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<p>Freed Slaves August 5, 1870</p>
<p>Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post</p>
<p>August 5, 1870</p>
<p> </p>
<p> Aug. 5, 1870</p>
<p>Dearly Beloved </p>
<p> Brothers very welcome letter came</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">came </span> duly and right glad were we</p>
<p>to hear of your concerns let them be of</p>
<p>what ever nature sad or joyous I think</p>
<p>we could measureably [sic] sympathize in</p>
<p>either which is one of the priveleges [sic]</p>
<p>we have enjoyed together in the past</p>
<p>and which I doubt not will remain</p>
<p>to the end blessed priveledge [sic] and</p>
<p>I prise [sic] it more and more and as</p>
<p>our dear friend Ruth Pierce says the</p>
<p>use of sorrow is to teach the lesson of</p>
<p>sympathy for the sad and suffering</p>
<p>so my feelings have gone forth this</p>
<p>morning to my cousin Elizabeth Hewlet</p>
<p>who has just been bereaved of a daughter</p>
<p>a lovely girl just emerging into womanhood</p>
<p>with consumption. Last summer she was</p>
<p>quite feeble but they thought entirely</p>
<p>recovered but for sometime now has</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 2)</p>
<p>been poorly the Dr told them they must take</p>
<p>her away from LI they did so and only retur</p>
<p>-ned a few days before her death Our</p>
<p>dear little Mary talks a great deal of</p>
<p>my papa when she first came to Westbury</p>
<p>she said won’t papa come and stay with</p>
<p>us tonight; and very often when we</p>
<p>sit at table she inquires about him if he</p>
<p>has any dinner where he is and many</p>
<p>times a day speaks of his doing or saying</p>
<p>this or that showing he is very present to</p>
<p>her and I hope she will remember him</p>
<p>Phebe has been quite poorly teething &</p>
<p>diverse [?] complaint and she has been</p>
<p>fretful enough has lost flesh but when</p>
<p>she is feeling better her cheerful sun</p>
<p>-shiny face does us good and diverts from</p>
<p>sadder thoughts It has been exceeding</p>
<p>hot and dry but yesterday afternoon</p>
<p>had a nice shower here but guess there</p>
<p>was more in some other directions as</p>
<p>the clouds were black a long time</p>
<p>both N and S of us Jo<sup>s</sup> Hick and sons had</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 3)</p>
<p>a new boat a large company went sailing</p>
<p>Yesterday also a Beach party from Westbury</p>
<p>the rain so welcome might inconvenience</p>
<p>them some but this morning it is delightful</p>
<p>the air pleasant and every thing looks as</p>
<p>if it was rejoicing and giving its thank</p>
<p>offering for the timely gift I can scarcely</p>
<p>say timely for much of promise has been</p>
<p>entirely withered by the drought</p>
<p>Our Q M is over I dreaded it greatly but</p>
<p>got through much better than I expected</p>
<p>I was not as well as usual on 5 day and did</p>
<p>not go to meeting Aaron C Macy D Barns and</p>
<p>their wives were in attendance ACM &</p>
<p>wife made us a very pleasant visit previous</p>
<p>nothing of especial interest meeting large</p>
<p>Tlog [?] Foulk is travelling West is probably now</p>
<p>In Cal [?] with his son they fear his lungs are</p>
<p>diseased Leonard Frost is quite comfortable</p>
<p>again and very unexpectedly so sometime</p>
<p>previously he reached his aunt Hannahs they</p>
<p>called in a Dr and he saw no hope for him</p>
<p>and told him he thought he could not live</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 4)</p>
<p>over three days but he improved so much</p>
<p>as to be able to walk about outdoors and</p>
<p>may get back again he wrote a beautiful</p>
<p>letter to his father supposing it would be</p>
<p>his last and this improvement is quite</p>
<p>unexpected to all Gideon seems pleased with</p>
<p>his home arrangement Penn Urlich [?]& wife</p>
<p>making it pleasant for him and they eaqualey [sic]</p>
<p>pleased Sidney Jackson has pretty much</p>
<p>concluded to go to NY Townsend has been</p>
<p>at Sidneys sometime and has persuaded him</p>
<p>to let him have the farm and got it arrang</p>
<p>ed pretty much before M and Hannah knew of</p>
<p>it they feel very much troubled about it I guess</p>
<p>a very poor bargain for Sidney Townsend claim</p>
<p>-ed stock or value all of which Jacob gave to</p>
<p>Sidney in will would never have claimed it</p>
<p>If he had not come on the farm & perhaps</p>
<p>they will have influence enough to stop it</p>
<p>Isaac and Mary Cook [?] were here to tea yesterday told</p>
<p>of building a kitchen soon Mary is do well now</p>
<p>they feel in earnest to be better fixed Our Colored friend</p>
<p>held their celebration of the 15 amendment in</p>
<p>the woods opposite to E S Wold home a large</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 5)</p>
<p>number got together They had a band</p>
<p>of music from NY formed a procession</p>
<p>at the depot and with flags and banners</p>
<p>marched up had 36 girls dressed in</p>
<p>white and men with badges of some</p>
<p>significance making quite an impos</p>
<p>-ing appearance some good speaking</p>
<p>and from the display suppose some very</p>
<p>good eating but we did not go until</p>
<p>after dinner so lost the excuse of needing</p>
<p>a dinner Our neighbor Ann is as kind</p>
<p>as need be just been up offering apples or</p>
<p>almost any thing her flowers are the nicest</p>
<p>I have seen they have watered them abund</p>
<p>antly and Ann spends most of her time in</p>
<p>the garden Matilda not very smart rides</p>
<p>out some but stays mostly in her room</p>
<p>Eleanor poorly had a Dr this week The man</p>
<p>-hassel – Friends want the m m [?]2 a year</p>
<p>It was put off a month Rachel was here a day</p>
<p>or two ago said there was so few friends there</p>
<p>we could not all go to EW and should have to</p>
<p>come home to dinner I asked her the question</p>
<p>about the committee [?] going to Canada she said there</p>
<p>was such a com went about the N Year Uncle</p>
<p>WIliam her father & others about setting up mm</p>
<p>did not think there was any women had great</p>
<p>hardships had to take a boat up the Mohawk to</p>
<p>cross the Lake in the others led their horses camping</p>
<p>out 10 nights Love to all in which Catherine Joins</p>
<p> write soon very affectionately Mary</p>
<p> </p>
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Aug. 5, 1870Dearly Beloved Brothers very welcome letter
camecame duly and right glad were weto hear of your concerns let them
be ofwhat ever nature sad or joyous I thinkwe could measureably [sic]
sympathize ineither which is one of the priveleges [sic]we have
enjoyed together in the pastand which I doubt not will remainto the
end blessed priveledge [sic] andI prise [sic] it more and more and
asour dear friend Ruth Pierce says theuse of sorrow is to teach the
lesson ofsympathy for the sad and sufferingso my feelings have gone
forth thismorning to my cousin Elizabeth Hewletwho has just been
bereaved of a daughtera lovely girl just emerging into womanhoodwith
consumption. Last summer she wasquite feeble but they thought
entirelyrecovered but for sometime now has
(Page 2)been
poorly the Dr told them they must takeher away from LI they did so and only
retur-ned a few days before her death Ourdear little Mary talks a
great deal ofmy papa when she first came to Westburyshe said won’t
papa come and stay withus tonight; and very often when wesit at table
she inquires about him if hehas any dinner where he is and many times
a day speaks of his doing or sayingthis or that showing he is very present
toher and I hope she will remember himPhebe has been quite poorly
teething &diverse [?] complaint and she has beenfretful enough has
lost flesh but whenshe is feeling better her cheerful sun-shiny face
does us good and diverts from sadder thoughts It has been exceedinghot
and dry but yesterday afternoonhad a nice shower here but guess there
was more in some other directions asthe clouds were black a long
timeboth N and S of us Jos Hick and sons had
(Page 3)a new
boat a large company went sailingYesterday also a Beach party from
Westburythe rain so welcome might inconveniencethem some but this
morning it is delightfulthe air pleasant and every thing looks asif it
was rejoicing and giving its thankoffering for the timely gift I can
scarcelysay timely for much of promise has beenentirely withered by
the droughtOur Q M is over I dreaded it greatly butgot through much
better than I expectedI was not as well as usual on 5 day and didnot
go to meeting Aaron C Macy D Barns andtheir wives were in attendance ACM &
wife made us a very pleasant visit previousnothing of especial
interest meeting largeTlog [?] Foulk is travelling West is probably
nowIn Cal [?] with his son they fear his lungs arediseased Leonard
Frost is quite comfortableagain and very unexpectedly so
sometimepreviously he reached his aunt Hannahs theycalled in a Dr and
he saw no hope for himand told him he thought he could not
live
(Page 4)over three days but he improved so muchas to be
able to walk about outdoors andmay get back again he wrote a
beautifulletter to his father supposing it would behis last and this
improvement is quiteunexpected to all Gideon seems pleased withhis
home arrangement Penn Urlich [?]& wifemaking it pleasant for him and they
eaqualey [sic]pleased Sidney Jackson has pretty muchconcluded to go to
NY Townsend has beenat Sidneys sometime and has persuaded himto let
him have the farm and got it arranged pretty much before M and Hannah knew
ofit they feel very much troubled about it I guessa very poor bargain
for Sidney Townsend claim-ed stock or value all of which Jacob gave
toSidney in will would never have claimed itIf he had not come on the
farm & perhapsthey will have influence enough to stop itIsaac and Mary
Cook [?] were here to tea yesterday toldof building a kitchen soon Mary is
do well nowthey feel in earnest to be better fixed Our Colored
friendheld their celebration of the 15 amendment inthe woods opposite
to E S Wold home a large
(Page 5)number got together They had a
bandof music from NY formed a processionat the depot and with flags
and bannersmarched up had 36 girls dressed inwhite and men with badges
of somesignificance making quite an impos-ing appearance some good
speakingand from the display suppose some verygood eating but we did
not go untilafter dinner so lost the excuse of needing a dinner Our
neighbor Ann is as kindas need be just been up offering apples
oralmost any thing her flowers are the nicestI have seen they have
watered them abundantly and Ann spends most of her time inthe garden
Matilda not very smart ridesout some but stays mostly in her
roomEleanor poorly had a Dr this week The man-hassel – Friends want
the m m [?]2 a yearIt was put off a month Rachel was here a dayor two
ago said there was so few friends therewe could not all go to EW and should
have tocome home to dinner I asked her the questionabout the committee
[?] going to Canada she said therewas such a com went about the N Year
UncleWilliam her father & others about setting up mmdid not think there
was any women had greathardships had to take a boat up the Mohawk
tocross the Lake in the others led their horses campingout 10 nights
Love to all in which Catherine Joins write soon very affectionately
Mary
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July 11, 1870
Isaac Post [illegible] 7 anno 11/70
Dear Brother & Sister I have taken up a pen but probably my necessity will compel me to lay it aside very soon for a little rest I find I have a limit which it is [illegible] sometimes to acknowledge and having been overtaxed so long cannot recuperate as fast as years ago The change in our family has necessitated quite an overturn our room’s upstairs all so small that we have taken away the partition between the room you slept in and the next making a nice room for dear Katie and children got the wall mended & cleaned ready for her when she can come It is so exceedingly lonely since all left and Phebe not well (teething probably) that we feel anxious to get them here You may imagine how much fortitude it has required to stay alone with her great sorrow The breaking up? all? her hopes? and pleasant arrangements gone nothing remaining but the loving remembrance of the past and the joyous anticipations of the future But “Life is ever Lord of Death And Love
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can never lose its own”, she has been wonderfully sustained through out all but I almost dread the coming back to the old home I fear she will drink there she has had so much she was compelled to act so many? care? is? resting on her that when the pressure is lifted and more leisure known I doubt if she feels any less lonely They have gone today to prove the will We were greatly surprised to find after many days that Edmunds & co had gone was on the look out really expecting to see them drive up to our door and felt on finding them gone that they had not done quite right by us
I doubt not They too will feel more their loss on act of Isaac & Mary leaving Rochester and the remembrance of the changes but I will not weary you with our engrossing thought we feel very much that a prop on which we had learned very lovingly had been broken and instead an added care
It is a great comfort to have Isaac & Mary at the home and greatly hope they will realise much enjoyment thine also greatly desire all things may be arranged
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harmoniously that there may be no heart burnings or awkward feeling among any I believe Katie would desire to do anything in her power to promote and retain this bond of love which as ever subsisted between the family of brothers & sisters Afternoon here, just taken a walk in the garden many things are quite wilting and look very much in need of moisture The wind blows and some clouds but little appearance of rain Have had a very fine time hay making we had a small crop wheat said to be very poorly filled oats but to cut all much earlier than usual many
finished Hay in June Raspberries are very [illegible] and ours being shaded are very nice shall have to go out and pick them for tea before I go for Joseph at the Depot Have just read in the last weeks [illegible] several articles one which pleased me apart especially House versus Home containing very much truth? would that [illegible] Might learn wisdom by the enumeration of such sketches and [illegible] the jolly? of making home the saddest place to be found
Morning A slight change in the appearance of vegetation a little dash of rain in the night so that each plant and flower
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in acknowledgement for it looks its gratitude by its freshness and increased beauty how many beautiful lessons may he learned from nature and what abundant blessings we are constantly receiving of times without a thought of recognition of the great dispenser of all these bounteous gifts - Joseph came home feeling quite disappointed all met at Jamaica and waited for hours some too long to get home before [illegible] and [illegible] surrogate or desk made their appearance It was too bad to [illegible] [illegible] time to suit their own convenience and not be on hand to attend to it especially at this busy season Joseph is ready to go to the office so must say farewell I feel as tho your visit has scarcely been made I saw so very little of that it is not looked back too
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/29/2/70Dear All It is so pleasant to hear from our friends (altho we I havenothing especially worth writing) induces me to take my pen hoping toreceive a double reward in the return for such favor It now seemssomewhat like winter just a very slight sprinkling of snow enough tocover the ground The ponds have been some of them frozen sufficientlyto gather ice while others open there was quite a busy time on our lastweek our people W P Titus’s and Saul T Tabor’s (They ^ Tabor had 4 wagons and 8 or 10men) I guess they got sufficient from that and other ponds but hearall have not found ice in reach to fill how different from former times an ice house was an almost unheard of appendage now it seemsalmost indispensable The inquiry was made who it was that hadbought Saul Hicks land Saul Willets of NY bought it for the purposeof settling one of his grandsons who is engaged to be married to adaughter of Charles Titus the land is very near to Charles which perhaps was one inducement to purchase it We are engagedabout as usual had Mary here last week which turned thingsup nicely I found work must yeild [sic] somewhat to entertain herso that grandmothers might be a pleasant in reality as in heranticipation how much sunshine and joy these little onesbring the house after she was gone was so silent but when she is here I am soanxious lest something may happen it was not so formerly thisis one among many indications that I am not as reliant aswhen my children were young surely there is a time for all things
I have been thinking and pleasing myself with the expectationof seeing most of you at the proposed Commemorativeand Social 7th Union meetings to be held ere long in NYit will I trust be an occasion fitting to the close of sogreat & noble a work how nice if all the old pioneers wouldonly come in and join in harmonious thank offering that theobject sought had been attained and now that other work still remain [sic]to be done in educating the people ^to a higher plane^ we must still be aggr-essive and reformatory so that there is no time even forrest We will however rejoice over the past and be encouragedby it for the future efforts and trials which we will most likelycontinue to assail The prospect now is that the Standardwill be issued but of course have a wider range and Ithink it is still needed there is no other paper that hasthe real interest to me which is embodied in it hope it willnot be a failure I rejoice that Aaron is so greatly appreciatedin that department as well as in ? for he is very worthyMaria Mitchel has delivered a lecture at the 27 St meeting houseat their Social Union meetings which we hear was very interestingFriends and friendly people meet at 27 St also at Brooklyn once a weekfor speaking reading and conversation the women generally takework and very ^they are^ pleasant and improving too and I trust theyare building better than they know Elias Lewis taking much interestin the Brooklyn Aaron and Anna at the other they recently took Mrs Sargantwith them introduced her she spoke and was as far as I knowmutually pleased John & Hicks read an article to each Concern’^ing^Friends reviewing the past near the close he says Antagonism from
without having ceased are we not in danger of foes within the house-hold more to be feared because less obvious in their character?We allude to apathy and the prevailing fear lest something shall bedisturbed forgetting that life is never a condition of rest; rest is deathLife implies growth & growth involves change but that changemust be always within the limits of the principle of its life An oakcannot become a willow but it may grow to be a larger oak wherein itsleading branches catching the sunlight of each succeeding yearmay so overshadow other branches that have served its purpose inpast years that they may become useless and be left to die …….……..Let friends learn the ideas they are trying to teach the Indian that every age must live for the present and future but not forthe traditions of the past _ the past is a material to be interw-oven [sic] in the fabric of the present but never a garment to be puton Let us cease “Plastering our swallow nests on the awful Past andtwittering round the work of larger men” Aarons [sic] essay which he read’in Boston and which will probably be in this weeks Standard has calledforth criticisms and awakened interest & enquiry especially in Bostonsome of the leading minds desiring to obtain standard works to acquain^t^themselves with their principles Aaron says it is astonishing howmuch prejudice there is against friends in Boston Our orthodoxgive W Phillips a very black mark for his opinion of friends But you must excuse me for this long story which youmay not be interested in but so true it is that subjectswhich we are interested in claim too much of times of ourfriends making ourselves tedious While I am on Friends willcontinue Isaac Hicks continues to speak and nicely too he andMary F attended all the mm in Bucks Qr (?) recently Jacob Willets
son William and wife have come to take Gidion Frostsplace which I hope will prove agreeable to all Gidion hassought dilligently [sic] for a young wife but do so far unsucessfully [sic]and I hope this arrangement will be so satisfactory as torender all further search unnecessary Jacob and Esther areliving at Vineland Gidion is quite interested in the Indian concerngetting goods etc and has recently done the most toward painting upMatinecock (?) house putting in some new windows etc Amelia Post does not regain her mind or health ^ which ever it is^ Henry’s son too not quiteas well they expect to go to Dr Ingersol when there is an opening for themMatilda has been very feeble for 2 months but is better now MaryP Titus has also been quite poorly also better Mary R had a poor turnbut is smart again spent an afternoon & evening here last week goesto meeting generally Townsend 2 weeks ago fell and broke his thumbbadly days after had a paralytic his thumb seemed to be mortifying theythought he could not last long sent for his friends but he seemed smarterwhen we heard Joseph has gone out collecting landing fees disag--reeable business enough I had rather work very hard butsome one must do it We think of going to Whitestone soonsuch?? frequent storms or bad travelling often prevent the fulfilment [sic]of plans Valentine is making a visit – staid [sic] with us 2 weeks beforecalling on his other relatives last week at Phebe Titus & EP WilletsThis week was going to J H Cocks and a few other places with returnto finish his visit with us I thought how hard it was as he was walkingfrom our door to receive no welcome like to this I am very glad to see theeIt is more and more of circumstance to have to care for him Matthewand Hannah far exceed all other of his relatives combined in their patientcare of him I told them they would deserve the Inasmuch as ye have doneit unto one of the least of
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11/28/6[7]<br />Dear All I have just got through<br />making preparations for a good<br />Thanksgiving dinner and wonder-<br />ing whether we should eat it all<br />ourselves or be gratified by having<br />some of our friends to share it with<br />not having invited any except our<br />children and it being a litle bit<br />rainy fear they will disappoint - us<br />I thought of your family gathering <br />with one accord and how pleasant<br />it would be if you could [step?] in<br />here and would we not all enjoy<br />a real heartfelt Thanksgiving It<br />seems to me we should It is so<br />long since we have written much but I<br />cannot believe it has been from any<br />diminution of love but from the pres-<br />sure of other things wh[ich] clamor for<br />attention to say the truth I have never<br />been so wholey engrossed my faculty<br />for accomplishing diminished & small <br />things are magnified We never had so<br />good a visit from W & Mary before we enjo<br />-yed it very much and after them the<br />next day our friend Cyrus Peirce came
and we went the round of visiting <br />with him very agreeably his conversation<br />is instructive mostly on religious subjects<br />making religion very easy and simple <br />Stephen & Matilda expected to have gone yes<br />-terday to visit him and others attend [2 M?]<br />etc., etc. but Matilda was sick with headache and<br />they could not go Phebe Johnson has gone to <br />Pa.to stay the winter James & Lucretia as <br />you know have been to Boston then to Brook<br />-lyn we went on 7 day to see and be with <br />them some staid until 2nd day found her just <br />as lovely and interesting but she said when I asked <br />her particularly how she was steadily loosing a little <br />can take so very little nourishment it is a wonder<br />she can speak so much The church was packed and <br />very many we heard could not get in and the interest <br />continued to the end very many pressed forward <br />to express their thanks for her discourse and the sent<br />-iment as heard by the congregation as they passed <br />out was "<span style="text-decoration:underline;">that</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">was</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">the</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">gospel"</span> others that was grand <br />and she practices what she preaches we got a <br />morning paper but found only a very meager sketch with <br />some errors the person does not do her justice leaving <br />out the most impressive parts [she] makes her say oh for another hour to speak to the young women she said so many subjects crowded on her which it was impossible<br />for her more than to briefly notice. Oh for an other hour <br />but the clock has warned me I have already occupied<br />too much time I will send the sketch for what it is <br />worth There was an elegant basket of flowers on the desk<br />in front of her after meeting Chadwick presented it to her from some friend the flowers were the rare rich<br />product of the green house we dined with them <br />and then to Friends [M?] she was very tired but said <br />she wanted to go but [hoped] to be [silent] the [M] quite <br />small she spoke 1/2 hour but with evident weakn <br />-ess some one brought her water [which] made it more <br />easy after M so we called on Louisa Frost wh[ich] added to <br />the walk on getting home she was entirely exhaust- <br />ed I asked her 7 day eve if she thought it wise to <br />do as she had been doing at Boston and as she plan-<br />ned to do the ensuing day and week Why no <br />but I want to do it before I die and I feel as tho <br />that might happen almost any time yet I enjoy<br />life I love my family & friends and a great deal <br />I would like to go to aid the [fight?] and the <br />world is very beautiful to me but I have no fear
<p>of the future They went home on 2nd day on 3 day they expected Lord & Lady Amberley to spend the day and she had written home to have seve- ral others invited to meet them Fannie Caven- <br />er who was the only one at home had been with E M Davis to call on them in a letter said I think grandma it is <span style="text-decoration:underline;">you</span> they want to see" (Maria [Dav-]<br />is from home) They met wirh them in boston They<br />had a letter of introduction to Lucretia from J<br />Stewart Mill L said they seemed interested in <br />all the reformatory and liberal movements<br />of the age and I have heard the Lady said to<br />a person after hearing L speak at Longfellows church she felt that was enough to pay her for cro-<br />ssing the ocean He is Lord John Russels son<br />She is Lord [?] daughter and granddaughter<br />to the present premier of England on the next<br />equal rights and Peace meetings to be on<br />Thanksgiving day after that I hope they<br />will rest a little [?] Lord said we<br />wish mother would take care of herself<br />we feel selfish and want to keep her as<br />long as we can They were at Baltimore Y. M.<br />I never saw such a woman her interest in<br />everything George and Pattie talk of buying a<br />house at Orange she went with them to see<br />it entering into everything relating to it and<br />said I hope thee will not attempt to fit the carpets again Oh said Patties mother took it<br />all in has them all planned L said that<br />does not hurt me to sit on a bench and piece <br />I like it There will be one advantage in going<br />to Orange they will be more among strangers<br />and will not be burdened by so many callers<br />L said I feel it to be burden <span style="text-decoration:underline;">now</span> You may<br />smile at my items and think me silly to<br />note them but I wish you were here I would<br />come into the very life of this greatest of<br />women who I fear has nearly reached the<br />summit of her earth life She is as really <br />and truly a messiah to this age as the<br />messiahs who have gone before but<br />like them is not understood or appreciated</p>
[Sam'l and Catherine?] have not come shall look to-
morrow it has settle down into a quiet rain
Baby WIllis as our Mary calls her is full of
activity jumping and walking all the time
on a go so that it takes some one to look
after her but very happy she is a real
country looking baby so fat and joyous
William [Flack?] and wife are at home had
[illegible] wedding party at his brothers this week
about 70 there we hear W takes the farm the
coming year so suppose they will be at
Westbury one year at elast we supposed they would
go to Matinecock on this farm there. Isaac and
Maty are at Bethlehem Pa Mary seems very
smart much better hope she will regain
health Henry Willets marriage to be [supported?]
us all every one so far as I know approve
it Silas [Mote's?] sone is engaged to E Willets
daughter Martha Mary F. Willets is in Brook-
lyn attending at Cooper Institute to learn dra-
wing or painting Wells and Letitia have
moved there but she stays part the time
at Stephen Posts. We staid [?] 2 nights
with Stephen very pleasantly they give
a cordial welcome and we felt quite
at home Lydia has een on to New Bedford
to Isaac Giffords and to attend their [ ?]
First day school convention Lydia said
they were in the same boat Lucretia
went on in and she wanted to see her
very much [she?] had heard so much of her
but did not L took her berth I think for
she told me she was so worn coming from
Baltimore and attending the Antislavery
meetings in and around [Phil?] that she tried
to rest and felt better on arriving in Boston
than when she started I am at the bottom of
my paper and with Love to all branches am
Affectionately Mary
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<p>11/28/[67/69?] Dear All I have just got through making preparations for a good Thanksgiving dinner and wonder- ing whether we should eat it all ourselves or be gratified by having some of our friends to share it with not having invited any except our children and it being a litle bit rainy fear they will disappoint - us I thought of your family gathering with one accord and how pleasant it would be if you could step in here and would we not all enjoy a real heartfelt Thanksgiving It seems to me we should It is so long since we have written much but I cannot believe it has been from any diminution of love but from the [illegible] [illegible] of other things wh clamor for attention to say the truth I have never been so wholey engrossed my faculty for accomplishing diminished & small things are magnified We never had so good a visit from Mrs Mary before we enjo -yed it very much and after them the next day our friend [Cyrus] Peirce came</p>
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<p>and we went the round of visiting with him very agreeably his conversation is instructive mostly on religious subjects makeing religion very easy and simple Stephen & Matilda expected to have gone yes -terday to visit him and others attend [illegible] [illegible] but Matilda was sick with headache and they could not go [Phebe] Johnson has gone to Pa to stay the winter James & Lucretia as you know have been to Boston then to Brook -lyn we went on 7 day to see and be with them some [illegible]until 2nd day found her just as lovely and interesting but she said when I asked her particularly how she was steadily loosing a little can take so very little nourishment it is a wonder she can speak so much The church was packed and very many we heard could not get in and the [illegible] confirmed to the end very many pressed forward to express their thanks for her discourse and the sent -iment as heard by the congregation as they pushed out was "that(u) was (u) the(u) gospel(u)" others that was grand and she practices what she preaches we got a morning paper but found only a very meager sketch with some errors the person does not do her justice leaving out the most impressive parts [illegible] makes her say oh for another hour to speak to the young women she said on any subjects crowded on her when it was impossible for her more than to briefly notice Oh for an other hour but the clock has warmed me I have already occuped too much time I will send the sketch for what it is worth There was an elegant basket of flowers on the desk in front of her [illegible] Cdadwick presented it to her from some friend the flowers were the [illegible product of the green house we dined with them and then to Friends [illegible] she was very tired but said she wanted to go but [illegible] to be [illegible] the [illegible] small she spoke 1/2 hour but with evident weakn -ess some one brought her wather [illegible] made it more easy after so we called on Louisa Frost who added to the walk on getting home she was entirely exhaust- ed I asked her 7 day eve if she thought it wise to go as she had been doing at Boston and as she pla- -ned to do the ensuing day and week Why no but I want to do it before I die and I feel as tho that might happen almost any time yet I enjo -y life I love my family & friends and a great deal I would like to go to aid the [illegible] and the world is very beautiful to me but I have no fear</p>
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<p>of the future They went home on 2nd day on 3 day they expected Lord & Lacy Ambciley to spend the day and she had written home to have sev ral others invited to meet them Fannie Caven -er who was the only one at home had been with Mrs E M Davis to call on them in a letter said I think grandma it is you(u) they want to see"</p>
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<p> </p>
<p>10/21/1869</p>
<p>Mary Post to Isaac Post</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Dearly beloved believe not I have at any</p>
<p>time during any long silence been forgetful</p>
<p>of any of my precious friends but rather that</p>
<p>anxiety (?) and much serving with considera</p>
<p>-ble of the infirmly incident to some has</p>
<p>been an excuse how often in spirit I</p>
<p>desired to hold such communion but felt</p>
<p>rest was more necessary looking ahead</p>
<p>for the good time coming But I find it</p>
<p>grows quite easy to omit now what might</p>
<p>be done, still I think there may have been</p>
<p>no loss on your part only my Js (?) letters were</p>
<p>so far between and you are all so ceremonious</p>
<p>that we may not hear from you at all unless</p>
<p>we send a full return of paper at least _ but</p>
<p>if you only knew how much good your</p>
<p>letters do us you would try to gladden</p>
<p>our spirits by their frequency quite an</p>
<p>oasis in our life which you may know</p>
<p>needs all the bright influences I try what</p>
<p>I can with my bird which sings beautifully</p>
<p>and a small collection of flowers to cheer</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 2)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>our deserted home and fancy sometimes</p>
<p>I have succeeded until some kind friend</p>
<p>tells me how lonesome it seems and I real</p>
<p>-lise it after having a visit of some days from</p>
<p>the girls Our dear E went home on second day</p>
<p>gained considerably but quite unable to</p>
<p>attempt much I guess was on the bed nearly</p>
<p>half the time days The two last seemed really</p>
<p>better so I hope she will improve more J (?) has</p>
<p>had a lonesome time indeed I hardly realize</p>
<p>the time or season This week we have been</p>
<p>quite stired (?) up after Edward & E left came</p>
<p>Sojourner (almost tired out I think with</p>
<p>riding about to see the sights jolting she said</p>
<p>over the stones she could hardly move) she was</p>
<p>in good spirits and rested up nicely when</p>
<p>she left She wished Amy P had been with her</p>
<p>and we must write and tell of her visit</p>
<p>what a good time she had had it was shorter</p>
<p>that she wished as she had engaged to go to</p>
<p>Orange on 7 day On 3<sup>rd </sup>day she rested had some</p>
<p>company in the evening I and self went to</p>
<p>the reception at (?) Rushmores next day we</p>
<p>went to see Mary Cock then a meeting in the</p>
<p>Hall for her which was quite large on 5 day I and (?)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 3)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>were invited to the marriage of William M Valentine</p>
<p>and Emily Post Sojourner going to W P Titus. We took</p>
<p>her to E Posts to tea then a meeting at the Colored Church</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">?? </span>3 day have had a pleasant time at home she is</p>
<p>brighter than ever I see her I am astonished at the</p>
<p>depth and clearness of many of her views We have</p>
<p>a new teacher she had toothache and did not go</p>
<p>to the lecture in the hall I invited her to come and</p>
<p>dine with us Which she did the first time she had</p>
<p>been in A.'(?) diner I said I wish thee had been at</p>
<p>the church last night we had a grand lecture</p>
<p>on temperance Womans rights suffrage and</p>
<p>so forth Oh she said I don't believe in womans</p>
<p>rights -- I have all the rights I want and(?) Sojour^ner^</p>
<p>heard it and gave her such a lesson as will be</p>
<p>remembered I guess allways [sic] I thought faithful</p>
<p>are the wounds of a friend It seemed in a</p>
<p>very kind spirit but very sharp a kind of</p>
<p>overpowering argument which the poor girl</p>
<p>showed her ignorance in trying to refute</p>
<p>Sojourner said after poor child I don't believe</p>
<p>she will forget that I wanted to do her good</p>
<p>and give her something to think of I</p>
<p>think she is quite hopeful of getting some</p>
<p>considerable help At the church it was propo</p>
<p>-sed to take up a collection for her She rose</p>
<p>and in a very dignified way declined it No chil</p>
<p>-dren I cannot accept the offering you too are</p>
<p>poor and need it I must go to the rich I feel</p>
<p>grateful to you for your kindness in proposing</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 4)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>to assist me and the recollection of my visit to</p>
<p>you is very pleasant perhaps I may come again</p>
<p>if so I hope to find you progressing if I do not</p>
<p>may we meet on Canans shore etc (?)</p>
<p>letter is and it is bed time too J (?) has gone to bed</p>
<p>but I will add a little so it may go soon</p>
<p>Have been very busy to day tried to get some one</p>
<p>to help us but failed been ironing salted 120# of</p>
<p>blue fish made tomatoe [sic] pickles 2 kinds with Mary</p>
<p>help and am nearly down tonight of course</p>
<p>Lydia Hicks was in awhile said she had been</p>
<p>trying to get some extra help too but failed said</p>
<p>she was almost discouraged work so plenty &</p>
<p>so few to do it In the country there are so many</p>
<p>things to be looked after that city people are</p>
<p>exempt from that I almost envy you in that</p>
<p>particular We were interested in the act of</p>
<p>your visit to the progressive meeting etc etc</p>
<p>but was sorry to hear you are not looking towar^d^</p>
<p>L.I. The L.I. friends are so attracted to Rochester though(?)</p>
<p>I hope you will return some of our visits to keep</p>
<p>us in countenance am quite disappointed</p>
<p>that Edmund Sarah & Catharine do not expect to</p>
<p>come we had been anticipating it with pleasure</p>
<p>expect we shall have fine weather yet tho.</p>
<p>just at present it is cloudy and threatens rain</p>
<p>William and Emily Valentine have gone to</p>
<p>Niagara and suppose they spent a night</p>
<p>in your city on their way out Their marr</p>
<p>-iage entertainment etc was altogether <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">illegible character</span></p>
<p>pleasant & satisfactory I don't know the num</p>
<p>-ber present perhaps 60 or 70 They invited Mary</p>
<p>R E and L very unexpected that she would ever</p>
<p>go so far to a wedding She enjoyed it & looked</p>
<p>quite bright a large collection of gifts mostly</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 5)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>of the useless kind gold & silver which</p>
<p>bring so many care's [sic] with them Solomon</p>
<p>Jackson & Esther gave a beautiful gift china</p>
<p>tea set & Rachel Post a pair of nice blank</p>
<p>ets which were exceptions The same evening</p>
<p>Saml & Sarah Willets NY gave a party for Robt</p>
<p>R Willets and bride and William Willets and</p>
<p>his bride The reception at Cousin R Rs was</p>
<p>the week before At I (?) Rushmores they had quite</p>
<p>a house full I should guess 100 many I was</p>
<p>unacquainted with Howards wife seems</p>
<p>affable and is quite interesting looking</p>
<p>have not become much acquainted with her</p>
<p>I fear she will have some hard lessons</p>
<p>to learn & her aunt told me she knew</p>
<p>nothing about work - Some manage</p>
<p>to glide along without care or labor &</p>
<p>are content with the management of</p>
<p>others I believe she expects to be at Stephens</p>
<p>this winter if so she may learn much that will</p>
<p>be of service to her Perhaps you may have</p>
<p>heard it mentioned that Amelia Post has</p>
<p>been poorly the past summer very nervous</p>
<p>some weeks ago we heard she was deranged</p>
<p>which continues but they think a little impro</p>
<p>-vement they have to watch her constantly as</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 6)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>she is weary of life ^Fifth day morning^</p>
<p>yesterday was monthly meeting had</p>
<p>considerable company among the num</p>
<p>-ber was Henry Willets family and they</p>
<p>are feeling very much relieved Amelia</p>
<p>seems nearly well Cousin Mary said it</p>
<p>was hysterical hypochondria the Dr</p>
<p>told them all the time she would come</p>
<p>out of it that it was purely nervous that</p>
<p>the brain was not affected still she said</p>
<p>no one could know what she had passed</p>
<p>through in anxiety & watching the past</p>
<p>3 or 4 months Saml Catharine & children</p>
<p>were also here Mary not very well for some</p>
<p>days but better then some fever looking heavy</p>
<p>eyed Phebe P is a very fine baby requiring</p>
<p>good care then she is very happy crowing</p>
<p>& laughing but tires her mother very thoro-</p>
<p>-ughly every day weighs 18# which is no</p>
<p>excuse from the jumping inclinaton</p>
<p>Had a letter from Elisabeth since she</p>
<p>got home is improving now stood the ride</p>
<p>better I shall go in a few days to assist</p>
<p>a little before 2 M(?) I am trying to</p>
<p> fill a barrel or box to send to the</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 7)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>freed people in VA had letter begging</p>
<p>for clothing or bedding the corn</p>
<p>crop nearly a failure Howard & wife</p>
<p>on their return said it would probably</p>
<p>be exhausted by Christmas and great suff</p>
<p>ering must ensue Catharine brought me</p>
<p>a nice large bundle I have often been</p>
<p>surprised how many garments a barrel</p>
<p>would hold and I am giving my time now</p>
<p>in trying to fill it got a woman too to</p>
<p>help me clean house I guess some of the</p>
<p>irons will burn and if they do it seems</p>
<p>from accounts I should not be alone Phebe</p>
<p>W Titus yesterday said I get no time to read now</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">illegible xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">illegiblexxxxxxxxxxx </span>but I guess we shall</p>
<p>get through sometime it is so difficult</p>
<p>to find help is one reason but you have</p>
<p>enough too it may be an encouragem^ent^</p>
<p>to find others in the same fix The</p>
<p>report of the Phil Freedman Association of the</p>
<p>present year is a very interesting one such</p>
<p>desire for knowledge and the devotion</p>
<p>of the teachers to the work is beautiful</p>
<p>giving up home comforts ease & it may be</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 8)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>health (?) to do them good -- I hope we may</p>
<p>not grow weary in aiding with our money</p>
<p>in the work tho the calls are quite frequent</p>
<p>to assist in building or paying teachers we</p>
<p>owe a great debt which money can never pay</p>
<p>Our flowers look quite bright though we have had</p>
<p>some frost several mornings I know this will</p>
<p>be quite stale Catharine will tell all that is worth</p>
<p>telling before this reaches you but will send it poor</p>
<p>as it is. (Mary Robbins Post)<br />(New writer)<br /> This morning a very general ^white^ frost</p>
<p>and considerable ice cold most like winter</p>
<p>in going with milk next week shall not</p>
<p>have to go so early 1/2 past 8 which will</p>
<p>suit much better. We are repairing our</p>
<p>meeting house and sheds it will be prety [sic]</p>
<p>heavy tax for us somewhere from 500 to</p>
<p>1000 dollars but as our Friends seem to</p>
<p>feel so much more liberality(?) can help</p>
<p>them with much better feeling than a few</p>
<p>years ago. We have around us quite a pe-</p>
<p>-culiar feeling about the plains Stewart</p>
<p>has been buying some places that lay in</p>
<p>his way for large prices 250$ per acre</p>
<p>and more has offered William Valentine and</p>
<p>sons that but they want 275$. another party</p>
<p>have been around and offered about that</p>
<p>sum for the old plain lot I mean the</p>
<p>mowing plains that we used to own</p>
<p>they pay a little money and put off for</p>
<p>6 months to a year before taking a deed</p>
<p>and paying in full and proberly [sic] will forfit[sic]</p>
<p>by that time. farewell Joseph Post</p>
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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, January 6, 1868.
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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, January 1, 1867.
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Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Isaac Post.
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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, December 27, 1866.
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Post, Mary Robbins
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1866-12-27
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<p>Dear All Syosset 12th 27 1866 After the receipt of your welcome letter I felt just like answering immediately but the old story of necessary things ^to be done^ which claimed my attention and prevented the impulse and as is said by other requisitions if not yielded to the duty becomes less manifest and finally it is nearly lost sight of ???? wrote to his kinfolk today and perhaps that has awakened me to the duty It is now at 2 PM a furious snowstorm with wind and growing cold been raining and snowing since in the night and as I look out I feel ???very comfortable it is to be so ??? as not to require any of our friends to come out in it Probably you ^will^ have heard ere this reaches you of the rich boon which has been granted to ??? & Catherine in a fine baby girl weighing nearly 9 lbs and do good as to make it a great joy to have her Catherine is I think pretty smart but these events are terible [sic] to most mothers and almost past endurance I came on first day afternoon shall stay some days longer I was here 2 days last week and</p>
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<p>in that time Emma Titus was released from her sufferings her hip had been opened in two places two weeks previous discharged some but did not relieve her much she has to take morphia but with that suffered greatly mortification ensued was sensible to the last She died 2nd day morning the funeral on 5th day at our ??? an exceedingly cold windy day The remains were unfit to be seen very soon after the spirit left its tenement Ann was nearly worn out with nursing no one could do as well for Emma as well as she She was generally quiet and showed but little of her bitterness toward her near relatives but enough to need a mantle of charity to excuse her in any degree No one knows what to think of her whether she is sane or insane The ??? of ministers and Elders proposed to the MM to acknowledge cousin E Willets as a minister a com^??? was apt to consider objections at our last MM they asked more time I think it will be too bad if it is not done for he is certainly more alive than most and as long as</p>
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<p>Page 3</p>
<p>is the fashion to do it I want it in his case but many of our ^young^ conservatives who are satisfied to go with the current will likely enough stop it if they can have heard some said where it the life (both words underlined) He and Stevonson?? are now from home to attend wishing??? luck ??? of m and the meetings___We are having Phebe Johnson at Westbury who generally preaches but not any more to my edification than formerly but am very glad there is a tolerant spirit felt toward her Edward attends now at our m? Matilda has not been at all smart for 2 or 3 weeks sever turn of sick headache Our cousins Jacob and Hannah Seaman have been making a visit to their son Edmund and spent a day at our house Rachel & Mary seemed more like old (underline) times than I have seen her for many years I told her when leaving I have enjoyed this visit she replied I think we have all enjoyed it very much (underline both words) She does not fully regain her hearing Brother spoke of attending the funeral of Saml Waring I have</p>
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<p>wondered if he could be William Waring's son he had one Saml Abel Wiggins lost a son and two of the sons of grown up children George Tappan has had a sick house his wife just recovering from the fever when a daughter was taken and died we heard another was sick I believe the neighbors are careful about going in much We have had no lectures yet but believe Solon?? Robinson is to come shortly and there is a desire among many people to have if practicable Frederic Douglass & Willets is to give a temperance lecture and I suppose Curtis sometime We have decided to send a box of our nice clothing to Georgiana and Mary Willets at Lynchburg we hear there is great need in many places I wished we knew about Sojourner whether she knew of the persons or neighborhoods where it was most disirable [sic] to forward them for distribution suppose all that we have made will go to the girls affectionately Mary</p>
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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, October 2, 1866.
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1866-10-02
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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, August 4, 1866.
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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, May 21, 1866.
