/<br /> Bedford, you need not/<br /> put any no. on the/<br /> letter as I am unable/<br /> to give you Mr. Scott’s/<br /> number. (With him we are/<br /> to stop) so I will call/<br /> at the Post office for/<br /> letters./<br /> I hope matters are/<br /> going on smoothly. I trust/<br /> Will get up in due time/<br /> Page 3 in the morning and gets/<br /> his breakfast and goes /<br />to the yard and attends/<br /> to matters as occasion/<br /> may require. I think/<br /> I told him that Edward/<br /> would get a saddle and/<br /> that he could take the/<br /> driving horse out occas/<br /> -ionally but that he must/<br /> not take the carriage/<br /> out under any circum/<br /> -stance. Now one thing/<br /> more I hope he does/<br /> not keep bad hours, keeping/<br /> the house open, and some/<br /> one waiting up to let him/<br /> in./<br /> We shall try and be/<br /> at home at the appointed/<br /> time, as we shall in/<br /> all probability realize that/
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[Letter: date unknown]
African American abolitionists
African American families
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
Correspondence
New Bedford (Mass.)
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Charles L. Blockson Afro American Manuscript Collection
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[1870?]
Subjects
Husband and wife
Married women
African American families
Geographic Subject
Chester Heights (Pa.)
People
Wiley, Edward A. [recipient]
Number of Pages
4
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12
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My Dear Edward,/ Your letter came/ duly to hand and found us as/ well as usual. I am sorry/ that your cough or cold hangs/ on so long I hope you will be/ well of it if when you come. Have/ you done as I told you, taken a good dose of [?] [?]; if not/ please do so immediately for I/ want to see you come home look-/ ing the better for wear. Baby is/ crawling over the yard I cant [sic] do any/ better for him than just let him/ take the bricks for he dont [sic] want/ to stay in your arms or in the/ coach or anywhere that he ought/ to. The Sabbath school had its pic-/nic yesterday. Ma, {R [CROSSED OUT]}, baby and I/ went out in the two O’clock/ train. The ride was about an/ hour and a half long to a place/ called Chester Heights. It is a very/ pleasant place to go and the/ printed rules posted on the trees/ &c? were certainly such as I have/ never before seen on any public/ ground. No dancing, no gam-/ bling, no intoxicating liquors, no/ carousing of any kind. So you/ see we were calculated to have/ a pleasant time, and every body[sic]/ come[sic] home sober. I did hear/ that Davis’ son had his bottle/ with him but I did not see it/. Mr Wood sends his regards to/ you. Mr Davis told me on/ Sabbath he had heard from you/ again and would answer soon./ Mrs Carr was at the excursion/ yesterday and Mr Carr has gone/ to New Haven. I can scarcely/ write for Willie he wants to/ upset the inkstand whether or/ not. And when he leaves me/ he’s sure to crawl where he has/ no business right down the yard/ towards the water. Its[sic] nothing/ for him to go in and out the/ back door he has grown to be/ such a man. I would take him/ in the country tomorrow if it were/ not that you are coming home/ next week. So far as Cape May/ is concerned, I am not anxious/ to go, moreover I shrink from/ the gayety. The country will suit/ me first as well if I could only/ find a pleasant place. R. Cole/ is going to West Chester and will/ inquire for me. Then if she/ succeeds in securing me a/ nice place I think I shall go,/ after you return, so I dont [sic]/ care how soon you come/ for I want to see you very/ much indeed. I hope you look/ as well as you did when I saw/ you in my dream. I went/ to Mrs Jones funeral on Satur-/day- her death was quite sudden./ Mr {All [crossed out]}Johnson conducted the/ services Mr Johns assisted- Mr/ Carr - was away. Mr Birch preached/ for us Sunday morning and af-/ternoon, Mr Phillips in the/ ev'ning Many inquiries are/ made for you to so I give them/ all in a lump. Much/ love and many kisses from/ Ma, Willie, and me./ Your Devoted Wife/ Carrie./
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[Letter: date unknown]
African American families
Chester Heights (Pa.)
Correspondence
Husband and wife
Married women
Wiley, Edward A. [recipient]
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Charles L. Blockson Afro American Manuscript Collection
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[1870?]