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1866-05-21
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<p>Dear All I have taken the pen but really <br />I am very much of a blank having but<br />little knowledge or thought disconnected from <br />sickness anxiety and watching for weeks<br />that are passed. I have repeatedly asked<br />my good husband to answer your very<br />interesting letter but reading interspersed?<br />with an occasional nap is so much more<br />agreeable that I have failed thus far<br />It is five weeks since Stephen's children<br />were taken with Scarlet Fever Mary? severely<br />and a few days first The girl who had lived<br />with them the past winter had been to NY<br />to secure a place in a few days was taken poorly which proved to be the measles thus<br />making four to be taken care of. Many? very <br />ill and Esther's children had not had the <br />measles which contributed to E's? anxiety she<br />having the greatest dread of the complaint<br />they had great difficulty to find helpers to<br />care and do for the sick John Gaskin was</p>
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<p>there sometime one of Es cousins several<br />days they got a nurse but she would not <br />stay all the time Mary had a very large<br />swelling on the side of her neck which distused?<br />her very much broke also one on the back of neck<br />then E and Eugene and Julia? all came down with <br />measles the Patch? boy working for them also sick<br />Nancy very kindly come? for a day or two but<br />getting greatly interested in poor suffering M.<br />staid? near 2 weeks for days her life hembled?<br />in the balance and even now a very little thing<br />will be too much It required 3 watchers each<br />night and strangers could not do? for the <br />children Esther and Eugene in the parlor and <br />the girls by themselves but Mary became<br />so low the that? she? ordered Julia taken out of the <br />room they remain separate E and I begin<br />to sit up Esther goes from one room to the <br />other and waits on Mary now Yesterday<br />we went there Esther had taken some cod<br />she thought but hoped to be better soon the<br />other children had large swellings about the<br />[illegible] E cais? trouble from fear it may affect<br />his learning I came home cast thin? I? [illegible] among?<br />I don't know when I should have got away [illegible]<br />we had not had our friends? Israel? and Jane <br />Drake as guests but I hope they wife? get along<br />I find I can not stand much now adays am<br />all used up with a little [illegible] I am <br />better than sometime ago there is? great ^differences?^</p>
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> 1<sup>st</sup> mo 1<sup>st</sup> 1866<br /> Dear All Brothers very welcom [sic] letter<br /> came duly but not until we had looked<br /> sometime and as Libbie has a letter read<br /> for Jacob I will enclose a slip to you<br /> with the usual compliments and good<br /> wishes of the morning and in doing<br /> it would desire the richest blessings to <br /> be showered upon you I see as each yea^r^<br /> passes how this custom increases and I<br /> like the feeling which it contributes to<br /> the social reunions are delightful if<br /> the baneful wine and the fashionable<br /> calls were both banished I think it mig^ht^<br /> be one of ^the^ pleasantest days It seems<br /> like a fresh starting point on our<br /> journey inspiring with renewed ener^gy^<br /> to walk more worthily yesterday as<br /> I took a retrospective glance over the<br /> past year I felt saddened by the small<br /> advancement made but hope has come<br /> with the morning and I will strive to<br /> walk without fainting in the path of life<br /> It is a rainy morning Stephen and<br /> Matilda have invited quite a large<br /> company I suppose for Saml and<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> Kate Stephen told him they must <br /> come out in their regimentals I hope<br /> they will come if it continues to storm<br /> it will be too bad to be absent Several<br /> years ago W J Cocks made a wedding party<br /> for a nephew the company went but the<br /> bride and groom on act of rain remaind [sic]<br /> at home Kate is at Tyosset but she will<br /> have to stay at home considerable to get<br /> ready to leave us Many of your friends<br /> think your visit was quite too short<br /> cousins Edmund & Martha expressd [sic] regret^s^<br /> you did not visit them Mary P. Titus<br /> Mercy Hubbs and many others it seems<br /> to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">m</span>e almost like a dream We have<br /> got our sewing society started quite a<br /> number desire to meet at private<br /> houses I suppose the nice suppers <span style="text-decoration:underline;">are</span><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">attractiv</span>e but I think a small company<br /> at the Hall who go expressly for the good<br /> of the cause is preferable to a large one<br /> who go for the supper the party of the<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">pl</span>easure We have a large number of<br /> garments ready to ship but where so<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> much is needed it is difficult to decide<br /> where is the place Phebe Wright has been<br /> down on the Government farms near<br /> Washington she is very anxious to have<br /> them to send there but I am opposed to<br /> it as I beleive [sic] there is greater need farth [sic]<br /> South we shall decide tomorrow and send<br /> them this week Stephen Post and Lady<br /> came up Christmas Grandmother was very<br /> smart was out in the parlor and went<br /> out to dinner and tea which she had not<br /> done in a long time (she had lain a<br /> bed a great deal and thought she was mos^t^<br /> gone) she was pleased with the girl<br /> thinks she is one of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">he</span>r k<span style="text-decoration:underline;">in</span>d thinks quic^k^<br /> and speaks it I guess the time for<br /> their marriage will be about the 18<br /> perhaps not fully fixed You did<br /> not speak of seeing A J Davis and wife<br /> we have had an invitation to assist<br /> in making them a generous New<br /> Years present Jehiel Hoyt gave us<br /> readings last week from the quiet<br /> man in three parts containing <br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> many truths and many excellent hits<br /> at the popular ideas of home comfort<br /> the Dr's and peace and war it was<br /> ably written and well read giving genera^l^<br /> satisfaction You did not tell us if<br /> Phebe Willets was in Albany and very<br /> much more we wanted to hear many<br /> thanks for what thee wrote only give<br /> us a second edition hope Amy has<br /> had no recurrence of her difficulty<br /> was thee at home when she was taken<br /> Mary W went home yesterday Abby<br /> Seaman has had another attack which<br /> rendered her speechless and helpless<br /> I should think not very likely to recover<br /> Marianna Hawxhurst has been quite<br /> pooly [sic] but is improving under p<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ill</span><br /> treatment the Dr's medium done<br /> her no good Ann Titus trial is to<br /> come on the 9 her daughter does<br /> not gain at all on the reverse is not<br /> able to walk much if any - If William<br /> lets Ann rule him and all else I<br /> see nothing but disaster and loss for <br /> his portion & wish the N Y might infuse energy<br /> enough into him to be firm in purpose and<br /> govern his <span style="text-decoration:underline;">wif</span>e she certainly needs restraint
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. 1st mo 1st 1866 Dear All Brothers very welcom [sic] letter came duly but not until we had looked sometime and as Libbie has a letter read for Jacob I will enclose a slip to you with the usual compliments and good wishes of the morning and in doing it would desire the richest blessings to be showered upon you I see as each yea^r^ passes how this custom increases and I like the feeling which it contributes to the social reunions are delightful if the baneful wine and the fashionable calls were both banished I think it mig^ht^ be one of ^the^ pleasantest days It seems like a fresh starting point on our journey inspiring with renewed ener^gy^ to walk more worthily yesterday as I took a retrospective glance over the past year I felt saddened by the small advancement made but hope has come with the morning and I will strive to walk without fainting in the path of life It is a rainy morning Stephen and Matilda have invited quite a large company I suppose for Saml and Kate Stephen told him they must come out in their regimentals I hope they will come if it continues to storm it will be too bad to be absent Several years ago W J Cocks made a wedding party for a nephew the company went but the bride and groom on act of rain remaind [sic] at home Kate is at Tyosset but she will have to stay at home considerable to get ready to leave us Many of your friends think your visit was quite too short cousins Edmund & Martha expressd [sic] regret^s^ you did not visit them Mary P. Titus Mercy Hubbs and many others it seems to me almost like a dream We have got our sewing society started quite a number desire to meet at private houses I suppose the nice suppers areattractive but I think a small company at the Hall who go expressly for the good of the cause is preferable to a large one who go for the supper the party of thepleasure We have a large number of garments ready to ship but where so much is needed it is difficult to decide where is the place Phebe Wright has been down on the Government farms near Washington she is very anxious to have them to send there but I am opposed to it as I beleive [sic] there is greater need farth [sic] South we shall decide tomorrow and send them this week Stephen Post and Lady came up Christmas Grandmother was very smart was out in the parlor and went out to dinner and tea which she had not done in a long time (she had lain a bed a great deal and thought she was mos^t^ gone) she was pleased with the girl thinks she is one of her kind thinks quic^k^ and speaks it I guess the time for their marriage will be about the 18 perhaps not fully fixed You did not speak of seeing A J Davis and wife we have had an invitation to assist in making them a generous New Years present Jehiel Hoyt gave us readings last week from the quiet man in three parts containing many truths and many excellent hits at the popular ideas of home comfort the Dr's and peace and war it was ably written and well read giving genera^l^ satisfaction You did not tell us if Phebe Willets was in Albany and very much more we wanted to hear many thanks for what thee wrote only give us a second edition hope Amy has had no recurrence of her difficulty was thee at home when she was taken Mary W went home yesterday Abby Seaman has had another attack which rendered her speechless and helpless I should think not very likely to recover Marianna Hawxhurst has been quite pooly [sic] but is improving under pill treatment the Dr's medium done her no good Ann Titus trial is to come on the 9 her daughter does not gain at all on the reverse is not able to walk much if any - If William lets Ann rule him and all else I see nothing but disaster and loss for his portion & wish the N Y might infuse energy enough into him to be firm in purpose and govern his wife she certainly needs restraint
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upside down]<br /> -times my letters do look too shabby but I write quite a<br /> number and if I spend much time on<br /> them I cannot so I scribble them off almost uninteigibly [sic]<br /> you must burn them and have them out of sight of others Mary<br /><br /> Dear All Time and tide wait for no man was an<br /> old truism and I find it remains so to this present<br /> time and especially so as to answering letters if allowed<br /> to slip away the golden opportunity is lost forever ^like knowledge^ It is only<br /> that this is the case that I <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">have</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">to</span> break away from some <br /> things I would like to do this morning for Martha<br /> like I am <span style="text-decoration:underline;">bus</span>y have been in the orchard to see what I<br /> could find then up on the hill found very little in the<br /> orchard but I had a feast of the beautiful from the hill so<br /> much of rural beauty and with Cowper I could say "Tis<br /> pleasant through the loop holes of retreat To peep at such<br /> a world. To see the stir of the great Babel and not feel the ^crowd^<br /> and watch the animated and joyous life around<br /> a squirrel stop in his gambols a couple of feet from<br /> me looking up in my face with his bright earnest eyes<br /> without apparent fear the birds too some engaged in<br /> teaching the art of flying while others were holding a<br /> grand concert in an old apple tree the cows quietly<br /> grazing every thing seemed harmonious until I un-<br /> -consciously trespassed on some hornets or wasps and<br /> a swelled hand is the result The country is unusually<br /> green and beautiful I think I wrote you of the great<br /> blow we had doing so much damage in places not<br /> generally but how many tornadoes and floods there<br /> have been in various sections and such great loss of<br /> property and many lives too John J Merritt has had<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /> as you may have seen by the papers another loss &<br /> involving the loss of 3 lives by the falling of the walls<br /> of the buildings in the rear of his house which were just<br /> finished we were there sometime ago they were feeling it was<br /> substantially <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">being</span> built useing [sic] every effort to make it so<br /> had it done by days works It is being investigated to try<br /> and ascertain the cause of the disaster Quarterly M<br /> is over no strangers but pretty satisfactory had quite <br /> a share of company Have been expecting our [Truman?]<br /> friends but sickness and death of an old aunt then of a<br /> cousin a most promising young man and the last act one<br /> of Sallies children was sick and I begin to fear we and they will<br /> be disappointed we certainly shall in the length of time visit<br /> We heard through some of our Q M company who came up<br /> on the boat of William & Mary we looked for them but they<br /> came not and sixth day afternoon after our company had<br /> left we went to see and bring them to our house but judge<br /> our disappointment to find them gone It seems to me<br /> they had better tried L I air and all the curatives first<br /> for is not Rochester and Penn more the same than L I perhaps<br /> salt air and bathing might have been efficacious Am sorry <br /> to fid he has not recovered Do write and tell them we<br /> want them to give L I a fair trial a few days will not<br /> do much for [obliterated]te disease of such long standing<br /> we will make them as comfortable as we can and be<br /> right glad to see then I would write myself if I knew<br /> where to direct to them People are devising ways<br /> to enjoy themselves this summer rather more than<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> usual the excitement of war is over and there must <br /> be something I do not allude to our neighborhood but<br /> around N Y and other places there are constant invitations<br /> to join in festivals picnics or something of the kind this week<br /> has been a great camp meeting at Glen Cove in 2 weeks an<br /> -other A company have gone in Schooner to Boston to be<br /> gone 2 weeks or more also cod fishing call at Nantucket<br /> Newport and perhaps other places I will name a few J D Hicks<br /> & wife B D Hicks Joseph Hicks and 2 son's Henry Willets Sarah and<br /> James Anna Titus (J<sup>s</sup> betrothed) Joseph Willets wife 2 sisters Carrie<br /> Walters (J H Cock and Stephen Hicks as far as Newport) and<br /> several others about 20 in all Mary W has been at<br /> Westbury several days expected to go hoe soon<br /> heard somehow she had a letter from Amy<br /> stating Isaac is poorly again (have not heard any<br /> particulars) and you were thinking of making a<br /> visit to Long Island am sorry to hear of his<br /> being poorly and think it may be advisable to<br /> leave his confinement immediately I am sure<br /> he looked as tho he needed some rest when we<br /> were there shall be glad to see you when may<br /> we look? Rachel Hicks and companions leave<br /> tomorrow to resume their visit in Phil Y M<br /> think it will occupy 2 or more months<br /> Mary S Willets is to e married this fall <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">To</span><br /> to Edmund Seaman and Rachel will wish to<br /> be at home the expectation is he will come<br /> to Rachels to live Jane Willets and granddaughter<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> have been making quite a visit Jane thinks<br /> of returning soon The weather is very warm had<br /> a little shower last evening but it is close and hot<br /> and is now pretty dry it has been quite cool and<br /> frequent showers through last month but it seems<br /> like a change Have got through hay and harvest<br /> but South time is coming some have been and<br /> got the black grays I often think and admire the beau<br /> -tiful succession of fruits and flowers and there<br /> is the same in the farmers life a constant rotation<br /> sometimes a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">little</span> wearisom [sic] but oftentimes it is a<br /> pleasure this year wheat is very poor and potatoes are<br /> also not so that many are carting them as fast as may<br /> be to realize what they can small fruit is abundant<br /> we are having plenty of the Lorton B Berries now<br /> and very fine. Egg plants corn and tomatoes and<br /> also all garden vegetable are plenty<br /> Matilda has had a sore finger her eye has been <br /> sore again but she is better Isaac has a sore<br /> thumb we were there a few days ago he thought<br /> he had a splinter in Joseph pricked it but found<br /> nothing it was very sore and painful and<br /> from the appearance fear it may be a felon<br /> Our love to all at Edmunds I think some of them<br /> might write [obliterate] <span style="text-decoration:underline;">shor</span>t letter to us sometimes we<br /> should be so glad to receive it if as to<br /> them to receive a letter as it is to us I think they<br /> would I hoped Joseph would have filled one half<br /> of this as I was not in the spirit of writing but he has gone<br /> to Roslyn and I have scribbled on in great haste I think some-<br /> [Continues in top margin of page 1 with line beginning "-times my letters"]<br /><br /> (Page 5)<br /><br /> I have just been reading an article<br /> on the heat it almost makes me<br /> warmer to think of it in the hot<br /> crowded streets and more unco<br /> -mfortable rooms where the<br /> poor are crammed away is it<br /> any wonder so many die or <br /> are debased by suffering and<br /> wretchedness to <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">almost</span> ^commit^ [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">comt</span>?]<br /> crime to save themselves from<br /> the present ills Shall we<br /> ever see better times the<br /> tendency is to greater extreme^es^<br /> of wealth and poverty perhaps<br /> universal education will<br /> eaqualize [sic] the relations and<br /> towards another farewell<br /><br /> (Page 6)<br /><br /> I see by the paper to day the<br /> death of Margaret Fox widow of the<br /> late John Fox nearly every day<br /> we see some familiar name among<br /> the long list of strangers whose names<br /> we read with indifference little<br /> thinking how many sad <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> bereeave^d^<br /> and desolate ones remain whose<br /> only protector may have passed<br /> away and they thrown on the cold<br /> and unfeeling charity of the world<br /> or it may be some <span style="text-decoration:underline;">rich</span> relative<br /> We see by the paper that Sylvia Howla<br /> -nd who has recently died leaving a<br /> great fortune distributing ^some of^ it to several<br /> institutions one neice [sic] who had had<br /> a million and the use of seveal [sic]<br /> se left her the use of one million<br /> which is not satisfactory she wants<br /> more and has resolved to break<br /> the will engaged lawyers &c
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text in top margin, written upside down] -times my letters do look too shabby but I write quite a number and if I spend much time on them I cannot so I scribble them off almost uninteigibly [sic] you must burn them and have them out of sight of others Mary Dear All Time and tide wait for no man was an old truism and I find it remains so to this present time and especially so as to answering letters if allowed to slip away the golden opportunity is lost forever ^like knowledge^ It is only that this is the case that I haveto break away from some things I would like to do this morning for Martha like I am busy have been in the orchard to see what I could find then up on the hill found very little in the orchard but I had a feast of the beautiful from the hill so much of rural beauty and with Cowper I could say "Tis pleasant through the loop holes of retreat To peep at such a world. To see the stir of the great Babel and not feel the ^crowd^ and watch the animated and joyous life around a squirrel stop in his gambols a couple of feet from me looking up in my face with his bright earnest eyes without apparent fear the birds too some engaged in teaching the art of flying while others were holding a grand concert in an old apple tree the cows quietly grazing every thing seemed harmonious until I un- -consciously trespassed on some hornets or wasps and a swelled hand is the result The country is unusually green and beautiful I think I wrote you of the great blow we had doing so much damage in places not generally but how many tornadoes and floods there have been in various sections and such great loss of property and many lives too John J Merritt has had as you may have seen by the papers another loss & involving the loss of 3 lives by the falling of the walls of the buildings in the rear of his house which were just finished we were there sometime ago they were feeling it was substantially being built useing [sic] every effort to make it so had it done by days works It is being investigated to try and ascertain the cause of the disaster Quarterly M is over no strangers but pretty satisfactory had quite a share of company Have been expecting our [Truman?] friends but sickness and death of an old aunt then of a cousin a most promising young man and the last act one of Sallies children was sick and I begin to fear we and they will be disappointed we certainly shall in the length of time visit We heard through some of our Q M company who came up on the boat of William & Mary we looked for them but they came not and sixth day afternoon after our company had left we went to see and bring them to our house but judge our disappointment to find them gone It seems to me they had better tried L I air and all the curatives first for is not Rochester and Penn more the same than L I perhaps salt air and bathing might have been efficacious Am sorry to fid he has not recovered Do write and tell them we want them to give L I a fair trial a few days will not do much for [obliterated]te disease of such long standing we will make them as comfortable as we can and be right glad to see then I would write myself if I knew where to direct to them People are devising ways to enjoy themselves this summer rather more than usual the excitement of war is over and there must be something I do not allude to our neighborhood but around N Y and other places there are constant invitations to join in festivals picnics or something of the kind this week has been a great camp meeting at Glen Cove in 2 weeks an -other A company have gone in Schooner to Boston to be gone 2 weeks or more also cod fishing call at Nantucket Newport and perhaps other places I will name a few J D Hicks & wife B D Hicks Joseph Hicks and 2 son's Henry Willets Sarah and James Anna Titus (Js betrothed) Joseph Willets wife 2 sisters Carrie Walters (J H Cock and Stephen Hicks as far as Newport) and several others about 20 in all Mary W has been at Westbury several days expected to go hoe soon heard somehow she had a letter from Amy stating Isaac is poorly again (have not heard any particulars) and you were thinking of making a visit to Long Island am sorry to hear of his being poorly and think it may be advisable to leave his confinement immediately I am sure he looked as tho he needed some rest when we were there shall be glad to see you when may we look? Rachel Hicks and companions leave tomorrow to resume their visit in Phil Y M think it will occupy 2 or more months Mary S Willets is to e married this fall To to Edmund Seaman and Rachel will wish to be at home the expectation is he will come to Rachels to live Jane Willets and granddaughter have been making quite a visit Jane thinks of returning soon The weather is very warm had a little shower last evening but it is close and hot and is now pretty dry it has been quite cool and frequent showers through last month but it seems like a change Have got through hay and harvest but South time is coming some have been and got the black grays I often think and admire the beau -tiful succession of fruits and flowers and there is the same in the farmers life a constant rotation sometimes a little wearisom [sic] but oftentimes it is a pleasure this year wheat is very poor and potatoes are also not so that many are carting them as fast as may be to realize what they can small fruit is abundant we are having plenty of the Lorton B Berries now and very fine. Egg plants corn and tomatoes and also all garden vegetable are plenty Matilda has had a sore finger her eye has been sore again but she is better Isaac has a sore thumb we were there a few days ago he thought he had a splinter in Joseph pricked it but found nothing it was very sore and painful and from the appearance fear it may be a felon Our love to all at Edmunds I think some of them might write [obliterate] short letter to us sometimes we should be so glad to receive it if as to them to receive a letter as it is to us I think they would I hoped Joseph would have filled one half of this as I was not in the spirit of writing but he has gone to Roslyn and I have scribbled on in great haste I think some- [Continues in top margin of page 1 with line beginning "-times my letters"] I have just been reading an article on the heat it almost makes me warmer to think of it in the hot crowded streets and more unco -mfortable rooms where the poor are crammed away is it any wonder so many die or are debased by suffering and wretchedness to almost ^commit^ [comt?] crime to save themselves from the present ills Shall we ever see better times the tendency is to greater extreme^es^ of wealth and poverty perhaps universal education will eaqualize [sic] the relations and towards another farewell I see by the paper to day the death of Margaret Fox widow of the late John Fox nearly every day we see some familiar name among the long list of strangers whose names we read with indifference little thinking how many sad and bereeave^d^ and desolate ones remain whose only protector may have passed away and they thrown on the cold and unfeeling charity of the world or it may be some rich relative We see by the paper that Sylvia Howla -nd who has recently died leaving a great fortune distributing ^some of^ it to several institutions one neice [sic] who had had a million and the use of seveal [sic] se left her the use of one million which is not satisfactory she wants more and has resolved to break the will engaged lawyers &c
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<p>Dear All I take my pen up but fear my eyes<br /> will not permit me to write much as they feel<br /> very weak tonight Joseph is sitting near me asleep<br /> he has been trying to read and succeeded<br /> quite well until just now he has yielded<br /> he has been very busy husking cand carting<br /> stalks today and is very tired I would<br /> like him to go to bed if I should not feel<br /> to [sic] much alone waiting for the children<br /> who have gone to Roslyn to hear Curtis and<br /> it will probably be late They have the large<br /> tent put up in front of Benjn Hicks and great<br /> efforts tomake the meeting atrractive in ad<br /> -dition to the spaking music banners<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> floral ^&^ evergreen decorations are very<br /> abundent principly got up by our<br /> young people the meeting both after no^on^<br /> and evening Curtis has spoke every even^ing^<br /> this week I wish he might be elected<br /> I have not read Phillips speech in<br /> Boston only the editorial I have felt as<br /> all have a dersire to know how he stood<br /> (Page 2)<br /> and it appear he does not satisfy his friends<br /> entirely yet in the little sketch of his NY<br /> speech at the close it was stated that the<br /> audience were better satisfied than at<br /> the beginning I am so sorry that there<br /> should be any similarity even in their<br /> opposition to Lincoln between him and<br /> the copperheads and I felt rather unwil<br /> ling just at this eventful period to say<br /> any thing to cool the patriotism of any<br /> as it seems if we judge between the two<br /> as the safest wisest and only course that<br /> is left to pursue The recent discovery of<br /> the frauds and the magnitude of them<br /> is truly alarming and reveals so muc^h^<br /> that is wicked mean & comtemptable as all <br /> the party that has fallen so low as to do<br /> this thing is unworthy to govern a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">free</span><br /> people and I most earnestly hope<br /> they will be foiled in all their mach<br /> -inations and that they may utterly<br /> perish We went to Q[uarterly] M[eeting] at Flushing ret<br /> -urned last eve in a great blow rode<br /> in some fear lest branches or trees<br /> might be broken but we got home safely<br /> (Page 3) <br /> The meeting was large and I thought an<br /> interesting one John Parish was very excellent<br /> several others of less note H W Ridgeway is<br /> to be in NY tomorrow were disappointed in<br /> not having him at the QM Cousin Gilbert<br /> seemed very bright and smart Sam[ue]l Bowne<br /> & Elizabeth Mary & Rebecca Titus are all on<br /> from Maryland Cousin Amos has gone<br /> as you have probably heard his remains<br /> were interred at Westbury Cousin Jane ^Willets^ too<br /> both after the M[onthly] meetings and of each<br /> words of eulogy and parise I am out<br /> of conceit of eulogy at funerals let<br /> the remembrance of good deeds and<br /> a pure life be a sufficient record in<br /> the hearts of the life that has passed<br /> First day It is almost dark but will add a<br /> word have had company who have gone have<br /> read some portions of Phillips speech and I find<br /> there is great truth and force in his argume^nts^<br /> but cannot speak of it as a whole until it<br /> is read would like to hear what you think<br /> of it—The meetings yesteday were very<br /> satisfactory and I think friends are more<br /> interested than usual in politics I suppose<br /> that is natural Phebe W Titus our old neighbor<br /> has talked very earnestly to J[oseph] to convince him<br /> of the duty of giving a vote and I think all<br /> (Page 4)<br /> who can consciously do it should at<br /> this time and continue to urge the gov<br /> erment up to a higher policy in our<br /> old fashioned way Phillips thinks he<br /> is doing so now and it seems very<br /> much like it It has been a beautiful<br /> day but now some dark clouds are in<br /> the west whether it is cold or storm they<br /> portend Some people were injured by the<br /> blowing down of a tree as they were riding<br /> a little west of us We have only sun<br /> Isaac & Mary F at meeting since their<br /> return James & Elizabeth were at meeting<br /> today were going there E says she enjoyed<br /> being at Mamaroneck very much visited<br /> Ann and other of their friends We have<br /> been to E Willis cousin Mary seemed very<br /> comfortable but of course feels her loss<br /> deeply Rachel has got home has not<br /> got quite through her visit a few<br /> places besides Shrewsbury ____<br /> Edward Willets & wife are in Paris they<br /> are going around seeing the sights<br /> some but his father hopes they will<br /> return before long as there seems<br /> no prospect of his being much better<br /> there than he was here It seems <br /> that his determination to get better<br /> keeps him up It has got so dark<br /> I cannot see much will invite<br /> Joseph and Willie to add a slip<br /> this evening I am getting more and<br /> more delinquent so dont wait for us but<br /> write when you can love to all<br /> (Page 4)<br /> Willie goes to schoole [sic] steadily<br /> and helps milk and carts wood ___<br /> strongly ^or any thingwe call on him to do and we call him a good<br /> boy, and he seems to enjoy himself<br /> as far as I can see very well<br /> he appears to learn easily but I<br /> think if he would not <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">set</span> ^depend on^ his<br /> own judgment quite so much<br /> it would be rather better for<br /> his getting [sic] on with his studies<br /> (Page 5)<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> day morning Bright and<br /> pleasant it is a little cool but<br /> thinkgs which were not injured by<br /> the early frost look fresh and grow<br /> -ing Kate Post goes this morning to<br /> Willets Point for a week or two<br /> we were in company with Charles<br /> Buntings wife & daughter and so forcely<br /> it showed the truth that from the abun<br /> -dance of the heart the mouth speakes<br /> for they could scarcely talk of matters<br /> foreign to the hospital and its sick &<br /> wounded inmates This terrible war<br /> has developed the goodness and smp<br /> -athy of multidues who would but<br /> for this passed along quietly For every<br /> thing which blesses the suffering let us<br /> be animated to do likewise in our _____<br /> ____ Love to all most affectionatly Mary<br /> [Mary Post Robbins]<br /><br /> Wendell Phillips<br /> Quakers and voting<br /><br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.Dear All I take my pen up but fear my eyes will not permit me to write much as they feel very weak tonight Joseph is sitting near me asleep he has been trying to read and succeeded quite well until just now he has yielded he has been very busy husking cand carting stalks today and is very tired I would like him to go to bed if I should not feel to [sic] much alone waiting for the children who have gone to Roslyn to hear Curtis and it will probably be late They have the large tent put up in front of Benjn Hicks and great efforts tomake the meeting atrractive in ad -dition to the spaking music bannersand floral ^&^ evergreen decorations are very abundent principly got up by our young people the meeting both after no^on^ and evening Curtis has spoke every even^ing^ this week I wish he might be elected I have not read Phillips speech in Boston only the editorial I have felt as all have a dersire to know how he stood and it appear he does not satisfy his friends entirely yet in the little sketch of his NY speech at the close it was stated that the audience were better satisfied than at the beginning I am so sorry that there should be any similarity even in their opposition to Lincoln between him and the copperheads and I felt rather unwil ling just at this eventful period to say any thing to cool the patriotism of any as it seems if we judge between the two as the safest wisest and only course that is left to pursue The recent discovery of the frauds and the magnitude of them is truly alarming and reveals so muc^h^ that is wicked mean & comtemptable as all the party that has fallen so low as to do this thing is unworthy to govern a free people and I most earnestly hope they will be foiled in all their mach -inations and that they may utterly perish We went to Q[uarterly] M[eeting] at Flushing ret -urned last eve in a great blow rode in some fear lest branches or trees might be broken but we got home safely The meeting was large and I thought an interesting one John Parish was very excellent several others of less note H W Ridgeway is to be in NY tomorrow were disappointed in not having him at the QM Cousin Gilbert seemed very bright and smart Sam[ue]l Bowne & Elizabeth Mary & Rebecca Titus are all on from Maryland Cousin Amos has gone as you have probably heard his remains were interred at Westbury Cousin Jane ^Willets^ too both after the M[onthly] meetings and of each words of eulogy and parise I am out of conceit of eulogy at funerals let the remembrance of good deeds and a pure life be a sufficient record in the hearts of the life that has passed First day It is almost dark but will add a word have had company who have gone have read some portions of Phillips speech and I find there is great truth and force in his argume^nts^ but cannot speak of it as a whole until it is read would like to hear what you think of it--The meetings yesteday were very satisfactory and I think friends are more interested than usual in politics I suppose that is natural Phebe W Titus our old neighbor has talked very earnestly to J[oseph] to convince him of the duty of giving a vote and I think all who can consciously do it should at this time and continue to urge the gov erment up to a higher policy in our old fashioned way Phillips thinks he is doing so now and it seems very much like it It has been a beautiful day but now some dark clouds are in the west whether it is cold or storm they portend Some people were injured by the blowing down of a tree as they were riding a little west of us We have only sun Isaac & Mary F at meeting since their return James & Elizabeth were at meeting today were going there E says she enjoyed being at Mamaroneck very much visited Ann and other of their friends We have been to E Willis cousin Mary seemed very comfortable but of course feels her loss deeply Rachel has got home has not got quite through her visit a few places besides Shrewsbury ____ Edward Willets & wife are in Paris they are going around seeing the sights some but his father hopes they will return before long as there seems no prospect of his being much better there than he was here It seems that his determination to get better keeps him up It has got so dark I cannot see much will invite Joseph and Willie to add a slip this evening I am getting more and more delinquent so dont wait for us but write when you can love to all Willie goes to schoole [sic] steadily and helps milk and carts wood ___ strongly ^or any thingwe call on him to do and we call him a good boy, and he seems to enjoy himself as far as I can see very well he appears to learn easily but I think if he would not set ^depend on^ his own judgment quite so much it would be rather better for his getting [sic] on with his studies 2nd day morning Bright and pleasant it is a little cool but thinkgs which were not injured by the early frost look fresh and grow -ing Kate Post goes this morning to Willets Point for a week or two we were in company with Charles Buntings wife & daughter and so forcely it showed the truth that from the abun -dance of the heart the mouth speakes for they could scarcely talk of matters foreign to the hospital and its sick & wounded inmates This terrible war has developed the goodness and smp -athy of multidues who would but for this passed along quietly For every thing which blesses the suffering let us be animated to do likewise in our _____ ____ Love to all most affectionatly Mary [Mary Post Robbins] Wendell Phillips Quakers and voting
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<p>8 mo 23/63<br /> Dearly Beloved<br /> On the receipt of your truly<br /> acceptable letter I felt just like answering it im<br /> -mediately and should have done so had not my duty<br /> to a sick and suffering sister come in the way<br /> (Sally Ann Bond who was yesterday released from<br /> her great suffering cancer and dropsy) I wanted<br /> to prepare things for her and then to go there and<br /> the next day I accompanied J who was at work<br /> getting hay at Roslin [sic] to see Sarah Mott found<br /> her pretty comfortable but been very poorly since<br /> you were there had quite a pleasant visit and<br /> was glad if I had contributed to her happiness<br /> Then to James Motts Elizabeth at home and well<br /> but I thought not feeling quite as cheerful <br /> as sometimes I took <span style="text-decoration:underline;">all</span> your letters received<br /> since your return and read to her and we<br /> recounted all the pleasant memories of your<br /> visit she said it was unusually pleasant to<br /> her and I tried to urge the necessity for<br /> her happiness to mingle more with her friends<br /> and neighbors Miss Crapon was there spending<br /> (Page 2)<br /> a few days and E said she was sorry to let her go alone<br /> making calls <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">but</span> (she excused herself from going with her)<br /> but really she felt but little inclination she has staid [sic]<br /> at home so much that it is irksome to exert herself suff<br /> -icently I told her I knew well the feeling but almost alw<br /> ays I felt the better for going and mingling with my<br /> neighbors and even that very afternoon I almost regretted<br /> having spoken about going She was supprised [sic] to hear I ever<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">felt</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">so</span> I do not think she feels much better reconciled to<br /> her present home than at first says it has increased<br /> their cares and she would gladly lessen them and<br /> live in a very small way James was at Great Neck moving<br /> a building but I did not think of making so long a story<br /> out of my reason for not replying immediately and when<br /> the right time passes over we may not see the necessity as<br /> much then M[onthly] M[eeting] at Matinecock and Jericho both of which we<br /> attended at [ours?] R H was exercised on ac[coun]t of the growing sentime<br /> -nt among friends of doubting & reasoning on parts of the scriptures<br /> the miracles and other parts incomprehensible to us the Jewish<br /> law was adapted to the state of the people at that time and<br /> even now we saw ample illustration that there were those<br /> who could only be controled [sic] by the force system that God was<br /> able now to raise the dead &c &c that we had even considered<br /> them as secondary quoting Barclay who she believed was a<br /> standard work on all except original sin & the atonement<br /> our part of society could not acknowledge she was quite leng<br /> thy and it seemed to me she labored for very little profit<br /> seldom has it seemed so clear the desired object was not<br /> attained after all her exercise soon after she took her<br /> seat Stimonson rose spoke of Jesus of his life of obedience<br /> to all the requirements of his day that he often said it<br /> (Page 3)<br /> was <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">often</span> said by those of old times thus and so quoting <br /> but I say onto you lose your enemies &c &c he imposed no<br /> burdens on his followers but that they should come into the<br /> childlike teachable state of obedience to the will of their heave<br /> -nly father that it was not well to look back but to press forward<br /> Edmund followed in quite a hopeful strain that he had felt<br /> encouraged in meeting so large a number and so many young<br /> people spoke of the evils wh[ich] were laying waste the community<br /> intemperance & other evils abounded and we ought to be<br /> [alive?] and in earnest to maintain a faithful testimony against<br /> evil in all its many ramifications that we might leave the<br /> world better for having lived in it &c went to Henry Titus to<br /> dine 18 of us accepted of their hospitality at Jericho the meeting<br /> was small our girls said there were only 9 females of that [P?] Meeting<br /> and fewer from the other meetings I looked back to the time when Amy<br /> and I were girls and how different then from the present [Ardon?]<br /> spoke and we thought very well but he told us an elder told him<br /> he was all wrong that day Mother not as well as usual I spent<br /> the afternoon with her J and girls went to Henrys Today Rachel<br /> spoke well as she has generally done lately shorter and in<br /> a way to encourage obedience to duty Dorinda and children<br /> are here they have gone to Uncle Jamess since tea and I am<br /> the only occupant of home It is sadning [sic] to me to have the<br /> dear children so misled <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">as</span> I think they are coming up in<br /> all the formal observance of days [at home?] Minnie said<br /> this afternoon why it dose [sic] not seem much like Sunday here<br /> it seems most like other days I asked her what they done at<br /> home why we go to church and then we sit down and mother<br /> reads the bible to us – We had had reading but it had not<br /> been the bible It reminded me of H C W joyless Sundays I<br /> have known a long time she would not allow them to play<br /> how different all would have been if their father had lived<br /> The orthodox are zealous in their first day school and they<br /> have a bible class meet at each others house weekly<br /> met once at Phebe Titus Edward Rushmore is very much<br /> interested in them and the school also Edward Hicks went<br /> to P Titus but was not all suited told Phebe he should have<br /> been much better satisfied had he remained at home [and?] enga<br /> -ged in silent prayer so you see we are still earnest<br /> some in one way and some in another we are trying<br /> a little to get signatures to the womens petition but succeed<br /> poorly some say slavery is virtually abolished some say congress<br /> has no power some want to keep clear of all intermedling [sic]<br /> that the subject is gaining and we have signed petition [so?]<br /> (Page 4)<br /> but what has it amounted to Fifth day here this is yet<br /> scarcely a minutes time have I had since first day<br /> we have had company steadily since second day we<br /> were out making calls and some acquaintance from Oyster<br /> Bay came they were just gone and I had doned [sic] by visiting rig<br /> for my working dress when we were delighted by a new<br /> arrival W. & Mary Third day Stephen & family & Uncle James girl and<br /> yesterday quite a company mostly of N Yorkers and strangers to you<br /> I presume who will come to day is not known as yet Dorinda<br /> and girls want to go to see M K Underhill this afternoon We hope<br /> W and Mary will come back soon I tried to convince them we<br /> had quite as much claim on them as any other family Mother<br /> is failing and I am feeling for Hannah fearing too much will<br /> come on her Mothers woman is away now her child is deceased<br /> There have been many accidents but as my paper is nearly full<br /> and I think likely Elizabeth has mentioned them Henry Havi<br /> -land has just lost their two oldest children only one little one<br /> left and Valentine Seaman their youngest cousin P Haviland<br /> is in a critical condition and they very much fear she will<br /> not regain her health tho more comfortable just now<br /> There [crossed out word] no epidemic but deaths are very frequent<br /> around us Hicks Albertson had been sick but recovered<br /> in degree so as to attend business was taken with spasms<br /> and died in a few hours We have had extreme warm<br /> weather for several weeks but night before last had a fine<br /> rain and now the weather is delightfully cool too<br /> cool to sit with open windows Joseph has gone to<br /> take some things to send to the Hospital at Fort<br /> Schuyler there are a great many there All supplys [sic] are<br /> stoped [sic] being sent to Davids Island where the rebel prison<br /> are in many instances people who had not contributed<br /> any thing for the union wounded were anxious to give<br /> to the rebel so it was easy to see where their sympathy was<br /> The Draft is going on in N Y see some names that we know<br /> among the number is Howard Wright [J?]DW son & J Wilids<br /> R R Wilids son how our Nephews will fare is to be seen<br /> Matilda is not al all well the root or [ilegible] [difficulty?]<br /> in her mouth seems to be the cause Had a letter from<br /> Lucretia lately she spoke of the remarkable character<br /> of the col[ored] troops said they committed no depredations whatever<br /> and were very superior every way to the white regiments so their officers<br /> said E M Davis has been very much interested in them Thomas Mott has<br /> gone to Europe again affectionately Mary<br /> [Mary Robbins Post]<br /><br /><strong>Roslyn, NY</strong> is a village in Nassau County on the north shore of Long Island<br /><strong>Great Neck, NY</strong> is a village in Nassau County on the north shore of Long Island<br /><strong>Matinecock,NY</strong> is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County<br /><strong>Jericho, NY</strong> is a hamlet in Nassau County on the north shore of Long Island<br /><strong>Robert Barclay (1648-1690)</strong>: Scottish Quaker; published <em>Apology for the True Christian Divinity:</em> <em>Being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers</em>. (1676 ) which set forth the tenets of the Quaker religion in the form of fifteen theses; aruged that all true knowledge comes from divine revelation and is imparted directly to the individual <br /> Perhaps refers to <strong>Stimonson Powell</strong>, a Quaker minister from Westbury Monthly Meeting<br /><strong>Women’s petition</strong>: On May 14, 1863, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton called a meeting of the Women's National Loyal League. The League called for the immediate abolition of slavery and gathered signatures on petitions asking Congress to “pass at the earliest practicable day an act emancipating all persons of African descent held to involuntary service or labor in the United States."<br /><strong>Oyster Bay, NY</strong>: a hamlet on the north shore of Long Island in Nassau County<br /><strong>Fort Schuyler</strong>: located at the southeastern tip of the Bronx; includes McDougall Hospital a U.S. military hospital that treated wounded soliders during the war<br /><strong>Lucretia Mott</strong>(1793-1880): well-known Philadelphia Quakers; leader of the abolition and women’s rights movements<br /><strong>Edward Morris</strong><strong> Davis</strong> (1818-1897): Abolitionist and Philadelphia merchant was married to James and Lucretia Mott’s daughter Maria Mott (1812-1897)<br /> William and Mary (Post) Hallowell? daughter of Isaac and Hannah Post</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.8 mo 23/63 Dearly Beloved On the receipt of your truly acceptable letter I felt just like answering it im -mediately and should have done so had not my duty to a sick and suffering sister come in the way (Sally Ann Bond who was yesterday released from her great suffering cancer and dropsy) I wanted to prepare things for her and then to go there and the next day I accompanied J who was at work getting hay at Roslin [sic] to see Sarah Mott found her pretty comfortable but been very poorly since you were there had quite a pleasant visit and was glad if I had contributed to her happiness Then to James Motts Elizabeth at home and well but I thought not feeling quite as cheerful as sometimes I took all your letters received since your return and read to her and we recounted all the pleasant memories of your visit she said it was unusually pleasant to her and I tried to urge the necessity for her happiness to mingle more with her friends and neighbors Miss Crapon was there spending a few days and E said she was sorry to let her go alone making calls but (she excused herself from going with her) but really she felt but little inclination she has staid [sic] at home so much that it is irksome to exert herself suff -icently I told her I knew well the feeling but almost alw ays I felt the better for going and mingling with my neighbors and even that very afternoon I almost regretted having spoken about going She was supprised [sic] to hear I everfeltso I do not think she feels much better reconciled to her present home than at first says it has increased their cares and she would gladly lessen them and live in a very small way James was at Great Neck moving a building but I did not think of making so long a story out of my reason for not replying immediately and when the right time passes over we may not see the necessity as much then M[onthly] M[eeting] at Matinecock and Jericho both of which we attended at [ours?] R H was exercised on ac[coun]t of the growing sentime -nt among friends of doubting & reasoning on parts of the scriptures the miracles and other parts incomprehensible to us the Jewish law was adapted to the state of the people at that time and even now we saw ample illustration that there were those who could only be controled [sic] by the force system that God was able now to raise the dead &c &c that we had even considered them as secondary quoting Barclay who she believed was a standard work on all except original sin & the atonement our part of society could not acknowledge she was quite leng thy and it seemed to me she labored for very little profit seldom has it seemed so clear the desired object was not attained after all her exercise soon after she took her seat Stimonson rose spoke of Jesus of his life of obedience to all the requirements of his day that he often said it was often said by those of old times thus and so quoting but I say onto you lose your enemies &c &c he imposed no burdens on his followers but that they should come into the childlike teachable state of obedience to the will of their heave -nly father that it was not well to look back but to press forward Edmund followed in quite a hopeful strain that he had felt encouraged in meeting so large a number and so many young people spoke of the evils wh[ich] were laying waste the community intemperance & other evils abounded and we ought to be [alive?] and in earnest to maintain a faithful testimony against evil in all its many ramifications that we might leave the world better for having lived in it &c went to Henry Titus to dine 18 of us accepted of their hospitality at Jericho the meeting was small our girls said there were only 9 females of that [P?] Meeting and fewer from the other meetings I looked back to the time when Amy and I were girls and how different then from the present [Ardon?] spoke and we thought very well but he told us an elder told him he was all wrong that day Mother not as well as usual I spent the afternoon with her J and girls went to Henrys Today Rachel spoke well as she has generally done lately shorter and in a way to encourage obedience to duty Dorinda and children are here they have gone to Uncle Jamess since tea and I am the only occupant of home It is sadning [sic] to me to have the dear children so misled as I think they are coming up in all the formal observance of days [at home?] Minnie said this afternoon why it dose [sic] not seem much like Sunday here it seems most like other days I asked her what they done at home why we go to church and then we sit down and mother reads the bible to us - We had had reading but it had not been the bible It reminded me of H C W joyless Sundays I have known a long time she would not allow them to play how different all would have been if their father had lived The orthodox are zealous in their first day school and they have a bible class meet at each others house weekly met once at Phebe Titus Edward Rushmore is very much interested in them and the school also Edward Hicks went to P Titus but was not all suited told Phebe he should have been much better satisfied had he remained at home [and?] enga -ged in silent prayer so you see we are still earnest some in one way and some in another we are trying a little to get signatures to the womens petition but succeed poorly some say slavery is virtually abolished some say congress has no power some want to keep clear of all intermedling [sic] that the subject is gaining and we have signed petition [so?] but what has it amounted to Fifth day here this is yet scarcely a minutes time have I had since first day we have had company steadily since second day we were out making calls and some acquaintance from Oyster Bay came they were just gone and I had doned [sic] by visiting rig for my working dress when we were delighted by a new arrival W. & Mary Third day Stephen & family & Uncle James girl and yesterday quite a company mostly of N Yorkers and strangers to you I presume who will come to day is not known as yet Dorinda and girls want to go to see M K Underhill this afternoon We hope W and Mary will come back soon I tried to convince them we had quite as much claim on them as any other family Mother is failing and I am feeling for Hannah fearing too much will come on her Mothers woman is away now her child is deceased There have been many accidents but as my paper is nearly full and I think likely Elizabeth has mentioned them Henry Havi -land has just lost their two oldest children only one little one left and Valentine Seaman their youngest cousin P Haviland is in a critical condition and they very much fear she will not regain her health tho more comfortable just now There [crossed out word] no epidemic but deaths are very frequent around us Hicks Albertson had been sick but recovered in degree so as to attend business was taken with spasms and died in a few hours We have had extreme warm weather for several weeks but night before last had a fine rain and now the weather is delightfully cool too cool to sit with open windows Joseph has gone to take some things to send to the Hospital at Fort Schuyler there are a great many there All supplys [sic] are stoped [sic] being sent to Davids Island where the rebel prison are in many instances people who had not contributed any thing for the union wounded were anxious to give to the rebel so it was easy to see where their sympathy was The Draft is going on in N Y see some names that we know among the number is Howard Wright [J?]DW son & J Wilids R R Wilids son how our Nephews will fare is to be seen Matilda is not al all well the root or [ilegible] [difficulty?] in her mouth seems to be the cause Had a letter from Lucretia lately she spoke of the remarkable character of the col[ored] troops said they committed no depredations whatever and were very superior every way to the white regiments so their officers said E M Davis has been very much interested in them Thomas Mott has gone to Europe again affectionately Mary
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<p>Westbury 7/1<sup>st</sup>/ 63<br /> Dear Brother & Sister<br /> Ere brother’s letter came to hand we felt it<br /> was quite time to hear from you and for many days<br /> since I have been looking for a spare hour to devote to<br /> you but here as elsewhere life has so many requirements<br /> that it is easy to put off that which can be done tomorrow<br /> and altho the spare hour has not come I will lay aside<br /> my mending for a little and say it was very pleasant<br /> to hear from you how you passed the time after leaving us<br /> we heard of your going to Staten Island but did not know<br /> when you left Since that J had business in NY I accomp<br /> -anied him and we spent a night at the Dr on S.I. they<br /> done what they could to make our visit very pleasant<br /> next morning was quite rainy but they gave us quite a<br /> ride saw a great many elegant & expensive establishments<br /> & a great profusion of roses yards & yards of surface of the<br /> house’s lattice was covered with white & red roses the view<br /> was not as fine on ac[coun]t of the rain It cleared off before<br /> we reached NY we went to the great strawberry show &<br /> saw the finest specimens that we ever saw or dreamed<br /> of but think we could have judged better as to [quality?]<br /> if we had tasted them We then spent some money<br /> for necessary wants which goes but little way in these<br /> high times then to Mrs Lavin’s she and Mary Ann<br /> (Page 2)<br /> Johnson & children were preparing to leave for Providence<br /> to spend some 2 weeks with Paulina Davis We found<br /> Frances D Gage there and had a delightful visit of<br /> a couple of hours with them they think their Long Wood<br /> meeting was never better than this & very large<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> I laid this aside to pick strawberries for tea then as Mary<br /> was away and the girls had gone to tea to Valentine Hicks I<br /> found in feeding chickens making fire and other necessary<br /> preparations for the evening meal enough to take all my<br /> thought and to day have been fully occupied among other<br /> things in putting up strings for the morning glorys to<br /> run on then in hunting up all the [embriyo?] catterpiller [sic]<br /> nests around the house and finally in pitting cherries<br /> for drying they were last year very acceptable to the hos<br /> -pitals and we then dried a great many for that purpose<br /> and contemplate doing what we can the men as so<br /> busy that we have them to pick also They are hay<br /> making the droughth [sic] has made the crop a light one<br /> and also a fine time to get it. Wages are so high<br /> that many find it difficult to obtain the necessary<br /> assistance 2$ a day and raw Irishmen direct from<br /> the ship are asking 25 and 30$ per month grain is nearly<br /> ripe our folks hope to finish hay first The country begins<br /> to look quite brown and parched had a nice shower all<br /> (Page 3)<br /> around us 2 weeks ago quite light here S R Hicks has been<br /> out to Illinois says it is very dry in that section There are<br /> some indications of rain now but have been disappointed so<br /> oft by appearances that from the sound of the mowing machine<br /> in the neighborhood it is not expected Since you were here<br /> we made a visit to White Stone found Aunt Mary and 2 daughters<br /> there Nehemiah Hallock & wife & Susan Valentine so that it was<br /> quite a family gathering Aunt Mary stood it so well that she<br /> thinks she shall come to Westbury she wants to make one<br /> more visit and we desire it also the plan is to come in<br /> the boat to Roslyn and J to meet them and bring them<br /> to our house The girls are overflowing with their religion<br /> but so sincere & childlike in their questions about other ideas<br /> that it is not tiresome Jehiel Hoyt has arrived left Phebe<br /> and is desirous for Matilda & Howard to return with him<br /> I think she will not go but I doubt not she would enjoy<br /> it very much she is interested in both nature & art and<br /> is very nearly united in feeling to Jehiel and he says<br /> she could never visit Europe under more favourable aus<br /> -pices Hannah and I have had a great time changing<br /> Mother’s & Aunt Lizzys things the woman she had [when?]<br /> you were here got to drinking terribly got another but<br /> she did not answer and it seemed absolutely necessary<br /> she should give up house keeping and it was too inconvenient to be<br /> (Page 4)<br /> in the west part of the house The east front room up stairs<br /> seemed the most suitable and is really the pleasantest one<br /> in the house but it was no small affair to change both<br /> the old women’s things clean the rooms and make each<br /> look as home like & pleasant as we could Aunt Lizzy was<br /> away at the time The woman we engaged at Jerusalem<br /> was sorry she had not come so Hannah has her now hope<br /> she will answer but she seems young & loves society<br /> Mother nearly as when you were here Cousin P Haviland<br /> was very ill last first day the Dr said her kidneys ceased<br /> to act was swolen [sic] ^very much^ and they feared heart disease would<br /> follow on 2<sup>nd</sup> day was relieved very much Thomas Faulk<br /> has been attending the meetings on the Island Cousin R R<br /> Willets family came up this week to remain Suppose the<br /> rebel invasion of Penn causes a feeling ^with you^ that we too<br /> may feel something of the horrors of war here in NY<br /> and that the end is not seen only by the eye of faith<br /> that the right will obtain [words crossed out] I still have<br /> a firm belief but ^it^ is by greater suffering & loss ere we<br /> a nation we will do right not so much from a love<br /> of right but as the only means of saving the life of the<br /> nation proclaim liberty & equality to all then shall<br /> our prosperity begin to be established and in the end<br /> peace & tranquility reign through out all the land<br /> your visit seems almost like a dream a pleasant<br /> reminiscence but it has disappointed very many of<br /> [your] friends by its brevity they thought you would stay<br /> and make a real good visit I felt great regret in not being<br /> with you at Isaac’s but felt it was better to stay under the circumst<br /> ances and believe it was but the sacrifice was not a willing one it<br /> was [certainly?] in the [<span style="text-decoration:underline;">cross</span> ?]When are W and Mary coming or any other of our<br /> friends love to all and remember to write soon Mary W Post<br /> [Mary Robbins Post]<br /><br /><strong>Paulina Wright Davis </strong>(1813-1876): women’s rights advocate, suffragist, abolitionist<br /><strong>Frances Dana Barker Gage</strong> (1808-1884): abolitionist and author; in October 1862 she went to the Sea Islands of South Carolina to care for recently freed slaves; after November 1863 she began speaking to Northern audiences about the plight of the freedmen<br /><strong>Jerusalem, NY</strong> is a township located in Yates County. It was founded by the religious leader Jemima Wilkinson (1753-1819) and her followers in the Society of Universal Friends; the village was later named Penn Yan. <br /> Confederate and Union forces fought a major battle of the Civil War in <strong>Gettysburg, Pennsylvania</strong> between July 1 and 3, 1863<br /><br /><br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.Westbury 7/1st/ 63 Dear Brother & Sister Ere brother's letter came to hand we felt it was quite time to hear from you and for many days since I have been looking for a spare hour to devote to you but here as elsewhere life has so many requirements that it is easy to put off that which can be done tomorrow and altho the spare hour has not come I will lay aside my mending for a little and say it was very pleasant to hear from you how you passed the time after leaving us we heard of your going to Staten Island but did not know when you left Since that J had business in NY I accomp -anied him and we spent a night at the Dr on S.I. they done what they could to make our visit very pleasant next morning was quite rainy but they gave us quite a ride saw a great many elegant & expensive establishments & a great profusion of roses yards & yards of surface of the house's lattice was covered with white & red roses the view was not as fine on ac[coun]t of the rain It cleared off before we reached NY we went to the great strawberry show & saw the finest specimens that we ever saw or dreamed of but think we could have judged better as to [quality?] if we had tasted them We then spent some money for necessary wants which goes but little way in these high times then to Mrs Lavin's she and Mary Ann Johnson & children were preparing to leave for Providence to spend some 2 weeks with Paulina Davis We found Frances D Gage there and had a delightful visit of a couple of hours with them they think their Long Wood meeting was never better than this & very large 2nd I laid this aside to pick strawberries for tea then as Mary was away and the girls had gone to tea to Valentine Hicks I found in feeding chickens making fire and other necessary preparations for the evening meal enough to take all my thought and to day have been fully occupied among other things in putting up strings for the morning glorys to run on then in hunting up all the [embriyo?] catterpiller [sic] nests around the house and finally in pitting cherries for drying they were last year very acceptable to the hos -pitals and we then dried a great many for that purpose and contemplate doing what we can the men as so busy that we have them to pick also They are hay making the droughth [sic] has made the crop a light one and also a fine time to get it. Wages are so high that many find it difficult to obtain the necessary assistance 2$ a day and raw Irishmen direct from the ship are asking 25 and 30$ per month grain is nearly ripe our folks hope to finish hay first The country begins to look quite brown and parched had a nice shower all around us 2 weeks ago quite light here S R Hicks has been out to Illinois says it is very dry in that section There are some indications of rain now but have been disappointed so oft by appearances that from the sound of the mowing machine in the neighborhood it is not expected Since you were here we made a visit to White Stone found Aunt Mary and 2 daughters there Nehemiah Hallock & wife & Susan Valentine so that it was quite a family gathering Aunt Mary stood it so well that she thinks she shall come to Westbury she wants to make one more visit and we desire it also the plan is to come in the boat to Roslyn and J to meet them and bring them to our house The girls are overflowing with their religion but so sincere & childlike in their questions about other ideas that it is not tiresome Jehiel Hoyt has arrived left Phebe and is desirous for Matilda & Howard to return with him I think she will not go but I doubt not she would enjoy it very much she is interested in both nature & art and is very nearly united in feeling to Jehiel and he says she could never visit Europe under more favourable aus -pices Hannah and I have had a great time changing Mother's & Aunt Lizzys things the woman she had [when?] you were here got to drinking terribly got another but she did not answer and it seemed absolutely necessary she should give up house keeping and it was too inconvenient to be in the west part of the house The east front room up stairs seemed the most suitable and is really the pleasantest one in the house but it was no small affair to change both the old women's things clean the rooms and make each look as home like & pleasant as we could Aunt Lizzy was away at the time The woman we engaged at Jerusalem was sorry she had not come so Hannah has her now hope she will answer but she seems young & loves society Mother nearly as when you were here Cousin P Haviland was very ill last first day the Dr said her kidneys ceased to act was swolen [sic] ^very much^ and they feared heart disease would follow on 2nd day was relieved very much Thomas Faulk has been attending the meetings on the Island Cousin R R Willets family came up this week to remain Suppose the rebel invasion of Penn causes a feeling ^with you^ that we too may feel something of the horrors of war here in NY and that the end is not seen only by the eye of faith that the right will obtain [words crossed out] I still have a firm belief but ^it^ is by greater suffering & loss ere we a nation we will do right not so much from a love of right but as the only means of saving the life of the nation proclaim liberty & equality to all then shall our prosperity begin to be established and in the end peace & tranquility reign through out all the land your visit seems almost like a dream a pleasant reminiscence but it has disappointed very many of [your] friends by its brevity they thought you would stay and make a real good visit I felt great regret in not being with you at Isaac's but felt it was better to stay under the circumst ances and believe it was but the sacrifice was not a willing one it was [certainly?] in the [cross ?]When are W and Mary coming or any other of our friends love to all and remember to write soon Mary W Post
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<p>Westbury 2<sup>nd</sup> m 9<sup>th</sup> 1863<br /> Dear Brother<br /> I have been wanting to here [sic] from you<br /> of late to day when the mail was opened I waited<br /> to see the letters onrapted [sic] hoping to have one but<br /> did not. Valintine ^Robbins^ is now here talking about doxy<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span>. We are going on in about the same rotation<br /> as has been the case for years I think if possible<br /> a little more hurried with many. some seem to<br /> plan their business so that it keeps them hurried<br /> for the year round. I do not mean to say that I am<br /> one of those for I love my ease. I know we are<br /> apt to forget but I think we have not had such<br /> a winter for many years if ever so much muddy<br /> going sometimes frezees [sic] and very rough for<br /> a few day and then mud again. have had only<br /> 2 days fit to get ice and then hardly 4 inches<br /> thick and one of them a snow storm half of the<br /> day we have not got any in yet. Been quite an<br /> exiteing [sic] time about wheat this winter gold<br /> being so high and changing some to, wheat has been<br /> raising some too, some have sold for1.50 for red<br /> and 1.60 for white some have got 1.55 for red 1.65 <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">for</span><br /> and 1.70 for white I suppose if gold get higher wheat will <br /> (Page 2) <br /> I suppose you have read Phillips speaches [sic] we think<br /> he did not seem quite as hopeful at Brooklyn<br /> as at New York he had been at Washington between<br /> time. does not seem to think of Seward as an hon-<br /> est Republican it appears he has done what<br /> he could to prevent slaves from haveing [sic] their<br /> freedom. Things to me looks very discouraging yet<br /> I try to hope the right will be establish before<br /> a great wile [sic]. The [air?] lines in the Herald of Progress<br /> seems to predick [sic] the Southern government will not<br /> be able to maintain itself much longer some<br /> of the predictions seem to have been fulfiled [sic] how<br /> this will be time will make manifest. Frederick<br /> to has been in N. York Valintine Hicks says he is<br /> as good as any of them John [Velsor?] to say it is very<br /> good John a few years ago could not tolerate any<br /> thing that clashed with the Democrats now<br /> looks upon them almost with the same eyes as<br /> the rest of us I think he has a preferance [sic] for<br /> those who were once Democrats. And our Society<br /> to [sic] seems to be in somewhat the condition of the<br /> government the intolerant party have been in<br /> assendent [sic] so long they seem determined to<br /> (Page 3)<br /> to [sic] rule, they ^have^ John J Merrit [sic] [inder?] dealing for dis<br /> -turbing the meetings with infidelity or [crossed out]<br /> something ^<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">to them</span> to them^ as bad and Phebe Johnson has trou<br /> -ble them with her orthodoxy so they seem<br /> to have trouble on all sides they carry their<br /> points in one case expecting to have peace but<br /> soon another trouble comes. it was very ^strange^ for<br /> John Merrit [sic] who whent[sic] against the Milton case<br /> with all his might <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">change</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> should so soon <br /> change and be the persecuted one, and I<br /> believe if possible worse than [Mr?] Halleck<br /> John speaks of his doings their [sic] with much feeling<br /> and sorrow That note has been paid not without<br /> some expence [sic] 10<sup>th</sup> of the month no frost in ground or<br /> very little Joshua Titus is trouble much with fistula<br /> gets much discourage [sic] is about <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">but</span> goes out but<br /> little Uncle John smart childlike and innocent<br /> Uncle James as well as common do not perceive<br /> but his mind as good as ever The place that Edmund<br /> used to live on has been sold for 2500$ for 50 acres<br /> Jacob Seaman son Elijah has bought much cheaper<br /> than many places of like discription [sic]. Mother<br /> continues along without changing very much but fails<br /> suffers verry [sic]much with ^pain^ almost continually J. Post<br /> [Joseph Post]<br /> (Page 4)<br /> Joseph has laid aside the pen for awhile and I fear it<br /> is unwise for me to take it up but I have been thinking<br /> since sitting around our evening lamp how delightful<br /> if you were with us in person as I feel you to be in spirit<br /> this method seems inadequate to satisfy I also wished for<br /> you to partake of some very nice <span style="text-decoration:underline;">soft</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">clams</span> which would<br /> I am sure tempted you to partake of I hope you are prepa<br /> -red when ever the right time presents to visit us to improve<br /> it It is so very long since you have been Isaac Willits<br /> seems to be gaining and I hope he will continue under<br /> treatment until fully restored It may be it would<br /> be good for Edmund too they had best come and stay long<br /> enough to try the virtue of it Dr Neal of NY is doing<br /> much to cure chronic disease When in NY J and self<br /> went to see Aunt Mary had a very pleasant visit said<br /> you don’t know how much good y[ou]r visit has done me &c<br /> I dont remember but think I have written since so will<br /> stop ab[ou]t our visits in NY I seem not to be in writing mood<br /> as you will perceive and there are no items worthy of<br /> record except on the broad field of national shortcom<br /> -ing & delinquency which you probably are cognizant<br /> of have recently read Mrs Freemonts [sic] story of the general<br /> had heard various opinions of it extremely different I was<br /> disappointed in not knowing more of the guard too little<br /> is related to satisfy It is painful to know that Freemont [sic]<br /> had not the confidence ^at Washington^ and it embarrased [sic] his opperations [sic]<br /> through out the campaign How undesirable to be put<br /> in power under present arrangements when the most<br /> heroic acts are liable to misconstruction suspicion &<br /> the ingratitude of the people you said you would<br /> write and tell us of you [sic] successful labors for the poor<br /> freedslaves They certainly demand our sympathy<br /> and earnest efforts to render this hard lot more tolerable<br /> but after all it will be only as ^a^ drop but I feel we can<br /> not because we cannot relieve all omit doing that<br /> little all goods are so high that small sums go but<br /> a little way affectionately your sister Mary love to all<br /> branches of our family <br /> [Mary Robbins Post]<br /><br /><strong>Wendell Phillips</strong> (1811-1884): Garrisonian abolitionist; leading anti-slavery speaker <br /><strong>William Henry Seward </strong>(1801-1872): Secretary of State in the Lincoln and Johnson administrations<br /><strong>John J. Merritt</strong> (1804-1871) was a New York City Hicksite Quaker businessman; criticized Hicksite Quakers for conservative views and advocated union with religious liberals, particularly the Unitarians; began publishing <em>The Friend</em> in 1866; disowned for “disunity” in 1867 <br /><strong><em>Herald of Progress</em></strong>: Spiritualist newspaper published in New York City; edited by Andrew Jackson Davis (1826-1910) between 1860 and 1864.<br /><strong>Jessie Benton Frémont </strong>(1824-1902): Wrote a series of articles for the <em>Atlantic Monthly</em> defending the actions of her husband, John Charles Frémont, after he was dismissed from his command of the Department of the West for issuing a proclamation emancipating the slaves of Missouri; articles were later published as <em>The Story of the Guard: A Chronicle of the War</em> (Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863).<br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.Westbury 2nd m 9th 1863 Dear Brother I have been wanting to here [sic] from you of late to day when the mail was opened I waited to see the letters onrapted [sic] hoping to have one but did not. Valintine ^Robbins^ is now here talking about doxyand. We are going on in about the same rotation as has been the case for years I think if possible a little more hurried with many. some seem to plan their business so that it keeps them hurried for the year round. I do not mean to say that I am one of those for I love my ease. I know we are apt to forget but I think we have not had such a winter for many years if ever so much muddy going sometimes frezees [sic] and very rough for a few day and then mud again. have had only 2 days fit to get ice and then hardly 4 inches thick and one of them a snow storm half of the day we have not got any in yet. Been quite an exiteing [sic] time about wheat this winter gold being so high and changing some to, wheat has been raising some too, some have sold for1.50 for red and 1.60 for white some have got 1.55 for red 1.65 for and 1.70 for white I suppose if gold get higher wheat will I suppose you have read Phillips speaches [sic] we think he did not seem quite as hopeful at Brooklyn as at New York he had been at Washington between time. does not seem to think of Seward as an hon- est Republican it appears he has done what he could to prevent slaves from haveing [sic] their freedom. Things to me looks very discouraging yet I try to hope the right will be establish before a great wile [sic]. The [air?] lines in the Herald of Progress seems to predick [sic] the Southern government will not be able to maintain itself much longer some of the predictions seem to have been fulfiled [sic] how this will be time will make manifest. Frederick to has been in N. York Valintine Hicks says he is as good as any of them John [Velsor?] to say it is very good John a few years ago could not tolerate any thing that clashed with the Democrats now looks upon them almost with the same eyes as the rest of us I think he has a preferance [sic] for those who were once Democrats. And our Society to [sic] seems to be in somewhat the condition of the government the intolerant party have been in assendent [sic] so long they seem determined to to [sic] rule, they ^have^ John J Merrit [sic] [inder?] dealing for dis -turbing the meetings with infidelity or [crossed out] something ^to them to them^ as bad and Phebe Johnson has trou -ble them with her orthodoxy so they seem to have trouble on all sides they carry their points in one case expecting to have peace but soon another trouble comes. it was very ^strange^ for John Merrit [sic] who whent[sic] against the Milton case with all his might changeand should so soon change and be the persecuted one, and I believe if possible worse than [Mr?] Halleck John speaks of his doings their [sic] with much feeling and sorrow That note has been paid not without some expence [sic] 10th of the month no frost in ground or very little Joshua Titus is trouble much with fistula gets much discourage [sic] is about but goes out but little Uncle John smart childlike and innocent Uncle James as well as common do not perceive but his mind as good as ever The place that Edmund used to live on has been sold for 2500$ for 50 acres Jacob Seaman son Elijah has bought much cheaper than many places of like discription [sic]. Mother continues along without changing very much but fails suffers verry [sic]much with ^pain^ almost continually J. Post [Joseph Post] Joseph has laid aside the pen for awhile and I fear it is unwise for me to take it up but I have been thinking since sitting around our evening lamp how delightful if you were with us in person as I feel you to be in spirit this method seems inadequate to satisfy I also wished for you to partake of some very nice softclams which would I am sure tempted you to partake of I hope you are prepa -red when ever the right time presents to visit us to improve it It is so very long since you have been Isaac Willits seems to be gaining and I hope he will continue under treatment until fully restored It may be it would be good for Edmund too they had best come and stay long enough to try the virtue of it Dr Neal of NY is doing much to cure chronic disease When in NY J and self went to see Aunt Mary had a very pleasant visit said you don't know how much good y[ou]r visit has done me &c I dont remember but think I have written since so will stop ab[ou]t our visits in NY I seem not to be in writing mood as you will perceive and there are no items worthy of record except on the broad field of national shortcom -ing & delinquency which you probably are cognizant of have recently read Mrs Freemonts [sic] story of the general had heard various opinions of it extremely different I was disappointed in not knowing more of the guard too little is related to satisfy It is painful to know that Freemont [sic] had not the confidence ^at Washington^ and it embarrased [sic] his opperations [sic] through out the campaign How undesirable to be put in power under present arrangements when the most heroic acts are liable to misconstruction suspicion & the ingratitude of the people you said you would write and tell us of you [sic] successful labors for the poor freedslaves They certainly demand our sympathy and earnest efforts to render this hard lot more tolerable but after all it will be only as ^a^ drop but I feel we can not because we cannot relieve all omit doing that little all goods are so high that small sums go but a little way affectionately your sister Mary love to all branches of our family
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<p>Westbury 2/6/63</p>
<p>Dearly Beloved Joseph and self are alone and he</p>
<p>has fallen asleep while attempting to read the news of the</p>
<p>day the girls have gone to Joshua’s and while I plied</p>
<p>my knitting needles assiduously my mind was quite</p>
<p>as much engaged roaming from one happy group ass</p>
<p>-embled around the evening fire to others ecqually [sic] dear</p>
<p>when you came before me with so much feeling that</p>
<p>it seemed as tho space was annihilated and I almost</p>
<p>felt your presence I was feeling rather alone just then</p>
<p>and a little sad – but there are many things</p>
<p>coming up constantly wh[ich] make us to [wish?] for your</p>
<p>presence to talk over the hopes, fear’s and prospects of</p>
<p>the present & future besides the thousand incidents wh[ich]</p>
<p>have occurred since ^we^ parted Don’t you see the way clear</p>
<p>yet? It would be so nice to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">us </span> The evening is very bea</p>
<p>-utiful so clear & light quite cold but the birds begin to</p>
<p>give thanks that winter is past for each morn they</p>
<p>sing as merrily as tho no bleak winds and bare</p>
<p>fields were present [rest of page has been cut off]</p>
<p>(Page 2)</p>
<p>Brothers letter received & few days since asked if we ever</p>
<p>received one jointly from Amy & himself yes and answered</p>
<p>it very soon too enclosed in Elizabeths to Jacob perhaps thee</p>
<p>has forgotten and I think there were <span style="text-decoration:underline;">three</span> sent ere we</p>
<p>received an answer in one I stated how interested we were</p>
<p>in the [act?] of M D Conway but more pleased to find you</p>
<p>were beginning really to appreciate Aaron M Powel [sic] as</p>
<p>we thought he deserved In to days Tribune is a call</p>
<p>from Frederick Douglass to colored men to enroll them</p>
<p>selves in the Massachusetts regiment as soldiers</p>
<p>and I should think it would be read with thrill of</p>
<p>patriotic zeal by many who have not been allowed</p>
<p>the chance to show their love of freedom & right</p>
<p>in this way Frederick C. L. Remond Purvis and other</p>
<p>of the representative class are all energetically urging</p>
<p>this as a means of success What a hopeful spirit</p>
<p>J McKim has it is truly reviving to read his letters in</p>
<p>the Standard when there are so many discouraging</p>
<p>views & incidents coming to light it is well to [review?]</p>
<p>the past and the triumphs achieved lest in view of</p>
<p>the difficulties & dissentions here at the North we</p>
<p>[text missing?] took a wrong estimate</p>
<p>[text missing?] of things and faint by [the way?]</p>
<p>(Page 3)</p>
<p>Sam[ue]l Catharine & C^atharine^ Post came here to dinner C had been to H</p>
<p>for a few days J had an engagement and had to excuse him</p>
<p>self awhile but before night they must go they did not tell us</p>
<p>of any plan or visit but we suspect they would not go home then</p>
<p>with a full moon and pleasant weather Isaac & Phebe Gifford</p>
<p>are here on a short visit Their son in law from Cincinnati has</p>
<p>been pursuing his business (that of packing pork) this season in</p>
<p>NY their second son has also been there this winter but is going</p>
<p>home to take the management of the farm which has been</p>
<p>put out for three year’s Richard Baldwin was buried today had</p>
<p>been very intemperate died most wretchedly suppose delerium [sic]</p>
<p>tremens [sic] suffering intense agony It is now second day bright</p>
<p>and clear and seldom have I seen a winter scene more truly</p>
<p>beautiful than the forepart of this day all things from the</p>
<p>loftiest tree to the most delicate shrub were encased app</p>
<p>arently in silver glittering in the sunlight so pure and</p>
<p>bright while the earth looked like a vast ^frozen^ lake with the</p>
<p>undulations congealed and it required considerable</p>
<p>skill to walk erect I found it much the safest to cling to</p>
<p>fences or stooping slide along but the beauty has departed</p>
<p>and the ground begins to be visible so that the danger is gone</p>
<p>except of getting wet feet the school children enjoyed riding</p>
<p>down the hill east of the house and it was joy to see them in</p>
<p>the exuberance of their young life scrambling up the slippery hill</p>
<p>(Page 4)</p>
<p>to ride down sometimes 4 on a sled so happy and apparently</p>
<p>helping the others William Hicks made us a very pleasant visit</p>
<p>yesterday he seemed very much as he used to but it is sad to feel</p>
<p>his life has been so full of disappointment and in some degree a</p>
<p>failure of what all anticipated in his early manhood few gave</p>
<p>promise of more than he William Henry Willets has possesion [sic] of</p>
<p>his new farm Lydia was up last week making necessary arrange</p>
<p>-ments they have an excellent housekeeper George Van Cotts daughter</p>
<p>who is qualified to make it very comfortable for W and for RR</p>
<p>and family to be there through the summer they seem pleased</p>
<p>with the purchace [sic] and it may be an advantage to health to</p>
<p>frequently visit the country and unbend the mind from money</p>
<p>getting Cornelia Mitchel has gone to Nassau with her son Albert</p>
<p>the Dr’s thought there were some symptoms of consumption in the</p>
<p>early part of winter but he was apparently as well as ever when they</p>
<p>went had a very rough passage many there both from the N. and S. but</p>
<p>they do not mingle together much have different tables she thinks</p>
<p>the inhabitants sympathize with the South Joseph has gone to</p>
<p>the city today and he may hear something wh[ich] may be of interest</p>
<p>to you so I guess I will leave this until then I have been in</p>
<p>the habit of putting a slip in the girls letters but it has occurred</p>
<p>to me whether by so doing we have ^not^ made it over weight if it does</p>
<p>please inform yours have not been and hope ours have not taxed</p>
<p>you 3 day I find our folks are ready to go to the</p>
<p>windmill so I will send this J heard no especial</p>
<p>news of interest in NY yesterday it appears Dr</p>
<p>Ingersoll is there doctoring Edward Willets</p>
<p>three of the best Dr of NY give no encouragem</p>
<p>ent of his recovery may live along I have</p>
<p>been hoping they would try some new</p>
<p>method but cousin [S?] has a wonderful [strong?]</p>
<p>[prejudice?] against every thing of the kind</p>
<p>Love to all and write soon</p>
<p>Mary [Post Robbins]</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Moncure Daniel Conway</strong> (1832-1907): Unitarian minister; anti-slavery speaker and writer</p>
<p><strong>Aaron Macy Powell </strong>(1832-1899): Quaker abolitionist; editor of the <em>National Temperance Advocate</em> and the <em>National Anti-Slavery Standard</em> and a founder of the American Purity Alliance</p>
<p><strong><em>New YorkTribune</em></strong>: newspaper edited by abolitionist Horace Greeley</p>
<p><strong>Frederick Douglass</strong> (1817-1895):</p>
<p><strong>Charles Lenox Remond</strong> (1810-1873): African-American abolitionist; recruited black soldiers in Massachusetts particularly for the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry</p>
<p><strong>Robert Purvis</strong> (1810-1898): African-American activist in the abolition and women’s rights movements</p>
<p><strong>James Miller McKim</strong> (1810-1874): Presbyterian minister; abolitionist; worked for welfare of freed slaves; advocated for the enlistment of black troops</p>
<p><strong><em>National Anti-Slavery Standard</em></strong>: official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society; published between 1840 and 1870</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.Westbury 2/6/63Dearly Beloved Joseph and self are alone and hehas fallen asleep while attempting to read the news of theday the girls have gone to Joshua's and while I pliedmy knitting needles assiduously my mind was quiteas much engaged roaming from one happy group ass-embled around the evening fire to others ecqually [sic] dearwhen you came before me with so much feeling thatit seemed as tho space was annihilated and I almostfelt your presence I was feeling rather alone just thenand a little sad - but there are many thingscoming up constantly wh[ich] make us to [wish?] for yourpresence to talk over the hopes, fear's and prospects ofthe present & future besides the thousand incidents wh[ich]have occurred since ^we^ parted Don't you see the way clearyet? It would be so nice to us The evening is very bea-utiful so clear & light quite cold but the birds begin togive thanks that winter is past for each morn theysing as merrily as tho no bleak winds and barefields were present [rest of page has been cut off]Brothers letter received & few days since asked if we everreceived one jointly from Amy & himself yes and answeredit very soon too enclosed in Elizabeths to Jacob perhaps theehas forgotten and I think there were three sent ere wereceived an answer in one I stated how interested we werein the [act?] of M D Conway but more pleased to find youwere beginning really to appreciate Aaron M Powel [sic] aswe thought he deserved In to days Tribune is a callfrom Frederick Douglass to colored men to enroll themselves in the Massachusetts regiment as soldiersand I should think it would be read with thrill ofpatriotic zeal by many who have not been allowedthe chance to show their love of freedom & rightin this way Frederick C. L. Remond Purvis and otherof the representative class are all energetically urgingthis as a means of success What a hopeful spiritJ McKim has it is truly reviving to read his letters inthe Standard when there are so many discouragingviews & incidents coming to light it is well to [review?]the past and the triumphs achieved lest in view ofthe difficulties & dissentions here at the North we[text missing?] took a wrong estimate[text missing?] of things and faint by [the way?]Sam[ue]l Catharine & C^atharine^ Post came here to dinner C had been to Hfor a few days J had an engagement and had to excuse himself awhile but before night they must go they did not tell usof any plan or visit but we suspect they would not go home thenwith a full moon and pleasant weather Isaac & Phebe Giffordare here on a short visit Their son in law from Cincinnati hasbeen pursuing his business (that of packing pork) this season inNY their second son has also been there this winter but is goinghome to take the management of the farm which has beenput out for three year's Richard Baldwin was buried today hadbeen very intemperate died most wretchedly suppose delerium [sic]tremens [sic] suffering intense agony It is now second day brightand clear and seldom have I seen a winter scene more trulybeautiful than the forepart of this day all things from theloftiest tree to the most delicate shrub were encased apparently in silver glittering in the sunlight so pure andbright while the earth looked like a vast ^frozen^ lake with theundulations congealed and it required considerableskill to walk erect I found it much the safest to cling tofences or stooping slide along but the beauty has departedand the ground begins to be visible so that the danger is goneexcept of getting wet feet the school children enjoyed ridingdown the hill east of the house and it was joy to see them inthe exuberance of their young life scrambling up the slippery hillto ride down sometimes 4 on a sled so happy and apparentlyhelping the others William Hicks made us a very pleasant visityesterday he seemed very much as he used to but it is sad to feelhis life has been so full of disappointment and in some degree afailure of what all anticipated in his early manhood few gavepromise of more than he William Henry Willets has possesion [sic] ofhis new farm Lydia was up last week making necessary arrange-ments they have an excellent housekeeper George Van Cotts daughterwho is qualified to make it very comfortable for W and for RRand family to be there through the summer they seem pleasedwith the purchace [sic] and it may be an advantage to health tofrequently visit the country and unbend the mind from moneygetting Cornelia Mitchel has gone to Nassau with her son Albertthe Dr's thought there were some symptoms of consumption in theearly part of winter but he was apparently as well as ever when theywent had a very rough passage many there both from the N. and S. butthey do not mingle together much have different tables she thinksthe inhabitants sympathize with the South Joseph has gone tothe city today and he may hear something wh[ich] may be of interestto you so I guess I will leave this until then I have been inthe habit of putting a slip in the girls letters but it has occurredto me whether by so doing we have ^not^ made it over weight if it doesplease inform yours have not been and hope ours have not taxedyou 3 day I find our folks are ready to go to thewindmill so I will send this J heard no especialnews of interest in NY yesterday it appears DrIngersoll is there doctoring Edward Willetsthree of the best Dr of NY give no encouragement of his recovery may live along I havebeen hoping they would try some newmethod but cousin [S?] has a wonderful [strong?][prejudice?] against every thing of the kindLove to all and write soonMary [Post Robbins]
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<p>Westbury 1<sup>st</sup> moth 13 [1863]<br /> Dearly beloved Our hearts were made glad yesterday<br /> on the reading of your letter it had been so <span style="text-decoration:underline;">very</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">long</span> since<br /> we had heard from you we could believe it was the nece<br /> -sary [sic] or rather the engrossing present which interfered with<br /> the duty to the absent and not that any link in interest<br /> or affection had become dim I have taken my pen this<br /> evening with a feelings of intense desire to see you<br /> if that were practicable and as it is not to do the next<br /> best thing invite you to a more frequent use of the pen<br /> Brother said he wanted to hear something of the weather<br /> on L[ong]. I[sland]. we have had a few cold days, but soon have<br /> changed to mild almost spring like weather the past<br /> few days have been very mild a little cloudy on the<br /> whole from reports received the same general mildness<br /> have characterized the past few weeks all through our<br /> northern section 15 [January]I felt when I commenced this very much<br /> in the spirit of writing and when the family retired thought<br /> I would rather sit and write this sheet ^full^ before joining the<br /> sleepers but I soon became so timid after hearing some<br /> one walking and the loud barking of our dog that I has<br /> -tily decampt and in consequence the spirit is gone<br /> There are such a succession of petty thefts and very frequent too<br /> (Page 2)<br /> as to make some of us timid one’s more so We were<br /> very much interested in hearing of M D Conway his lecture<br /> &c he certainly ranks among the first as a writer & speaker<br /> (altho we have never heard him speak) and were delighted<br /> to know you appreciate more fully A M Powell <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">his</span><br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">excellent</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Anna</span> I have scratched the last out as I do not<br /> know but you did appreciate her but it seemed to me<br /> you did not him as he deserved I am <span style="text-decoration:underline;">now</span> content<br /> It was also cheering to hear so good a word from Frederick<br /> hope his future will continue to grow more bright & steadfas [sic]<br /> in the right – Suppose you have read Phillips last at Music<br /> Hall and do you know he is to say amen to the procla<br /> -mation in NY next week I think we shall desire to be<br /> there if practicable The proclamation is a great act of<br /> justice more than I feared but much less than I hoped &c<br /> whether it will be carried out fully remains to be proved<br /> the sufferings of the escaped slaves in many places is enough<br /> to deter many from the attempt to leave and their habit<br /> of obedience to the slaveholder may prevent asserting their<br /> rights to compensation Their present is full of uncertainty<br /> and peril The orthodox have had a com[mittee] to visit the refu<br /> -gees perhaps you may have seen their report they report<br /> them as very destitute and in some places sick with<br /> measles & some other complaints very many dying some wished<br /> (Page 3)<br /> they were back in their little cabins with the portions of their family<br /> left behind for <span style="text-decoration:underline;">we</span> would be <span style="text-decoration:underline;">free</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">there</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">now</span> F D Gage writes very<br /> interesting letters from S[outh] C[arolina] of the condition and progress of the freed ones<br /> there to the Tribune Yesterday was M[onthly] M[eeting] nothing of special<br /> interest [Ardon?] was there and gave a short sermon Rachel<br /> and [Elkanor?] also Gideon Frost & Sam[ue]l Cock dined with us<br /> We then spent the evening at Elizabeth Willets pleasantly<br /> We have recently had a visit from Cyrus [Peirce?] of Bristol<br /> very much to our pleasure and hope profit he is calculated<br /> to interest the young his daughters have opened a boarding<br /> school for girls Do you know Isaac Willis is staying<br /> at Isaac Rushmore’s to be treated by Mary Seaman<br /> I believe it was a great thing to come to it but he<br /> was falling back and nothing seemed to succeed I told<br /> Catharine after he had gone that the world certainly<br /> moved for him to go to ^a^ healing medium and I was<br /> very glad for him to try it very likely it might be the<br /> best mode to be adopted Matilda said yesterday he<br /> was doing nicely Isaac said if he gained flesh any faster<br /> he should think it was not good I hope he may be entirely<br /> restored [Cornelia?] Edward Willets wife NY has been at Dr<br /> Ingersols and the [queer?] of it is they all tried to keep it<br /> a secret where she was When inquired of would say she<br /> was in the country if more explicit staying among the mountains<br /> (Page 4)<br /> but some of the patients have spoken of it so <span style="text-decoration:underline;">it</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">out</span> she<br /> is very much improved in health and I think credit is due<br /> to any treatment which makes the sick well The new school<br /> proceedings have not progressed very far have had a meeting<br /> in Phil[adelphi]a this week W Cock & Elizabeth have been do not know what<br /> has been done they have not returned so many minds it is difficult<br /> to suit all The select meeting of NY have brought J J Merritt<br /> case to the monthly meeting for disturbing their meetings with<br /> his communications David S. Brown and J C Griffen are apt<br /> to visit him It is very much to be regretted he has very<br /> many friends among the young people at Brooklyn he<br /> may be eccentric and a little unbalanced but there is<br /> much wh[ich] is good and with the right kind of treatment<br /> might become a reformer in their midst such an one<br /> as is needed there in an especial degree You inquire<br /> after E Mott the same inquiry I have made lately and<br /> no one I asked had seen her very lately so the very day<br /> I received your letter I accompanied J and made a little visit<br /> while he done some business at Roslyn They were well but<br /> she said they had got in the habit of staying at home so<br /> much that little things kept them that James was away<br /> so much of the time it was pleasanter to him to stay than<br /> to go she inquired after you and I was right sorry we had<br /> not received your letter before we went I think I will send it<br /> to her Cornell and Hannah are housekeeping they get to see<br /> them frequently Hannah has felt some lonely Brother<br /> Williams son Jacob had a bad carbuncle on his neck I am<br /> feeling anxious to hear from him William has his fits quite<br /> often and his venturing about alone is a great anxiety <br /> to us all There is a great deal of trouble and anxiety in<br /> the world aint there? I shall try and persuade J to add<br /> somewhat to this wishes to be remembered affectionaly <br /> to all our dear friends wish some of them could visit us Mary [Robbins Post]<br /> (written along top edge of page 1)<br /> 16 [January] The weather is very rainy commenced in the night<br /> with high wind but warm scarcely needing fire like winter wind<br /> S.W. very muddy and disagreeable<br /><br /><strong>Moncure Daniel Conway</strong> (1832-1907): Unitarian minister; anti-slavery speaker and writer<br /><strong>Aaron Macy Powell </strong>(1832-1899): Quaker abolitionist; editor of the <em>National Temperance Advocate</em> and the <em>National Anti-Slavery Standard</em> and a founder of the American Purity Alliance<br /><strong>Frederick</strong>: perhaps refers to Frederick Douglass<br /><strong>Wendell Phillips</strong> (1811-1884): Garrisonian abolitionist; leading anti-slavery speaker <br /><strong>Emancipation Proclamation</strong>: issued by Abraham Lincoln, as Commander-in-Chief, on January 1, 1863; the proclamation freed slaves in Confederate States still under rebellion and areas that came under Union occupation; also freed slaves who had escaped <br /><strong>Frances Dana Barker Gage</strong> (1808-1884): abolitionist and author; in October 1862 she went to the Sea Islands of South Carolina to care for recently freed slaves; after November 1863 she began speaking to Northern audiences about the plight of the freedmen<br /><strong><em>New York Tribune</em></strong>: newspaper edited by abolitionist Horace Greeley<br /> The August 1867 issue of <em>The Friend</em> , pages 247-252 includes a transcription of the interview between <strong>John J. Merritt</strong> and the committee that was appointed to investigate a complaint brought against him that his “public communications” disturbed the Brooklyn Monthly Meeting</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.Westbury 1st moth 13 [1863] Dearly beloved Our hearts were made glad yesterday on the reading of your letter it had been so verylong since we had heard from you we could believe it was the nece -sary [sic] or rather the engrossing present which interfered with the duty to the absent and not that any link in interest or affection had become dim I have taken my pen this evening with a feelings of intense desire to see you if that were practicable and as it is not to do the next best thing invite you to a more frequent use of the pen Brother said he wanted to hear something of the weather on L[ong]. I[sland]. we have had a few cold days, but soon have changed to mild almost spring like weather the past few days have been very mild a little cloudy on the whole from reports received the same general mildness have characterized the past few weeks all through our northern section 15 [January]I felt when I commenced this very much in the spirit of writing and when the family retired thought I would rather sit and write this sheet ^full^ before joining the sleepers but I soon became so timid after hearing some one walking and the loud barking of our dog that I has -tily decampt and in consequence the spirit is gone There are such a succession of petty thefts and very frequent too as to make some of us timid one's more so We were very much interested in hearing of M D Conway his lecture &c he certainly ranks among the first as a writer & speaker (altho we have never heard him speak) and were delighted to know you appreciate more fully A M Powell andhisexcellentAnna I have scratched the last out as I do not know but you did appreciate her but it seemed to me you did not him as he deserved I am now content It was also cheering to hear so good a word from Frederick hope his future will continue to grow more bright & steadfas [sic] in the right - Suppose you have read Phillips last at Music Hall and do you know he is to say amen to the procla -mation in NY next week I think we shall desire to be there if practicable The proclamation is a great act of justice more than I feared but much less than I hoped &c whether it will be carried out fully remains to be proved the sufferings of the escaped slaves in many places is enough to deter many from the attempt to leave and their habit of obedience to the slaveholder may prevent asserting their rights to compensation Their present is full of uncertainty and peril The orthodox have had a com[mittee] to visit the refu -gees perhaps you may have seen their report they report them as very destitute and in some places sick with measles & some other complaints very many dying some wished they were back in their little cabins with the portions of their family left behind for we would be freetherenow F D Gage writes very interesting letters from S[outh] C[arolina] of the condition and progress of the freed ones there to the Tribune Yesterday was M[onthly] M[eeting] nothing of special interest [Ardon?] was there and gave a short sermon Rachel and [Elkanor?] also Gideon Frost & Sam[ue]l Cock dined with us We then spent the evening at Elizabeth Willets pleasantly We have recently had a visit from Cyrus [Peirce?] of Bristol very much to our pleasure and hope profit he is calculated to interest the young his daughters have opened a boarding school for girls Do you know Isaac Willis is staying at Isaac Rushmore's to be treated by Mary Seaman I believe it was a great thing to come to it but he was falling back and nothing seemed to succeed I told Catharine after he had gone that the world certainly moved for him to go to ^a^ healing medium and I was very glad for him to try it very likely it might be the best mode to be adopted Matilda said yesterday he was doing nicely Isaac said if he gained flesh any faster he should think it was not good I hope he may be entirely restored [Cornelia?] Edward Willets wife NY has been at Dr Ingersols and the [queer?] of it is they all tried to keep it a secret where she was When inquired of would say she was in the country if more explicit staying among the mountains but some of the patients have spoken of it so itisout she is very much improved in health and I think credit is due to any treatment which makes the sick well The new school proceedings have not progressed very far have had a meeting in Phil[adelphi]a this week W Cock & Elizabeth have been do not know what has been done they have not returned so many minds it is difficult to suit all The select meeting of NY have brought J J Merritt case to the monthly meeting for disturbing their meetings with his communications David S. Brown and J C Griffen are apt to visit him It is very much to be regretted he has very many friends among the young people at Brooklyn he may be eccentric and a little unbalanced but there is much wh[ich] is good and with the right kind of treatment might become a reformer in their midst such an one as is needed there in an especial degree You inquire after E Mott the same inquiry I have made lately and no one I asked had seen her very lately so the very day I received your letter I accompanied J and made a little visit while he done some business at Roslyn They were well but she said they had got in the habit of staying at home so much that little things kept them that James was away so much of the time it was pleasanter to him to stay than to go she inquired after you and I was right sorry we had not received your letter before we went I think I will send it to her Cornell and Hannah are housekeeping they get to see them frequently Hannah has felt some lonely Brother Williams son Jacob had a bad carbuncle on his neck I am feeling anxious to hear from him William has his fits quite often and his venturing about alone is a great anxiety to us all There is a great deal of trouble and anxiety in the world aint there? I shall try and persuade J to add somewhat to this wishes to be remembered affectionaly to all our dear friends wish some of them could visit us Mary [Robbins Post] (written along top edge of page 1) 16 [January] The weather is very rainy commenced in the night with high wind but warm scarcely needing fire like winter wind S.W. very muddy and disagreeable
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<p>Westbury 8 mo[n]th 16/62</p>
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<p>Dear All Brother’s letter came duly and was</p>
<p>as is ever the case eagerly read and talked over each reg</p>
<p>-retting its brevity and some one suggested if our sending</p>
<p>a larger sheet would not prompt to a return tho I could not</p>
<p>see the difference whether it was as has not unfrequently [sic] been</p>
<p>the case several pieces or a sheet of larger dimensions but a</p>
<p>hint perhaps will be sufficient Events are rushing on ^with^ so much</p>
<p>speed that before I am scarcely aware ^of the extent of wrong [word crossed out]^ something else shocks</p>
<p>or greives [sic] me and surely there is but little to cheer it really</p>
<p>seems as tho we are rushing madly on to ruin without any</p>
<p>wish to save all ^when^ by simply doing justice the course is so plane [sic]</p>
<p>that those who run may read if only disposed There has been</p>
<p>great excitement around us especially among the Irish about</p>
<p>drafting but it has subsided a little and great efforts are being</p>
<p>put forth to raise money sufficent[sic] to prevent the necessity I [Le</p>
<p>cock?] is active a few days ago there had been over $8000 subsc</p>
<p>-ribed a large meeting held at Roslyn to promote it and</p>
<p>volunteering Suppose you have read W Phillips great speech</p>
<p>what a great time the proslavery papers are making over it</p>
<p>you have seen some extracts from them in the Liberator or Standard</p>
<p>I don’t know how it is possible for people to fall so low as to</p>
<p>misrepresent and lie about things which they know to be</p>
<p>false for if they had read it they could not twist it into trea</p>
<p>-son if they did not do violence to all truth & honesty I am</p>
<p>more grieved that some moderate papers should do this wrong the</p>
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<p>vile Herald & Journal of Commerce we did not look for any better</p>
<p>things How unwilling the generals are proved to offend the south</p>
<p>in any way is really disgusting Butler’s correspondence with Phelps</p>
<p>and the return & desertion of the poor defenceless [sic] people who</p>
<p>had faithfully dug the canal at Vicksburg is shocking This</p>
<p>nation must suffer for all these multiplied wrongs for how</p>
<p>long or how severely is not seen as yet I have seen it stated</p>
<p>that since Hunters proclamation was invoked there has been</p>
<p>only defeat and perhaps defeat is the means to bring the</p>
<p>nation to its senses but enough of all this The weather is</p>
<p>delightful have had some extreme hot days with occasional</p>
<p>showers wh[ich] has kept the vegetation green and beautiful I can</p>
<p>not remember when it has been as fresh and beautiful as the</p>
<p>present each day I have rejoiced in the continuation of [this?]</p>
<p>blessing nearly two weeks ago we were at H Willis stayed a</p>
<p>little too long and were out in a very severe shower with alm</p>
<p>-ost constant thunder& lightening the rain came in such</p>
<p>force as to make the horses very unwilling to go we drove</p>
<p>under W Laytons shed and waited until the rain subsided</p>
<p>the lightning stuck in many places some said they saw</p>
<p>4 fires at one time barns one house struck and one person</p>
<p>killed later in the evening I enjoyed ^watching^ the lightning it was the</p>
<p>most remarkable and the most beautiful I ever saw First</p>
<p>came the sheet lightning on the top of it quite high up in</p>
<p>the sky was the forked lightning frequently running in <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">a</span></p>
<p>horizontal lines at other times it branched or flew off in every</p>
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<p>direction I thought it far surpassed any fireworks I had ever</p>
<p>seen Some few others I hear watched it & thought it remarkably</p>
<p>grand First day have been to meeting but do not feel at all refres</p>
<p>-hed in spirit by any thing I heard but on the contrary all my</p>
<p>combativeness and my sense of right & justice aroused to un</p>
<p>-wonted activity by the discourse from R H she commenced by quot</p>
<p>-ing Be ye perfect as your ^father in^ heaven &c she then told how this was to be</p>
<p>done simply be being obedient to that which made manifest it could</p>
<p>never be in the least promoted by any of the efforts of man we had</p>
<p>many evidences of in the attempts to reform the world wh[ich] had</p>
<p>so signally failed We see it in the efforts of the great and learned ^men^</p>
<p>who labored for a long time to suppress the African slave trade</p>
<p>and after toiling they finally succeeded in it and a great time</p>
<p>of rejoicing was made over it ^and large sums of money expended to guard the [coast?] ^ but after all no one here will deny</p>
<p>that the trade is carried on as extensively as ever and a great deal</p>
<p>more cruelty a little more than a quarter of a century ago the</p>
<p>agitation commenced here in the wisdom and strength of man</p>
<p>to do away with slavery she had heard them say they did not</p>
<p>wait or require revelation to act and we now see the dire result</p>
<p>in the terible[sic] war which was devastating the country filling</p>
<p>the land with mourning for the slain all the result of this</p>
<p>unwise agitation when led by the spirit these effects would</p>
<p>not follow she remembered an instance where a friend</p>
<p>for speaking the truth was menanced [sic] by a man with a sword</p>
<p>he calmly opened his bosom and told him to strike but he qu</p>
<p>-ailed before him J Woolman was greatly interested on the</p>
<p>subject but it was only through duty he acted and the result</p>
<p>was not be stir up wrath and the evil pashions [sic]</p>
<p>(Page 4)</p>
<p>she spoke against agitation against going to hear lectures they were</p>
<p>doing a great deal of harm they had cultivated their minds by study</p>
<p>but it was worse than useless for all these efforts would not promote</p>
<p>peace or diminish the evils in the world &c &c It was sad to think</p>
<p>what a shipwreck she had made once so bright and clear on the</p>
<p>subject of slavery now all befogged uncharitable and ignorant</p>
<p>Last first day we had something of the same nature but on</p>
<p>a different subject then it was that extremes were so dangerous</p>
<p>evidently alluding to J Merritt that only the middle path was</p>
<p>right that Friends believe d thus and so of the bible of Jesus &c &c</p>