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African American families
Husband and wife
Married women
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Wiley, Edward A. [recipient]
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2
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15
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My Dear Edward:/ Your last came duly/ to hand and found us as usual in good/ health and spirits. I look for another to-day/ in reply to mine mailed to you two/ days ago, I have no doubt but that it/ will come certain sure; perhaps you did not get it till yesterday morning/ whereas I had hoped you would get/ it Saturday ev'ning - it was in the B./ post office at that time I expect. So/ hereafter my dear it might be well to/ inquire sometimes of an ev'ning [whe the?]/ whole of Sunday is to intervene that/ is if you feel particularly anxious/ and annoyed. So you have fallen/ to dreaming again about preaching and/ the like. What shall I say about/ it? I scarcely know how or where to/ begin. This thing I cannot understand/ how you can study and canvass too./ Then where would you go to study?/ The two you may be able to do at one/ time but I fear your health will/ give way under the heavy burden./ Now it may be that your mission/ is to preach Heaven forbid that I/ should put a feather in your way/ or attempt to dissuade you for one/ moment, but this I will say there is/ a great deal of work to be done by lay=/ men akin to preaching but which some/ of them probably think they can only ac=/ complish by preaching. This may or may/ not be your case, I cannot tell; you and/ your Maker must decide this matter/ and I am perfectly willing to abide the/ decision so far as I now view it./ But be sure and tell me where you/ expect to study &c, &c; or where you/ think of studying and whether you expect/ to get the house first or commence study/ immediately. I think I would make a/ first rate minister’s wife just cut out/ for it, but our ministers are so [tramm=/elled?] bound hand and foot. This I know you deprecate as well as myself/ and if I mistake not I have heard you/ remark you would much prefer having/ a support outside of the people that you/ ministered too that you might act more/ freely. How about this? Our people are/ so [choicy?] out of the multitude who have/ studied for the ministry they seem to/ want none but the [florid?] or tarnished./ Not only in our church but throughout/ their churches this is too often the case/ and do you suppose they would toler=/ate and support you with the doc=/trine you would wish to teach, I/ think not. Angie and her sister/ Emmie came down on Saturday and have/ had a very pleasant time thus far./ My regards to the Bishop family &/ all inquiring friends. Write soon. Ma/ says you had better preach or/ [From top margin: end of letter] you will/ be like/ Jonah./ Much love and/ many kisses/ from Ma,/ Willie, &/ me. / Your loving/ & devoted/ Wife./ Carrie/
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[Letter: date unknown]
African American families
Correspondence
Husband and wife
Married women
Wiley, Edward A. [recipient]
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[unknown]
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Female friendship
African American women
People
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
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2
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Monday Morn./ Dearest Carrie:/ Good morning!/ Another beautiful day we’re/ having. Did your family/ return in good time last/ evening, or did you get/ over anxious about them?/ I heard of your being/ at Church with a certain/ gentleman. I should not/ wonder if he too was look/ing that way, we will/ allow him to look: I/ want to hear from/ you, which is next best/ to seeing you, so I write/ this morning. I spent a/ very pleasant time with/ you last evening, in fact/ I always enjoy myself when/ in your very agreeable society./ How fortunate that we should/ have become acquainted. I/ thought about you before you/ came home and anticipated/ having some very pleasant/ moments with you when you returned/ to remain here and how/ beautifully have my anticipa/tions been realized./ I often think/ how very many reasons/ I have to be thankful/ for the very many blessings/ bestowed upon me. I/ could write much more/ but must desist as my/ time is very much limited./ Accept love from/ Your Affectionate/ Emma/ [End of letter, new handwriting appears below on same page] Having regularly appoint=/ted officers we may not/ yet feel [parent?] to it/ and foster its progress/ as as an organization a/ permanent room for meetings/ should be secured a/ larger Body would/ enable us to do this/ and at a reasonable/ rate - An additional/ motive for such a/ move seems [this?] -/ some of the Colored/ young men have un[xxx?]/ to fo[rm?] a Chu[x?] Ass./ for the success of/ wh[sic] every Christian/ heart should beat in/ unison they are men/ a certain and a very/ great work is theirs/ to do Whilst we are/ not exclusive the most/ of our number are females/ as yet and probably/ will be. There is work/ wh[sic] they cannot do among/ females but wh[sic]/ we may do we may/ therefore lighten this/ burden if what/ they are unable to/ do towards making fam/ ilies happy [we?] that/ they cannot reach/ an indispensible position/ of those [fam?]- na[xxx?]l[y?]/ females we m[us?] reach/ them and together/ through separate bodies/ united[ly?] as to hearts we/ [?] labor/