<p>that when any thought differently which was their right instead</p>
<p>of remaining with a society they could not agree with let them</p>
<p>withdraw that elders were apt [to?] to council and advise and</p>
<p>when <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">they</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">were</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">persuaded</span> there was a gifft [rift?] it was acknowledged</p>
<p>by the society others should not travel about and much more</p>
<p>of the same still Tonight there is to be a meeting in our school</p>
<p>house to hear the rev Gloucester of Brooklyn I beleive [sic] he is an agent</p>
<p>of the Freed Mens Emancipation society whether there will be [many?]</p>
<p>who will dare to go we shall see after hearing <span style="text-decoration:underline;">such</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">an</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">able </span></p>
<p>discourse this morning against listening to lectures- and the</p>
<p>most discourageing [sic] thing of all is if it is not liked it is just</p>
<p>passed over in silence I told Mary F after meeting that E H used</p>
<p>to say if the reason was convinced we need not expect any higher</p>
<p>revelation I told her we all knew what justice was love and kind</p>
<p>-ness and mercy that we need not wait for any special revelation</p>
<p>to practice them – We have lately been to Henry Willets at Manh</p>
<p>-asset they have a very pleasant situation H and Hannah were</p>
<p>from home had gone to Catskill Mountain with several others</p>
<p>Jane happened to be there Aunt Martha Aldridge was very</p>
<p>poorly last week some symptoms of Dysentery Mother pretty</p>
<p>feeble those hot days had to lay a bed but nearly as usual</p>
<p>we do not hear any thing about your coming do bear</p>
<p>us in mind and come when the right time presents it would</p>
<p>be one of the pleasant things to see you again there is</p>
<p>much it is desirable to say we cannot put on paper</p>
<p>E and S[?] too I think it would be a nice time for them</p>
<p>we are now feasting on sweet corn tomatoes & blackberry</p>
<p>I wish you had some of them We are <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">nearly</span> as well as</p>
<p>usual except Catharine she is quite poorly to day but presume</p>
<p>she will be better Joseph looks thiner [sic] than usual but is mostly</p>
<p>pretty well Is Esther Titus with you love to hear and all the rest</p>
<p>I have scribbled as fast as I could have had some callers and so</p>
<p>my time was short affectionatlly [sic] your Mary</p>
<p>[Mary Robbins Post]</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Irish draft</strong>: The reference to “great excitement around us especially among the Irish about drafting” anticipates the riots that ensued in New York City when the draft was officially initiated the following year (1863). Irish workingmen resented fighting in a war to emancipate African-American slaves who they saw as their greatest competition for jobs. </p>
<p><strong>Roslyn, NY: </strong>a village in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island.</p>
<p><strong>Wendell Phillips </strong>(1811-1884): Leading orator of the abolitionist movement; critical of Lincoln’s delays to emancipate slaves; in speeches and articles advocated the immediate abolishment of slavery and granting former slaves their full rights as citizens. The August 2, 1862 issue of the <em>National Anti-Slavery Standard</em> reprints a criticism of Phillips’ speech from the <em>Spingfield Register</em> and an endorsement of their criticism from the <em>New York Observer</em> .</p>
<p><strong><em>Liberator</em></strong>: newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison between 1831 and 1865</p>
<p><strong><em>National Anti-Slavery Standard</em></strong>: official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society; published between 1840 and 1870</p>
<p><strong><em>New York Herald</em></strong>: widely distributed newspaper, published between 1835 and 1924,was critical of Lincoln and his policies during the Civil War</p>
<p><strong><em>Journal of Commerce</em></strong>: New York City newspaper founded in 1827 by abolitionists Arthur and Lewis Tappan and Samuel F. B. Morse; during the Civil War the paper supported the right of slave states to succeed from the Union—see articles from the <em>New York Times</em> below:</p>
<p><em>New York Times</em>, April 11, 1861: The Journal of Commerce persists in its championship of Secession. Its hostility towards the Government of the United States is almost as frank and open as that of the Herald.</p>
<p>In March 1862 Secretary of War Stanton suppressed the JOC and arrested its editors for “having flagrantly persisted in the publication of military details, in violation of the Roles and Articles of War, and the orders of the War Department, thereby endangering the safety of our armies and the success of military operations” (<em>NYT</em> March 24, 1862)</p>
<p><strong>Benjamin Franklin Butler</strong> (1818-1893) Civil War general; President Lincoln placed him in charge of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina in 1862.</p>
<p><strong>John Smith Phelps</strong> (1814-1886)? appointed military governor of Arkansas in July 1862; opposed freeing and arming slaves; Lincoln removed him from office in summer of 1863</p>
<p><strong>Vicksburg canal</strong>: During the summer of 1862 a 3,000-man infantry brigade commanded by Brig. Gen. Thomas Williams began work on a canal across the base of De Soto Point on the west side of the Mississippi River across from Vicksburg. The purpose of the canal was to develop a channel for navigation that would enable gunboats and transports to bypass the Confederate batteries at Vicksburg.</p>
<p>Work on the canal took a heavy toll of human life. To augment his fast-dwindling workforce, Williams employed some 1,100-1,200 African-Americans that had been gathered from neighboring plantations by armed parties. Work stopped on the canal on July 24 and was later resumed under the command of General U. S. Grant</p>
<p><strong>David Hunter </strong>(1802-1886): appointed by President Lincoln in March 1862 to be in charge of Union-held islands along the South Carolina coast; despite official policy, decreed on May 9, 1862 that all slaves inside his lines were "free for ever”; “Hunter’s proclamation” was immediately revoked by Lincoln<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Manhasset: </strong>a hamlet in Nassau County, NY on the north shore of Long Island</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.Westbury 8 mo[n]th 16/62Dear All Brother's letter came duly and wasas is ever the case eagerly read and talked over each reg-retting its brevity and some one suggested if our sendinga larger sheet would not prompt to a return tho I could notsee the difference whether it was as has not unfrequently [sic] beenthe case several pieces or a sheet of larger dimensions but ahint perhaps will be sufficient Events are rushing on ^with^ so muchspeed that before I am scarcely aware ^of the extent of wrong [word crossed out]^ something else shocksor greives [sic] me and surely there is but little to cheer it reallyseems as tho we are rushing madly on to ruin without anywish to save all ^when^ by simply doing justice the course is so plane [sic]that those who run may read if only disposed There has beengreat excitement around us especially among the Irish aboutdrafting but it has subsided a little and great efforts are beingput forth to raise money sufficent[sic] to prevent the necessity I [Lecock?] is active a few days ago there had been over $8000 subsc-ribed a large meeting held at Roslyn to promote it andvolunteering Suppose you have read W Phillips great speechwhat a great time the proslavery papers are making over ityou have seen some extracts from them in the Liberator or StandardI don't know how it is possible for people to fall so low as tomisrepresent and lie about things which they know to befalse for if they had read it they could not twist it into trea-son if they did not do violence to all truth & honesty I ammore grieved that some moderate papers should do this wrong thevile Herald & Journal of Commerce we did not look for any betterthings How unwilling the generals are proved to offend the southin any way is really disgusting Butler's correspondence with Phelpsand the return & desertion of the poor defenceless [sic] people whohad faithfully dug the canal at Vicksburg is shocking Thisnation must suffer for all these multiplied wrongs for howlong or how severely is not seen as yet I have seen it statedthat since Hunters proclamation was invoked there has beenonly defeat and perhaps defeat is the means to bring thenation to its senses but enough of all this The weather isdelightful have had some extreme hot days with occasionalshowers wh[ich] has kept the vegetation green and beautiful I cannot remember when it has been as fresh and beautiful as thepresent each day I have rejoiced in the continuation of [this?]blessing nearly two weeks ago we were at H Willis stayed alittle too long and were out in a very severe shower with alm-ost constant thunder& lightening the rain came in suchforce as to make the horses very unwilling to go we droveunder W Laytons shed and waited until the rain subsidedthe lightning stuck in many places some said they saw4 fires at one time barns one house struck and one personkilled later in the evening I enjoyed ^watching^ the lightning it was themost remarkable and the most beautiful I ever saw Firstcame the sheet lightning on the top of it quite high up inthe sky was the forked lightning frequently running in ahorizontal lines at other times it branched or flew off in everydirection I thought it far surpassed any fireworks I had everseen Some few others I hear watched it & thought it remarkablygrand First day have been to meeting but do not feel at all refres-hed in spirit by any thing I heard but on the contrary all mycombativeness and my sense of right & justice aroused to un-wonted activity by the discourse from R H she commenced by quot-ing Be ye perfect as your ^father in^ heaven &c she then told how this was to bedone simply be being obedient to that which made manifest it couldnever be in the least promoted by any of the efforts of man we hadmany evidences of in the attempts to reform the world wh[ich] hadso signally failed We see it in the efforts of the great and learned ^men^who labored for a long time to suppress the African slave tradeand after toiling they finally succeeded in it and a great timeof rejoicing was made over it ^and large sums of money expended to guard the [coast?] ^ but after all no one here will denythat the trade is carried on as extensively as ever and a great dealmore cruelty a little more than a quarter of a century ago theagitation commenced here in the wisdom and strength of manto do away with slavery she had heard them say they did notwait or require revelation to act and we now see the dire resultin the terible[sic] war which was devastating the country fillingthe land with mourning for the slain all the result of thisunwise agitation when led by the spirit these effects wouldnot follow she remembered an instance where a friendfor speaking the truth was menanced [sic] by a man with a swordhe calmly opened his bosom and told him to strike but he qu-ailed before him J Woolman was greatly interested on thesubject but it was only through duty he acted and the resultwas not be stir up wrath and the evil pashions [sic]she spoke against agitation against going to hear lectures they weredoing a great deal of harm they had cultivated their minds by studybut it was worse than useless for all these efforts would not promotepeace or diminish the evils in the world &c &c It was sad to thinkwhat a shipwreck she had made once so bright and clear on thesubject of slavery now all befogged uncharitable and ignorantLast first day we had something of the same nature but ona different subject then it was that extremes were so dangerousevidently alluding to J Merritt that only the middle path wasright that Friends believe d thus and so of the bible of Jesus &c &cthat when any thought differently which was their right insteadof remaining with a society they could not agree with let themwithdraw that elders were apt [to?] to council and advise andwhen theywerepersuaded there was a gifft [rift?] it was acknowledgedby the society others should not travel about and much moreof the same still Tonight there is to be a meeting in our schoolhouse to hear the rev Gloucester of Brooklyn I beleive [sic] he is an agentof the Freed Mens Emancipation society whether there will be [many?]who will dare to go we shall see after hearing suchanable discourse this morning against listening to lectures- and themost discourageing [sic] thing of all is if it is not liked it is justpassed over in silence I told Mary F after meeting that E H usedto say if the reason was convinced we need not expect any higherrevelation I told her we all knew what justice was love and kind-ness and mercy that we need not wait for any special revelationto practice them - We have lately been to Henry Willets at Manh-asset they have a very pleasant situation H and Hannah werefrom home had gone to Catskill Mountain with several othersJane happened to be there Aunt Martha Aldridge was verypoorly last week some symptoms of Dysentery Mother prettyfeeble those hot days had to lay a bed but nearly as usualwe do not hear any thing about your coming do bearus in mind and come when the right time presents it wouldbe one of the pleasant things to see you again there ismuch it is desirable to say we cannot put on paperE and S[?] too I think it would be a nice time for themwe are now feasting on sweet corn tomatoes & blackberryI wish you had some of them We are nearly as well asusual except Catharine she is quite poorly to day but presumeshe will be better Joseph looks thiner [sic] than usual but is mostlypretty well Is Esther Titus with you love to hear and all the restI have scribbled as fast as I could have had some callers and somy time was short affectionatlly [sic] your Mary[Mary Robbins Post]Irish draft: The reference to "great excitement around us especially among the Irish about drafting" anticipates the riots that ensued in New York City when the draft was officially initiated the following year (1863). Irish workingmen resented fighting in a war to emancipate African-American slaves who they saw as their greatest competition for jobs. Roslyn, NY: a village in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island.Wendell Phillips (1811-1884): Leading orator of the abolitionist movement; critical of Lincoln's delays to emancipate slaves; in speeches and articles advocated the immediate abolishment of slavery and granting former slaves their full rights as citizens. The August 2, 1862 issue of the National Anti-Slavery Standard reprints a criticism of Phillips' speech from the Spingfield Register and an endorsement of their criticism from the New York Observer .Liberator: newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison between 1831 and 1865National Anti-Slavery Standard: official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society; published between 1840 and 1870New York Herald: widely distributed newspaper, published between 1835 and 1924,was critical of Lincoln and his policies during the Civil WarJournal of Commerce: New York City newspaper founded in 1827 by abolitionists Arthur and Lewis Tappan and Samuel F. B. Morse; during the Civil War the paper supported the right of slave states to succeed from the Union--see articles from the New York Times below:New York Times, April 11, 1861: The Journal of Commerce persists in its championship of Secession. Its hostility towards the Government of the United States is almost as frank and open as that of the Herald.In March 1862 Secretary of War Stanton suppressed the JOC and arrested its editors for "having flagrantly persisted in the publication of military details, in violation of the Roles and Articles of War, and the orders of the War Department, thereby endangering the safety of our armies and the success of military operations" (NYT March 24, 1862)Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) Civil War general; President Lincoln placed him in charge of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina in 1862.John Smith Phelps (1814-1886)? appointed military governor of Arkansas in July 1862; opposed freeing and arming slaves; Lincoln removed him from office in summer of 1863Vicksburg canal: During the summer of 1862 a 3,000-man infantry brigade commanded by Brig. Gen. Thomas Williams began work on a canal across the base of De Soto Point on the west side of the Mississippi River across from Vicksburg. The purpose of the canal was to develop a channel for navigation that would enable gunboats and transports to bypass the Confederate batteries at Vicksburg.Work on the canal took a heavy toll of human life. To augment his fast-dwindling workforce, Williams employed some 1,100-1,200 African-Americans that had been gathered from neighboring plantations by armed parties. Work stopped on the canal on July 24 and was later resumed under the command of General U. S. GrantDavid Hunter (1802-1886): appointed by President Lincoln in March 1862 to be in charge of Union-held islands along the South Carolina coast; despite official policy, decreed on May 9, 1862 that all slaves inside his lines were "free for ever"; "Hunter's proclamation" was immediately revoked by LincolnManhasset: a hamlet in Nassau County, NY on the north shore of Long Island
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 1<sup>st</sup> 6 /62<br />Dear All<br />We have just received and read your<br />New Year’s greeting and many thanks<br />for the favor and was not a little amused<br />at the recital of my omissions first on<br />the list is do tell us who has the twins?<br />I felt no doubt but the Jericho friends<br />had written you after the event and would<br />doubtless mention so rare an occurrence<br />in our family but you guessed rightly they<br />belong to Stephen & Esther they are 4 weeks<br />old and really very nice but many diffic<br />ulties appear in careing [sic] for them properly<br />they have named one Julia after Es mother and<br />talk of Laura for the other This has been a<br />tedious day snowing some and blowing we<br />have attended the funeral of Amy Willets the<br />widow of Amos 89 y<sup>r</sup> old at our m house Eleanor<br />Wood & Stimonson spoke acceptibly [sic] I think to<br />the connections and tomorrow we are in<br />-vited to meet again at the same place to<br />do the last office of kindness for Stephen Willets<br />he passed on last 7 day morning been sick <br />some 2 weeks conjestion [sic] of the lungs and heart<br /><br />(Page 2)<br /><br />difficulty Leonard Tappan a few days ago<br />we think deaths are very frequent in our<br />neighboring vicinity Caroline Seaman is<br />very poorly they say they have never seen<br />her as much so had several turns of raising<br />blood lately Matilda has been more unwell<br />lately but improving some about house I<br />believe Mother too has had more poorly<br />days than usual frequently sleeps but little<br />wh affects her very much At J Ketchams<br />they have their trials too the children have<br />had the measles & Emma several fits while<br />[Townice?] health generally seems failing Wm<br />& Margaret & children are there I suppose<br />in a trying position that of dependance[sic]<br />tho W[an?] is in NY mostly settling up the<br />business There are a great many things<br />to sadden the heart so many difficulties<br />disappointments & sorrows so much suff<br />-ering and want so much evil in this<br />gloriously beautiful world but I must<br />not dwell on these sad phases tho there is<br />very much to make all reflective people serious<br />at the present cricis [sic] we are in a fearful position<br /><br />(Page 3)<br /><br />and so few of the leaders have the courage or the<br />manliness to do right and hence they are idly waiting<br />Macauber [sic] fashion for something to turn up an<br />immense debt accumulating and multitudes<br />are been sweept [sic] - off by disease when as I think<br />it might so easily be remedied but is there not<br />great danger that slavery will survive this do<br />nothing policy We also felt indignant when we<br />read H Martineaus letter and many previous ones<br />were quite distasteful she really showed the English<br />spirit dictatorial & <span>a</span>bsolute R D Webb has much<br />more ^of it^ than I expected from so intelligent an <span>Irish</span><br />man the London correspondent is more just<br />as [I?] M said in the remarks on H M it put my<br />patience to a severe test as I had always honored<br />her judgment even when opposed but that last<br />letter was <span>too</span> <span>mu</span>ch and I believe she may<br />have been as far from the right in some other<br />positions but wh were not so palpable to me<br />well as Garrison once said we all find out<br />evil in time but to see the wise & clear sighted <br />stumbling is not pleasant Isaac & Mary F [Sam?]<br />and Rachel visited us yesterday have been expe<br />-cting J and M W probably ^they may come^ soon as the light even<br />are comeing [sic] I gave the pins to Jam<sup>s</sup> Mott have not<br />seen E yet I went a few days ago to see Phebe<br />Mott she is quite a sufferer her arm & hand<br />pain her very much is obliged to take mor<br />-phine to keep her in degree comfortable it<br />has been rather easier since it commenced<br />discharging on her elbow sore about the<br />size of a dime her appetite good now and<br />is able to walk around some Cornell still<br />passes by our house I suppose to visit Hicks<br />Albertsons daughter his aunts said they<br />did not know as there was any prospect<br />of his being married Ann is there on a visit<br />her husband son was married last spring and<br />Ann spoke very pleasanty [sic] of the young folks<br />who were living with them when she was here<br />in the summer since which he has died and <br /><br />(Page 4)<br /><br />she has gone home to her fathers Ann<br />felt it as a disappointment there is only<br />one left now Isaac Peters (who you doubtless<br />remember Limans son) daughter lives with<br />Ann and is quite a model woman an eaqua^l^<br />it was right pleasant to hear such sentiments of<br />justice and right from Ann but I will not fill <br />my little space I spoke of writing to Catharine and<br />giving some extracts from L M letter it was in rela<br />-tion to Sue Hopper she too has passed away<br />since that probably you have been apprised of<br />it at the time L wrote the 5 of last mo she was<br />able to go down with assistance to dinner<br />but had to be carried back was wasted to<br />a skeleton sometimes talked of wh she would do<br />next spring at other times quite sensible of her<br />situation her throat & mouth very sore 3 weeks<br />previous she went out to James’s but said I can<br />not come again until spring your winds are so<br />piercing L said poor child we could not bear to<br />say never more Her cough was very troublesom [sic]<br />and had to be allayed by morphine &c &c L spoke<br />of the comp they had wh Garrison was there and E MD <br />and Maria returned E MD told of the many wrongs<br />inflicted on Freemont [sic] and how well he bore them all<br />she wrote hopefully as is her wont yet she said there<br />are constant drawbacks Freemonts [sic] proclamation<br />cost him his place than the tame utterances<br />of Lincoln in his message & to cap the climax<br />his shameful officious medling [sic] with Camerons<br />report & audaciously striking out the most im<br />-portant part of it wh their Phil press is cringingly<br />silent about she was very glad the tribune<br />exposed the shameful proslavery act she<br />felt greatly encouraged that the most radical<br />utterances call forth in Phil the most rapturous app<br />-lause and that such able pen’s as Bronsons<br />sh<sup>d</sup> be employed in behalf of the slave E M D<br />was obliged to return to St Louis to finish up<br />his business would then return for good<br />I have got to the bottom of my sheet and must<br />say good night- if I say a word to Catharine too<br />I don’t know if you can read this Mary
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Westbury 1st 6 /62Dear AllWe have just received and read yourNew Year's greeting and many thanksfor the favor and was not a little amusedat the recital of my omissions first onthe list is do tell us who has the twins?I felt no doubt but the Jericho friendshad written you after the event and woulddoubtless mention so rare an occurrencein our family but you guessed rightly theybelong to Stephen & Esther they are 4 weeksold and really very nice but many difficulties appear in careing [sic] for them properlythey have named one Julia after Es mother andtalk of Laura for the other This has been atedious day snowing some and blowing wehave attended the funeral of Amy Willets thewidow of Amos 89 yr old at our m house EleanorWood & Stimonson spoke acceptibly [sic] I think tothe connections and tomorrow we are in-vited to meet again at the same place todo the last office of kindness for Stephen Willetshe passed on last 7 day morning been sick some 2 weeks conjestion [sic] of the lungs and heartdifficulty Leonard Tappan a few days agowe think deaths are very frequent in ourneighboring vicinity Caroline Seaman isvery poorly they say they have never seenher as much so had several turns of raisingblood lately Matilda has been more unwelllately but improving some about house Ibelieve Mother too has had more poorlydays than usual frequently sleeps but littlewh affects her very much At J Ketchamsthey have their trials too the children havehad the measles & Emma several fits while[Townice?] health generally seems failing Wm& Margaret & children are there I supposein a trying position that of dependance[sic]tho W[an?] is in NY mostly settling up thebusiness There are a great many thingsto sadden the heart so many difficultiesdisappointments & sorrows so much suff-ering and want so much evil in thisgloriously beautiful world but I mustnot dwell on these sad phases tho there isvery much to make all reflective people seriousat the present cricis [sic] we are in a fearful position
and so few of the leaders have the courage or themanliness to do right and hence they are idly waitingMacauber [sic] fashion for something to turn up animmense debt accumulating and multitudesare been sweept [sic] - off by disease when as I thinkit might so easily be remedied but is there notgreat danger that slavery will survive this donothing policy We also felt indignant when weread H Martineaus letter and many previous oneswere quite distasteful she really showed the Englishspirit dictatorial & absolute R D Webb has muchmore ^of it^ than I expected from so intelligent an Irishman the London correspondent is more justas [I?] M said in the remarks on H M it put mypatience to a severe test as I had always honoredher judgment even when opposed but that lastletter was too much and I believe she mayhave been as far from the right in some otherpositions but wh were not so palpable to mewell as Garrison once said we all find outevil in time but to see the wise & clear sighted stumbling is not pleasant Isaac & Mary F [Sam?]and Rachel visited us yesterday have been expe-cting J and M W probably ^they may come^ soon as the light evenare comeing [sic] I gave the pins to Jams Mott have notseen E yet I went a few days ago to see PhebeMott she is quite a sufferer her arm & handpain her very much is obliged to take mor-phine to keep her in degree comfortable ithas been rather easier since it commenceddischarging on her elbow sore about thesize of a dime her appetite good now andis able to walk around some Cornell stillpasses by our house I suppose to visit HicksAlbertsons daughter his aunts said theydid not know as there was any prospectof his being married Ann is there on a visither husband son was married last spring andAnn spoke very pleasanty [sic] of the young folkswho were living with them when she was herein the summer since which he has died and she has gone home to her fathers Annfelt it as a disappointment there is onlyone left now Isaac Peters (who you doubtlessremember Limans son) daughter lives withAnn and is quite a model woman an eaqua^l^it was right pleasant to hear such sentiments ofjustice and right from Ann but I will not fill my little space I spoke of writing to Catharine andgiving some extracts from L M letter it was in rela-tion to Sue Hopper she too has passed awaysince that probably you have been apprised ofit at the time L wrote the 5 of last mo she wasable to go down with assistance to dinnerbut had to be carried back was wasted toa skeleton sometimes talked of wh she would donext spring at other times quite sensible of hersituation her throat & mouth very sore 3 weeksprevious she went out to James's but said I cannot come again until spring your winds are sopiercing L said poor child we could not bear tosay never more Her cough was very troublesom [sic]and had to be allayed by morphine &c &c L spokeof the comp they had wh Garrison was there and E MD and Maria returned E MD told of the many wrongsinflicted on Freemont [sic] and how well he bore them allshe wrote hopefully as is her wont yet she said thereare constant drawbacks Freemonts [sic] proclamationcost him his place than the tame utterancesof Lincoln in his message & to cap the climaxhis shameful officious medling [sic] with Cameronsreport & audaciously striking out the most im-portant part of it wh their Phil press is cringinglysilent about she was very glad the tribuneexposed the shameful proslavery act shefelt greatly encouraged that the most radicalutterances call forth in Phil the most rapturous app-lause and that such able pen's as Bronsonsshd be employed in behalf of the slave E M Dwas obliged to return to St Louis to finish uphis business would then return for goodI have got to the bottom of my sheet and mustsay good night- if I say a word to Catharine tooI don't know if you can read this Mary
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text just above main body of letter, written upside down]<br /> The funeral on 3 day at eleven his sisters all there Anne<br /> is still at Flushing dont hear of much improvement<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> Dear All Willie has had a letter commenced sometime<br /> I inquired on 6<sup>th</sup> day if it had been sent and finding it had<br /> not told him I would put in a slip but he puts off writing<br /> have got him at it this evening he thought he would only<br /> send the half sheet but I hope he will fill it as he surely mig^ht^<br /> if he set about it He has been having a great time skating<br /> and from appearance may have as it is quite cold the sch<br /> -ollars [sic] both girls and boys engage in the sport and the<br /> evening the pond is quite a resort for boys who often<br /> skate until bedtime In our last we told you of the<br /> sudden death of Elizabeth F Cock now it is mine to tell<br /> of another nearly as sudden our cousin Henry Titus last<br /> fifth day eve he was milking the cow kicked him in his<br /> side ^or near the navel^ he suffered very much indeed could not lay down<br /> did not discover until the next day he was badly ruptu<br /> red it was put in place and through the quieting infl<br /> uence of morphine he was so muc[h m]ore comfortable we<br /> hoped he might recover however the [obliterated] very little enco<br /> uragement and to day about one he was released <br /> from all suffering It seems sad to us two such unex<br /> -pected bereavement in our little circle so nearly<br /> together too We miss E H Cock from her usual seat<br /> in our ^semi^ weekly gathering and in her family she is<br /> very much missed so generally at home they feel very<br /> lonely and who does not when these separations occur <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">the</span><br /> every thing reminds of the dear one the vacant chair<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> the silent house and a thousand things keep the memo^ry^<br /> alive to the reality of loneliness of separation and<br /> sorrow Edward S Willets has a carbuncle [bile?] on his<br /> neck been confined to the house a week the cancer patients<br /> are still under treatment Sarah Whitsons the Dr hopes is<br /> killed the lump is loosning [sic] Sarah Post has just commenced<br /> to poultice again has not loosned [sic] any yet around the edges<br /> the man at Mary R has been very poorly so that E had to go for<br /> his wife he is quite comfortable again and they feel quite<br /> encouraged We have lately been to Uncle Stephens he is quite<br /> forgetful I think as much as father was Esther Post has been<br /> to see Aunt Rositta she is well but a great deal thinks<br /> she is from home and wishes to go there Stephen & Benj-<br /> Hicks have returned become very much interisted [sic] in the<br /> freed people and their needs B said if we could see them we<br /> would work with redoubled zeal he brought a little boy<br /> home with him he did not know what he should do with <br /> him he had nothing for him to do They went to see the assist<br /> -ant secretary of w[ar?] and the Washington authorities would<br /> do any thing they [obliterated]ed in relation to the comfort of the<br /> blacks were very desirous friends should take charge of <br /> their government wile [sic] put up dwelling houses on the land<br /> appropriated to them while friends will put up school houses<br /> they engaged lumber sent on for a box of our goods did not<br /> get there but one from Phil they saw distributed and it was a<br /> glad sight the quarters they are in are very leaky and insufficient<br /> many were sick with inflamation [sic] of lungs and die of. They are<br /> to give us a sketch of their visit at our next meeting giving<br /> general notice after the lecture hoping to interest others to come<br /> and contribute of their substance they saw E Howland and her schoo^l^<br /> but I will stop we have had bible reading this evening Mary W Post
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. [Text just above main body of letter, written upside down] The funeral on 3 day at eleven his sisters all there Anne is still at Flushing dont hear of much improvement [Text normal] Dear All Willie has had a letter commenced sometime I inquired on 6th day if it had been sent and finding it had not told him I would put in a slip but he puts off writing have got him at it this evening he thought he would only send the half sheet but I hope he will fill it as he surely mig^ht^ if he set about it He has been having a great time skating and from appearance may have as it is quite cold the sch -ollars [sic] both girls and boys engage in the sport and the evening the pond is quite a resort for boys who often skate until bedtime In our last we told you of the sudden death of Elizabeth F Cock now it is mine to tell of another nearly as sudden our cousin Henry Titus last fifth day eve he was milking the cow kicked him in his side ^or near the navel^ he suffered very much indeed could not lay down did not discover until the next day he was badly ruptu red it was put in place and through the quieting infl uence of morphine he was so muc[h m]ore comfortable we hoped he might recover however the [obliterated] very little enco uragement and to day about one he was released from all suffering It seems sad to us two such unex -pected bereavement in our little circle so nearly together too We miss E H Cock from her usual seat in our ^semi^ weekly gathering and in her family she is very much missed so generally at home they feel very lonely and who does not when these separations occur the every thing reminds of the dear one the vacant chair the silent house and a thousand things keep the memo^ry^ alive to the reality of loneliness of separation and sorrow Edward S Willets has a carbuncle [bile?] on his neck been confined to the house a week the cancer patients are still under treatment Sarah Whitsons the Dr hopes is killed the lump is loosning [sic] Sarah Post has just commenced to poultice again has not loosned [sic] any yet around the edges the man at Mary R has been very poorly so that E had to go for his wife he is quite comfortable again and they feel quite encouraged We have lately been to Uncle Stephens he is quite forgetful I think as much as father was Esther Post has been to see Aunt Rositta she is well but a great deal thinks she is from home and wishes to go there Stephen & Benj- Hicks have returned become very much interisted [sic] in the freed people and their needs B said if we could see them we would work with redoubled zeal he brought a little boy home with him he did not know what he should do with him he had nothing for him to do They went to see the assist -ant secretary of w[ar?] and the Washington authorities would do any thing they [obliterated]ed in relation to the comfort of the blacks were very desirous friends should take charge of their government wile [sic] put up dwelling houses on the land appropriated to them while friends will put up school houses they engaged lumber sent on for a box of our goods did not get there but one from Phil they saw distributed and it was a glad sight the quarters they are in are very leaky and insufficient many were sick with inflamation [sic] of lungs and die of. They are to give us a sketch of their visit at our next meeting giving general notice after the lecture hoping to interest others to come and contribute of their substance they saw E Howland and her schoo^l^ but I will stop we have had bible reading this evening Mary W Post
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 5 mo 24<br /> Dearly Beloved It has been a very long time since we<br /> have heard or written perhaps you may remember which<br /> of us last wrote or perhaps you like ourselves have been all<br /> absorbed in other matters and for ourselves I conclude<br /> either the ability to accomplish or else there is an<br /> accumulation of things very necessary to be done<br /> immediately and which prevent such objects as writing<br /> being attended to in due season and now I have taken<br /> the pen instead of resting awhile which I sadly need<br /> having been cleaning house <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> ^not^ feeling like coming<br /> home from Yearly meeting with it may be company<br /> to an untidy house we have nearly finished a part<br /> was done long ago Suppose you have read the procee<br /> -dings of the NY meetings and can guess at the inte<br /> -rest of them by it We were quite disappointed in not<br /> being at all of them Catharine came home the First<br /> day previous quite sick which prevented them and<br /> I only staid the first day Libbie 2 days and J went<br /> to the Womens Rights meeting It seemed strange not<br /> to see WLG., EQ, S May and others we had always seen at<br /> these meetings but there was the same earnestness the<br /> same interest as heretofore and I could but rejoice<br /> that there are still workmen worthy of the hour and<br /> from all appearance there is great need of vigilant<br /> action lest all may be yeilded [sic] to the mistaken policy<br /> of the reconstructionists and the unprincipled man who<br /> weilds [sic] almost dispotic [sic] power for years to come<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> The seventh day after the meeting J and self left our<br /> home after breakfast and dined at George Trumans<br /> at their usual hour don’t it seem almost incredible<br /> found the Dr had been very ill report said cholera<br /> but he did not I guess it was quite similar & had<br /> there been any of it about they would have had less<br /> hesitation in saying it He got out on second day and<br /> generally after when weather permitted Lucretia a good<br /> deal worn by her attendance in NY has sympathetic<br /> whooping cough & very hoarse too she had a fall in the<br /> street in NY after the evening meeting she got out of the<br /> car and was hurrying along to reach the board ^was^ ahead of Ja<sup>s</sup><br /> and E M Davis a board laying across the street not seen caused<br /> it she stuck her head with great force bending her <span style="text-decoration:underline;">new </span><br /> bonnet and leaving a black eye & cheek I forgot to say it<br /> was the Y M we went to attend which was very interesting<br /> and large we enjoyed our visit I think better than ever<br /> and we thought we had before were much with J and L<br /> the meeting closed on sixth day about 2 they urged<br /> our going out to their home but felt we had better<br /> decline delightful as it would have been to us<br /> They spent that afternoon & eve with us at the Drs also<br /> Henry Ridgway & wife and T McClintoc [sic] Mary Ann we did<br /> not see I mention these as they came to see us Sarah Flint<br /> also called It was a rich treat I beleive [sic] enjoyed by<br /> the large company and was a fit ending to the plea<br /> -sant week we had spent in their midst Arrived home<br /> on 7 day eve and found all well and home looking<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> as pleasant as ever I had seen it a cordial greeting<br /> from dear Lizzy and each inmate gave us welcom [sic]<br /> even nature had on her brightest and most beautiful<br /> robes the grass never looked greener or the apple<br /> trees more beautiful or a greater profusion of lilac<br /> and lillies[sic] of the valley perfuming the atmosphere<br /> of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">home</span> with fragrance in the fullness of my<br /> heart I exclaimed home sweet home there is no place<br /> like home but then the enjoyments of home are<br /> felt and appreciated by leaving it I enjoy going or<br /> rather being from home greatly and would dislike to<br /> remain ever in one place and have no sympathy<br /> with this feeling which cannot for a little while<br /> throw off the cares of this cumbrous life and enjoy<br /> the social and spiritual comingling with kindred<br /> minds How have you decided about Willie I hope you<br /> have prevailed on him to stay with you I feel so sorry<br /> for him to go where he must undergo privation and<br /> be from under the loving kindness and sympathy<br /> which surround him I fear too he will be greatly disap<br /> -pointed do tell him from us to think well of it before<br /> deciding The weather is very cool but few days that<br /> fire is not agreeable Joseph has gone to pay his inter<br /> -nal revenue tax this afternoon Emma Titus is<br /> no better Dr. Sweet thinks there is but little hope<br /> of her recovery he believes the absess [sic] will break<br /> internally and if that is the case it will probably<br /> be fatal it may be sometime I have so wished some<br /> other mode might be tried J has proposed they should<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> go to a clairvoyant Lydia Hicks remains<br /> very poorly has recovered from the measles<br /> but suffers so much from the Piles has to take<br /> morphine or opium every day to endure the<br /> suffering and her grandson Benj son is very poorly<br /> had measles suppose took cold and now the Drs<br /> think his lungs are very much affected & no hope<br /> Caroline Willets too is growing more and<br /> more poorly does not sit up Hannah Robbins<br /> is quite feeble Stephen continues to suffer but<br /> some days is a little about his farm gets quite<br /> discouraged Edward Willis has commenced his<br /> pulling down Mary W came to Isaacs yesterday<br /> I believe I should think she would stay at<br /> Westbury mostly this summer but do not leave<br /> as it is her prospect We are proposing to be<br /> in NY some next week Cousin R has invited<br /> Sam<sup>l</sup> and Catharine to stay with them C wishes<br /> and expects to go but she fears S will not stay<br /> much of the time He loves his home a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">little</span><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">to</span>o w<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ell</span> they had invitations to accompany<br /> us to Phil and I thought it would have been<br /> very nice to have gone with us What a<br /> terrible storm the papers say you have had<br /> and what terrible fires are in all places<br /> destroying such an immense amount of<br /> property I must leave and see again to my<br /> cooking we have some nice hallibut [sic] and<br /> will have some of it for tea I wish you were here<br /> t o tea with us and I could tell you so much of our<br /> inner life which cannot be written hope you are<br /> all well again very affectionaly Mary<strong><br /><br /></strong>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 5 mo 24 Dearly Beloved It has been a very long time since we have heard or written perhaps you may remember which of us last wrote or perhaps you like ourselves have been all absorbed in other matters and for ourselves I conclude either the ability to accomplish or else there is an accumulation of things very necessary to be done immediately and which prevent such objects as writing being attended to in due season and now I have taken the pen instead of resting awhile which I sadly need having been cleaning house and ^not^ feeling like coming home from Yearly meeting with it may be company to an untidy house we have nearly finished a part was done long ago Suppose you have read the procee -dings of the NY meetings and can guess at the inte -rest of them by it We were quite disappointed in not being at all of them Catharine came home the First day previous quite sick which prevented them and I only staid the first day Libbie 2 days and J went to the Womens Rights meeting It seemed strange not to see WLG., EQ, S May and others we had always seen at these meetings but there was the same earnestness the same interest as heretofore and I could but rejoice that there are still workmen worthy of the hour and from all appearance there is great need of vigilant action lest all may be yeilded [sic] to the mistaken policy of the reconstructionists and the unprincipled man who weilds [sic] almost dispotic [sic] power for years to come The seventh day after the meeting J and self left our home after breakfast and dined at George Trumans at their usual hour don't it seem almost incredible found the Dr had been very ill report said cholera but he did not I guess it was quite similar & had there been any of it about they would have had less hesitation in saying it He got out on second day and generally after when weather permitted Lucretia a good deal worn by her attendance in NY has sympathetic whooping cough & very hoarse too she had a fall in the street in NY after the evening meeting she got out of the car and was hurrying along to reach the board ^was^ ahead of Jas and E M Davis a board laying across the street not seen caused it she stuck her head with great force bending her new bonnet and leaving a black eye & cheek I forgot to say it was the Y M we went to attend which was very interesting and large we enjoyed our visit I think better than ever and we thought we had before were much with J and L the meeting closed on sixth day about 2 they urged our going out to their home but felt we had better decline delightful as it would have been to us They spent that afternoon & eve with us at the Drs also Henry Ridgway & wife and T McClintoc [sic] Mary Ann we did not see I mention these as they came to see us Sarah Flint also called It was a rich treat I beleive [sic] enjoyed by the large company and was a fit ending to the plea -sant week we had spent in their midst Arrived home on 7 day eve and found all well and home looking as pleasant as ever I had seen it a cordial greeting from dear Lizzy and each inmate gave us welcom [sic] even nature had on her brightest and most beautiful robes the grass never looked greener or the apple trees more beautiful or a greater profusion of lilac and lillies[sic] of the valley perfuming the atmosphere of home with fragrance in the fullness of my heart I exclaimed home sweet home there is no place like home but then the enjoyments of home are felt and appreciated by leaving it I enjoy going or rather being from home greatly and would dislike to remain ever in one place and have no sympathy with this feeling which cannot for a little while throw off the cares of this cumbrous life and enjoy the social and spiritual comingling with kindred minds How have you decided about Willie I hope you have prevailed on him to stay with you I feel so sorry for him to go where he must undergo privation and be from under the loving kindness and sympathy which surround him I fear too he will be greatly disap -pointed do tell him from us to think well of it before deciding The weather is very cool but few days that fire is not agreeable Joseph has gone to pay his inter -nal revenue tax this afternoon Emma Titus is no better Dr. Sweet thinks there is but little hope of her recovery he believes the absess [sic] will break internally and if that is the case it will probably be fatal it may be sometime I have so wished some other mode might be tried J has proposed they should go to a clairvoyant Lydia Hicks remains very poorly has recovered from the measles but suffers so much from the Piles has to take morphine or opium every day to endure the suffering and her grandson Benj son is very poorly had measles suppose took cold and now the Drs think his lungs are very much affected & no hope Caroline Willets too is growing more and more poorly does not sit up Hannah Robbins is quite feeble Stephen continues to suffer but some days is a little about his farm gets quite discouraged Edward Willis has commenced his pulling down Mary W came to Isaacs yesterday I believe I should think she would stay at Westbury mostly this summer but do not leave as it is her prospect We are proposing to be in NY some next week Cousin R has invited Saml and Catharine to stay with them C wishes and expects to go but she fears S will not stay much of the time He loves his home a littletoo well they had invitations to accompany us to Phil and I thought it would have been very nice to have gone with us What a terrible storm the papers say you have had and what terrible fires are in all places destroying such an immense amount of property I must leave and see again to my cooking we have some nice hallibut [sic] and will have some of it for tea I wish you were here t o tea with us and I could tell you so much of our inner life which cannot be written hope you are all well again very affectionaly Mary
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Dear All Fourth day afternoon<br /> As we used in the long past to comme<br /> -nce with “I embrace this opportunity” so now I lay down<br /> my mending of which I have quite a pile to send a<br /> line by Willet who talks now of leaving here in the<br /> morning and has gone today to make some farewel [sic]visit<br /> I told him he should go to J Rushmores and Marys uncle [James?]<br /> too if he had time I said the large boys leaving school unse<br /> -ttled him but I thought after that letter had gone that it was<br /> not so much that as the information that he could go in the<br /> store which had made him so But here comes J with the paper<br /> and what is better still a letter from Rochester I have read the<br /> interesting letter and it was just what we wanted to know<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">onl</span>y a g<span style="text-decoration:underline;">rea</span>t <span style="text-decoration:underline;">man</span>y questions arose which were not answered<br /> we have been so anxious about you all fearing it was even<br /> worse than it appears. Bad enough it is no doubt I am<br /> so glad brother did not attempt to go through the wa<br /> -ter ^to^ the store he has so much courage It might have<br /> been a fatal experiment It seems to me we have cause<br /> for thankfulnesss that you are all spared when there was<br /> so much danger and how remarkable so few lives lost<br /> It must baffle description the wild fury of the rushing water<br /> I really don’t remember what pittiful [sic]story I told that mad [sic]<br /> you think my “physical powers were so tossed about as to<br /> present any exercising my brilliant talents” I remember<br /> I had a headache when I wrote but that is so common an occ<br /> -urrence that I did not know as I told of it and you<br /> all know that <span style="text-decoration:underline;">car</span>e <span style="text-decoration:underline;">do</span>es <span style="text-decoration:underline;">not</span> r<span style="text-decoration:underline;">est</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">as</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">lightly</span> on me as on<br /> many others and I guess I am failing for mole hills</p>
<p>(Page 2)<br /><br /> are somewhat like mountains nowadays but<br /> I am trying to be as young as I can Charles Titus’s<br /> and Henry Posts daughters came after school to stay the nig^ht^<br /> in the house The girls are at Jericho for a few days<br /> Last night we had a scientific lecture small audience<br /> it might have interested me had I been learned enough<br /> to understand it On next sixth day night J D Hicks gives<br /> a lecture on natural ^history^ Next week we have one on the Warfare<br /> of [Truth ?] This week every evening has been occupied except<br /> lst and 5<sup>th</sup> Speaking of M Rushmore I don’t know as it is<br /> a cancer on her eye and S Fishs remedy was published in<br /> the Herald of Progress some years ago and Phebe Titus Henrys<br /> wife tried it for a long time she is pretty poorly now<br /> Sarah Whitson is the wife of Abraham Whitsons son Charles she<br /> is very poorly has gone home but her head is very much<br /> distressed probably from the same cause and little<br /> hope of recovery I suppose you had heard of J Motts<br /> sale it has been so long ago I believe it was sold for a<br /> division I felt differently from thee about its being sold<br /> so long as it was held together and with the feeling<br /> in relation to it there would be no improvement around<br /> and it looked <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ve</span>ry <span style="text-decoration:underline;">much</span> out of repair Mary F<br /> Titus told me to day they called to see E last first<br /> day they had got moved and partly settled the house<br /> quite small but looked comfortable no doubt<br /> there will be some addition or change to make it<br /> commodious enough I proposed going to see her a<br /> few days ago but Joseph was not going quite so far<br /> in the village Our teacher is going to leave possibly<br /> very soon her brother from Illinois is expected soon<br /> when he comes she will and perhaps go home with<br /> him for the summer uncertain about her return<br /> here Don’t know who will teach perhaps Esther Post</p>
<p>(Page 3)<br /><br /> 3 Catharine Post went today to Willets Point<br /> there are 12 or 1400 wounded there now mostly from<br /> Shermans army little luxuries and comforts are<br /> still needed arm slings pads &c are frequently ask<br /> -ed for It is at a fearful cost this war is carried on<br /> so many maimed and shattered for life to say<br /> nothing of the unnumbered dead and the many<br /> who sit solitary and alone desponding in their<br /> great bereavements of any coming joy to brighten<br /> their future home life only the great joy of its<br /> being the means of freedom and blessedness to<br /> millions who with praise and thanksgiving<br /> receive the great boon can lighten the drear<br /> present Does it not seem very wonderful so<br /> much has been effected such a mighty change<br /> in public sentiment but I fear sometimes it is<br /> only with many a transient feeling not deep<br /> and sincere borne along by the impulse of the<br /> moment and liable to be washed out by the next ^wave^</p>
<p>(Page 4)<br /><br /> 4 It appears the Liberator is to be concluded the pres<br /> -ent year its mission being ended by the entire<br /> abolition of slavery - This may be propper [sic] but I fear<br /> there will be great need of outspoken and vigilant<br /> efforts to guard the freedpeople and their rights from the<br /> unprincipled who do abound all over I fear there<br /> are many like those L Coleman spoke of under the<br /> pretence [sic] of philanthropy are cruelly injuring them<br /> it is so praiseworthy to go among them they are<br /> looked at as being true misionarys [sic] of good that<br /> many go who have no real interest in them<br /> Phebe Rushmore is delighted with being at Norfolk<br /> but she enjoys most of all going to their houses to <br /> talk with them - I have not seen any of her letters<br /> they are said to be very interesting In one she said<br /> she should think more of the Irish than ever she had <br /> 3 or 4 to clean a room they were so slow and stupid<br /> ^and she had to stand over them all the time^<br /> one Irish woman would have done more than all of them<br /> she teaches sewing and general housekeeping cleanli<br /> -ness &c I thought I would not take a large piece of paper <br /> [Text continues vertically along right edge]<br /> as it would be sufficient</p>
<p>(Page 5)<br /><br /> Isaac Ketcham it has been reported had sold his<br /> farm but think it must be a mistake as we hear<br /> nothing further Mitchel Ladd and Co have failed<br /> to a very large amount report says 600 000 Stephen<br /> Post one of the firm they have been doing a dashing<br /> business and very many had expected the results only<br /> it came sooner than was anticipated they had Hen^ry^<br /> [Lydias?] and Edmunds money and we hear they are<br /> paid off and the house Tho^mas^ Ladd bought last spring<br /> for 30 000 $ belongs to his wife and his farm in Ohio<br /> mortgaged to Isaac Gifford for money he had given<br /> Hannah I don’t know as these are facts only report<br /> so don’t speak of them to any until it is ascertained<br /> to be true perhaps this is the way I don’t know<br /> how business is done it does not quite square with<br /> a certain rule laid down some centuries past which<br /> whatsoever &c You speak of its being quite cold<br /> it has been different here quite spring like our<br /> folks have sowed oats and people are preparing and</p>
(Page 6)<br /><br /> planting potatoes making gardens cleaning house<br /> and all such work [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">we</span>?] Perhaps you will come<br /> on to the anual [sic] meeting I wish it might be one<br /> of harmony especially if it is to be the last how sorry<br /> for such as we cannot bear to differ from to censure<br /> each other in the manner that has been I think many<br /> things might be omitted without any sacrifice of<br /> principle Avis Birdsal was buried today they<br /> lived at Purchace There was a funeral at our<br /> meeting today one of Isaac Hamphursts grand<br /> daughters from N Y Robert W Titus has spoken<br /> in their meeting James Conklin has come up<br /> and commenced farming on R R Willets place that was<br /> Ann Titus has gone to her fathers on a visit her brother<br /> is to be married tomorrow to a presbyterian I don’t<br /> know what arrangements are made between them<br /> about religion & its observances It was so pleasant <br /> to get a letter from you hope you will continue<br /> in well doing Love to all as ever your sister Mary
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MRP is probably referring to the devastating <strong>flood</strong> that inundated much of downtown Rochester during March 17-19, 1865<br /><strong><em>Liberator </em></strong> was the abolitionist newspaper edited by William Lloyd Garrison from 1831until the end of the Civil War<br /> J. D. Hicks<br /><strong>Lucy Colman </strong>was a Rochester abolitionist; worked to integrate Rochester’s public schools; lectured for the American Anti-Slavery Society and for women’s rights; matron of the National Colored Orphan Asylum in Washington, DC during the Civil War<br /> Obiturary for <strong>Stephen R. Post</strong> in <em>New York Evening Post</em>, December 26, 1899: Mr. Post was of Quaker descent. Early in life he entered the produce business, and for many years represented <strong>Mitchell. Ladd & Co</strong>., a provision-house of Chicago, in this city.
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Dear All Fourth day afternoon As we used in the long past to comme -nce with "I embrace this opportunity" so now I lay down my mending of which I have quite a pile to send a line by Willet who talks now of leaving here in the morning and has gone today to make some farewel [sic]visit I told him he should go to J Rushmores and Marys uncle [James?] too if he had time I said the large boys leaving school unse -ttled him but I thought after that letter had gone that it was not so much that as the information that he could go in the store which had made him so But here comes J with the paper and what is better still a letter from Rochester I have read the interesting letter and it was just what we wanted to knowonly a great many questions arose which were not answered we have been so anxious about you all fearing it was even worse than it appears. Bad enough it is no doubt I am so glad brother did not attempt to go through the wa -ter ^to^ the store he has so much courage It might have been a fatal experiment It seems to me we have cause for thankfulnesss that you are all spared when there was so much danger and how remarkable so few lives lost It must baffle description the wild fury of the rushing water I really don't remember what pittiful [sic]story I told that mad [sic] you think my "physical powers were so tossed about as to present any exercising my brilliant talents" I remember I had a headache when I wrote but that is so common an occ -urrence that I did not know as I told of it and you all know that care does not restaslightly on me as on many others and I guess I am failing for mole hills are somewhat like mountains nowadays but I am trying to be as young as I can Charles Titus's and Henry Posts daughters came after school to stay the nig^ht^ in the house The girls are at Jericho for a few days Last night we had a scientific lecture small audience it might have interested me had I been learned enough to understand it On next sixth day night J D Hicks gives a lecture on natural ^history^ Next week we have one on the Warfare of [Truth ?] This week every evening has been occupied except lst and 5th Speaking of M Rushmore I don't know as it is a cancer on her eye and S Fishs remedy was published in the Herald of Progress some years ago and Phebe Titus Henrys wife tried it for a long time she is pretty poorly now Sarah Whitson is the wife of Abraham Whitsons son Charles she is very poorly has gone home but her head is very much distressed probably from the same cause and little hope of recovery I suppose you had heard of J Motts sale it has been so long ago I believe it was sold for a division I felt differently from thee about its being sold so long as it was held together and with the feeling in relation to it there would be no improvement around and it looked very much out of repair Mary F Titus told me to day they called to see E last first day they had got moved and partly settled the house quite small but looked comfortable no doubt there will be some addition or change to make it commodious enough I proposed going to see her a few days ago but Joseph was not going quite so far in the village Our teacher is going to leave possibly very soon her brother from Illinois is expected soon when he comes she will and perhaps go home with him for the summer uncertain about her return here Don't know who will teach perhaps Esther Post 3 Catharine Post went today to Willets Point there are 12 or 1400 wounded there now mostly from Shermans army little luxuries and comforts are still needed arm slings pads &c are frequently ask -ed for It is at a fearful cost this war is carried on so many maimed and shattered for life to say nothing of the unnumbered dead and the many who sit solitary and alone desponding in their great bereavements of any coming joy to brighten their future home life only the great joy of its being the means of freedom and blessedness to millions who with praise and thanksgiving receive the great boon can lighten the drear present Does it not seem very wonderful so much has been effected such a mighty change in public sentiment but I fear sometimes it is only with many a transient feeling not deep and sincere borne along by the impulse of the moment and liable to be washed out by the next ^wave^ 4 It appears the Liberator is to be concluded the pres -ent year its mission being ended by the entire abolition of slavery - This may be propper [sic] but I fear there will be great need of outspoken and vigilant efforts to guard the freedpeople and their rights from the unprincipled who do abound all over I fear there are many like those L Coleman spoke of under the pretence [sic] of philanthropy are cruelly injuring them it is so praiseworthy to go among them they are looked at as being true misionarys [sic] of good that many go who have no real interest in them Phebe Rushmore is delighted with being at Norfolk but she enjoys most of all going to their houses to talk with them - I have not seen any of her letters they are said to be very interesting In one she said she should think more of the Irish than ever she had 3 or 4 to clean a room they were so slow and stupid ^and she had to stand over them all the time^ one Irish woman would have done more than all of them she teaches sewing and general housekeeping cleanli -ness &c I thought I would not take a large piece of paper [Text continues vertically along right edge] as it would be sufficient Isaac Ketcham it has been reported had sold his farm but think it must be a mistake as we hear nothing further Mitchel Ladd and Co have failed to a very large amount report says 600 000 Stephen Post one of the firm they have been doing a - ing business and very many had expected the results only it came sooner than was anticipated they had Hen^ry^ [Lydias?] and Edmunds money and we hear they are paid off and the house Tho^mas^ Ladd bought last spring for 30 000 $ belongs to his wife and his farm in Ohio mortgaged to Isaac Gifford for money he had given Hannah I don't know as these are facts only report so don't speak of them to any until it is ascertained to be true perhaps this is the way I don't know how business is done it does not quite square with a certain rule laid down some centuries past which whatsoever &c You speak of its being quite cold it has been different here quite spring like our folks have sowed oats and people are preparing and planting potatoes making gardens cleaning house and all such work [we?] Perhaps you will come on to the anual [sic] meeting I wish it might be one of harmony especially if it is to be the last how sorry for such as we cannot bear to differ from to censure each other in the manner that has been I think many things might be omitted without any sacrifice of principle Avis Birdsal was buried today they lived at Purchace There was a funeral at our meeting today one of Isaac Hamphursts grand daughters from N Y Robert W Titus has spoken in their meeting James Conklin has come up and commenced farming on R R Willets place that was Ann Titus has gone to her fathers on a visit her brother is to be married tomorrow to a presbyterian I don't know what arrangements are made between them about religion & its observances It was so pleasant to get a letter from you hope you will continue in well doing Love to all as ever your sister Mary
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> We are ^not^ sensible how really we are<br /> or might be one anothers helpers by a<br /> kind word and friendly interest hope is<br /> kept alive and a determination to impr<br /> -ove awakened I am reading some of the<br /> act of those brave women who comfor<br /> -ted and nursed in the camps and hospit<br /> -als and our faith in goodness is<br /> confirmed that to earnest and<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> loving spirits ability is given to labor<br /> in the various departments of suffering<br /> to the mutual good now dearly beloved<br /> farewell write when you can and<br /> tell us of all that interests and<br /> claims thought all have their share<br /> of anxiety and sorrow they are inter<br /> -woven with our life I suppose all<br /> sunshine would not be well<br /> for any</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. We are ^not^ sensible how really we are or might be one anothers helpers by a kind word and friendly interest hope is kept alive and a determination to impr -ove awakened I am reading some of the act of those brave women who comfor -ted and nursed in the camps and hospit -als and our faith in goodness is confirmed that to earnest and loving spirits ability is given to labor in the various departments of suffering to the mutual good now dearly beloved farewell write when you can and tell us of all that interests and claims thought all have their share of anxiety and sorrow they are inter -woven with our life I suppose all sunshine would not be well for any
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> 3 mo 22<br /> Dear All We have been so sorry and anxious to [sic] in hearing<br /> of brothers frequent turns of pain and knowing so little about<br /> them perhaps alarms us the more hope you are doing all that can<br /> be for his restoration We have thought perhaps a visit and r<span style="text-decoration:underline;">est<br /></span>with us might be as useful as pleasant and if you have not<br /> thought of it do take it into consideration it may be the very<br /> thing we should be very glad to see you the weather is now<br /> delightful birds singing the hum of insects and the music<br /> of the peepers with the grass growing green in sheltered spots<br /> tempts us to think that cold and storms have left us We<br /> perceve [sic] there has been terrible freshets all over and that your city<br /> has in part been inundated and we have feared your store was <br /> submerged the lower part and as it has been so full heretofore<br /> suppose you could do little in the way of removing the goods<br /> in season Joseph and self went to hear Anna Dickinson I don’t<br /> know if she has delivered this lecture in your city if she has<br /> you can understand why we were so delighted I don’t know<br /> how any one could hear her appeal for more work and wages for<br /> woman and not feel their spirits stirred to more noble and<br /> earnest effort to aid in the needed labor the heart sick<br /> -ens at the wrongs and hardships endured She commenced<br /> by sayin [sic] the Emperor once asked Mad[am?] De Steal [sic]why women<br /> meddled with politics her reply was so long as women were<br /> beheaded so long they ought &c and you may ask why I<br /> come to speake [sic] for woman and my answer is that so long<br /> as women are deprived of the right to do that which they<br /> feel they have the power to do and are suffering and dyi<br /> -ing [sic] from this cause so long these unwelcome truths mus^t^<br /> be spoken I hope you have heard it it was unanswerable</p>
<p>(Page 2)<br /><br /> and I will not attempt any description as I could not<br /> do justice even to the thought in a word the lecture and<br /> manners ^of the speaker^ were both unexceptional to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">us</span> Last week we<br /> had Curtis he gave us a lecture on Democracy as it<br /> was and as it is very good but I never enjoy a written<br /> one as much as extempore but sound and radical in<br /> all its parts Last night Theodore Tilton came and to<br /> the great majority he was an entire stranger and they<br /> were disappointed in him liking him so very much<br /> though I have no doubt they would repudiate his radi<br /> -cal ideas if questioned but he carried all with him at<br /> the time and some who had never heard him before said he<br /> greatly excels Curtis who had previously been highest on the<br /> list His lecture was on the War His introductory remarks<br /> were quite eulogistic I congratulate ^you [sic]^ sons and daughters<br /> decendants [sic] of Gorge [sic] Fox that great moral reformer and I never<br /> am better pleased than when addressing such a company spoke<br /> of speaking under the tree at Flushing where he was said to have pre<br /> -ached his feelings and thoughts on the occasion he was more<br /> radical than any we have had and so earnest said I<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">am</span> a<span style="text-decoration:underline;">n abolition</span>ist told us of his Western tour of his visit<br /> to the tomb of Elijah P Lovejoy and many other things of interest<br /> demanding full and equal rights for the negro but<br /> he has not bee[n?][a?]lone in the demand Curtis W P Garrison<br /> and Haggerty a[l?]l insisted on this as the duty of the<br /> country and the right of the colored man Some could<br /> scarcely bear it from Wendell they said (after) he was advocat<br /> -ing amalgamation I could not see it tho he spoke of the<br /> Government welcoming all nations to our shores and<br /> how willingly the rights of citizens were accorded to them<br /> and how mean to exclude<span style="text-decoration:underline;"> one r</span>ace and that race supremely [sic]<br /> loyal finally he said he trusted we should become a homog<br /> -eneous people enjoying all the rights and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">privele</span>ges [sic] of gove<br /> -rnment without distinction our<br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> fathers declared in unequivocal language that<br /> “all men were born free and equal” and should<br /> we continue to deprive them of them now with all<br /> the education which these years of suffering had given<br /> He gave us a fine that is a finished lecture but much want<br /> -ing in energy and fire many words reminded us of his<br /> father but now I think I have said this to you before<br /> Cousin Edmund Martha and Jemima Keise came up yesterday<br /> to see us and be at the lecture once or twice E assented<br /> by a low spoken A L[obliterated]is true to me once he spoke so loud as<br /> to be heard by T[obliterated] who as quickly responded of course<br /> it is or I would not have said it he said the war its cause<br /> and one could be told on the three fingers the first What is it<br /> the second Why is it Third What is to be done with it Answer It is <span style="text-decoration:underline;">war</span><br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> It is s<span style="text-decoration:underline;">laver</span>y 3 It is to be ut<span style="text-decoration:underline;">terly</span> ex<span style="text-decoration:underline;">terminated</span> Next week <br /> we are to have a lecture from Professor Plimpton scientific<br /> some who have attended have professed to be tired of one<br /> kind that is the war and the present of the country as we<br /> all know about t<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ha</span>t preferring scientific and I have obse<br /> -rved Isaac and Saml Hicks families have been absent<br /> from what cuase I have not learned certain is it [sic] <br /> they lost <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">a</span> pleasant opportunities for improvement in<br /> a different phase of thought-There is a great advancemen^t^<br /> in liberality with most yet we ^see^ prejudice and intol<br /> -erance are not entirely removed in respect to the negro<br /> they feel the old prejudice and weary in hearing<br /> equality spoken of But they are being educated<br /> faster than they know by the tome of public senti<br /> -ment and in attending lectures I am sometimes<br /> amused at others vexed in hearing them assert we<br /> all are abolitionists now and need none of them to<br /> teach us when in fact they have scarcely learned<br /> the A B C of real antislavery and yet assume to<br /> know all Joshua has ^had^ another poor turn and Ann<br /> feels so very anxious and shews [sic] it too. That to<br /> me it is quite unpleasant and to see the gloom<br /> and despondency so ever present and I should<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> think it would increase if it were possible the<br /> difficulty Mary Ketcham passed away suddenly<br /> at last her cousin told me Mary had desired it<br /> might be so We have made a call there since<br /> It seemed lonely there Isaac so hard of hearing<br /> but where ever the vacant seat and the deserted<br /> chamber are found this will be the feeling They<br /> are talking of selling A person had been there<br /> to look at the place and I believe liked it [Dorinda?]<br /> has bought a place at Huntington [a?]nd will move soon<br /> I think she has erred greatly [in?] doing so but she<br /> got fixed and of course she must try it I shall be<br /> disappointed if she does not get very sick of it<br /> The spring and its added care and labor<br /> seems to have commenced in earnest for a few<br /> days but very likely we shall have cold weather<br /> again yesterday the thermometer was 70 in shade<br /> Last seventh day our folks went to Roslyn to [illegible] said<br /> Willet went with them and spent the day at James Motts<br /> we supposed they had got moved but found they were<br /> cleaning and painting it preparatory I expect we have<br /> told you the place they lived on had been sold to Terry<br /> one of the owners and James moves in a house he owns<br /> a little east where the cabinet maker formerly lived<br /> I have not seen E in a great while They very seld<br /> -om come to meeting and we as seldom go to<br /> Roslyn Our time has been filled up very much<br /> around home its duties cares and pleasures have<br /> multiplied keep up our sewing society and mostly<br /> quite a goodly number last week I think we ^made and^ finishd [sic]<br /> 20 garments are making a good many for women<br /> some for boys Stephens children have been quite<br /> sick Sarah Post is quite smart the sore not quite<br /> healed up Aunt Phebe has had <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">had</span> one or two fits<br /> lately we so hoped she had got over them Willie<br /> is well and goes steadily to school the large boys<br /> are leaving off which rather unsettles him I asked Joseph<br /> to help fill this but he is so busy out of doors that I am at the<br /> bottom with only room for love to you all do write Mary</p>
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<strong>Freshets</strong>: a great rise or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow.<br /><strong>Napoleon Bonaparte</strong> (1769-1821) became Emperor of France in 1804.<br /><strong>Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (</strong>1766-1817), commonly known as <strong>Madame de Staël</strong>, was a French-speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad. She influenced literary tastes in Europe at the turn of the 19th century.<br /><strong>Anna Elizabeth Dickinson</strong> (1842-1932) a celebrated American orator who was well known for her eloquent speeches on behalf of the abolition and women’s rights movement; in1863 she embared on a lecture tour in support of Republican candidates; first woman to address U.S. Congress (1864). <br /><strong>George William Curtis </strong>(1824-1892), writer, editor, orator, abolitionist.<br /><strong>Theodore Tilton </strong>(1835-1907), journalist and orator; toured extensively speaking on behalf of abolition and women’s rights. <br /><strong>George Fox </strong>(1624-1691), founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in England; traveled to America 1671-1673; in 1672 Fox delivered a sermon under two oak trees in Flushing, NY. The trees were later referred to as <strong>“The Fox Oaks.” </strong>Today a commemorative stone stands on the site where the trees stood.<br /><strong>Elijah Parish Lovejoy </strong>(1802-1837),<strong> </strong>abolitionist editor and preacher; published the anti-slavery newspaper, the <em>Observer</em> , in St. Louis, MO; shot and killed by a mob who attacked his press.<br /><strong>Wendell Phillips Garrison </strong>(1840-1907), son of William Lloyd Garrison; literary editor of <em>The Evening Post</em> and one of the founders of <em>The Nation</em>; co-editor of his father’s correspondence.
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. 3 mo 22 Dear All We have been so sorry and anxious to [sic] in hearing of brothers frequent turns of pain and knowing so little about them perhaps alarms us the more hope you are doing all that can be for his restoration We have thought perhaps a visit and restwith us might be as useful as pleasant and if you have not thought of it do take it into consideration it may be the very thing we should be very glad to see you the weather is now delightful birds singing the hum of insects and the music of the peepers with the grass growing green in sheltered spots tempts us to think that cold and storms have left us We perceve [sic] there has been terrible freshets all over and that your city has in part been inundated and we have feared your store was submerged the lower part and as it has been so full heretofore suppose you could do little in the way of removing the goods in season Joseph and self went to hear Anna Dickinson I don't know if she has delivered this lecture in your city if she has you can understand why we were so delighted I don't know how any one could hear her appeal for more work and wages for woman and not feel their spirits stirred to more noble and earnest effort to aid in the needed labor the heart sick -ens at the wrongs and hardships endured She commenced by sayin [sic] the Emperor once asked Mad[am?] De Steal [sic]why women meddled with politics her reply was so long as women were beheaded so long they ought &c and you may ask why I come to speake [sic] for woman and my answer is that so long as women are deprived of the right to do that which they feel they have the power to do and are suffering and dyi -ing [sic] from this cause so long these unwelcome truths mus^t^ be spoken I hope you have heard it it was unanswerable and I will not attempt any description as I could not do justice even to the thought in a word the lecture and manners ^of the speaker^ were both unexceptional to us Last week we had Curtis he gave us a lecture on Democracy as it was and as it is very good but I never enjoy a written one as much as extempore but sound and radical in all its parts Last night Theodore Tilton came and to the great majority he was an entire stranger and they were disappointed in him liking him so very much though I have no doubt they would repudiate his radi -cal ideas if questioned but he carried all with him at the time and some who had never heard him before said he greatly excels Curtis who had previously been highest on the list His lecture was on the War His introductory remarks were quite eulogistic I congratulate ^you [sic]^ sons and daughters decendants [sic] of Gorge [sic] Fox that great moral reformer and I never am better pleased than when addressing such a company spoke of speaking under the tree at Flushing where he was said to have pre -ached his feelings and thoughts on the occasion he was more radical than any we have had and so earnest said Iam an abolitionist told us of his Western tour of his visit to the tomb of Elijah P Lovejoy and many other things of interest demanding full and equal rights for the negro but he has not bee[n?][a?]lone in the demand Curtis W P Garrison and Haggerty a[l?]l insisted on this as the duty of the country and the right of the colored man Some could scarcely bear it from Wendell they said (after) he was advocat -ing amalgamation I could not see it tho he spoke of the Government welcoming all nations to our shores and how willingly the rights of citizens were accorded to them and how mean to exclude one race and that race supremely [sic] loyal finally he said he trusted we should become a homog -eneous people enjoying all the rights and priveleges [sic] of gove -rnment without distinction our fathers declared in unequivocal language that "all men were born free and equal" and should we continue to deprive them of them now with all the education which these years of suffering had given He gave us a fine that is a finished lecture but much want -ing in energy and fire many words reminded us of his father but now I think I have said this to you before Cousin Edmund Martha and Jemima Keise came up yesterday to see us and be at the lecture once or twice E assented by a low spoken A L[obliterated]is true to me once he spoke so loud as to be heard by T[obliterated] who as quickly responded of course it is or I would not have said it he said the war its cause and one could be told on the three fingers the first What is it the second Why is it Third What is to be done with it Answer It is war 2nd It is slavery 3 It is to be utterly exterminated Next week we are to have a lecture from Professor Plimpton scientific some who have attended have professed to be tired of one kind that is the war and the present of the country as we all know about that preferring scientific and I have obse -rved Isaac and Saml Hicks families have been absent from what cuase I have not learned certain is it [sic] they lost a pleasant opportunities for improvement in a different phase of thought-There is a great advancemen^t^ in liberality with most yet we ^see^ prejudice and intol -erance are not entirely removed in respect to the negro they feel the old prejudice and weary in hearing equality spoken of But they are being educated faster than they know by the tome of public senti -ment and in attending lectures I am sometimes amused at others vexed in hearing them assert we all are abolitionists now and need none of them to teach us when in fact they have scarcely learned the A B C of real antislavery and yet assume to know all Joshua has ^had^ another poor turn and Ann feels so very anxious and shews [sic] it too. That to me it is quite unpleasant and to see the gloom and despondency so ever present and I should think it would increase if it were possible the difficulty Mary Ketcham passed away suddenly at last her cousin told me Mary had desired it might be so We have made a call there since It seemed lonely there Isaac so hard of hearing but where ever the vacant seat and the deserted chamber are found this will be the feeling They are talking of selling A person had been there to look at the place and I believe liked it [Dorinda?] has bought a place at Huntington [a?]nd will move soon I think she has erred greatly [in?] doing so but she got fixed and of course she must try it I shall be disappointed if she does not get very sick of it The spring and its added care and labor seems to have commenced in earnest for a few days but very likely we shall have cold weather again yesterday the thermometer was 70 in shade Last seventh day our folks went to Roslyn to [illegible] said Willet went with them and spent the day at James Motts we supposed they had got moved but found they were cleaning and painting it preparatory I expect we have told you the place they lived on had been sold to Terry one of the owners and James moves in a house he owns a little east where the cabinet maker formerly lived I have not seen E in a great while They very seld -om come to meeting and we as seldom go to Roslyn Our time has been filled up very much around home its duties cares and pleasures have multiplied keep up our sewing society and mostly quite a goodly number last week I think we ^made and^ finishd [sic] 20 garments are making a good many for women some for boys Stephens children have been quite sick Sarah Post is quite smart the sore not quite healed up Aunt Phebe has had had one or two fits lately we so hoped she had got over them Willie is well and goes steadily to school the large boys are leaving off which rather unsettles him I asked Joseph to help fill this but he is so busy out of doors that I am at the bottom with only room for love to you all do write Mary
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<p>Westbury [8?], 12<br /> Dear Broter & Sister<br /> Day succeeds day and still we hear<br /> no tidings from you The general epistile<br /> sent soon after our return home has not<br /> been acknowledged by any branch of the<br /> household perhaps its general character<br /> prevented any of you feeling it was<br /> necessary to reciprocate be that as it may<br /> I will make another effort and try to do<br /> my part toward keeping up a correspon<br /> dence E has finished her contribution &<br /> J has stoped [sic] reading aloud and altho it<br /> is nearly bed time must finish this as on<br /> the morrow we are to have a dress maker<br /> usual work & washing will take up the mor<br /> -ning Last week we were engrossed in [illegible]<br /> ing down our meat, two days at Jericho<br /> and some company interspersed with some<br /> neighborhood call’s, Isaac Rushmore <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">& How^ard^</span><br /> came homewith us after meeting Howard<br /> came for him Isaac seems ^in^ pretty good spirits<br /> (Page 2)<br /> they have been bilding a kitchen wh[ich] is<br /> nearly done Matilda a little more comp<br /> -laining lately I have not seen E Mott since<br /> we returned gave the [pins?] to James Have been<br /> looking for cousins J and MW here every pleasan^t^<br /> day for sometime perhaps they may avail<br /> themselves of this warm Indian summer<br /> weather I was in the garden this morning<br /> and violets [stockgileys?] and a few verbenas<br /> were fresh and bright also some [artrimeias?]<br /> almost all are expecting a hard winter<br /> but for the comfort of the poor I hope it<br /> will be mild The Literary association<br /> have not commenced and probably<br /> will not this winter several stormy<br /> seventh day evenings at first prevented<br /> the members from meeting and a<br /> love of change being strong in some<br /> and the fashion of the times of<br /> working for the wounded & suffer<br /> ing in the hospitals have for the<br /> (Page 3)<br /> present taken the place in part tho as<br /> yet but few have entered into it We have<br /> not joined them but may meet with them<br /> this week we are importuned Indeed<br /> there are pleas for help from so many souls<br /> and the destitute around us demand a<br /> portion that as it seems so fashionable<br /> to work for the soldier’s there should be<br /> a care that we neglect not those at our<br /> very door’s We are trying to do something<br /> for ^the^ ragged school children in NY and<br /> it may be but as the widows mite but<br /> may shield some few from the [pitiless?]<br /> cold Pamelia Keese has been here<br /> visiting her relatives she and [Jemma?]<br /> are living at present with Eliza Ann<br /> William has rented their farm for 3<br /> years George and Ann Willets came<br /> here made us a pleasant visit of 2<br /> nights came proposing to take Sarah Bedde<br /> home with them she had previously<br /> gone to Charles Tituts to board and declin<br /> -ed to go they seemed to feel unpleasa<br /> (Page 4)<br /> nt about it said they urged her as much<br /> as they thought would do We think she [misses?]<br /> it not to accept their kind invitation<br /> Ann says she want to visit you or at any<br /> rate to see you she was hoping you would<br /> come soon I suppose you could rejoice<br /> with us in the generous liberalaity [sic] of<br /> Francis Jackson to Garrison and others<br /> of the poor but devoted band with whom<br /> he had so lovingly labored how much<br /> he will be missed in Boston even we<br /> felt we were bereaved <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">that </span>the faces<br /> we have been wont to see are passing<br /> away ^is frequently demonstrated but^ he will be remembered long after<br /> by the bequests made Probably you <br /> have heard Matthew and Hannah have<br /> bought the farm for 14000 I hope it<br /> will prove the best thing for them<br /> I greatly desired them to have it if<br /> they can manage it Our neighbor Ann<br /> Titus has a little boy they call William<br /> both comfortable We remember our visit<br /> with satisfaction except that it was too short<br /> with J and Mary Jane our love to them and<br /> to each of our dear friends how is Catharine<br /> and what are her prospects about the future<br /> but I must say farewell as it is bed time we<br /> would like to hear from you when you have<br /> [written across the above text]<br /> any thing to communicate<br /> Affectionaly Mary<br /> [Mary Post Robbins]<br /><br /><strong>Francis Jackson</strong> (1789-1861) a wealthy Boston real estate broker whose will left $10,000 for the anti-slavey cause, $2,000 to aid fugitive slaves, and $5,000 to the women’s rights cause. Although Jackson was still alive, he directed that the funds begin to be dispersed in 1858. Jackson also left $4,000 to William Lloyd Garrison.<br /> The mention of his death indicates that this letter was written in 1861 </p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.Westbury [8?], 12 Dear Broter & Sister Day succeeds day and still we hear no tidings from you The general epistile sent soon after our return home has not been acknowledged by any branch of the household perhaps its general character prevented any of you feeling it was necessary to reciprocate be that as it may I will make another effort and try to do my part toward keeping up a correspon dence E has finished her contribution & J has stoped [sic] reading aloud and altho it is nearly bed time must finish this as on the morrow we are to have a dress maker usual work & washing will take up the mor -ning Last week we were engrossed in [illegible] ing down our meat, two days at Jericho and some company interspersed with some neighborhood call's, Isaac Rushmore & How^ard^ came homewith us after meeting Howard came for him Isaac seems ^in^ pretty good spirits they have been bilding a kitchen wh[ich] is nearly done Matilda a little more comp -laining lately I have not seen E Mott since we returned gave the [pins?] to James Have been looking for cousins J and MW here every pleasan^t^ day for sometime perhaps they may avail themselves of this warm Indian summer weather I was in the garden this morning and violets [stockgileys?] and a few verbenas were fresh and bright also some [artrimeias?] almost all are expecting a hard winter but for the comfort of the poor I hope it will be mild The Literary association have not commenced and probably will not this winter several stormy seventh day evenings at first prevented the members from meeting and a love of change being strong in some and the fashion of the times of working for the wounded & suffer ing in the hospitals have for the present taken the place in part tho as yet but few have entered into it We have not joined them but may meet with them this week we are importuned Indeed there are pleas for help from so many souls and the destitute around us demand a portion that as it seems so fashionable to work for the soldier's there should be a care that we neglect not those at our very door's We are trying to do something for ^the^ ragged school children in NY and it may be but as the widows mite but may shield some few from the [pitiless?] cold Pamelia Keese has been here visiting her relatives she and [Jemma?] are living at present with Eliza Ann William has rented their farm for 3 years George and Ann Willets came here made us a pleasant visit of 2 nights came proposing to take Sarah Bedde home with them she had previously gone to Charles Tituts to board and declin -ed to go they seemed to feel unpleasa nt about it said they urged her as much as they thought would do We think she [misses?] it not to accept their kind invitation Ann says she want to visit you or at any rate to see you she was hoping you would come soon I suppose you could rejoice with us in the generous liberalaity [sic] of Francis Jackson to Garrison and others of the poor but devoted band with whom he had so lovingly labored how much he will be missed in Boston even we felt we were bereaved that the faces we have been wont to see are passing away ^is frequently demonstrated but^ he will be remembered long after by the bequests made Probably you have heard Matthew and Hannah have bought the farm for 14000 I hope it will prove the best thing for them I greatly desired them to have it if they can manage it Our neighbor Ann Titus has a little boy they call William both comfortable We remember our visit with satisfaction except that it was too short with J and Mary Jane our love to them and to each of our dear friends how is Catharine and what are her prospects about the future but I must say farewell as it is bed time we would like to hear from you when you have [written across the above text] any thing to communicate Affectionaly Mary [Mary Post Robbins]Francis Jackson (1789-1861) a wealthy Boston real estate broker whose will left $10,000 for the anti-slavey cause, $2,000 to aid fugitive slaves, and $5,000 to the women's rights cause. Although Jackson was still alive, he directed that the funds begin to be dispersed in 1858. Jackson also left $4,000 to William Lloyd Garrison. The mention of his death indicates that this letter was written in 1861
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upside down]<br /> I migh [sic] put in another scrap but I am<br /> tired and sleepy guess I may as well join the sleepers <br /> I am sitting all alone Edward Willets continues to<br /> improve his father feels really encouraged he is so much<br /> better thinks the Dr has proved himself to be a very good<br /> nurse and [relieved?] Cornelia so much they seem pleased<br /> [Continues downward into left margin]<br /> with the result so far<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> Dear All<br /> It is so pleasant to hear from you<br /> that I hasten to reply to your welcome favors altho<br /> I do not feel much in the spirit of writing but per<br /> -haps the inspiration may increase by a willingness<br /> to yeild [sic] to its influence however it may prove I<br /> can tell you how beautiful and spring like it<br /> seems out of door's today altho we need fire to keep<br /> us comfortable within we have had a cold sto<br /> -rm last sixth day since which until to day it<br /> has been cold and windy but the grain grass and<br /> early flowers are very fresh & beautiful can almos [sic]<br /> see them change and grow bright in the warm<br /> sunshine the amimate [sic] creation also rejoice and<br /> give thanks that springtime is at hand and<br /> the birds are quite busy in arranging their<br /> home nests I scarcely know which of the seasons <br /> I most love there is so much in each that I<br /> enjoy I am always sorry to part with the long<br /> evenings there is so much cozy and loving<br /> interchange with friends around the cheerful<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> fire and then the opportunity for reading which<br /> is afforded is so much greater that at any other time<br /> but the wiser way is to enjoy all We are very glad<br /> to hear William & Mary will visit us and I wish<br /> we might make it so pleasant that they could content<br /> themselves longer than ever before when may we<br /> expect them suppose they will be at the aniversary [sic]<br /> let them come when they may we shall be right<br /> glad to see them You said nothing about yourselves<br /> dont take it out in talk but try to come at your<br /> earliest opportunity. The quarterly meeting is past<br /> nothing of especial ^interest^ very little company no strangers<br /> Rachel Hicks expects to attend Phil<sup>a</sup> Y M Joseph<br /> came in wit the Tribune and read the news I<br /> tried to listen and write but found I should<br /> not understand General Hookers testimony espe<br /> -cially that part relating to McClellan as well<br /> as I wished so I laid it aside The several test<br /> -imonys [sic] make his case look very badly for his<br /> generalship & loyalty but some of his friends <br /> pofess [sic] not to see any thing but the greatest<br /> ability Anna E Dickinson has reached a <br /> position truly wonderful she is extoled [sic]<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> as being the prodigy of the age Cousin S Wllets<br /> was here and described her & her speech at the Coop<br /> er Institue as exceeding every thing said ex Gov<br /> Morgan sat near them and very often would say<br /> dont that excced all. &c&c said she wove in her<br /> antislavery views through it all and done it all<br /> so nicely hundreds it is said could not gain<br /> admittance See by to days paper Frederick is to<br /> speak in N Y on 4 day eving [sic] at the church of the Pur<br /> -itans The Hutchinsons are still in N Y presume they<br /> will remain until after the Anniversary Suppose you<br /> see James & Mary Truman s double bereavement in the<br /> Standard Anna Brown's (L Motts neice [sic]) invalid son<br /> is gathered home to the angels after such long suffering<br /> We have been obliged to look for a caretaker for<br /> Mother and find it a difficult task have engaged one<br /> how she will prove is all uncertain mother [felt?] as<br /> tho she could not give up the one who had by years<br /> of experience learned how to do for her she is going<br /> to housekeeping we had a long ride and very tedious<br /> ^it was extremely windy^<br /> last seventh day to find one went to Jerusalem A Seam^an^<br /> had recommended her went to see her mother the<br /> woman was at Hempstead J took Aidon and went<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> there I staid at Aidons found her she is a widow<br /> has a little child 1 1/2 years old she wants to take<br /> with her they came back we then passed on to Jericho<br /> she is not ready to come yet I prevailed on the present<br /> one to stay this week and I would go next week perhaps<br /> she will learn to do nicely but it is a great dread<br /> so few can bear with the weakness of old age and all<br /> the forgetfulness & peevishness incident thereto her<br /> patience has been admirable but as the mental<br /> weaken with the physical we can scarcely hope the<br /> same evenness to continue Joseph is going tomorrow<br /> to N Y to try and assist Edward to purchace [sic] a <br /> team of horses he had a valuable young horse<br /> Which was kicked by another & broke his leg his others<br /> were old and as horses seem to be very high he <br /> does not find it easy to purchace [sic] Phebe Johnson<br /> is at Stephens believe she intends making only a short<br /> visit William is still at the asylum at Flat Bush a <br /> good place for him George Doughty after the asylum<br /> in Vermont was burned was brought back and is<br /> now at [Dorsorus?] at a private asylum Isaac E<br /> Haviland is also there Harriett went to see George<br /> lately said he was very glad to see her and seemed<br /> as well as ever but had turns of being very wild<br /> well I have reached the bottom of the page<br /> but I think it is scarcely worth sending Sam<sup>l</sup> & Cathaine [sic] were<br /> here yesterday Deborah Willets is very ill and<br /> they have not thought likely to recover but has been<br /> more comfortable a day or two she may affectionaty [sic] Mary<br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. [Text in top margin, written upside down] I migh [sic] put in another scrap but I am tired and sleepy guess I may as well join the sleepers I am sitting all alone Edward Willets continues to improve his father feels really encouraged he is so much better thinks the Dr has proved himself to be a very good nurse and [relieved?] Cornelia so much they seem pleased [Continues downward into left margin] with the result so far [Text normal] Dear All It is so pleasant to hear from you that I hasten to reply to your welcome favors altho I do not feel much in the spirit of writing but per -haps the inspiration may increase by a willingness to yeild [sic] to its influence however it may prove I can tell you how beautiful and spring like it seems out of door's today altho we need fire to keep us comfortable within we have had a cold sto -rm last sixth day since which until to day it has been cold and windy but the grain grass and early flowers are very fresh & beautiful can almos [sic] see them change and grow bright in the warm sunshine the amimate [sic] creation also rejoice and give thanks that springtime is at hand and the birds are quite busy in arranging their home nests I scarcely know which of the seasons I most love there is so much in each that I enjoy I am always sorry to part with the long evenings there is so much cozy and loving interchange with friends around the cheerful fire and then the opportunity for reading which is afforded is so much greater that at any other time but the wiser way is to enjoy all We are very glad to hear William & Mary will visit us and I wish we might make it so pleasant that they could content themselves longer than ever before when may we expect them suppose they will be at the aniversary [sic] let them come when they may we shall be right glad to see them You said nothing about yourselves dont take it out in talk but try to come at your earliest opportunity. The quarterly meeting is past nothing of especial ^interest^ very little company no strangers Rachel Hicks expects to attend Phila Y M Joseph came in wit the Tribune and read the news I tried to listen and write but found I should not understand General Hookers testimony espe -cially that part relating to McClellan as well as I wished so I laid it aside The several test -imonys [sic] make his case look very badly for his generalship & loyalty but some of his friends pofess [sic] not to see any thing but the greatest ability Anna E Dickinson has reached a position truly wonderful she is extoled [sic] as being the prodigy of the age Cousin S Wllets was here and described her & her speech at the Coop er Institue as exceeding every thing said ex Gov Morgan sat near them and very often would say dont that excced all. &c&c said she wove in her antislavery views through it all and done it all so nicely hundreds it is said could not gain admittance See by to days paper Frederick is to speak in N Y on 4 day eving [sic] at the church of the Pur -itans The Hutchinsons are still in N Y presume they will remain until after the Anniversary Suppose you see James & Mary Truman s double bereavement in the Standard Anna Brown's (L Motts neice [sic]) invalid son is gathered home to the angels after such long suffering We have been obliged to look for a caretaker for Mother and find it a difficult task have engaged one how she will prove is all uncertain mother [felt?] as tho she could not give up the one who had by years of experience learned how to do for her she is going to housekeeping we had a long ride and very tedious ^it was extremely windy^ last seventh day to find one went to Jerusalem A Seam^an^ had recommended her went to see her mother the woman was at Hempstead J took Aidon and went there I staid at Aidons found her she is a widow has a little child 1 1/2 years old she wants to take with her they came back we then passed on to Jericho she is not ready to come yet I prevailed on the present one to stay this week and I would go next week perhaps she will learn to do nicely but it is a great dread so few can bear with the weakness of old age and all the forgetfulness & peevishness incident thereto her patience has been admirable but as the mental weaken with the physical we can scarcely hope the same evenness to continue Joseph is going tomorrow to N Y to try and assist Edward to purchace [sic] a team of horses he had a valuable young horse Which was kicked by another & broke his leg his others were old and as horses seem to be very high he does not find it easy to purchace [sic] Phebe Johnson is at Stephens believe she intends making only a short visit William is still at the asylum at Flat Bush a good place for him George Doughty after the asylum in Vermont was burned was brought back and is now at [Dorsorus?] at a private asylum Isaac E Haviland is also there Harriett went to see George lately said he was very glad to see her and seemed as well as ever but had turns of being very wild well I have reached the bottom of the page but I think it is scarcely worth sending Saml & Cathaine [sic] were here yesterday Deborah Willets is very ill and they have not thought likely to recover but has been more comfortable a day or two she may affectionaty [sic] Mary