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[Letter: date unknown]
African American women
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
Correspondence
Female friendship
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Charles L. Blockson Afro American Manuscript Collection
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[unknown]
Subjects
Man-woman relationships
Croquet
African Americans
Geographic Subject
Oberlin (Ohio)
People
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
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1
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image/jp2
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Oberlin O./ E.H. White’s/ Compliments to Miss Carrie Still/ requesting a fulfillment of promise/ by playing a game of croquet/ at Mrs. Morris’ this afternoon./ If you will [go?] I will call/ for you at 4 P.M. or at/ another hour more convenient/ for you./ Respectfully,/ E.H. White/
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[Letter: date unknown]
African Americans
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
Correspondence
Croquet
Man-woman relationships
Oberlin (Ohio)
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Charles L. Blockson Afro American Manuscript Collection
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1866-07-26
Subjects
Man-woman relationships
African Americans
Geographic Subject
Oberlin (Ohio)
People
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
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2
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23
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image/jp2
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Correspondence
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[?] 66/ Cleveland July 26/ Miss Carrie/ Dear Friend/ I received your well come [letter?]l last night/ I read it two or [?] [time?] before/ I went to bed and [# ?] once or/ twice this morning. I am very gla/ d you understood what I sent/ you the money for. I thought/ you would speak about the last/ letter I wrote to you as it was some/ what indifferent[sic] to any of my letters/ you wanted to know if I writes/ my own letters it has been very/ near two years since I had any one to/ write a letter for me. I was delighed[sic]/ Miss [?] your way of speaking in-/ reference to, if you were an orphan/ you would not suffer for the/ [comparts?] of life if you could get/ them by working./ [J l?] feels very proud Miss/ Carrie that you have such opinion/ of your[sel?] self I began to think/ you can stand to your promis[sic] about/ being an old mate. Then I cant/ say much be[cause?] ladies minds/ are very [changeable?]. I dont say/ that your mind will change/ you spoke of being la[ny?] I am/ sure I dont know what you will/ do when you becomes an old mate/ ho will [?] to me/ and as you and I will be old/ frind[sic] I will call to see you some time/ I suppose Miss Jackson was well/ and Miss Jones was [they ant?] [?] like[xxx?] so much to write to them/ I hope I shall be able to come/ to O. the last of August. It seems/ to me like I have been from/ there a year almost. I heard/ a good sermon sunday preached by the Rev Mr/ Jones and [s?] in the afternoo-/ n I went to prayers meeting that/ is one thing I want to get back/ to Oberlin for on the count of/ prayer meetings for it is nothing/ like better than going to such/ meeting [we?] have in Oberlin/ I know when you leave Oberlin/ you will mis[sic] them too you must/ excuse my bad writing[sic] as I am/ writing[sic] in hast. I suppose you/ are boarding with Dasconis/ Are[sic] Mrs Peck in Oberlin yet?/ How is Miss Thomas I must/ [?] before I get through or I will/ be late for the evening mail/ Truly your/ Edward/ Wiley/
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[Letter of 1866 July 26]
African Americans
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
Correspondence
Man-woman relationships
Oberlin (Ohio)
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Charles L. Blockson Afro American Manuscript Collection
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Date
[1860?]
Subjects
Mothers-in-law
African American families
People
Wiley, Edward A. [recipient]
Number of Pages
4
ItemID
28
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image/jp2
Type
Correspondence
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BMS010X0013
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Philadelphia, August [18?] 186[x?]/ Mr Weley/ My Dear young friend/ I hope I am not writing in vain/ but I hope your simpethy will be/ with me and your love for Carry/ may return a gain you say that/ you want to hear from Mr Still he/ will saynothing a gainst you/ looking over the past feelings and/ I am a shoor I am willing to look/ over the past for all old things must/ be don a way and all things become/ new. I was at senterl church yest/ eday morning I hird Mr Bears/ his tex was neither give place to the/ Devil forth chapter of the ephesians/ while I set thear you came before me/ I recllect what Carry has told me/ speaking of your devotion and/ I was wondering how it was now/ with you thear are sow many/ tempetation set to trap the young/ and living in a hotel is not any/ help to christanity I feal as mutch/ interrested for you as I don for one/ of my children Mr Still and I was/ talking about you he was thinking/ of takin you for clek thinking/ you would get a in site and/ run of the biseness and you/ could help him to collect whitch/ he needs assistance in I [s?]thort/ it would be sow good for you/ I am sorry that you hav just/ found out that you wa[x?]e poor/ that was the under standing that/ we had that you warr [educating?]/ your self and whe hily commend/ you fore it but your helth would/ not admit whe dou not dispise/ the day of small things oursim/ pethy are all waise with such/ I dou not know an class that/ Mr still asteame more than that/ class of person I did not expect/ to write this letter but sence you/ hav express your self in the ma/ nner you hav I hav bin arou/ to a greadeal of ansiety know/ I think I hav sedanny I hav/ sent Carry to the cuntry to stay/ too weaks that will just/ bring it near the time for her/ school to open [Emenen?] is [moved?]/ and Carry takes her place/ know I hope that you will/ not treat Carry sow co[x?]d/ chear herup by some kind/ words I [?] a great store by/ Carry she [?]as a great mind/ and a good mind I hope your/ love and simpethy will be/ restord asit once was/ Mr Still has bin thrownout/ of his carriage he bou bough/ a horse that was too fast/ for him heim hirt his back/ but he is geting better/ Yours sinceare/ friend/ Letitia Still/
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A name given to the resource
[Letter: date unknown]
African American families
Correspondence
Mothers-in-law
Wiley, Edward A. [recipient]
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Charles L. Blockson Afro American Manuscript Collection
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Date
1866-08-15
Subjects
African American fathers
Fathers and daughters
People
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
Number of Pages
2
ItemID
31
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image/jp2
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Correspondence
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Philadelphia Aug. 15th 1866/ Dear Carrie/ Your letter of the 11th/ inst. is to hand. You are an/ excellent pleader for money./ Well I will now releive[sic]/ you at least to some extent./ Enclosed you will find/ Forty dollars ($40.) Out of/ this pay your board, wash/ bill, borrowed money &c./ You seem fearful that the/ treasures will be anxious/ if the board is not duly paid/ in advance./ When I was about/ to take to myself a wife, (Some/ 18 years ago) I applied to a gentleman/ for a small house he owned/ which was "to let," and he told/ me imphatically[sic] that his/ “rule was unswervingly" to/ receive his rents in advance/ "I do not get my pay in/ advance", I remarked./ hence as he was unyielding/ I declined to make further/ efforts. As a general thing/ I have faithfully adhered/ to my decision in this instance/ and feel now that I am/ too old to depart from/ it. Of course if the In/ stitution Intertains[sic] the/ idea that it would be/ unsafe to wait till the/ money is really due./ I should feel quite in-/ clined to satisfy them that/ to the contrary, but I am/ of the opinion that my/ character & circumstances/ are some what[sic] known/ in Oberlin and that/ you are laboring needlessly/ under fears without a cause. It will be out of my power/ to come to commencement./ If I was not very busy/ I would be glad to come./ I duly forwarded Pett Jones'/ letter. With regard to Mr. Hud/ son of N. Y. I think I/ know him, but am not/ certain. If his daughter/ should come to room/ with you I hope she will/ prove to be a worthy/ young lady; but whether/ she thus proves to be or not/ I trust Carrie Still will not/ fail to do her duty./You have been [h?]ad off/ "no stamps", "no needles",/ "ashamed to borrow" &c./What has become of Miss/ Ch Cashin & how is she getting/ along? Has she improved much/ generally? And who pays for/ her? Does she board in the/ hall? Mrs. Dorsey is bad off/ from what I hear. She borrow/ =ed some money of me some/ 3 months ago, which she promised/ to pay in 1 month without/ fail but has not paid it yet/ no[sic] offered to do so. We will try & hurry up the/ things./ Your Affectionate/ Father/ W.S./
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[Letter of 1866 August 15]
African American fathers
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
Correspondence
Fathers and daughters