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> My Dear All First day afternoon<br /><br /> The afternoon is just merging<br /> into twilight and tired of reading and talking<br /> I have followed the example of Joseph who is writing<br /> a slip to forward with Libby’s to Jacobs family to<br /> add my mite in the same manner through Kates to<br /> Isaac Willis You will probably have heard ere this of our<br /> little excursion to Phil<sup>a</sup> and perhaps be surprised at our goin^g^<br /> and leaving the anniversary We felt as though we could<br /> scarcely bring our minds to volunterly [sic] absent our selves<br /> from it having always been at the anniversary meetings<br /> since 18 ^I was going to state the exact time but I am not quite certain^ but urgent invitations and the wish to be with our<br /> friends once more both socicialy [sic] and in a Y M prevailed and<br /> we went on on [sic] 7 day we knew J and L were in N.Y. but ^found they did not^ <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">that<br /> they</span> expect<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">ed</span> to be in Phil<sup>a</sup> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">on</span> ^before^ 3 or 4 day and it was a great<br /> disappointment to us not seeing Lucretia who did not come at all<br /> She was there assisting Martha in fitting carpets moving &c and<br /> they were disapointed [sic] in getting them James came and urged<br /> us to remain that Lucretia would be home on 7 day that she was<br /> exceedingly sorry for their absense but he must prevail on us to rema^in^<br /> and go home with them but our time was up and I thought we<br /> had best to defer it for another time with this exception we had<br /> a delightful visit - brightened up the ties of affection which had long<br /> bound us to many very dear friends and found pleasing me<br /> -mories of others which may ripen into something ^more^ than transient<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> acquaintance of a few hours Stephan & Matilda also went<br /> we of course made our [homes?] at Dr Trumans they at Sam<sup>l</sup> Childs<br /> S and M came home on 5<sup>th</sup> day we staid [sic] until the close of<br /> the meeting in the afternoon we left for Bristol staid [sic] the night<br /> and at 12<sup>00</sup> left there and arrived at our home at 6 or before<br /> we went to visit Cyrus Pierce his wife who is now blind spoke <br /> of thy kindness in assisting her and [Hariote?] Purvis when<br /> going to see their sick son’s at MacGrawville [sic] College how very<br /> grateful they felt for it she is a lovely woman They feel great<br /> -ly bereaved in their recent bereavments [sic] and every one who we<br /> heard spoke of their son as being all they could ask so good and<br /> so kind to every body they loved to tell us of him especially his<br /> mother Their school is very flourishing and it seemed to be<br /> more like a loving family than a boarding school such<br /> perfect freedom yet so respectful to all When we reached<br /> home it did seem so pleasant altho rainy every thing<br /> so fresh and beautiful that I have only felt like<br /> rejoicing in it the transformation of leafless trees into<br /> luxurient verdure grass flowers and the fragrance<br /> of apple blossoms all combined with the glad welcom [sic]<br /> of loving spirits make ^me^ feel how much there is to caus^e^<br /> thanksgiving and praise to ascend from us to the Father<br /> of all these unnumbered blessings And the pleasant<br /> greeting from friends & neighbors at meeting was very<br /> cordial alto absent only a week Joseph has proba<br /> -bly told you of many things and I guess I will close<br /> for tonight Second day eve I was disappointed in finishing this<br /> in season to go with the associated contribution to your<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> family and I think it is of little consequence about it<br /> immediately but as opportunity presents fill it with something<br /> Brother William Elzabeth [sic] and their youngest child have<br /> spent the day with us pleasantly William seemed quite<br /> himself and if he could only be helped to regain his<br /> health we should be so glad but fear this will never be<br /> The womens meeting was very large but not quite as large as last year and<br /> I think it was an interesting one being participated in by so many the<br /> speaking not confined to a few but even quite young women giving<br /> a sentiment and sometimes speaking at some length the progressiv^e^<br /> element preponderates [sic] yet there are some very conservative who<br /> take an active part in the affairs yet it is wonderful what an<br /> influence Lucretia has had and when we were at Ellwood Chapman<br /> they are of his conservative they said many think L has changed so<br /> much but they thought the change was in the people we know we have<br /> changed They had a meeting on the subject of education and find<br /> it to be necessary to raise more funds ere the building can be com<br /> -menced on act of the enhanced price of labor and material<br /> and a meeting for the aid & elevation of the freedmen which<br /> was very largely attended a report from the executive committee<br /> read and distributed Henry W Ridgway and Josiah Wilson had<br /> been through General Butlers department-also around Washington<br /> visiting them and giving a very interesting act of the advancem^ent^<br /> in knowledge and also of the need of still further care so much<br /> of the time was taken up in reading the report that Henry had not<br /> the time he desired to relate and there was <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">some</span> ^<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">rather</span> great^ regret that<br /> the meeting had not been continued to a later hour We heard<br /> him in private and it was exceedingly interesting he had<br /> an interview with the president, Stanton, and others and each<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> forwarded their mission one of Henrys sisters was an intimate<br /> friend of Mary Lincoln and that made them welcome to her<br /> They had a minute of their appointment which they shewed General<br /> Butler wrote approved on it giving them liberty to go all through<br /> his department and wished them to make any suggestions they<br /> might see to be beneficial they expressed their appreciation<br /> of the efforts of friends in behalf of the freed people Henry said<br /> he was disgusted with the cringing subserviency to power all<br /> through the departments as soon as they learned they were there<br /> by the approval of the government they would hasten to do their<br /> duty but before would treat them with the greatest indifference<br /> indeed they could do nothing without such approval He was <br /> just the kind of man to go straight forward and very intelegent [sic]<br /> not affraid [sic] to speak reprovingly if need be - he told us much which<br /> I cannot write one officer ordered him to take off his hat - He said<br /> I take of [sic] my hat to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">no</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">man</span> &c &c related conversations with<br /> the freed people and also what a narrow escape of capture<br /> from the gurillas [sic] they went from one station to another without <br /> an escort through a piece of woods when they got to their destina<br /> tion word had just come in of their being around a company<br /> went out and captured 7 in less than ½ an hour - The Daven<br /> -port boys are in NY and are subjected to many tests it<br /> appears some are determined not to believe but all agree<br /> that they bear these tests with much patience The measles<br /> are around again Sarah Nelson is now sick Their daughter<br /> and husband are there they sold their farm and are looking<br /> for one she prefers L I but he thinks Dutches [sic] Co preferable I think<br /> he will have a much better chance to know how he would like<br /> L I by living & working one season than by simply staying a week<br /> and looking around We continue our sewing society but<br /> they are much smaller only the real workers that go and<br /> we do not stay the evenings so that lessons [sic] the attenda<br /> -nce of one part almost entirely - The grounds around the<br /> Hall are improving have got trees set out and flower beds<br /> made and leveled off quite nicely so that if it were<br /> not for the [street?] cattle we might expect with the child<br /> rens permission a pretty spot there - but here I am at the<br /> bottom of my sheet with love to all branches of the family your Mary<br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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My Dear All First day afternoon The afternoon is just merging into twilight and tired of reading and talking I have followed the example of Joseph who is writing a slip to forward with Libby's to Jacobs family to add my mite in the same manner through Kates to Isaac Willis You will probably have heard ere this of our little excursion to Phila and perhaps be surprised at our goin^g^ and leaving the anniversary We felt as though we could scarcely bring our minds to volunterly [sic] absent our selves from it having always been at the anniversary meetings since 18 ^I was going to state the exact time but I am not quite certain^ but urgent invitations and the wish to be with our friends once more both socicialy [sic] and in a Y M prevailed and we went on on [sic] 7 day we knew J and L were in N.Y. but ^found they did not^ that they expected to be in Philaon ^before^ 3 or 4 day and it was a great disappointment to us not seeing Lucretia who did not come at all She was there assisting Martha in fitting carpets moving &c and they were disapointed [sic] in getting them James came and urged us to remain that Lucretia would be home on 7 day that she was exceedingly sorry for their absense but he must prevail on us to rema^in^ and go home with them but our time was up and I thought we had best to defer it for another time with this exception we had a delightful visit - brightened up the ties of affection which had long bound us to many very dear friends and found pleasing me -mories of others which may ripen into something ^more^ than transient acquaintance of a few hours Stephan & Matilda also went we of course made our [homes?] at Dr Trumans they at Saml Childs S and M came home on 5th day we staid [sic] until the close of the meeting in the afternoon we left for Bristol staid [sic] the night and at 1200 left there and arrived at our home at 6 or before we went to visit Cyrus Pierce his wife who is now blind spoke of thy kindness in assisting her and [Hariote?] Purvis when going to see their sick son's at MacGrawville [sic] College how very grateful they felt for it she is a lovely woman They feel great -ly bereaved in their recent bereavments [sic] and every one who we heard spoke of their son as being all they could ask so good and so kind to every body they loved to tell us of him especially his mother Their school is very flourishing and it seemed to be more like a loving family than a boarding school such perfect freedom yet so respectful to all When we reached home it did seem so pleasant altho rainy every thing so fresh and beautiful that I have only felt like rejoicing in it the transformation of leafless trees into luxurient verdure grass flowers and the fragrance of apple blossoms all combined with the glad welcom [sic] of loving spirits make ^me^ feel how much there is to caus^e^ thanksgiving and praise to ascend from us to the Father of all these unnumbered blessings And the pleasant greeting from friends & neighbors at meeting was very cordial alto absent only a week Joseph has proba -bly told you of many things and I guess I will close for tonight Second day eve I was disappointed in finishing this in season to go with the associated contribution to your family and I think it is of little consequence about it immediately but as opportunity presents fill it with something Brother William Elzabeth [sic] and their youngest child have spent the day with us pleasantly William seemed quite himself and if he could only be helped to regain his health we should be so glad but fear this will never be The womens meeting was very large but not quite as large as last year and I think it was an interesting one being participated in by so many the speaking not confined to a few but even quite young women giving a sentiment and sometimes speaking at some length the progressiv^e^ element preponderates [sic] yet there are some very conservative who take an active part in the affairs yet it is wonderful what an influence Lucretia has had and when we were at Ellwood Chapman they are of his conservative they said many think L has changed so much but they thought the change was in the people we know we have changed They had a meeting on the subject of education and find it to be necessary to raise more funds ere the building can be com -menced on act of the enhanced price of labor and material and a meeting for the aid & elevation of the freedmen which was very largely attended a report from the executive committee read and distributed Henry W Ridgway and Josiah Wilson had been through General Butlers department-also around Washington visiting them and giving a very interesting act of the advancem^ent^ in knowledge and also of the need of still further care so much of the time was taken up in reading the report that Henry had not the time he desired to relate and there was some ^rather great^ regret that the meeting had not been continued to a later hour We heard him in private and it was exceedingly interesting he had an interview with the president, Stanton, and others and each forwarded their mission one of Henrys sisters was an intimate friend of Mary Lincoln and that made them welcome to her They had a minute of their appointment which they shewed General Butler wrote approved on it giving them liberty to go all through his department and wished them to make any suggestions they might see to be beneficial they expressed their appreciation of the efforts of friends in behalf of the freed people Henry said he was disgusted with the cringing subserviency to power all through the departments as soon as they learned they were there by the approval of the government they would hasten to do their duty but before would treat them with the greatest indifference indeed they could do nothing without such approval He was just the kind of man to go straight forward and very intelegent [sic] not affraid [sic] to speak reprovingly if need be - he told us much which I cannot write one officer ordered him to take off his hat - He said I take of [sic] my hat to noman &c &c related conversations with the freed people and also what a narrow escape of capture from the gurillas [sic] they went from one station to another without an escort through a piece of woods when they got to their destina tion word had just come in of their being around a company went out and captured 7 in less than 1/2 an hour - The Daven -port boys are in NY and are subjected to many tests it appears some are determined not to believe but all --- agree that they bear these tests with much patience The measles are around again Sarah Nelson is now sick Their daughter and husband are there they sold their farm and are looking for one she prefers L I but he thinks Dutches [sic] Co preferable I think he will have a much better chance to know how he would like L I by living & working one season than by simply staying a week and looking around We continue our sewing society but they are much smaller only the real workers that go and we do not stay the evenings so that lessons [sic] the attenda -nce of one part almost entirely - The grounds around the Hall are improving have got trees set out and flower beds made and leveled off quite nicely so that if it were not for the [street?] cattle we might expect with the child rens permission a pretty spot there - but here I am at the bottom of my sheet with love to all branches of the family your Mary
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Dear Aunt<br /> I see by thy letter that thee feels very<br /> anxious about me, so I will take my pen without<br /> delay and return my thanks for the kind solici-<br /> -tude thee has manifested, and say that my health<br /> is not very good- but I have been about the House<br /> most of the time, and have w<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ritt</span>en to thee, and<br /> cannot account for my letters, so often not reac<br /> -hing their desired destination - - I wrote thee<br /> a good long letter but a shorte [sic] time since - and<br /> directed to t<span style="text-decoration:underline;">he</span>e at Rochester. Perhaps I should<br /> have directed to Isaac Post - - also one to aunt<br /> Mary, but ^it^ appeared when she wrote to me that<br /> she had not received it, I enclosed hers, and sent<br /> it to thee - am sorry thee did not get it - <br /> but since thee did not, will say that aunt Rebecca<br /> remained very poorly. The Dr thought it inflama-<br /> -tion of the stomach and disease of the Liver - - I fear<br /> that she will not be smart enough to go to Michigan - <br /> But I hope so, for it may benefit her, and be<br /> a great gratification to uncle Richard - - -<br /> I received a letter from Nelson at the same time that<br /> I did thine - He has been from home 4 weeks - and is<br /> now in Indianna [sic] - - Thee is always so considerate<br /> of the welfare of others - that it is quite like thee to hope he<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> may be exempt from drafting = And while I thank thee for<br /> thy kindthought of him = I must say that this summer has<br /> been one of anxiety to me - and when I take up the morning<br /> papers, and see how many have fallen in the Battle Field<br /> I think how soon perhaps it may be my lot to part with<br /> my husband = he is only 40 = The state of our Country is<br /> dreadful- How much suffering it has caused- both to indi-<br /> -viduals - and families = where will be the end? - - -<br /> But we will leave this bloody scene and take an<br /> imaginary walk by the side of the Canandagua [sic]<br /> Lake = whose beauties I have often heard spoken of - - -<br /> Would that its tranquil waters were emblematic of our<br /> Lives = Why is it that we cannot bring ourselves to har-<br /> monize with Nature and follow the precepts of her great<br /> Author= “Peace on earth, good will to men” - - How<br /> delighted I should be to share some of the pleasures - and<br /> accept thy kind invitation to visit thee = but Mother does<br /> not feel inclined to leave home at all = and as I endeavour<br /> to walk as near as I can in the path of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">dut</span>y. It seems<br /> to be my gr<span style="text-decoration:underline;">eat</span>est <span style="text-decoration:underline;">one</span> - to remain near her - I have long since<br /> learned to deny myself many pleasures - for the sake of others<br /> But I do not always do so with a very good grace - for I<br /> sometimes feel as though a change of scene, and of air,<br /> and of every thing [sic], would benefit my health - and<br /> strengthen my nervous system =- Thee enquires whether<br /> our House is numbered =- it is not - but it is easily found<br /> 57<sup>th</sup> street = second House east of 2<sup>nd</sup> Avenue - upper side of the<br /> Street = but if thee forgets when the [sic] comes to N York call on<br /> Mrs Ferre 66 Cliff St - and she will tell thee = I have often thought<br /> of calling on Mrs Sayers - but I have not been well enough to go<br /> there it seems so far = It is too early yet to see about furs-<br /> the fashion can hardly be determined on so early in the<br /> season - but if I should hear any thing [sic] that I think thee<br /> would like to know I will let thee know - - I am out of<br /> paper so I cannot write more at present =- Mother joins<br /> me in love - - Thy Affectionate Mary-<br /> Write soon, and often
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Dear Aunt I see by thy letter that thee feels very anxious about me, so I will take my pen without delay and return my thanks for the kind solici- -tude thee has manifested, and say that my health is not very good- but I have been about the House most of the time, and have written to thee, and cannot account for my letters, so often not reac -hing their desired destination - - I wrote thee a good long letter but a shorte [sic] time since - and directed to thee at Rochester. Perhaps I should have directed to Isaac Post - - also one to aunt Mary, but ^it^ appeared when she wrote to me that she had not received it, I enclosed hers, and sent it to thee - am sorry thee did not get it - but since thee did not, will say that aunt Rebecca remained very poorly. The Dr thought it inflama- -tion of the stomach and disease of the Liver - - I fear that she will not be smart enough to go to Michigan - But I hope so, for it may benefit her, and be a great gratification to uncle Richard - - - I received a letter from Nelson at the same time that I did thine - He has been from home 4 weeks - and is now in Indianna [sic] - - Thee is always so considerate of the welfare of others - that it is quite like thee to hope he may be exempt from drafting = And while I thank thee for thy kindthought of him = I must say that this summer has been one of anxiety to me - and when I take up the morning papers, and see how many have fallen in the Battle Field I think how soon perhaps it may be my lot to part with my husband = he is only 40 = The state of our Country is dreadful- How much suffering it has caused- both to indi- -viduals - and families = where will be the end? - - - But we will leave this bloody scene and take an imaginary walk by the side of the Canandagua [sic] Lake = whose beauties I have often heard spoken of - - - Would that its tranquil waters were emblematic of our Lives = Why is it that we cannot bring ourselves to har- monize with Nature and follow the precepts of her great Author= "Peace on earth, good will to men" - - How delighted I should be to share some of the pleasures - and accept thy kind invitation to visit thee = but Mother does not feel inclined to leave home at all = and as I endeavour to walk as near as I can in the path of duty. It seems to be my greatest one - to remain near her - I have long since learned to deny myself many pleasures - for the sake of others But I do not always do so with a very good grace - for I sometimes feel as though a change of scene, and of air, and of every thing [sic], would benefit my health - and strengthen my nervous system =- Thee enquires whether our House is numbered =- it is not - but it is easily found 57th street = second House east of 2nd Avenue - upper side of the Street = but if thee forgets when the [sic] comes to N York call on Mrs Ferre 66 Cliff St - and she will tell thee = I have often thought of calling on Mrs Sayers - but I have not been well enough to go there it seems so far = It is too early yet to see about furs- the fashion can hardly be determined on so early in the season - but if I should hear any thing [sic] that I think thee would like to know I will let thee know - - I am out of paper so I cannot write more at present =- Mother joins me in love - - Thy Affectionate Mary- Write soon, and often
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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Our Ralie was last week threatened with darkness taken with a
severe chill fever pain in head and back
The next day another but
fasting and hygeans have been efficacious and she is about
the house but feeling weaker than before Mother not much
different from common Westbury 10th mo other friends as usual.
Dearly Beloved [Isaac Post]” pencilled in
"Thine ace... a few days since was long looked
but none the less acceptable for that for these little mess
engers tend to brighten and keep pure and fresh the
interest in each others welfare in all the joys and
sorrows which checquer our pathway, each have to feel
some of the thorns perhaps they rend and pierce
because of our unfaithfulness in some way but
which are nevertheless very painful and exceedingly
grievous but then we have times of rejoicing times
when all these annoyances seem like the dust in
the bana.. so insignificant so powerless to shake
our trust in all that is good and pure and then every
thing assumes a beautiful hue we overlook the discord
of earth and can almost forget the conflicts of the day
The changeableness of the weather is emblematic of life
we have had the most beautiful weather for some time
but now in the early morning it is dark and threatening
rain (which we need) so with life it is both gloomy and bright
and we cannot be too grateful for the instruction which
comes to us from these silent teachers if we would only
heed them and why do we not learn wisdom from them
I fear I am too prone to look at the dark side of the picture so
many wrongs and outrages and so much has proved decep”
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<p>Our Ralie was last week threatened with darkness taken with a severe chill fever pain in head and back The next day another but fasting and hygeans have been efficacious and she is about the house but feeling weaker than before Mother not much different from common Westbury 10th mo other friends as usual. Dearly Beloved [Isaac Post]” pencilled in "Thine ace... a few days since was long looked but none the less acceptable for that for these little mess engers tend to brighten and keep pure and fresh the interest in each others welfare in all the joys and sorrows which checquer our pathway, each have to feel some of the thorns perhaps they rend and pierce because of our unfaithfulness in some way but which are nevertheless very painful and exceedingly grievous but then we have times of rejoicing times when all these annoyances seem like the dust in the bana.. so insignificant so powerless to shake our trust in all that is good and pure and then every thing assumes a beautiful hue we overlook the discord of earth and can almost forget the conflicts of the day The changeableness of the weather is emblematic of life we have had the most beautiful weather for some time but now in the early morning it is dark and threatening rain (which we need) so with life it is both gloomy and bright and we cannot be too grateful for the instruction which comes to us from these silent teachers if we would only heed them and why do we not learn wisdom from them I fear I am too prone to look at the dark side of the picture so many wrongs and outrages and so much has proved decep”</p>
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 10 mo<sup>th</sup> 12<br /><br /> Our Dear brother and sister<br /> It is with feelings of regret that I have<br /> ^defered [sic]^ to this late period any reply to your most welcom [sic] letter received <br /> sometime ago at the time of its reception i thought I would<br /> answer it immediately and thank you for it and solicit a cont<br /> inuance of such favor's _ but hour after hour passed then day's before<br /> I attempted to write I have no <span style="text-decoration:underline;">new</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">excuses</span> to make for this neglect<br /> of duty but a plenty of the kind I have often rendered under simi-<br /> -lar circumstances and as you probably remember some of them<br /> will not repeat them at this time The sketch you gave of<br /> Frederic's [sic] sermon was most interesting to us and gladly would<br /> we be with you at such times to be instructed and encouraged<br /> by such earnest and hopeful workers in the great field of reform<br /> very often do I wish after hearing a long discouce [sic] for a few wo-<br /> =rds of practical truth to stir up the people and I believe if this<br /> was the case there would be some improvement manifest and<br /> not the <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">same</span> lifeless inactivity which <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">has</span> covers<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">ed</span> the society of<br /> Friends as with a mantle _ There ha<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">s</span>ve been <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">a</span> several strangers<br /> visiting and appointing meetings all have been of the conservative<br /> order and that class have received much encouragement<br /> to hold on their way they speak of its being a time of great trial<br /> and proving to the faithful such a disposition to lay waste the<br /> order and running in the will of the creature into things<br /> which are good in themselves but which not being commanded<br /> to engage in are wrong _ and the idea seems to be with<br /> some that all who are the advocates of temperance peace &<br /> have encroached upon our rights somewhat for these testimonys [sic]<br /> were given to friends to bear _ This selfrightious [sic] cant I am <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> heartily sick of 15<sup>th</sup> Several days have passed and my paper is still<br /> a blank and I have only a short time now to give to it Last third day<br /> we attended the funeral of Phebe Conklin she has been sick a long time at<br /> Henry Titus's and deranged several months _ it seemed to me to be a <br /> happy release to all under these circumstances _ had much preaching <br /> in addition to all their home preachers had Senaca [sic] Hazard and wife from<br /> Vermont and Deborah Hinsdale they all done pretty well cousin Tammy s<br /> was in substance the same we have been accustomed to hear for thirty<br /> years from him Deborah Conklin has felt deeply tried she could not leave<br /> her daughter to go home where she seemed to be needed very much<br /> as her husband has a broken leg and without doubt desired her<br /> presence more than any other It was three months yesterday<br /> since we had the pleasure of meeting Isaac the fact brought many<br /> pleasing reminicences [sic] to mind and six since sister Amy was with us<br /> so agreeably how swiftly time passed by us it seems but a few weeks<br /> altho to look back we realize the space which lies between the past and<br /> present Cynthia has returned was absent five weeks she is a very<br /> pleasant addition to our home circle we love her more and more<br /> how delightful <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">it</span> is this faculty we are endowed with of attaching<br /> our selves to those we are with and making them as one in feeling<br /> and interest sharing each others joy and sorrow altho we all probably <br /> have found some disappointment in friendships formed and which <br /> we fondly thought would last through time still the tendency of our<br /> adhesiveness is to find a friend We attended monthly meeting<br /> yesterday and were greatly supprised [sic] to hear a minute from the<br /> select quarterly to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ordain</span> frinds [sic] fashion Martha Coles as a minister it<br /> took all by supprise [sic] some of us never had thought of its being at<br /> all worth while to ordain a person for quoting a few scripture<br /> passages it really seems like childrens play _ silly in<br /> the extreme to do so I have no dislike to her but down with<br /><br /> [Page 3)<br /><br /> the select meeting as being the ground of much of the difficulity [sic]<br /> existing We have had a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ver</span>y <span style="text-decoration:underline;">pleasant</span> v<span style="text-decoration:underline;">isit</span> from James Mott he<br /> thinks it doubtful whether the concervatives [sic] will tolerate Lucretia<br /> much longer says those once her friends begin to be a little shy and <br /> cool toward her _ but it has no effect on her she is <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">as</span> fearless of them<br /> and consequences and boldly advocates reform What a model for<br /> the women of the nineteenth century yet how few are prepared to<br /> receive the truths which she promulgates it is an humiliating view<br /> to take of mankind the reception given to any new idea or truth<br /> but the past experience of reformers has in all ages been what<br /> reformers now experience coldness distrust and persecution<br /> I have admired Frederic's [sic] courage and perseverance in getting up<br /> his own meetings especially at Honeoy [sic] I think it was where he went tho<br /> the streets with his bell Nantucket fashion only he had to be his own<br /> crier for such self sacrifice and labor he will receive an abundant <br /> reward of peace I am glad for you to have a mass convention it<br /> may help on the car at which Frederic [sic] has been tugging sing<br /> =le handed quite a bit and it may slip along easier in the<br /> time to come as to our being with you bodily I have no hope<br /> dearly as I would love to do so but in feeling I can participate<br /> in the movement _ Lucretia expects to be at the Washington Hollow<br /> meeting all success to both Thomas Nelson's family have<br /> sickness again their daughter Ann whose husband died on his way<br /> to California is now sick believe with consumption have not been<br /> to see her yet ) it has been a long time since they have been<br /> favored with health and prosperity very quickly after one is gone<br /> some other is taken sick _ then in a pecuniary line they have<br /> their difficulties which add to their trials _ but I must now<br /> lay this by hope it may go soon Sydney Averill would like to<br /> come back to teaching believe at LI<br /><br /> [Following page written by Joseph Post and transcribed as letter 1186)<br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 10 moth 12 Our Dear brother and sister It is with feelings of regret that I have ^defered [sic]^ to this late period any reply to your most welcom [sic] letter received sometime ago at the time of its reception i thought I would answer it immediately and thank you for it and solicit a cont inuance of such favor's _ but hour after hour passed then day's before I attempted to write I have no newexcuses to make for this neglect of duty but a plenty of the kind I have often rendered under simi- -lar circumstances and as you probably remember some of them will not repeat them at this time The sketch you gave of Frederic's [sic] sermon was most interesting to us and gladly would we be with you at such times to be instructed and encouraged by such earnest and hopeful workers in the great field of reform very often do I wish after hearing a long discouce [sic] for a few wo- =rds of practical truth to stir up the people and I believe if this was the case there would be some improvement manifest and not the same lifeless inactivity which has coversed the society of Friends as with a mantle _ There hasve been a several strangers visiting and appointing meetings all have been of the conservative order and that class have received much encouragement to hold on their way they speak of its being a time of great trial and proving to the faithful such a disposition to lay waste the order and running in the will of the creature into things which are good in themselves but which not being commanded to engage in are wrong _ and the idea seems to be with some that all who are the advocates of temperance peace & have encroached upon our rights somewhat for these testimonys [sic] were given to friends to bear _ This selfrightious [sic] cant I am heartily sick of 15th Several days have passed and my paper is still a blank and I have only a short time now to give to it Last third day we attended the funeral of Phebe Conklin she has been sick a long time at Henry Titus's and deranged several months _ it seemed to me to be a happy release to all under these circumstances _ had much preaching in addition to all their home preachers had Senaca [sic] Hazard and wife from Vermont and Deborah Hinsdale they all done pretty well cousin Tammy s was in substance the same we have been accustomed to hear for thirty years from him Deborah Conklin has felt deeply tried she could not leave her daughter to go home where she seemed to be needed very much as her husband has a broken leg and without doubt desired her presence more than any other It was three months yesterday since we had the pleasure of meeting Isaac the fact brought many pleasing reminicences [sic] to mind and six since sister Amy was with us so agreeably how swiftly time passed by us it seems but a few weeks altho to look back we realize the space which lies between the past and present Cynthia has returned was absent five weeks she is a very pleasant addition to our home circle we love her more and more how delightful it is this faculty we are endowed with of attaching our selves to those we are with and making them as one in feeling and interest sharing each others joy and sorrow altho we all probably have found some disappointment in friendships formed and which we fondly thought would last through time still the tendency of our adhesiveness is to find a friend We attended monthly meeting yesterday and were greatly supprised [sic] to hear a minute from the select quarterly to ordain frinds [sic] fashion Martha Coles as a minister it took all by supprise [sic] some of us never had thought of its being at all worth while to ordain a person for quoting a few scripture passages it really seems like childrens play _ silly in the extreme to do so I have no dislike to her but down with [Page 3) the select meeting as being the ground of much of the difficulity [sic] existing We have had a very pleasant visit from James Mott he thinks it doubtful whether the concervatives [sic] will tolerate Lucretia much longer says those once her friends begin to be a little shy and cool toward her _ but it has no effect on her she is as fearless of them and consequences and boldly advocates reform What a model for the women of the nineteenth century yet how few are prepared to receive the truths which she promulgates it is an humiliating view to take of mankind the reception given to any new idea or truth but the past experience of reformers has in all ages been what reformers now experience coldness distrust and persecution I have admired Frederic's [sic] courage and perseverance in getting up his own meetings especially at Honeoy [sic] I think it was where he went tho the streets with his bell Nantucket fashion only he had to be his own crier for such self sacrifice and labor he will receive an abundant reward of peace I am glad for you to have a mass convention it may help on the car at which Frederic [sic] has been tugging sing =le handed quite a bit and it may slip along easier in the time to come as to our being with you bodily I have no hope dearly as I would love to do so but in feeling I can participate in the movement _ Lucretia expects to be at the Washington Hollow meeting all success to both Thomas Nelson's family have sickness again their daughter Ann whose husband died on his way to California is now sick believe with consumption have not been to see her yet ) it has been a long time since they have been favored with health and prosperity very quickly after one is gone some other is taken sick _ then in a pecuniary line they have their difficulties which add to their trials _ but I must now lay this by hope it may go soon Sydney Averill would like to come back to teaching believe at LI [Following page written by Joseph Post and transcribed as letter 1186)
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in upper left margin, continuing into top margin, written upward]<br /> Ephraim Hawxhursts duaghter Elisabeth is<br /> expecting to be married soon to a person<br /> she is comparatively <br /> a stranger to never<br /> as I have heard see<br /> him more than twice<br /> I think it something<br /> of a risque to run<br /> they have corresponded<br /> and have heard his <br /> character from others<br /> but I would see<br /> him personally again<br /> and again ere I would<br /> concent [sic] to go<br /> from home and<br /> friends the <br /> neighbors have<br /> been making<br /> pieces for an<br /> album quilt<br /> for her but<br /> I must stop we<br /> are going to see<br /> mother she has <br /> been quite feeble<br /> each warm day<br /> can scarcely<br /> sit up is more<br /> drawn too<br /> farewell write<br /> soon Mary<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> Westbury 8 mo 23<sup>rd</sup> /57<br /><br /> Dearly beloved<br /> What is the cause of all this long<br /> long silence not a word from either of us has passed in<br /> such a length of time that really it would seem there must<br /> be a cause? I am ashamed to say <span style="text-decoration:underline;">I</span> have been negligent of<br /> duty in the expectation of soon seeing some of you but this is <br /> no good reason and I am sure it is from no diminution of sisterly<br /> affection then it must be indolence procrastination or what<br /> ever name we may give it but what can be the excuse you<br /> can render is more than I can guess We have been looking for<br /> Jacob and Jennie for the last 2 weeks until yesterday Cathe<br /> -rine received Jacobs letter which refers our expectation still<br /> longer I have expected Amy with them but hear no intimati<br /> -on of such being the prospect hope you will all watch the right<br /> time and come when ever it is practicable it seems like a very<br /> long time since we have been together and in the little sympathy<br /> in any movements in which in which we are interested in our circle<br /> of friends hereaway our hearts yearn towards you with more than<br /> brotherly and sisterly affection we all love companionship with<br /> congenial spirits it is a want which we feel keenly alive to but<br /> occasionally feel a dim foreshadowing of a brighter day but it<br /> has been dissipated speedily by some new or unpopular idea<br /> Our family have all gone to their meetings and as I am to<br /> officiate as cook find I make a rambling kind of story by hav<br /> -ing to leave it so often 25<sup>th</sup> Baldwin Chapman & children Susan Brown<br /> & daughter come so that I laid this aside and yesterday after our secon^d^<br /> days work went to Glenwood to Williams on a visit and today have<br /> been fully occupied our men all at South to work and you may<br /> not have forgotten what women folks have to do at such times<br /> however the girls have gone to John Velsors this afternoon and<br /> as there seems to be no immediate suffering among the out<br /> of door family just now will scribble a little while before any<br /> thing turns up Restore and Rhoda Lamb were at the Monthly Meeting<br /> he said his mission for a number of weeks had been to visit prisons<br /> [Continues on page 2 with line beginning "and he found"]<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> [Text in upper half of left margin and top margin, written upward]<br /> We went to Jericho found Mother better than she had been for some <br /> days Joseph<br /> went over<br /> to Uncle<br /> Jacobs<br /> found him<br /> comfortable<br /> and Matild<br /> was reading<br /> the paper to<br /> him said <br /> she read to<br /> him a good<br /> deal he <br /> because<br /> interested<br /> from the<br /> first in<br /> the [Burdile?]<br /> affair and<br /> still likes<br /> to keep up<br /> with it<br /> Matilda<br /> confines<br /> herself<br /> very closely<br /> to make<br /> it comforta<br /> -bler for<br /> him she<br /> deserves a<br /> [Continues in top margin of page 3 with line beginning "debt of"]<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> and he found among the great multitude incarcerated a very<br /> large proportion were brought to commit crime by the use of intoxicating<br /> drinks and that tobacco was an almost universal stimulant and gave <br /> a real strong antitobacco discourse and temperance one too only<br /> he very unfairly gave a blow at the main law said in travelling<br /> through that state he found it to be a dead letter that liquor<br /> was sold at little shantis [sic] by the road side and this proved it to<br /> be a failure that signing a pledge was useless that it would not<br /> do to rely on what man could do independent of Divide aid<br /> Rhoda gave a slap at Spiritualism but it was of no account<br /> They were quite acceptable to the majority I should judge <br /> from the cordiality manifested The Quarterly has passed too<br /> and nothing remarkable Aaron C. Macey from Hudson was the most<br /> liberal speaker Richard Cromwell as usual poured forth of the <br /> bitterness which if we may judge from his countenance and<br /> manner covers his entire being to the exclusion of <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">all</span> the<br /> gentle and lovely attributes of the Saviour he says so much<br /> of I desire not to judge harshly but I cannot see the fruits whi<br /> -ch characterise the christian James and Phebe Haviland and<br /> Lydia Seaman have been around on a visit seemed pleasant<br /> and we had an agreeable visit from them but think they rem<br /> -ain as hostile in feeling to reform's generally and Spiritualism<br /> in particular as ever We have heard that when Rachel Moore<br /> was at Brooklyn meeting sometime ago James Phebe and Deborah<br /> Feild called on her and told her among other things their dis<br /> -unity with her bible views &c &c I said to a liberal friend<br /> from N Y I suppose those who had felt themselves aggrieved<br /> somewhat on the music question had become more liberal towa^rd^<br /> others that had been denounced by the ruling power's the reply<br /> was we do not see any evidence of that being the fact<br /> but beleive [sic] they are as illiberal as ever We perceive they<br /> are as uncharitable towards James Miller as can be and<br /> if reports are true they have not done as they would be done<br /> unto You may probably know all the history he is a speaker not acknow<br /> -ledged yet and very unfortunately he and wife are very dissimilar<br /> [Continues on page with line beginning "she has her"]<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upward]<br /> debt of<br /> gratitude<br /> from all<br /> for her<br /> assiduous<br /> attention<br /> she will<br /> be rewarded<br /> spiritualy [sic]<br /> if our<br /> faith is<br /> correct<br /> hastily<br /> Mary<br /> we are <br /> expecting<br /> Javob &<br /> Jeanine<br /> to come here first<br /> and make<br /> it their<br /> abiding<br /> place<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> she has her life in parties gaiety &c he the revese [sic] but I never heard<br /> as he tried to curtail her liberty well it was bad enough I suppose for<br /> finally she left the house and a note saying that she had no expectation<br /> of ever returning and bidding him farewell forever that she did not wish<br /> to see him again &c Well he told Henry Haydock how it was she gone<br /> &c Henry thought better talk with some others which he did ad it appears they<br /> have acted very ingenerously to say the least I cannot go into particulars<br /> as I have heard them at present twould take more space than I can<br /> spare Dorinda and children have been up staid [sic] with us three weeks<br /> the children have been poorly since their return home It has been<br /> a beautiful summer so cool and frequent showers that it has<br /> had an aspect of spring but now it seemse [sic] quite like Autumn<br /> so cool night and morning and the Fall s^o^unds greet the car<br /> particularly in the eveing Katy did's have commencd [sic] a little<br /> but crickets and other chirpers whose names I do not know are in<br /> full chorus I hope our flowers will not be all gone before Jennie<br /> comes have had an abundance of them and angry now out but<br /> fear they will not last many days our wax plant has outdone<br /> itself in the profusion of its gift of flowers and the Oleander has<br /> flowered constantly for months they are both bidding us gradually<br /> adieu as only a few bunches are out I forgot to say Steven was delighted<br /> with the Progressive meeting and with many he met there<br /> W L Garrison most of all I had told him previouly [sic] he should know<br /> him if he did he could not fail to love him (he had never been interested<br /> in him much thought him too severe) he is now as warm in his praise<br /> as even I could wish Steven is a spiritualist and is rejoicing<br /> in it Suppose Mrs Hatch will be in Rochester about this time<br /> I dont know if you have ever heard her It is amusing to see<br /> the avidity opposers grasp at the idea of an expose at Boston<br /> that it is all done up now _ I get almost vexed at the wilful [sic] ignora^nce^<br /> of some of these harping in the occasional tricking of a medium<br /> and bringing up the most shallow objections to it but then it does <br /> not pay to get vexed at these who are determined not to beleive [sic] no<br /> matter what evidence but the world moves nevertheless and spiritu<br /> alism too<br /> [Continues on page 4 with line beginning "26 Another bright"] <br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upward]<br /> the papers which come daily<br /> What a <br /> wonderful<br /> woman<br /> Mrs [Cunning?]<br /> Sam shows<br /> herself to<br /> be I think<br /> she will<br /> establish<br /> her quite<br /> in the<br /> minds of<br /> the commu<br /> nity altho<br /> she may<br /> escape the<br /> punishment<br /> attached<br /> to crime<br /> still the <br /> way of <br /> the tran<br /> -sgression<br /> is hard<br /> We have<br /> had a <br /> great<br /> feast of <br /> whortle<br /> =berrys [sic]<br /> we wishe<br /> to go this<br /> afternoon<br /> but think<br /> it doubtful<br /> whether we do<br /> <br /> [Text normal]<br /> 26 Another bright and bea<span style="text-decoration:line-through;"> Westbury 8 moth 23rd /57</span>^tiful morning so quiet and yet^ <br /> so filled with music all nature both animate and inanimate<br /> is offering a thanksgiving for the bounteous gifts of sunlight and<br /> shower which are lavished upon them no discord if man the noblest<br /> work of the creative hand would progress in the scale designed what<br /> a glorious world this would be but discord wrong and outrage<br /> mar the beautiful order We have been trying some to get signers<br /> to the call for the National convention but do not succeed very well<br /> the fear of disturbing the harmony of this glorious union is too great to admit<br /> of signing such a call We do not hear of you having antislavery<br /> meetings much in your section this summer at the East they are<br /> active and zealous as ever that was a great speech of W Phillips you read<br /> it of course and what a shame to bring that old slander up again agains^t^<br /> Parker Pillsbury when it had been denied and explained at the time There<br /> is nothing too mean for some men to resort to to [sic] blacken the character<br /> of an abolitionist Suppose you are working for the good cause the girls<br /> and self are doing what we find time for and hope to <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">have</span> ^do^ more than ever<br /> before you are aware probably of a little fair which has for several years<br /> been held in NY the proceeds of which has principly [sic] been devoted to aiding<br /> fugitives but we have decided not to apply it so exclusively as heretofore<br /> many have worked for it who would not at first for the general cause<br /> there was dissatisfaction last year from both extremes as to the applica<br /> -tion of the funds If we could have a little society here it would be<br /> very pleasant but that is not the case so we must cheer each other to<br /> labor alone Uncle John and aunt Sarah went to Purchace [sic] last week aunt<br /> remains there R Rs family are boarding near Stephens he remains in <br /> Cannada [sic] as far as I know writes cheerfully speaks of enjoying himself<br /> but has not spoken of coming home It seems singular to say the least<br /> I have not spoken of Jacob H Willets death supposing you have heard the particu<br /> lars unless I did when I wrote before which I think i did Sarah seems won<br /> -derfully supported cousin Samuel is more broken by this than any<br /> former affliction Hannah H Frost is very low and it would not suppri<br /> se [sc[ the at any time to have the summos come Docia Downing<br /> passed away last week and just about the same time Latitia Willis son<br /> aged 16 without knowing of either the time was appointed for both at 3 [oc?]<br /> I expected Joseph would have done something towards filling this<br /> but he has been pretty fully occupied and all share time he wants to read
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. [Text in upper left margin, continuing into top margin, written upward] Ephraim Hawxhursts duaghter Elisabeth is expecting to be married soon to a person she is comparatively a stranger to never as I have heard see him more than twice I think it something of a risque to run they have corresponded and have heard his character from others but I would see him personally again and again ere I would concent [sic] to go from home and friends the neighbors have been making pieces for an album quilt for her but I must stop we are going to see mother she has been quite feeble each warm day can scarcely sit up is more drawn too farewell write soon Mary [Text normal] Westbury 8 mo 23rd /57 Dearly beloved What is the cause of all this long long silence not a word from either of us has passed in such a length of time that really it would seem there must be a cause? I am ashamed to say I have been negligent of duty in the expectation of soon seeing some of you but this is no good reason and I am sure it is from no diminution of sisterly affection then it must be indolence procrastination or what ever name we may give it but what can be the excuse you can render is more than I can guess We have been looking for Jacob and Jennie for the last 2 weeks until yesterday Cathe -rine received Jacobs letter which refers our expectation still longer I have expected Amy with them but hear no intimati -on of such being the prospect hope you will all watch the right time and come when ever it is practicable it seems like a very long time since we have been together and in the little sympathy in any movements in which in which we are interested in our circle of friends hereaway our hearts yearn towards you with more than brotherly and sisterly affection we all love companionship with congenial spirits it is a want which we feel keenly alive to but occasionally feel a dim foreshadowing of a brighter day but it has been dissipated speedily by some new or unpopular idea Our family have all gone to their meetings and as I am to officiate as cook find I make a rambling kind of story by hav -ing to leave it so often 25th Baldwin Chapman & children Susan Brown & daughter come so that I laid this aside and yesterday after our secon^d^ days work went to Glenwood to Williams on a visit and today have been fully occupied our men all at South to work and you may not have forgotten what women folks have to do at such times however the girls have gone to John Velsors this afternoon and as there seems to be no immediate suffering among the out of door family just now will scribble a little while before any thing turns up Restore and Rhoda Lamb were at the Monthly Meeting he said his mission for a number of weeks had been to visit prisons [Continues on page 2 with line beginning "and he found"] [Text in upper half of left margin and top margin, written upward] We went to Jericho found Mother better than she had been for some days Joseph went over to Uncle Jacobs found him comfortable and Matild was reading the paper to him said she read to him a good deal he because interested from the first in the [Burdile?] affair and still likes to keep up with it Matilda confines herself very closely to make it comforta -bler for him she deserves a [Continues in top margin of page 3 with line beginning "debt of"] [Text normal] and he found among the great multitude incarcerated a very large proportion were brought to commit crime by the use of intoxicating drinks and that tobacco was an almost universal stimulant and gave a real strong antitobacco discourse and temperance one too only he very unfairly gave a blow at the main law said in travelling through that state he found it to be a dead letter that liquor was sold at little shantis [sic] by the road side and this proved it to be a failure that signing a pledge was useless that it would not do to rely on what man could do independent of Divide aid Rhoda gave a slap at Spiritualism but it was of no account They were quite acceptable to the majority I should judge from the cordiality manifested The Quarterly has passed too and nothing remarkable Aaron C. Macey from Hudson was the most liberal speaker Richard Cromwell as usual poured forth of the bitterness which if we may judge from his countenance and manner covers his entire being to the exclusion of all the gentle and lovely attributes of the Saviour he says so much of I desire not to judge harshly but I cannot see the fruits whi -ch characterise the christian James and Phebe Haviland and Lydia Seaman have been around on a visit seemed pleasant and we had an agreeable visit from them but think they rem -ain as hostile in feeling to reform's generally and Spiritualism in particular as ever We have heard that when Rachel Moore was at Brooklyn meeting sometime ago James Phebe and Deborah Feild called on her and told her among other things their dis -unity with her bible views &c &c I said to a liberal friend from N Y I suppose those who had felt themselves aggrieved somewhat on the music question had become more liberal towa^rd^ others that had been denounced by the ruling power's the reply was we do not see any evidence of that being the fact but beleive [sic] they are as illiberal as ever We perceive they are as uncharitable towards James Miller as can be and if reports are true they have not done as they would be done unto You may probably know all the history he is a speaker not acknow -ledged yet and very unfortunately he and wife are very dissimilar [Continues on page with line beginning "she has her"] [Text in top margin, written upward] debt of gratitude from all for her assiduous attention she will be rewarded spiritualy [sic] if our faith is correct hastily Mary we are expecting Javob & Jeanine to come here first and make it their abiding place [Text normal] she has her life in parties gaiety &c he the revese [sic] but I never heard as he tried to curtail her liberty well it was bad enough I suppose for finally she left the house and a note saying that she had no expectation of ever returning and bidding him farewell forever that she did not wish to see him again &c Well he told Henry Haydock how it was she gone &c Henry thought better talk with some others which he did ad it appears they have acted very ingenerously to say the least I cannot go into particulars as I have heard them at present twould take more space than I can spare Dorinda and children have been up staid [sic] with us three weeks the children have been poorly since their return home It has been a beautiful summer so cool and frequent showers that it has had an aspect of spring but now it seemse [sic] quite like Autumn so cool night and morning and the Fall s^o^unds greet the car particularly in the eveing Katy did's have commencd [sic] a little but crickets and other chirpers whose names I do not know are in full chorus I hope our flowers will not be all gone before Jennie comes have had an abundance of them and angry now out but fear they will not last many days our wax plant has outdone itself in the profusion of its gift of flowers and the Oleander has flowered constantly for months they are both bidding us gradually adieu as only a few bunches are out I forgot to say Steven was delighted with the Progressive meeting and with many he met there W L Garrison most of all I had told him previouly [sic] he should know him if he did he could not fail to love him (he had never been interested in him much thought him too severe) he is now as warm in his praise as even I could wish Steven is a spiritualist and is rejoicing in it Suppose Mrs Hatch will be in Rochester about this time I dont know if you have ever heard her It is amusing to see the avidity opposers grasp at the idea of an expose at Boston that it is all done up now _ I get almost vexed at the wilful [sic] ignora^nce^ of some of these harping in the occasional tricking of a medium and bringing up the most shallow objections to it but then it does not pay to get vexed at these who are determined not to beleive [sic] no matter what evidence but the world moves nevertheless and spiritu alism too [Continues on page 4 with line beginning "26 Another bright"] (Page 4) [Text in top margin, written upward] the papers which come daily What a wonderful woman Mrs [Cunning?] Sam shows herself to be I think she will establish her quite in the minds of the commu nity altho she may escape the punishment attached to crime still the way of the tran -sgression is hard We have had a great feast of whortle =berrys [sic] we wishe to go this afternoon but think it doubtful whether we do [Text normal] 26 Another bright and bea Westbury 8 moth 23rd /57^tiful morning so quiet and yet^ so filled with music all nature both animate and inanimate is offering a thanksgiving for the bounteous gifts of sunlight and shower which are lavished upon them no discord if man the noblest work of the creative hand would progress in the scale designed what a glorious world this would be but discord wrong and outrage mar the beautiful order We have been trying some to get signers to the call for the National convention but do not succeed very well the fear of disturbing the harmony of this glorious union is too great to admit of signing such a call We do not hear of you having antislavery meetings much in your section this summer at the East they are active and zealous as ever that was a great speech of W Phillips you read it of course and what a shame to bring that old slander up again agains^t^ Parker Pillsbury when it had been denied and explained at the time There is nothing too mean for some men to resort to to [sic] blacken the character of an abolitionist Suppose you are working for the good cause the girls and self are doing what we find time for and hope to have ^do^ more than ever before you are aware probably of a little fair which has for several years been held in NY the proceeds of which has principly [sic] been devoted to aiding fugitives but we have decided not to apply it so exclusively as heretofore many have worked for it who would not at first for the general cause there was dissatisfaction last year from both extremes as to the applica -tion of the funds If we could have a little society here it would be very pleasant but that is not the case so we must cheer each other to labor alone Uncle John and aunt Sarah went to Purchace [sic] last week aunt remains there R Rs family are boarding near Stephens he remains in Cannada [sic] as far as I know writes cheerfully speaks of enjoying himself but has not spoken of coming home It seems singular to say the least I have not spoken of Jacob H Willets death supposing you have heard the particu lars unless I did when I wrote before which I think i did Sarah seems won -derfully supported cousin Samuel is more broken by this than any former affliction Hannah H Frost is very low and it would not suppri se [sc[ the at any time to have the summos come Docia Downing passed away last week and just about the same time Latitia Willis son aged 16 without knowing of either the time was appointed for both at 3 [oc?] I expected Joseph would have done something towards filling this but he has been pretty fully occupied and all share time he wants to read