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Charles L. Blockson Afro American Manuscript Collection
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Date
1866-06-16
Subjects
African American fathers
Fathers and daughters
African American families
People
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
Number of Pages
2
ItemID
34
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Correspondence
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Phil a June 16, 1866/ Dear Carrie/ Your letter came/ yesterday. You failed to/ say in it what I most/ wanted to learn mainly, the/ amount of carpet you need./ I regret this./ Your mother, Ella,/ Tweety & Rob was were just on/ the Eve of starting for Bur/ =lington, to begone[sic] till Monday/ when your letter came/ Hence, we concluded that/ we could not get your/ things off before she returns./ Indeed, I gess[sic] we shall/ have to wait for an answer/ touching the carpet [xere?] send/ ing the Box. You [meadnig ?] mentioned in the/ for part of your letter about / the carpet and said you/ would give me the number/ of [yds?] before closing, but/ did not do so./ We will try & get you/ the things you want./ You did not tell me/ how much your board/ is a term or week at the/ Hall. True you say “ it was/ $18- in the Hall - but do not say for what length of time/ this pays./ I will send $9. for/ Mrs Peck in my next / happen not to have enough/ out of Bank at present./ Your affectionate F./ W Still/
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[Letter of 1866 June 16]
African American families
African American fathers
Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1911 [recipient]
Correspondence
Fathers and daughters
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Charles L. Blockson Afro American Manuscript Collection
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Date
1865-07-27
Subjects
African American families
People
Still, Sidney [recipient]
Number of Pages
2
ItemID
37
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image/jp2
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Correspondence
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Phila Thursday 2/7 July 27, 1865/ Dear Mother/ I thought I would write to you to let/ you know that I am well. I go/ to s sunday[sic] school every sunday[sic]/ to day[sic] we Uncle [Tame Ike?] Aunt/ sofhia and Mrs. [x?]acy and me./ went out a [hucle berrying?] we/ got about 20 quarts we had/ a very nice time Tuesday Wednesday/ and Thursday Ike and [?] went/ a guning To day[sic] I shot an A/ king bird and Ike shot a robin/ please send My love to popy and/ to Josephie and please tell me/ how is Elle Robert george[sic] a getting/ along Will you please tell me/ how is my pigeons a getting along/ Wont you please look and see/ whether they have got young/ ones cousing John will give/ you some buckwheat. If you have/ any coin and if they have young/ ones please give them some of/ this buckwheat. When you give/ it to them please give them/ 3 teaspoonful of this buckwheat./ I can shoot like any thing When/ I aim at a bird he is got to/ come down. Elly sent her love/ to you and to popy and/ to Josephine she says please kiss/ Roby for her and will you/ please kiss Roby for me will/ you please tell me whether Roby can walk every time/ the boys shoot they give the/ birds to Elly Will you please/ send me 25 cts please answer/ wright[sic] away Yours affectionate/ Son. William W. Still/
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[Letter of 1865 July 27]
African American families
Correspondence
Still, Sidney [recipient]
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Charles L. Blockson Afro American Manuscript Collection
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Date
1872-08-10
Subjects
African American authors
African American abolitionists
Books
Door-to-door selling
People
Wiley, Edward A. [recipient]
Number of Pages
2
ItemID
40
Format
image/jp2
Type
Correspondence
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BMS010X0061
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Phila Aug, 10th 1872 Dear Edward:/ Your last letter dated the/ 7th inst. reached me yesterday afternoon/ and found us all well. Carrie and the/ rest of the youngsters came home on/ Thursday evening feeling pretty well/ satisfied that they had had a good/ time generally. Since these return we/ have had extremely hot weather which/ makes it go a little tough with them/ after enjoying the fresh country air./ Yesterday evening Wm. H. Johnson/ called for his book but on examining/ my stock I found I had no copies of the/ Library style, hence he was obliged to go-/ =away without it with the understanding/ that he might call again today for/ it. So I went to the publishers after/ he left and got one, and if he calls,/ as he promised he will not be dis=/=appointed./ I will attend to Mrs. Williams/ (with Gordon’s) and see if they can take in/ a ton of nu[b?] &c./ Straightway I am going to look/ after the lots and shall instruct Mr. William/=son to purchase them. I think you want/ the 4 lots or the card you gave me, at/ least this is Caddy’s opinion that you/ wanted all of them./ With regard to canvessing[sic] you/ are getting along smugly. Forty seven copies is good work for the length of time/ you was at your work./ Yours affectionately/ W. Still/
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[Letter of 1872 August 10]
African American abolitionists
African American authors
Books
Correspondence
Door-to-door selling
Wiley, Edward A. [recipient]