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> with the exclusiveness of sect I want to ackn<br /> -owledge the good let it come from whom it may<br /> all that live up to their highist [sic] convictions<br /> unmindful of professions I told him I thought<br /> there was no need to be affraid [sic] of the paper<br /> it would strengthen him in them and I thought<br /> would be a means to set him free from the<br /> bondage of sect he said education or tradition<br /> was very strong in him yet He told us lately<br /> perhaps in the Q M that ^Jesus^ did not wish his<br /> deciples [sic] to be taken out of the world but to<br /> labor in it and that in our day it was des<br /> -irable that we should labor <span style="text-decoration:underline;">in</span> the world<br /> to remove the great evils that so much abo<br /> -unded that he thought it unnecessary to<br /> wait for any special revelation to prompt <br /> to feed the hungry or to clothe the naked<br /> and that it was not right to judge and condem^n^<br /> those who were laboring for the elevation of man<br /> Others who spoke were all it seemed to me<br /> more sounding abstractions mystical words<br /> which my dull comprehension cannot fatho^m^<br /> to make at all to coincide with the plain<br /> teachings of the lovely Nazarene<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> Richard Cromwell I understand thinks the<br /> negro race are only fitted for slavery <br /> as they are very little above monkeys in <br /> intellect and he has sometimes almost<br /> wished his <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">was</span> ^skin was colored that he might be^ a slave he thought he wou<br /> ld be so good and obedient to his master<br /> that it would be a benefit to himself<br /> He need not wait for his skin to grow dark<br /> as that would be no objection and his mind<br /> is sufficiently clouded for bondage if this<br /> is a sample of its quality And then to have<br /> his sustained by a respectable community is<br /> too bad at Maria Farrington s funeral they<br /> tell us he was very objectionable even to <br /> those who discountenance spiritualism<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">but</span> they thought he needed eldering for<br /> treating on that subject was very lengthy<br /> and confessed he knew nothing himself and<br /> no one else could know any thing about the<br /> after state J D Wright we hear continues to<br /> speak occasionally against it We have not<br /> heard any thing in a long time Rachel has<br /> been very circumspect lately and said nothing<br /> against any reform She has been attending Phil<br /> Y M this week A and C Willet accompanied her hope<br /> she will not feel called to it on her return
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. with the exclusiveness of sect I want to ackn -owledge the good let it come from whom it may all that live up to their highist [sic] convictions unmindful of professions I told him I thought there was no need to be affraid [sic] of the paper it would strengthen him in them and I thought would be a means to set him free from the bondage of sect he said education or tradition was very strong in him yet He told us lately perhaps in the Q M that ^Jesus^ did not wish his deciples [sic] to be taken out of the world but to labor in it and that in our day it was des -irable that we should labor in the world to remove the great evils that so much abo -unded that he thought it unnecessary to wait for any special revelation to prompt to feed the hungry or to clothe the naked and that it was not right to judge and condem^n^ those who were laboring for the elevation of man Others who spoke were all it seemed to me more sounding abstractions mystical words which my dull comprehension cannot fatho^m^ to make at all to coincide with the plain teachings of the lovely Nazarene Richard Cromwell I understand thinks the negro race are only fitted for slavery as they are very little above monkeys in intellect and he has sometimes almost wished his was ^skin was colored that he might be^ a slave he thought he wou ld be so good and obedient to his master that it would be a benefit to himself He need not wait for his skin to grow dark as that would be no objection and his mind is sufficiently clouded for bondage if this is a sample of its quality And then to have his sustained by a respectable community is too bad at Maria Farrington s funeral they tell us he was very objectionable even to those who discountenance spiritualismbut they thought he needed eldering for treating on that subject was very lengthy and confessed he knew nothing himself and no one else could know any thing about the after state J D Wright we hear continues to speak occasionally against it We have not heard any thing in a long time Rachel has been very circumspect lately and said nothing against any reform She has been attending Phil Y M this week A and C Willet accompanied her hope she will not feel called to it on her return
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upside down]<br /> I have scribbled on until my sheet is full and my eyes admonish me<br /> to say good night with love to all embraced in your household I am<br /> your Mary<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> Westbury 10 mo<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> 26<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span><br /> Dearly beloved<br /> It is truly a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">lon</span>g <span style="text-decoration:underline;">lon</span>g time since<br /> I have written to you and perhaps as long since you<br /> have remembered us by letter but there have been very<br /> many reasons which seem to me to be quite good excuses<br /> but I will not take any time to prove to you that they<br /> are sufficient but scribble on as fast as I can as I have<br /> only a few minutes before I must leave to attend to dinner<br /> after which I wish to spend the afternoon in making some <br /> calls as the day is so surpassingly lovely I must improve it<br /> Joseph and girls have gone to Flushing to Quarterly Meeting<br /> and to make a visit at White Stone Joseph and self were there<br /> some weeks ago found Edward quite feeble but a little better than<br /> for some time before but laid on the sofa nearly half the time<br /> so you may conclude he is not very well Aunt Rosetta quite lame<br /> but with all these they have been as full of boarder’s and work as<br /> ever and seems as anxious to accumulate as heretofore Mary is<br /> also very poorly as you may have heard with a cancer or tumor I<br /> do not know which in her breast and is suffering much from<br /> pain and weakness in her back the cause of which the Dr’s do<br /> not know It seemes [sic] to observers as though these various ailmen^ts^<br /> were enough to damp the ardor of accumulation but I suppose<br /> hope incites to exertion and it may be as formerly that where the<br /> treasure is the heart will be also Many and varied changes<br /> have transpired since I wrote some have gone home released<br /> from life’s conflicts and care’s among the number is my dear and<br /> honored aunt your beloved and venerated mother and althoug [sic]<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> all especially dear uncle must feel bereaved by her removal I<br /> trust all feel comforted in the assurance that the soul goeth not<br /> home to an empty mansion and that she was prepared by a long<br /> life on earth to receive the welcome from the home of the blest Enter<br /> in weary soul enter into thy rest Mother feels deeply in her wea^k^<br /> state the separation it was so unlooked for to her to be the survivor<br /> she has improved in strength considerable since the first attack<br /> but is still very feeble they are in constant want of a good<br /> caretaker who it appears are very difficult to be found combining<br /> the desirable qualifications necessary to make us all satisfied<br /> They have made a part of Matthew’s family mostly since mother’s in a<br /> oposition [sic] they now propose Harriotts should try to keep house for them<br /> (she has done for mother) to commence next week I have but little<br /> expectation of us being as agreeable but they can try it a little<br /> while I am to go to assist them to arrange for the winter see to<br /> clothes &c indeed I have scarcely ever been so much occupied bettween [sic]<br /> the two home’s I feel as if I was rusting intellectually and wearing <br /> physically but I think a better time is coming in the future<br /> We have heard by William Titus I Rushmore & Lydia<br /> Post a little of you and ^of^ your still having company as usual<br /> but I must go for the present to attend to eccetras [sic] of life but S R we <br /> have seen only a little while I wish he would come often we<br /> used to xcuse [sic] him because Matilda could not go out much<br /> I feel to congratulate you in having her a member of your<br /> family circle we should feel ourselves sick if we were thus<br /> favored hope health may be found in your vicinity as it can <br /> not be on our bleak Island tho I feel lonely to think of<br /> their removal from our midst <span style="text-decoration:underline;">we</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">are</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">so few</span> perhaps<br /> this evening I may add a word now<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> Evening I have returned from my wandering and am now alone<br /> xcept [sic] our girl and I feel somewhat lonely I may confess but how<br /> different should I feel were it a sepparation [sic] of the dear one’s now<br /> absent I saw Hannah Underhill widow of Jordan this afternoon at Mary<br /> P Titus and felt much sympathy for her in her great bereavement she<br /> is so far from friends and only her little children and girl for comp<br /> - any there is much of sorrow in this beautiful world diming [sic] the<br /> the [sic] pleasant pictures of life as I came home the sun was just sinking<br /> below the horison [sic] but the reflection of his brightness was mirrored <br /> in the clouds in resplendent beauty and thoughts in unison with<br /> those of T Moore on a similar occasion “of how little he had done in<br /> the world and how much he felt capable of doing &c but surely there<br /> is some better sphere for those who have but begun their race in this”<br /> where we may be permitted to work out our incomplete endeavours<br /> I found Phebe Johnson with M P Titus E gone to Flushing the girls in N Y<br /> Phebe was in fine spirits extoled [sic] the virtues of her remedy and contra<br /> - sted her cure with others who had been treated by the first rate Dr’s who<br /> almost invariably gave calomel and consequently were thrown into<br /> some other form of desease [sic] I was really glad for Mary Ps benefit that<br /> Phebe dwelt on the pernicious effects of calomel but fear Ms confidence<br /> in Dr prescriptions will remain tho he might order calomel every night<br /> for a week Abraham Hicks is very low I have not seen him lately only<br /> those who wait on him and a few dear friends go in to see him now<br /> he has appeared pleasantly cheerful and as is usual sorrow and<br /> suffering rub off the asperity of feeling sometimes felt in health<br /> towards the heretical Rachel will be very lonely I sympathise deeply<br /> with her in this Abraham has been all she could desire as a son<br /> Penn<sup>a</sup> A S society now in session at Westchester are I doubt not having a <br /> good time I very much wished to be with them again and also to be at<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> Woman’s rights meeting the accounts from it indicate much of<br /> interest and Lucy seems to be the favorite of all parties I began <br /> to feel a little jealous that Lucretia was not named among the<br /> first speakers but I am satisfied now in the beleif [sic] that she is one<br /> of the greatest whether spoken of or not I fancy I see the smile when<br /> she read Lucretia Mott <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">in</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">her</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">not</span> ^was motherly^ clear headed &c in her remarks<br /> How cheering to W W Brown to receive such a welcome and so<br /> many encomiums from the faithful for his course while abroad<br /> I hope it may not be an injury to him I will remember the rece<br /> -ption meeting in Phil<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>a</sup></span> to Frederick and the beautiful and touching<br /> introduction by R Purvis a<span style="text-decoration:underline;">c</span>companied with all the grateful eulogism^s^<br /> of other speaker’s for his labors while abroad and now how sad the<br /> present position he occupies in relation to the American Society<br /> and its most prominent members The French are doing wonders<br /> as you have probably seen in working for the Fair and with so little<br /> information it really is astonishing Do you take the practical<br /> Christian I forget? There is quite a controversy going on in it between <br /> A Kent and Adin Ballou on Free Love It is too bad that spiritualists<br /> should advocate such a revolting theory I have seen in some<br /> other notices intimations of its gradual approa<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ch</span> and could<br /> hardly beleive [sic] I was not mistaken in the sentiments or meaning of the [sic]<br /> so unwilling was I to beleive [sic] so hateful a doctrine<br /> I do not hear of A J Davis having been in N Y lecturing the past<br /> season or anything about him What a sad accident from carelessne [sic]<br /> too that of the Arctic so many live’s sacrificed there have been many<br /> sermons on the event ^several^ published in the Tribune among the number<br /> two preachers in Orchard St and by Richard Mott good one from L Vining<br /> from Fall River very poor placing all on God he might have prevented<br /> it but in his inscrutable wisdom he so ordered it teaching man<br /> to rely on him for when the judgments of the Lord are in the earth the<br /> nations learn righteousness such doctrine I cannot endorse or approve<br /> [Continues on top of page 1 with line beginning “I have scribbled”]</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text in top margin, written upside down] I have scribbled on until my sheet is full and my eyes admonish me to say good night with love to all embraced in your household I am your Mary [Text normal] Westbury 10 moth 26th Dearly beloved It is truly a long long time since I have written to you and perhaps as long since you have remembered us by letter but there have been very many reasons which seem to me to be quite good excuses but I will not take any time to prove to you that they are sufficient but scribble on as fast as I can as I have only a few minutes before I must leave to attend to dinner after which I wish to spend the afternoon in making some calls as the day is so surpassingly lovely I must improve it Joseph and girls have gone to Flushing to Quarterly Meeting and to make a visit at White Stone Joseph and self were there some weeks ago found Edward quite feeble but a little better than for some time before but laid on the sofa nearly half the time so you may conclude he is not very well Aunt Rosetta quite lame but with all these they have been as full of boarder's and work as ever and seems as anxious to accumulate as heretofore Mary is also very poorly as you may have heard with a cancer or tumor I do not know which in her breast and is suffering much from pain and weakness in her back the cause of which the Dr's do not know It seemes [sic] to observers as though these various ailmen^ts^ were enough to damp the ardor of accumulation but I suppose hope incites to exertion and it may be as formerly that where the treasure is the heart will be also Many and varied changes have transpired since I wrote some have gone home released from life's conflicts and care's among the number is my dear and honored aunt your beloved and venerated mother and althoug [sic] all especially dear uncle must feel bereaved by her removal I trust all feel comforted in the assurance that the soul goeth not home to an empty mansion and that she was prepared by a long life on earth to receive the welcome from the home of the blest Enter in weary soul enter into thy rest Mother feels deeply in her wea^k^ state the separation it was so unlooked for to her to be the survivor she has improved in strength considerable since the first attack but is still very feeble they are in constant want of a good caretaker who it appears are very difficult to be found combining the desirable qualifications necessary to make us all satisfied They have made a part of Matthew's family mostly since mother's in a oposition [sic] they now propose Harriotts should try to keep house for them (she has done for mother) to commence next week I have but little expectation of us being as agreeable but they can try it a little while I am to go to assist them to arrange for the winter see to clothes &c indeed I have scarcely ever been so much occupied bettween [sic] the two home's I feel as if I was rusting intellectually and wearing physically but I think a better time is coming in the future We have heard by William Titus I Rushmore & Lydia Post a little of you and ^of^ your still having company as usual but I must go for the present to attend to eccetras [sic] of life but S R we have seen only a little while I wish he would come often we used to xcuse [sic] him because Matilda could not go out much I feel to congratulate you in having her a member of your family circle we should feel ourselves sick if we were thus favored hope health may be found in your vicinity as it can not be on our bleak Island tho I feel lonely to think of their removal from our midst weareso few perhaps this evening I may add a word now Evening I have returned from my wandering and am now alone xcept [sic] our girl and I feel somewhat lonely I may confess but how different should I feel were it a sepparation [sic] of the dear one's now absent I saw Hannah Underhill widow of Jordan this afternoon at Mary P Titus and felt much sympathy for her in her great bereavement she is so far from friends and only her little children and girl for comp - any there is much of sorrow in this beautiful world diming [sic] the the [sic] pleasant pictures of life as I came home the sun was just sinking below the horison [sic] but the reflection of his brightness was mirrored in the clouds in resplendent beauty and thoughts in unison with those of T Moore on a similar occasion "of how little he had done in the world and how much he felt capable of doing &c but surely there is some better sphere for those who have but begun their race in this" where we may be permitted to work out our incomplete endeavours I found Phebe Johnson with M P Titus E gone to Flushing the girls in N Y Phebe was in fine spirits extoled [sic] the virtues of her remedy and contra - sted her cure with others who had been treated by the first rate Dr's who almost invariably gave calomel and consequently were thrown into some other form of desease [sic] I was really glad for Mary Ps benefit that Phebe dwelt on the pernicious effects of calomel but fear Ms confidence in Dr prescriptions will remain tho he might order calomel every night for a week Abraham Hicks is very low I have not seen him lately only those who wait on him and a few dear friends go in to see him now he has appeared pleasantly cheerful and as is usual sorrow and suffering rub off the asperity of feeling sometimes felt in health towards the heretical Rachel will be very lonely I sympathise deeply with her in this Abraham has been all she could desire as a son Penna A S society now in session at Westchester are I doubt not having a good time I very much wished to be with them again and also to be at Woman's rights meeting the accounts from it indicate much of interest and Lucy seems to be the favorite of all parties I began to feel a little jealous that Lucretia was not named among the first speakers but I am satisfied now in the beleif [sic] that she is one of the greatest whether spoken of or not I fancy I see the smile when she read Lucretia Mott inhernot ^was motherly^ clear headed &c in her remarks How cheering to W W Brown to receive such a welcome and so many encomiums from the faithful for his course while abroad I hope it may not be an injury to him I will remember the rece -ption meeting in Phila to Frederick and the beautiful and touching introduction by R Purvis accompanied with all the grateful eulogism^s^ of other speaker's for his labors while abroad and now how sad the present position he occupies in relation to the American Society and its most prominent members The French are doing wonders as you have probably seen in working for the Fair and with so little information it really is astonishing Do you take the practical Christian I forget? There is quite a controversy going on in it between A Kent and Adin Ballou on Free Love It is too bad that spiritualists should advocate such a revolting theory I have seen in some other notices intimations of its gradual approach and could hardly beleive [sic] I was not mistaken in the sentiments or meaning of the [sic] so unwilling was I to beleive [sic] so hateful a doctrine I do not hear of A J Davis having been in N Y lecturing the past season or anything about him What a sad accident from carelessne [sic] too that of the Arctic so many live's sacrificed there have been many sermons on the event ^several^ published in the Tribune among the number two preachers in Orchard St and by Richard Mott good one from L Vining from Fall River very poor placing all on God he might have prevented it but in his inscrutable wisdom he so ordered it teaching man to rely on him for when the judgments of the Lord are in the earth the nations learn righteousness such doctrine I cannot endorse or approve [Continues on top of page 1 with line beginning "I have scribbled"]
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Dear Brother & Sister Westbury 12 mo<sup>th</sup> 5 /52<br /><br /> Time in its resistless flight has sped<br /> on as rapidly as though our duties or the proper fulfilment<br /> of them kept pace therewith and as I have so often stated<br /> my good resolves and the many obstacles to the carrying them<br /> out in practice I need not go over that again but hasten on<br /> before the present becomes the past not that I feel much in the<br /> spirit of writing for I do not it is a dull cheerless day damp and<br /> drizling [sic] just such a day as depresses and gives a gloomy aspect<br /> to all objects A good rainy day I love and enjoy it as much<br /> as the bright and glorious sunshine Joseph has gone to Broo<br /> _klyn with the milk the person who has taken it on first days<br /> has given out taking it and there seems to be no way at present <br /> but to carry it so that a few will take turns in taking it down<br /> it comes in collision with the sabatizing [sic] feeling of some of the<br /> parties too perhaps all except Joseph We were at Jericho yester-<br /> day in afternoon made several calls amongst the number was<br /> one at Uncle Jacobs found Aunt improving quite as much and as<br /> rapidly as I should expect It seems to be the unanimous sentiment<br /> among all I saw of approval of Sarah's coming I too could rejoice<br /> in it beleiving [sic] her gently presence could not fail of being most<br /> salutary There seems to be no occurrences of special<br /> interest coming under our observation as we live more and<br /> more secluded from the immediate world and find no<br /> difficulty in supplying the wants of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">our</span> visitors they are so very<br /> few it really would seem that all friends and opositionists [sic]<br /> had entered into a league not to visit us for I beleive [sic] we<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> have had no company since last first day and but little in<br /> several weeks the time has been when we had as much as most<br /> I feel satisfid [sic] as it is having good company in our various books<br /> and papers which occupy us as profitably if ^they do not like to come^ Lucretia spoke of their<br /> company except the reform part having nearly all fallen off a very<br /> few continued for the sake of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ol</span>d<span style="text-decoration:underline;"> times</span> to call I beleive [sic] spiritua<br /> -lism in addition to our other heresy's has been a little too much<br /> We have been so much occupid [sic] or rather joseph and the horses have<br /> that we have not been to see or hear the medium Kirby Motts wife<br /> but we hear of peoples going and saying as heretofore it is all a hum<br /> -bug Gideon Frost told us that Hannah Valentines daughters that married<br /> Lewis's living at Brooklyn had become mediums and a woman boarding<br /> there was too he knew very little about it however he said they were<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">no</span>t <span style="text-decoration:underline;">abolitionist</span>s which was remarkable We are asked why it is that<br /> abolitionism leads into every thing unbeleif [sic] skepticism and infidelity Spirit<br /> rapping? We have recently had a visit from John Rebecca & David Ketcham<br /> John and I are interested very much more probably by the inteligence [sic] just<br /> received from Phebe of the manifestations appearing there but may be you<br /> have heard all about it so I will refrain Rebecca seemed more cheerful<br /> or less averse to hearing than I had known her to be A few days past my<br /> faith has been quite wavering caused by reading Supernal Theology<br /> Creation of the World The Life of Christ and some other communications which<br /> have not harmonized entirely with one another and with my former<br /> ideas I am trying to investigate and to hold fast that which is good<br /> reasonable and beneficial bearing the impress of progress and immor<br /> -tality stamped upon it ye who have attained strengthen my faith in<br /> their [sic] being all they claim to be Isaac did hit upon one subject I have<br /> thought much on that each medium must use his own stile [sic] of expression hence<br /> the similarity in their individual productions We see so little can you<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> wonder <span style="text-decoration:underline;">I</span> doubt sometimes We have not see Rachel since her return<br /> how different from former times she has done very well when we<br /> have been at meeting in the preaching line William Hicks is under<br /> care they have a committee who have made a report but asked more<br /> time Jacob and Joshuas affairs remain in progress of a lawful settlement<br /> we hear very little except when we see Henrys people I got thus far and<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> looked out the window and lo Valentine was winding his<br /> way to the door so that I have been quite disappointed in<br /> the program of the day for I had several plans laid out<br /> to fill it during Josephs absence J has returned and he<br /> takes my place in talking to Valentine but it is near bed<br /> time so that I must not linger we are expecting to do tomorrow <br /> what I always dislike very much which is to lay down our<br /> pork if the weather prove favourable it has partially cleared<br /> now The weather has been delightful generally the more hardy<br /> plants in the garden look as fresh and growing as in the early<br /> Autumn I was out and culled flowers to day several different<br /> kinds rose and buds quite a number marigolds violets artimici^a^<br /> &c which were unharmed by the frosts Our house plants begin<br /> to improve in their indoor location Aunt Phebe Rushmore has<br /> felt somewhat homesick which I very much expected<br /> I received a letter from [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">illegible</span>] ^Cynthia^ a few days ago she desired<br /> to be remembered to you most affectionately she seemed to be<br /> enjoying the Honey Moon of her existance [sic] greatly which I hope may<br /> not diminish by length of time Isaac says he supposed we<br /> heard Sallie Holley lecture we did no she refused entirely<br /> to speak in the Convention said I want to attend all the time<br /> for I have no expectation of attending another the Philadelphan [sic]<br /> wanted very much she should be at the fair and speak during the<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> time but she declined entirely thought she would leave there<br /> just before and come here to rest but I do not much expect that<br /> good fortune is in store for us Samuel Post has hired I<br /> belive [sic] a place somewhere about Buckram but we know nothing<br /> about their prospects or affairs - Phebe Haviland was I<br /> hear quite supprised [sic] to learn Amy had gone home without<br /> visiting them I have not heard very particular about their<br /> wedding but beleive [sic] there was a very large company (expen<br /> sive probably) supper which was eaten standing &c &c all<br /> will do very well I suppose for such ^a^ sanctified <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Elde</span>r pillar<br /> in the Church as James and if he can only have p<span style="text-decoration:underline;">eace</span> of<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Mind</span> but enough They are all very much pleased with<br /> Sarah and Edwards prospect they are to be married I beleive [sic]<br /> in next month Sarah is to go into Nathaniels family immediately<br /> to live they think she will make a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">superior</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">woma</span>n when<br /> she has more age Benj Hicks and Martha are to be<br /> marrid [sic] the last of this month they have my good wishes<br /> Since we wrote before Josephs and my own birth days have<br /> passed and by the number of years which are past we are<br /> more than half way home which I cannot realise I feel<br /> so young but these birthday aniversaries [sic] awaken me to the alm<br /> -ost unconscious lapse of time as it glides rapidly onward and whether<br /> lifes mission has been fulfilled or not many of our best<br /> years are numbered with the past I look back sadly over<br /> much which I would gladly recall and cancel forever I sometimes<br /> rejoice too amid my regrets that I have not fallen any lower<br /> but have in a measure alleviated and soothed some sorrow<br /> stricken pilgrims in their journey so that I have a combination<br /> light and shade joy and sorrow in my retrospect but I must<br /> stop as it is bed time I have probably made a crooked <br /> story as I have scribbled in the midst of conversation our<br /> loves to all not forgetting Willie do write very very soon<br /> it is so pleasant to hear from you most affectionarly [sic] your<br /> Mary<br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Dear Brother & Sister Westbury 12 moth 5 /52 Time in its resistless flight has sped on as rapidly as though our duties or the proper fulfilment of them kept pace therewith and as I have so often stated my good resolves and the many obstacles to the carrying them out in practice I need not go over that again but hasten on before the present becomes the past not that I feel much in the spirit of writing for I do not it is a dull cheerless day damp and drizling [sic] just such a day as depresses and gives a gloomy aspect to all objects A good rainy day I love and enjoy it as much as the bright and glorious sunshine Joseph has gone to Broo _klyn with the milk the person who has taken it on first days has given out taking it and there seems to be no way at present but to carry it so that a few will take turns in taking it down it comes in collision with the sabatizing [sic] feeling of some of the parties too perhaps all except Joseph We were at Jericho yester- day in afternoon made several calls amongst the number was one at Uncle Jacobs found Aunt improving quite as much and as rapidly as I should expect It seems to be the unanimous sentiment among all I saw of approval of Sarah's coming I too could rejoice in it beleiving [sic] her gently presence could not fail of being most salutary There seems to be no occurrences of special interest coming under our observation as we live more and more secluded from the immediate world and find no difficulty in supplying the wants of our visitors they are so very few it really would seem that all friends and opositionists [sic] had entered into a league not to visit us for I beleive [sic] we have had no company since last first day and but little in several weeks the time has been when we had as much as most I feel satisfid [sic] as it is having good company in our various books and papers which occupy us as profitably if ^they do not like to come^ Lucretia spoke of their company except the reform part having nearly all fallen off a very few continued for the sake of old times to call I beleive [sic] spiritua -lism in addition to our other heresy's has been a little too much We have been so much occupid [sic] or rather joseph and the horses have that we have not been to see or hear the medium Kirby Motts wife but we hear of peoples going and saying as heretofore it is all a hum -bug Gideon Frost told us that Hannah Valentines daughters that married Lewis's living at Brooklyn had become mediums and a woman boarding there was too he knew very little about it however he said they werenot abolitionists which was remarkable We are asked why it is that abolitionism leads into every thing unbeleif [sic] skepticism and infidelity Spirit rapping? We have recently had a visit from John Rebecca & David Ketcham John and I are interested very much more probably by the inteligence [sic] just received from Phebe of the manifestations appearing there but may be you have heard all about it so I will refrain Rebecca seemed more cheerful or less averse to hearing than I had known her to be A few days past my faith has been quite wavering caused by reading Supernal Theology Creation of the World The Life of Christ and some other communications which have not harmonized entirely with one another and with my former ideas I am trying to investigate and to hold fast that which is good reasonable and beneficial bearing the impress of progress and immor -tality stamped upon it ye who have attained strengthen my faith in their [sic] being all they claim to be Isaac did hit upon one subject I have thought much on that each medium must use his own stile [sic] of expression hence the similarity in their individual productions We see so little can you wonder I doubt sometimes We have not see Rachel since her return how different from former times she has done very well when we have been at meeting in the preaching line William Hicks is under care they have a committee who have made a report but asked more time Jacob and Joshuas affairs remain in progress of a lawful settlement we hear very little except when we see Henrys people I got thus far andand looked out the window and lo Valentine was winding his way to the door so that I have been quite disappointed in the program of the day for I had several plans laid out to fill it during Josephs absence J has returned and he takes my place in talking to Valentine but it is near bed time so that I must not linger we are expecting to do tomorrow what I always dislike very much which is to lay down our pork if the weather prove favourable it has partially cleared now The weather has been delightful generally the more hardy plants in the garden look as fresh and growing as in the early Autumn I was out and culled flowers to day several different kinds rose and buds quite a number marigolds violets artimici^a^ &c which were unharmed by the frosts Our house plants begin to improve in their indoor location Aunt Phebe Rushmore has felt somewhat homesick which I very much expected I received a letter from [illegible] ^Cynthia^ a few days ago she desired to be remembered to you most affectionately she seemed to be enjoying the Honey Moon of her existance [sic] greatly which I hope may not diminish by length of time Isaac says he supposed we heard Sallie Holley lecture we did no she refused entirely to speak in the Convention said I want to attend all the time for I have no expectation of attending another the Philadelphan [sic] wanted very much she should be at the fair and speak during the time but she declined entirely thought she would leave there just before and come here to rest but I do not much expect that good fortune is in store for us Samuel Post has hired I belive [sic] a place somewhere about Buckram but we know nothing about their prospects or affairs - Phebe Haviland was I hear quite supprised [sic] to learn Amy had gone home without visiting them I have not heard very particular about their wedding but beleive [sic] there was a very large company (expen sive probably) supper which was eaten standing &c &c all will do very well I suppose for such ^a^ sanctified Elder pillar in the Church as James and if he can only have peace ofMind but enough They are all very much pleased with Sarah and Edwards prospect they are to be married I beleive [sic] in next month Sarah is to go into Nathaniels family immediately to live they think she will make a superiorwoman when she has more age Benj Hicks and Martha are to be marrid [sic] the last of this month they have my good wishes Since we wrote before Josephs and my own birth days have passed and by the number of years which are past we are more than half way home which I cannot realise I feel so young but these birthday aniversaries [sic] awaken me to the alm -ost unconscious lapse of time as it glides rapidly onward and whether lifes mission has been fulfilled or not many of our best years are numbered with the past I look back sadly over much which I would gladly recall and cancel forever I sometimes rejoice too amid my regrets that I have not fallen any lower but have in a measure alleviated and soothed some sorrow stricken pilgrims in their journey so that I have a combination light and shade joy and sorrow in my retrospect but I must stop as it is bed time I have probably made a crooked story as I have scribbled in the midst of conversation our loves to all not forgetting Willie do write very very soon it is so pleasant to hear from you most affectionarly [sic] your Mary
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<p>[Text written by Joseph Post is on the same sheet of paper and is transcribed as Letter as Letter 919, dated March 18, 1852]<br /><br /> (Page 1)<br /><br /> 19<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> I have been looking over what has been written and am almost<br /> ready to smile at. the desponding feeling which is manifested by<br /> my generally cheerful and hopeful Post if it had been my production<br /> it would not have been any thing strange for I am often clothed with<br /> discouragement and may acknowledge that it was prevailed abundan^tly^<br /> for the past few weeks and I have wished so ardently for some<br /> one of you to council and unburthen [sic] our l<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ittle</span> difficulties unto<br /> you can understand us and appreciate our motives but who is<br /> there beside that can? I have a hope that the time is near at<br /> hand when we may grasp your hands and give you a welcom [sic] to our<br /> hearts and home and trust all gloom will be banished by your<br /> beloved presence yes I feel that we should no longer feel alone<br /> but be able to chase a thousand and combined could put ten<br /> thousand annoying and vexatious circumstances to flight<br /> We have had a few pleasant spring days when the peepers and <br /> robin birds made their sweet and musical sounds to gladden<br /> the heart but all are hushed and the secene [sic] has changed to<br /> winter in its most unlovely aspect But indoors it is cozy and <br /> bright so I will not dwell on the disagreeable longer and<br /> retire for the night and perhaps I shall feel cheerful and can<br /> fill this more to my liking so farewell First day eve the shades<br /> of evening are gathering around me but no brightness is reflected from<br /> the setting sun which is hidden by dark and gloomy clouds which<br /> overspread the entire firmament and have I fear imparted some<br /> what of their gloom to my mind for on taking the pen I feel no insp<br /> iration for it and I dont know if it were not for the reward we<br /> anticipate would lay it aside and rest for I am nearly prostrated<br /> by exertion and a fright we had this afternoon in consequence of<br /> information we had that Mary R house was on fire I ran so<br /> fast as I could until we came in sight of the house and to<br /> our great joy found it was only the chimney since which I am<br /> all unstrung I have had the asthma for a week more than usual<br /> which did not abate by the exertion Matilda is in New York<br /> has been more unwell for several weeks and the family want<br /> to be trying something and I dont know but she is willing<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> to too so they went down on 3rd day last to get advice from<br /> several Dr's and she is now under the care of Dr Grey have<br /> not heard what opinion they gave of her but I do not xepect [sic]<br /> she will be benefitted by the treatment for she has tried<br /> all the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">path</span>ys to some extent and has continued to decline<br /> Jehiel and Phebe are desirious she should go South and they could<br /> persuade Stephen and Matilda if approved by a Dr but their<br /> friends generally would disapprove it as utterly vain<br /> Samuel Hicks remains somewhat of an invalid but is out<br /> on pleasant days Elisabeth Mott has been quite poorly with kidney<br /> complaint is better I have not seen her in a long while<br /> We are feeling quite tried about our school affairs<br /> in a letter from Cynthia sometime ago she xpressed [sic] her willingn^ess^<br /> to teach for the summer and suppose she is at liberty to come<br /> from any private hindrance but what she will do now I know<br /> not we have invited her to come and teach our girls or come and<br /> spend the Summer which ever she prefers but whether she will do<br /> either I am indignant at the mean pittiful [sic] objections made aga^inst^<br /> her and what think you it can be? Why it is because she puts on<br /> occasionally the Bloomer dress that all this mighty effort has been<br /> made electioneering and speaking disparigingly [sic] of her I feel like taking<br /> my departure sometimes from such a proscriptive place then too<br /> she is too liberal in her sentiments of reform and if not Orthodox<br /> alltogether [sic] she shall not come and at any rate if she did come<br /> "<span style="text-decoration:underline;">she should not wear a Bloomer</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">in the scho</span>ol" I told Joseph I<br /> was thankful we had a l<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ittle</span> power left we can invite such as<br /> we choose to visit us let them dress or beleive [sic] as they may but<br /> if they go on at this rate we may not long have this privilege<br /> We were very much pleased with your description of meeting s &c<br /> and also in relation to Antislavery Frederick and indeed all<br /> was a rich treat we percieve [sic] <span style="text-decoration:underline;">your</span> friends the Fosters are<br /> in your section have as yet seen no appointments for<br /> your city Your said nothing about William & Marys<br /> visiting us we are hoping form what we hear to quit<br /> then but it is so dark I cannot see one line from another<br /> so must leave Do write soon very soon to your brother<br /> and sister tho I feel as though this was too poor to<br /> merit a reply but do it for your love sake Mary</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.[Text written by Joseph Post is on the same sheet of paper and is transcribed as Letter as Letter 919, dated March 18, 1852] 19th I have been looking over what has been written and am almost ready to smile at. the desponding feeling which is manifested by my generally cheerful and hopeful Post if it had been my production it would not have been any thing strange for I am often clothed with discouragement and may acknowledge that it was prevailed abundan^tly^ for the past few weeks and I have wished so ardently for some one of you to council and unburthen [sic] our little difficulties unto you can understand us and appreciate our motives but who is there beside that can? I have a hope that the time is near at hand when we may grasp your hands and give you a welcom [sic] to our hearts and home and trust all gloom will be banished by your beloved presence yes I feel that we should no longer feel alone but be able to chase a thousand and combined could put ten thousand annoying and vexatious circumstances to flight We have had a few pleasant spring days when the peepers and robin birds made their sweet and musical sounds to gladden the heart but all are hushed and the secene [sic] has changed to winter in its most unlovely aspect But indoors it is cozy and bright so I will not dwell on the disagreeable longer and retire for the night and perhaps I shall feel cheerful and can fill this more to my liking so farewell First day eve the shades of evening are gathering around me but no brightness is reflected from the setting sun which is hidden by dark and gloomy clouds which overspread the entire firmament and have I fear imparted some what of their gloom to my mind for on taking the pen I feel no insp iration for it and I dont know if it were not for the reward we anticipate would lay it aside and rest for I am nearly prostrated by exertion and a fright we had this afternoon in consequence of information we had that Mary R house was on fire I ran so fast as I could until we came in sight of the house and to our great joy found it was only the chimney since which I am all unstrung I have had the asthma for a week more than usual which did not abate by the exertion Matilda is in New York has been more unwell for several weeks and the family want to be trying something and I dont know but she is willing to too so they went down on 3rd day last to get advice from several Dr's and she is now under the care of Dr Grey have not heard what opinion they gave of her but I do not xepect [sic] she will be benefitted by the treatment for she has tried all the pathys to some extent and has continued to decline Jehiel and Phebe are desirious she should go South and they could persuade Stephen and Matilda if approved by a Dr but their friends generally would disapprove it as utterly vain Samuel Hicks remains somewhat of an invalid but is out on pleasant days Elisabeth Mott has been quite poorly with kidney complaint is better I have not seen her in a long while We are feeling quite tried about our school affairs in a letter from Cynthia sometime ago she xpressed [sic] her willingn^ess^ to teach for the summer and suppose she is at liberty to come from any private hindrance but what she will do now I know not we have invited her to come and teach our girls or come and spend the Summer which ever she prefers but whether she will do either I am indignant at the mean pittiful [sic] objections made aga^inst^ her and what think you it can be? Why it is because she puts on occasionally the Bloomer dress that all this mighty effort has been made electioneering and speaking disparigingly [sic] of her I feel like taking my departure sometimes from such a proscriptive place then too she is too liberal in her sentiments of reform and if not Orthodox alltogether [sic] she shall not come and at any rate if she did come "she should not wear a Bloomerin the school" I told Joseph I was thankful we had a little power left we can invite such as we choose to visit us let them dress or beleive [sic] as they may but if they go on at this rate we may not long have this privilege We were very much pleased with your description of meeting s &c and also in relation to Antislavery Frederick and indeed all was a rich treat we percieve [sic] your friends the Fosters are in your section have as yet seen no appointments for your city Your said nothing about William & Marys visiting us we are hoping form what we hear to quit then but it is so dark I cannot see one line from another so must leave Do write soon very soon to your brother and sister tho I feel as though this was too poor to merit a reply but do it for your love sake Mary
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upwards]<br /> up to Cocksague<br /> this week she<br /> desires her<br /> love to you<br /> all she has<br /> tell Sarah<br /> about finished<br /> her satchel<br /> has not worked<br /> on it untill [sic]<br /> the last few<br /> days. this <br /> message is <br /> from me and<br /> it resembles<br /> the original<br /> very much<br /> Mother does<br /> not regain<br /> her usual<br /> health<br /> They told<br /> us at Jericho<br /> that Uncle<br /> and Aunt<br /> Kirby were<br /> getting along<br /> very comfort<br /> ably hope<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> The Dr has not come yet he expected to have been here but<br /> suppose he has not been able to leave as he xpected [sic] First day eve<br /> here am paper [obliterated] nd not filled I am more and more discoura<br /> -ged with myself I accomplish so little I xperience [sic] the truth of<br /> this that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak hence I<br /> fail to do what I intend been to meeting and since taken up<br /> with reading and xpecting [sic] company but as yet they do not<br /> come spent last eve at Henrys Isaac been poorly but better<br /> had been to the Cove had some talk on Spirit moving and<br /> writing they have not progressed any and regret very much<br /> your giving it so much of your time several other of your frd<br /> feel similarly but I trust Isaac will be careful on that score and<br /> not let in encroach on either health or business improperly but a <br /> "word to the wise is sufficient" Richard Willets (Deacon) was here<br /> and I read him E Hicks Cousin Elias's and some others of the<br /> peices [sic] he seemed a little prejudiced against such things but after<br /> hearing said they are very good let them come from where they may<br /> Mary P Titus spent a day here lately she too was much in-<br /> terested and said she would liked if thee was here to have<br /> asked something from Stephen. Matilda did not return<br /> as she xpected [sic] was considerably fatigued and thought she<br /> would stay a few days longer the Dr thinks her spine and<br /> liver are both affected Mary Cock continues more poorly<br /> the family are all in N Y Cynthia thinks of going<br /> [Continues below with line beginning "the passage Blessed"]<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written downward]<br /> Willet and<br /> Matilda<br /> are enjoy<br /> ing there [sic]<br /> visit<br /> I was sur<br /> -preised to<br /> find Edm<br /> -und went <br /> with them<br /> thought<br /> he did<br /> not xpect [sic]<br /> to go quite<br /> so soon<br /> had been<br /> looking<br /> for him<br /> at our<br /> house he<br /> gave us<br /> very little<br /> of his com<br /> pany much<br /> less than<br /> was agreeable<br /> to us<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> the passage Blessed are ye when ^men shall^ revile you and say all manner<br /> of evil against you falsely & &c there seemed no bitterness or<br /> unkindness mixed up with it some good spirit must have controled [sic] <br /> her mind the law and order Friends feel quite discouraged at times<br /> if we may judge from the communications we hear and I do not wond<br /> er for there are so many little innovations which prove the faithful<br /> even are sliding from the ancient faith and conforming to the worl^d^<br /> Mary Cock is in New York and for the last 2 weeks has been<br /> much more unwell so that she is not able to walk much have<br /> not heard particulars it will be a very great affliction to them<br /> to loose [sic] her but perhaps they are beleivers [sic] in the truth of the <br /> scriptures that whomesoever [sic] God lovethe [sic] he chastneth [sic] and that it<br /> will work out for them an eternal weight of Glory &c If they could<br /> become beleivers [sic] in the new views as they are called and realize <br /> the exceeding beauty and lovliness [sic] of the Spirit home they<br /> would I fully beleive [sic] feel more <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">joyful</span> ^comfortable^ than it is possible for<br /> any one to feel with the views of death held by the many if<br /> I know myself these things have changed the feelings of my<br /> mind greatly but I think it will be long ere we cease to mour^n^<br /> for loved ones tho not as formerly so sad and desponding ly<br /> The girls have got home and have so much to say that writing<br /> is almost impossible so I will stop Joseph has long ago given<br /> up sleep has been to [sic] m<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ight</span>y for him and of course his paper<br /> is not filled The girls seem quite pleased with the evenings<br /> reading the subject was Astronomy the next is the Mind<br /> now Good night</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. [Text in top margin, written upwards] up to Cocksague this week she desires her love to you all she has tell Sarah about finished her satchel has not worked on it untill [sic] the last few days. this message is from me and it resembles the original very much Mother does not regain her usual health They told us at Jericho that Uncle and Aunt Kirby were getting along very comfort ably hope [Text normal] The Dr has not come yet he expected to have been here but suppose he has not been able to leave as he xpected [sic] First day eve here am paper [obliterated] nd not filled I am more and more discoura -ged with myself I accomplish so little I xperience [sic] the truth of this that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak hence I fail to do what I intend been to meeting and since taken up with reading and xpecting [sic] company but as yet they do not come spent last eve at Henrys Isaac been poorly but better had been to the Cove had some talk on Spirit moving and writing they have not progressed any and regret very much your giving it so much of your time several other of your frd feel similarly but I trust Isaac will be careful on that score and not let in encroach on either health or business improperly but a "word to the wise is sufficient" Richard Willets (Deacon) was here and I read him E Hicks Cousin Elias's and some others of the peices [sic] he seemed a little prejudiced against such things but after hearing said they are very good let them come from where they may Mary P Titus spent a day here lately she too was much in- terested and said she would liked if thee was here to have asked something from Stephen. Matilda did not return as she xpected [sic] was considerably fatigued and thought she would stay a few days longer the Dr thinks her spine and liver are both affected Mary Cock continues more poorly the family are all in N Y Cynthia thinks of going [Continues below with line beginning "the passage Blessed"] [Text in top margin, written downward] Willet and Matilda are enjoy ing there [sic] visit I was sur -preised to find Edm -und went with them thought he did not xpect [sic] to go quite so soon had been looking for him at our house he gave us very little of his com pany much less than was agreeable to us [Text normal] the passage Blessed are ye when ^men shall^ revile you and say all manner of evil against you falsely & &c there seemed no bitterness or unkindness mixed up with it some good spirit must have controled [sic] her mind the law and order Friends feel quite discouraged at times if we may judge from the communications we hear and I do not wond er for there are so many little innovations which prove the faithful even are sliding from the ancient faith and conforming to the worl^d^ Mary Cock is in New York and for the last 2 weeks has been much more unwell so that she is not able to walk much have not heard particulars it will be a very great affliction to them to loose [sic] her but perhaps they are beleivers [sic] in the truth of the scriptures that whomesoever [sic] God lovethe [sic] he chastneth [sic] and that it will work out for them an eternal weight of Glory &c If they could become beleivers [sic] in the new views as they are called and realize the exceeding beauty and lovliness [sic] of the Spirit home they would I fully beleive [sic] feel more joyful ^comfortable^ than it is possible for any one to feel with the views of death held by the many if I know myself these things have changed the feelings of my mind greatly but I think it will be long ere we cease to mour^n^ for loved ones tho not as formerly so sad and desponding ly The girls have got home and have so much to say that writing is almost impossible so I will stop Joseph has long ago given up sleep has been to [sic] mighty for him and of course his paper is not filled The girls seem quite pleased with the evenings reading the subject was Astronomy the next is the Mind now Good night
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<p>[Page 1 written by Joseph Post to Isaac post and is transcribed as 860_10_02_1850]<br /><br /> (Page 1)<br /><br /> Joseph has sat for some minutes holding his pen waiting for some brili<br /> =ant [sic] ideas but none presenting to suit he has taken his hat and<br /> gone to Joshua’s and it may be a great loss for me to share the space<br /> he intends to fill We hope William has recovered his usual health and<br /> energy would not the water treatment be an advantage to him with <br /> an occasional dose of [illegible] I have been quite indisposed but thanks<br /> to cold water am much better Esther Post has concluded to go to the<br /> Normal School it may be of great advantage to her if she [remains?] to<br /> graduate she will get improved idias [sic] relative to order and<br /> government in school <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">which</span> Mary Lewis has been quite poorly <br /> is better again they returned to night from a visit to Staten Island<br /> it would be an advantage could she get out more frequently from<br /> home We were quite supprised [sic] to see Abigail Motts death anno<br /> =unced in the paper’s can scarcely realise it that we shall ^not^ see her<br /> stepping around from one to another as in former times Suppose you<br /> read [Sigma?] and E Quincy s articles do you think Sigma will venture<br /> again while he has such an opponent to contend against<br /> Rowland told us of a<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">nd</span> story he heard of a friend cautioning friends against<br /> unprofitable company amusements &c and concluded by saying there was<br /> a singing woman going about she hoped none of them would go to hear<br /> her name was [J<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ane</span> ?<span style="text-decoration:underline;">]</span> Lind really it would require no stretch of<br /> my conscience to hear Jane only I believe the money might be<br /> invested in more productive stock We have had fire to eat by<br /> about three weeks altho in the sun it is warm in the country fire<br /> is truly pleasant suppose you [citizens?] have scarcly [sic] thought of it yet <br /> I thought when you were here perhaps I might feel like com<br /> plying with Amy s wishes sometime but as yet have not felt any<br /> opening when I do I will embrace it and forward accordingly<br /> so wait patiently and never until then … Your father and mother<br /> called at the door on their return from James’s They were well<br /> I did not tell them I was writing perhaps they might have had a <br /> message for you I will stop as Joseph will feel quite disappointed <br /> to find his blank scribbled on and he may wish to add to his former<br /> stock Mary.<br /><br /> [Remainder of page written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and is transcribed as 860_10_02_1850]</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.[Page 1 written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and is transcribed as 860_10_02_1850] Joseph has sat for some minutes holding his pen waiting for some brili =ant [sic] ideas but none presenting to suit he has taken his hat and gone to Joshua's and it may be a great loss for me to share the space he intends to fill We hope William has recovered his usual health and energy would not the water treatment be an advantage to him with an occasional dose of [illegible] I have been quite indisposed but thanks to cold water am much better Esther Post has concluded to go to the Normal School it may be of great advantage to her if she [remains?] to graduate she will get improved idias [sic] relative to order and government in school which Mary Lewis has been quite poorly is better again they returned to night from a visit to Staten Island it would be an advantage could she get out more frequently from home We were quite supprised [sic] to see Abigail Motts death anno =unced in the paper's can scarcely realise it that we shall ^not^ see her stepping around from one to another as in former times Suppose you read [Sigma?] and E Quincy s articles do you think Sigma will venture again while he has such an opponent to contend against Rowland told us of and story he heard of a friend cautioning friends against unprofitable company amusements &c and concluded by saying there was a singing woman going about she hoped none of them would go to hear her name was [Jane ?] Lind really it would require no stretch of my conscience to hear Jane only I believe the money might be invested in more productive stock We have had fire to eat by about three weeks altho in the sun it is warm in the country fire is truly pleasant suppose you [citizens?] have scarcly [sic] thought of it yet I thought when you were here perhaps I might feel like com plying with Amy s wishes sometime but as yet have not felt any opening when I do I will embrace it and forward accordingly so wait patiently and never until then ...Your father and mother called at the door on their return from James's They were well I did not tell them I was writing perhaps they might have had a message for you I will stop as Joseph will feel quite disappointed to find his blank scribbled on and he may wish to add to his former stock Mary. [Remainder of page written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and is transcribed as 860_10_02_1850]
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Our Dear Relatives Westbury 10 mo 1<sup>st</sup> x 50<br /> Think not you are forg<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">g</span>otten by your brother and sister<br /> that we have been so long silent I can assure you this has not been the case<br /> and I felt it in my heart to reply to brothers kind remembrance's but a var<br /> -iety of causes have operated against the fulfilment [sic] of the wish until the presen^t^<br /> and even now I cannot take much time as the sun is about to sink below the<br /> horizon and my eyes are too weak to allow me to write this evening We have<br /> seen but little of Jacob and still less of Edmund hope they will give us a<br /> greater portion of the remainder of their time I rejoice that your visit was<br /> satisfactory and pleasant to us it was unusually so and I love to recall<br /> the happy hours spent ^<span style="text-decoration:underline;">in</span>^ social communion with you they are bright spots on<br /> memory's tablet We are just home from a delightful visit to our<br /> dear friends Steven and Deborah Archer we had long contemplated pay_<br /> -ing them a visit (and contrary to our usual experience of long talked<br /> of visits) it was exceedingly pleasant and it seldom falls to our lot<br /> to be made so welcom [sic] they done all in their power to render it att<br /> -ractive and profitable I could tell you of many beautiful nights we ^saw^<br /> calculated to fill the mind with rapturous delight especially the view<br /> from the Pallisades [sic] is as grand and magnificent far exceeding my<br /> expectations of it we looked from the dizzy hight [sic] down into the river<br /> from <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">a</span> perpendicular rock's more than three hundred feet high eagles<br /> were flying in circles over our heads and many other objects both dis-<br /> -tant and near of great interest and beauty the only draw back<br /> to our enjoyment was the limited time we had to devote to them<br /> The walk was rough and in some places almost dangerous over rocks<br /> and loose stones in some places beautiful rills of water were runn<br /> -ing through stones and leaping from rock to rock in its decent [sic] to<br /> the beautiful river at the base of mountain and rock but farewel [sic] for to night<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> 4th I have since I commenced this gone through my usual cleaning process in-<br /> -cident to changing help and this morning I am introducing my new assista<br /> nt into the mysteries of my domestic arrangement a profess I always dislike<br /> but so far I get on admirably the adage a "new broom sweeps clean" I have<br /> often found true and I fear it may be in this case but I will hope on<br /> We have made a visit to Henry's on fourth day found Jacob there but decl<br /> -ined coming home with us as he wished to go to the Fair yesterday They<br /> had all been a fishing the day before John and May came in the evening<br /> and we had some plain talk about elders and I though Mary was a<br /> little hurt they are up for the appointment as well as aunt Mary father<br /> mother Robert Seaman Selah Hubbs and Sarah Powell, Eliza Seaman has for<br /> years been one she is left off at Westbury I dont know but suppose<br /> all will be appointed but to Silas Carle the opposition is great in<br /> his own meeting Edward S Willets and Edward L Frost are added to<br /> the former list When shall we see a reform in these things when there<br /> will be no priveleged [sic] class to usurp authority over the mass It seems<br /> as though there was a design in having the number increased and<br /> also in having them of corresponding sentiments they will carry<br /> all before them and liberal enlarged views will have but small<br /> change of being promulgated at least with their sanction _ but we<br /> shall see what we shall wee Isaac Hicks s house was struck with<br /> lightning last sixth day night and it appeared the east part of the<br /> house every room except one bore traces of it by tearing loose windows<br /> caseings [sic] and some other marks ^also^ in the garret both front and back stoop<br /> but no one injured further than a severe electric shock Isaac ^says^<br /> he does not think the house much injured Edmund Rushmore<br /> got home last evening believe he has improved in health Cynthia<br /> is away with her friends has a vacation of five weeks the last<br /> of the five she will probably spend with us in Philadelphia and<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> parts adjacent in attending the State meeting at West Chester<br /> unless Joseph and the girls should happen to have the mumps there<br /> was one of Steven Archer's boarders had them and was with us some<br /> time ere we knew about it (the girls do not expect to go) I do<br /> not much want to be disappointed but still would like the girls to<br /> get through with all such diseases while <span style="text-decoration:underline;">I</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">am</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">personal</span>ly with them<br /> We perceive by the paper's that the Rochester rappings say John C<br /> Calhoun is now in favor of emancipation I would much rather he<br /> had given evidence while here for his testimony now is not of much<br /> value as so few will believe without greater evidence than they can<br /> have through this medium I would be so glad to be convinced rela<br /> tive to this matter whether it really be what it purports to be I can<br /> not help doubting but I must stop again as it is time to get our dinner<br /> Well dinner is over and I am just in from picking grapes with<br /> which our vines are laden but they are not as good as at some<br /> former times as they do not ripen well beleive [sic] it is universally<br /> the case in these parts but there are many very sweet and<br /> good and I wished it were possible while I was in the<br /> garden for me to send you a boquet [sic] of flowers I think<br /> I could cull one which would do Long Island credit at<br /> least in the opinion of the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">natives</span> without being rare they<br /> possess the charm <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">of</span> which early associations give to objects loved<br /> in childhood Has Sarah returned from her Canadian visit<br /> I felt a little disappointed in not having her this way but<br /> doubt not Phebe was rejoiced to have her with them and perhaps<br /> our turn will come ere long my love to her with an invitation<br /> to visit us The fugitive slave bill and the eagerness to<br /> carry it out is carrying fear and sorrow into many a heart<br /> and family the arrest in New York and attempted arrest<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> has caused great sensation and among a class too who before<br /> have been quite indifferent to the subject I verily believe if it<br /> is possible for the Northern mind to be aroused from its lethargy<br /> and hardness of heart these outrages of the rights of freedom will<br /> do it I have a strong hope that this infamous act will act<br /> as an engine against the evil it is designed to perpetuate and secure<br /> but before this is done how many hopes and aspirations will be brok<br /> -en how many homes made desolate by this ruthless invader Oh I am<br /> sad when I think of it but the inducement is still greater to labor<br /> on all occasions in season and out for the destruction of the<br /> vile system of slavery Aunt Phebe Carpenter is rather dec<br /> -lining have not seen her since she went to Brooklyn<br /> Matilda does not gain as fast as we hoped she would but is<br /> about We attended the funeral last sixth day of Samuel Mott<br /> Leonard's son quite a promising young man it appeared to be a<br /> great trial to them I wondered at the time what their views<br /> of death were whether the same dark and sad ^view^ which the mass<br /> of mankind hold or those ^of a^ bright and progressive life which takes<br /> from death its sting and from the grave its victory I wished for<br /> their sake's it might be the latter Samuel Seaman son of Elizab<br /> is gone has suffered much and his desire for life was such he<br /> would be willing to be in an scituation [sic] even to be a slave could<br /> he only live Oh sad deplorable condition how afflictive to be with<br /> him left a wife and three little girls Have just got the first vol<br /> of the Great Harmonia have not read much ^of it^ yet the philosophy<br /> of Death I think I shall like the best his ideas are I think<br /> destined to change long established beliefs in regard to death<br /> progression and happiness of all I have scribble on until<br /> I find I am at the bottom of my sheet and will close after<br /> xpressing [sic] the hope you will not follow my xample [sic] and defer<br /> time after time ere you write to us 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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Our Dear Relatives Westbury 10 mo 1st x 50 Think not you are forggotten by your brother and sister that we have been so long silent I can assure you this has not been the case and I felt it in my heart to reply to brothers kind remembrance's but a var -iety of causes have operated against the fulfilment [sic] of the wish until the presen^t^ and even now I cannot take much time as the sun is about to sink below the horizon and my eyes are too weak to allow me to write this evening We have seen but little of Jacob and still less of Edmund hope they will give us a greater portion of the remainder of their time I rejoice that your visit was satisfactory and pleasant to us it was unusually so and I love to recall the happy hours spent ^in^ social communion with you they are bright spots on memory's tablet We are just home from a delightful visit to our dear friends Steven and Deborah Archer we had long contemplated pay_ -ing them a visit (and contrary to our usual experience of long talked of visits) it was exceedingly pleasant and it seldom falls to our lot to be made so welcom [sic] they done all in their power to render it att -ractive and profitable I could tell you of many beautiful nights we ^saw^ calculated to fill the mind with rapturous delight especially the view from the Pallisades [sic] is as grand and magnificent far exceeding my expectations of it we looked from the dizzy hight [sic] down into the river from a perpendicular rock's more than three hundred feet high eagles were flying in circles over our heads and many other objects both dis- -tant and near of great interest and beauty the only draw back to our enjoyment was the limited time we had to devote to them The walk was rough and in some places almost dangerous over rocks and loose stones in some places beautiful rills of water were runn -ing through stones and leaping from rock to rock in its decent [sic] to the beautiful river at the base of mountain and rock but farewel [sic] for to night 4th I have since I commenced this gone through my usual cleaning process in- -cident to changing help and this morning I am introducing my new assista nt into the mysteries of my domestic arrangement a profess I always dislike but so far I get on admirably the adage a "new broom sweeps clean" I have often found true and I fear it may be in this case but I will hope on We have made a visit to Henry's on fourth day found Jacob there but decl -ined coming home with us as he wished to go to the Fair yesterday They had all been a fishing the day before John and May came in the evening and we had some plain talk about elders and I though Mary was a little hurt they are up for the appointment as well as aunt Mary father mother Robert Seaman Selah Hubbs and Sarah Powell, Eliza Seaman has for years been one she is left off at Westbury I dont know but suppose all will be appointed but to Silas Carle the opposition is great in his own meeting Edward S Willets and Edward L Frost are added to the former list When shall we see a reform in these things when there will be no priveleged [sic] class to usurp authority over the mass It seems as though there was a design in having the number increased and also in having them of corresponding sentiments they will carry all before them and liberal enlarged views will have but small change of being promulgated at least with their sanction _ but we shall see what we shall wee Isaac Hicks s house was struck with lightning last sixth day night and it appeared the east part of the house every room except one bore traces of it by tearing loose windows caseings [sic] and some other marks ^also^ in the garret both front and back stoop but no one injured further than a severe electric shock Isaac ^says^ he does not think the house much injured Edmund Rushmore got home last evening believe he has improved in health Cynthia is away with her friends has a vacation of five weeks the last of the five she will probably spend with us in Philadelphia and parts adjacent in attending the State meeting at West Chester unless Joseph and the girls should happen to have the mumps there was one of Steven Archer's boarders had them and was with us some time ere we knew about it (the girls do not expect to go) I do not much want to be disappointed but still would like the girls to get through with all such diseases while Iampersonally with them We perceive by the paper's that the Rochester rappings say John C Calhoun is now in favor of emancipation I would much rather he had given evidence while here for his testimony now is not of much value as so few will believe without greater evidence than they can have through this medium I would be so glad to be convinced rela tive to this matter whether it really be what it purports to be I can not help doubting but I must stop again as it is time to get our dinner Well dinner is over and I am just in from picking grapes with which our vines are laden but they are not as good as at some former times as they do not ripen well beleive [sic] it is universally the case in these parts but there are many very sweet and good and I wished it were possible while I was in the garden for me to send you a boquet [sic] of flowers I think I could cull one which would do Long Island credit at least in the opinion of the natives without being rare they possess the charm of which early associations give to objects loved in childhood Has Sarah returned from her Canadian visit I felt a little disappointed in not having her this way but doubt not Phebe was rejoiced to have her with them and perhaps our turn will come ere long my love to her with an invitation to visit us The fugitive slave bill and the eagerness to carry it out is carrying fear and sorrow into many a heart and family the arrest in New York and attempted arrest has caused great sensation and among a class too who before have been quite indifferent to the subject I verily believe if it is possible for the Northern mind to be aroused from its lethargy and hardness of heart these outrages of the rights of freedom will do it I have a strong hope that this infamous act will act as an engine against the evil it is designed to perpetuate and secure but before this is done how many hopes and aspirations will be brok -en how many homes made desolate by this ruthless invader Oh I am sad when I think of it but the inducement is still greater to labor on all occasions in season and out for the destruction of the vile system of slavery Aunt Phebe Carpenter is rather dec -lining have not seen her since she went to Brooklyn Matilda does not gain as fast as we hoped she would but is about We attended the funeral last sixth day of Samuel Mott Leonard's son quite a promising young man it appeared to be a great trial to them I wondered at the time what their views of death were whether the same dark and sad ^view^ which the mass of mankind hold or those ^of a^ bright and progressive life which takes from death its sting and from the grave its victory I wished for their sake's it might be the latter Samuel Seaman son of Elizab is gone has suffered much and his desire for life was such he would be willing to be in an scituation [sic] even to be a slave could he only live Oh sad deplorable condition how afflictive to be with him left a wife and three little girls Have just got the first vol of the Great Harmonia have not read much ^of it^ yet the philosophy of Death I think I shall like the best his ideas are I think destined to change long established beliefs in regard to death progression and happiness of all I have scribble on until I find I am at the bottom of my sheet and will close after xpressing [sic] the hope you will not follow my xample [sic] and defer time after time ere you write to us you have done well heretofor that is one of thee
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 9 Mo<sup>th</sup> 16<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> 1850<br /> Dear William & Mary<br /> I hope you will excuse me for not hav<br /> -ing acknowledged ere this the reception of Williams much valued<br /> testimonial or remembrance it was most grateful to our feelings please<br /> accept our thanks for the favor I commenced a sheet and partly filled<br /> it many weeks ago but from various excuses it was not quite finished<br /> and now it is quite too stale to think of sending I regret the circu<br /> -mstance as there is at present but little <span style="text-decoration:underline;">news</span> to communicate in<br /> the way but very much which it would be delightful to talk over toge<br /> -ther among other things let me say your father and mother have told<br /> us so many wonderful things that if not fully convinced we have certain<br /> -ly become much ^more^ ready to hear and if in our way to examine into these mis<br /> -terious [sic] sounds which they hear and which they prize so highly but still I<br /> cannot see any great good to come from it "but wait a little longer" perhaps<br /> I shall in time understand better _ _ they made us a very pleasant<br /> visit we enjoyed it greatly but they are gone and distance has set its<br /> barrier between us it quite difficult to feel satisfied to have so<br /> many of ^our^ dear one's located so f<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ar</span> away it would be so pleasant to<br /> form a little community where there would be no discordant feelings<br /> and interests to mar the harmony and love which I should want to cem<br /> -ent all together I fear few are prepared to carry out this idea even on<br /> a limited plan which of us have not witnessed the estrangement of friends<br /> once very dear in whose stedfast [sic] integrity and generous affection we had<br /> garnered up our hearts I feel sad to think that friendship does not prove<br /> more enduring that a difference of sentiment so generally weakens the<br /> bond of union and in many cases an opposite feeling takes possession<br /> of the breast The last week New York and parts adjacent have been in<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> quite an excited state on account of Jenny Lind first advint [sic] at Castle<br /> Garden she is winning g<span style="text-decoration:underline;">old</span>en opinions and then how generously giving<br /> it back to charitable institutions she must understand the feelings of the<br /> world pretty well for it is probably no other course would have made her<br /> so great a favourite I hope she will remember the slave and their friends next<br /> time Dont you regret Frederick Bremer's position that she whome we all<br /> delighted and loved to honor should in any way falter is cause of the dee<br /> -pest regret we have allways [sic] xpected [sic] to find her on side of the oppressed<br /> and never as an eulogist of a slaveholder Suppose you have seen Rebecc^a^<br /> Capon's [sic] address we were quite pleased with it _ it was sent us from<br /> Pennysylvania it was published in the Westchester Register & Examiner and<br /> by the by dont you think of being at the meeting to be held at West Cheste [sic]<br /> I should think you would like it Rowland Johnson has been up<br /> and made us a delightful visit we took him to Cow Neck meeting he<br /> came out reformer like against many things held as sacred against the<br /> veneration for the bible for Jesus &c &c that a conformity to the dicipline [sic]<br /> the wearing a broad brimed [sic] hat and a plain coat were too often substituted <br /> for justice mercy and truth that there was danger of being too spiritual on<br /> the whole it was a first rate sermon spoke up was slavery and intemperance<br /> and cautioned against censuring and condemning those whose ideas of<br /> some things differed from the poplar beleif [sic] they were called infidels<br /> that among this class were to be found some of the purest minds &c<br /> it is weeks ago and I do not remember particularly enough to give any<br /> kind of an idea it was of such a character as I thought required consider<br /> -able moral courage to face the opposition which will be arroused [sic]<br /> against him what will be done with him is more than I can tell<br /> one thing is certain the New York Monthly Meeting are creating a large<br /> number of e<span style="text-decoration:underline;">lder</span>s and nearly all are of the illiberal order William<br /> C White who is quite tolerant has not been brought forward I think<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> I have heard there was about twenty proposed this looks like doing<br /> something to keep order I will now lay this aside and take a ride<br /> to Isaac Rushmore's have written this in the room with company who<br /> are talking and I must join in with the talk sometimes so I have made<br /> many mistakes they have just gone and I must say good night<br /> 17 I am just in from a walk this bright and beautiful morning how invigor<br /> -ating to the soul to go forth and commune with nature amidst the beauties<br /> which are spread before us the earth is covered with the freshness and verdure<br /> of spring and a large collection of bright and beautiful flowers adorn both<br /> garden and field "yes month of my heart Septemper [sic] mild<br /> Thy transient reign is passing bright-" Oh that you<br /> were here we might then walk together on our <span style="text-decoration:underline;">hills</span> and enjoy much of na<br /> -ture in its quiet appearance as presented from them I enjoy the view in<br /> the early morning also when the king of day is sinking below the western<br /> horizon tinging the sky with golden hues these hours are among some of<br /> the most cherished seasons of my life I have felt inspired by a sense of the<br /> presence ^of God^ and felt elevated above the discords of life and prepared to worship<br /> I trust acceptably our benevolent Father in spirit We made a pleasant<br /> call at Isaac's Matilda not quite as well as usual but pleasant and int<br /> resting as ever what a beautiful and hopeful spirit she is, she infuses joy and<br /> light through the house Samuel and Catharine were there on first day and with them<br /> Nestor Houton he requested at New York last spring I dont know what he is I should think<br /> he went with neither party however he preached at our meeting whether it was<br /> his first attempt I dont know Catharine is remarkably well it is really aston<br /> -ishing to see her so actively engaged in domestic duties<br /> We have received Isaac's letter and were very glad to hear of Edmund's improvem^ent^<br /> suppose we shall soon have him with us hope he will stay sometime it may<br /> be an advantage to him to rest from money getting<br /> Cynthia left us yesterday morning to visit her friends will be absent<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> from her school five weeks we miss her very much she lightens many<br /> a silent home by her cheerful and enquiring mind we shall greet her<br /> again with pleasure We contemplate visiting Stephen Archer<br /> in company with Rowland Johnson in two weeks we anticipate<br /> a rare treat of intellectual dainties We perceive Frederica<br /> Bremer has visited Frederick Douglass did she visit you or did you<br /> meet with her anywhere? And how is Frederic I hope he will be more<br /> careful of his health else he will wear our ere slavery is abolished<br /> How graphically Henry C Wright describes his visit to<br /> see the [gaso?] spring the midnight scene is very striking few<br /> possess the gift to delineate so accurately and yet so interestingly<br /> all the little minutia [sic] of such a scene<br /> There may have been many things I would like to have<br /> noticed in your letter but as I have not got it by me and probably<br /> they have been answered long ago by some one else I will not trouble you<br /> at this late period with any but I think I may venture to say if you<br /> will condescend to write again I will not delay so long unless I have<br /> a first rate <span style="text-decoration:underline;">excuse</span> for it The health of our friends in this vicinity<br /> is generally pretty good Daniel Underhill has began to walk with crutches<br /> Wiliams Willets is better whether permanently I do not know I have been<br /> rather unwell for some days at turns quite so with great distress in my<br /> stomach I expect Joseph would like to have put in a word but he is out<br /> and will loose the chance to do so if I do not stop Love to all our<br /> friends Do write and tell us whether you begin to give ear to rap's and <br /> manifestations I think I would go <span style="text-decoration:underline;">onc</span>e again if in Williams place and test it if<br /> possible In the bonds of affection I am truly yours Mary W Post
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 9 Moth 16th 1850 Dear William & Mary I hope you will excuse me for not hav -ing acknowledged ere this the reception of Williams much valued testimonial or remembrance it was most grateful to our feelings please accept our thanks for the favor I commenced a sheet and partly filled it many weeks ago but from various excuses it was not quite finished and now it is quite too stale to think of sending I regret the circu -mstance as there is at present but little news to communicate in the way but very much which it would be delightful to talk over toge -ther among other things let me say your father and mother have told us so many wonderful things that if not fully convinced we have certain -ly become much ^more^ ready to hear and if in our way to examine into these mis -terious [sic] sounds which they hear and which they prize so highly but still I cannot see any great good to come from it "but wait a little longer" perhaps I shall in time understand better _ _ they made us a very pleasant visit we enjoyed it greatly but they are gone and distance has set its barrier between us it quite difficult to feel satisfied to have so many of ^our^ dear one's located so far away it would be so pleasant to form a little community where there would be no discordant feelings and interests to mar the harmony and love which I should want to cem -ent all together I fear few are prepared to carry out this idea even on a limited plan which of us have not witnessed the estrangement of friends once very dear in whose stedfast [sic] integrity and generous affection we had garnered up our hearts I feel sad to think that friendship does not prove more enduring that a difference of sentiment so generally weakens the bond of union and in many cases an opposite feeling takes possession of the breast The last week New York and parts adjacent have been in quite an excited state on account of Jenny Lind first advint [sic] at Castle Garden she is winning golden opinions and then how generously giving it back to charitable institutions she must understand the feelings of the world pretty well for it is probably no other course would have made her so great a favourite I hope she will remember the slave and their friends next time Dont you regret Frederick Bremer's position that she whome we all delighted and loved to honor should in any way falter is cause of the dee -pest regret we have allways [sic] xpected [sic] to find her on side of the oppressed and never as an eulogist of a slaveholder Suppose you have seen Rebecc^a^ Capon's [sic] address we were quite pleased with it _ it was sent us from Pennysylvania it was published in the Westchester Register & Examiner and by the by dont you think of being at the meeting to be held at West Cheste [sic] I should think you would like it Rowland Johnson has been up and made us a delightful visit we took him to Cow Neck meeting he came out reformer like against many things held as sacred against the veneration for the bible for Jesus &c &c that a conformity to the dicipline [sic] the wearing a broad brimed [sic] hat and a plain coat were too often substituted for justice mercy and truth that there was danger of being too spiritual on the whole it was a first rate sermon spoke up was slavery and intemperance and cautioned against censuring and condemning those whose ideas of some things differed from the poplar beleif [sic] they were called infidels that among this class were to be found some of the purest minds &c it is weeks ago and I do not remember particularly enough to give any kind of an idea it was of such a character as I thought required consider -able moral courage to face the opposition which will be arroused [sic] against him what will be done with him is more than I can tell one thing is certain the New York Monthly Meeting are creating a large number of elders and nearly all are of the illiberal order William C White who is quite tolerant has not been brought forward I think I have heard there was about twenty proposed this looks like doing something to keep order I will now lay this aside and take a ride to Isaac Rushmore's have written this in the room with company who are talking and I must join in with the talk sometimes so I have made many mistakes they have just gone and I must say good night 17 I am just in from a walk this bright and beautiful morning how invigor -ating to the soul to go forth and commune with nature amidst the beauties which are spread before us the earth is covered with the freshness and verdure of spring and a large collection of bright and beautiful flowers adorn both garden and field "yes month of my heart Septemper [sic] mild Thy transient reign is passing bright-" Oh that you were here we might then walk together on our hills and enjoy much of na -ture in its quiet appearance as presented from them I enjoy the view in the early morning also when the king of day is sinking below the western horizon tinging the sky with golden hues these hours are among some of the most cherished seasons of my life I have felt inspired by a sense of the presence ^of God^ and felt elevated above the discords of life and prepared to worship I trust acceptably our benevolent Father in spirit We made a pleasant call at Isaac's Matilda not quite as well as usual but pleasant and int resting as ever what a beautiful and hopeful spirit she is, she infuses joy and light through the house Samuel and Catharine were there on first day and with them Nestor Houton he requested at New York last spring I dont know what he is I should think he went with neither party however he preached at our meeting whether it was his first attempt I dont know Catharine is remarkably well it is really aston -ishing to see her so actively engaged in domestic duties We have received Isaac's letter and were very glad to hear of Edmund's improvem^ent^ suppose we shall soon have him with us hope he will stay sometime it may be an advantage to him to rest from money getting Cynthia left us yesterday morning to visit her friends will be absent from her school five weeks we miss her very much she lightens many a silent home by her cheerful and enquiring mind we shall greet her again with pleasure We contemplate visiting Stephen Archer in company with Rowland Johnson in two weeks we anticipate a rare treat of intellectual dainties We perceive Frederica Bremer has visited Frederick Douglass did she visit you or did you meet with her anywhere? And how is Frederic I hope he will be more careful of his health else he will wear our ere slavery is abolished How graphically Henry C Wright describes his visit to see the [gaso?] spring the midnight scene is very striking few possess the gift to delineate so accurately and yet so interestingly all the little minutia [sic] of such a scene There may have been many things I would like to have noticed in your letter but as I have not got it by me and probably they have been answered long ago by some one else I will not trouble you at this late period with any but I think I may venture to say if you will condescend to write again I will not delay so long unless I have a first rate excuse for it The health of our friends in this vicinity is generally pretty good Daniel Underhill has began to walk with crutches Wiliams Willets is better whether permanently I do not know I have been rather unwell for some days at turns quite so with great distress in my stomach I expect Joseph would like to have put in a word but he is out and will loose the chance to do so if I do not stop Love to all our friends Do write and tell us whether you begin to give ear to rap's and manifestations I think I would go once again if in Williams place and test it if possible In the bonds of affection I am truly yours Mary W Post
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Written upside down along top margin]<br /><br /> Cynthia and the girls desire their love to you all they are quite<br /> interested in the [short?] dresses and will make a trial of them I think soon<br /> The last we heard from Matilda rather improving expects to go out in the country some<br /> -where.<br /><br /> [Beginning of letter, upright in top center of page]<br /><br /> Westbury 6 mo<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> 18<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> /50<br /> Dear Brother & Sister<br /> I need not assure you that both your letters<br /> were welcom [sic] indeed for I believe you are sensible of the fact but <br /> I was supprised [sic] to find you ignorant of Edmunds scituation [sic] I have<br /> not heard from him in several days but he was very very ill and<br /> no prospect of recovery. I trust some one that is acquainted more<br /> particularly with his scituation [sic] has ere this written you particulars<br /> I have had quite an ill turn was in a nice train of<br /> recovery but though great imprudence brought on a second<br /> attack but thanks to cold water I am able to sit up this morning<br /> and hope soon to be well again to enjoy the beautiful creation that<br /> surrounds us “June with its roses” <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">the</span> violets, pinks, and the profusion<br /> of other flowers which usher in this beautiful month & from almost every home<br /> on the open plains on the hillside and from the tangled thicket they are<br /> blooming in great variety and abundant profusion The birds too are car<br /> -olling [sic] their sweetest notes and from my chamber window I hear the<br /> music worship of Nature. the golden sunshine the many flowers the<br /> green leaves and the soft air are all mingled in full harmony I wish<br /> you were here to enjoy all these beautiful offerings before the scythe <br /> has laid down the deep waving grass or the bright green hues of the<br /> bending grain have changed to golden I doubt not you have <br /> with us often thought of George Thompson this week their farewell<br /> soiree, his embarkation the beautiful weather giving promise of a pleasant<br /> sail all combine to bring hi8m most agreeably before the mind It is monthly<br /> meeting and our folks have gone more from habit perhaps than from any great<br /> interest felt Margaret Ketcham was I suppose married yesterday left imediate <br /> ly [sic] on a trip to Niagara and a visit to Phebe I must ask your pardon for<br /> writing that long story of George Doughty it never occurred to me that he had been<br /> to Syracuse or I should never have mentioned it I regret it as I had abundant <br /> matter at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">that time</span> to fill a sheet Last first day Rowland Johnson attended<br /> Bethpage meeting our family of course were on hand the house below filled with<br /> an attentive audience he spoke like a reformer on many subjects at 3 had<br /> a temperance meeting at Jerusalem but not in the meeting house the M M took<br /> that right from them sometime ago and Whithead keeps strict guard that<br /> no impingement of the order takes place “sectarianism is indeed <span style="text-decoration:underline;">hatefull”</span> [sic]<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> Rowland Adon and another person spoke it was a kind of free meeting in<br /> which other evils were spoken to. in the evening they had another meeting 7 or so<br /> miles from Jerusalem and word had been given out that Rowland would be<br /> at that also this was more than he expected but so it was and ^he^ felt quite a <br /> choice in going to Westbury that might we attended that also they collected very<br /> late so that we were obliged to keep unseasonable hours Adon is getting to be quite<br /> a speaker on temperance and John Plummer is awaking form his <span style="text-decoration:underline;">nap</span> and I hope<br /> now that he is away from the influence exerted over him while at Jericho will come<br /> out again liberally for the right-- 19 evening we rode to Jericho yesterday afternoon and<br /> heard from Edmund the day before John Willis came up M W and E Mott are both there<br /> suppose they would not be supprised [sic] at any time if a change should take place I<br /> hear he feels so ready to make the exchange but to the dear one’s [sic] he must leave behind<br /> it will I doubt not ^be^ a most [unwelcome?] friend It is so natural to cling so fondly to<br /> dear one’s [sic] that are with us that it seems like destroying all things that are<br /> worth enjoying when they are removed from our sight and we are all ready to<br /> pray at such seasons that this affliction may pass from us -- I have in this<br /> instance desired that he might be spared to his aged parents to be a staff<br /> to them in their declining years I need not enlarge on this and I hear<br /> they have written you particulars Elisabeth Caggshall is very ill Mary R<br /> has been there more than a week taking care of her Lydia Post expects<br /> to go to New Bedford before long to keep house for her aunt Phebe while<br /> she goes on a r<span style="text-decoration:underline;">eligiou</span>s visit Maria Willets has gone to R I with Debora^h^<br /> Hinsdale and as far as I can find out they are all running to and fro<br /> for the avowed and I don’t know ^but^ only purpose “<span style="text-decoration:underline;">their own peace of mi</span>nd”<br /> [Pricilla?] has no idea of coming to Western New York the liberal part of<br /> Westbury liked her very much but the other portion did not like her much<br /> In our former letter we said nothing of the sorrow we felt that <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">the</span> man<br /> whome [sic] we had all so delighted to honor should after having long and faithfully<br /> stood in the front of the battle ^should^ become disheartened when we can almost hear the shou^t^<br /> of victory Oh it is <span style="text-decoration:underline;">too</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">too</span> very sad and I fear he will continue to retrograde but I still<br /> love him and shall watch every movement hoping to see him again in his wonted<br /> place by the side of old organised antislavery - It has taught me a lesson<br /> which I might have learned long ago but it seems I had forgotton [sic] it it is so<br /> willingly I would forget the painful experience of other years but in relation<br /> to Frederick I have looked on him with such pride and confidence as he<br /> has stood up so nobly & that too in opposition to constitutional obligations<br /> and all other obligations of a character similar to it. ^I cannot see how he can <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">supp</span>ort a union<br /> which is red with the blood of his fellows and be [illegible] by his conscience^ I have thought whether <br /> Julia had not been a great cause of this sad change I will leave this<br /> as I am coughing almost constantly and cannot make a connected<br /> story The remark about H C Wright we felt to be somewhat in accordance<br /> with our view <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">but</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">only</span> in the private circle-- we felt as tho there was something<br /> that prevented our full enjoyment of Henry but I have not heard a [lisp?] from<br /> any person relative to it I hope there will not be any cause for further [rem<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ark</span>?]<br /> I am as ever your sister Mary love to dear E P Willis Sarah W and Mary Frederic and others</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. [Written upside down along top margin] Cynthia and the girls desire their love to you all they are quite interested in the [short?] dresses and will make a trial of them I think soon The last we heard from Matilda rather improving expects to go out in the country some -where. [Beginning of letter, upright in top center of page] Westbury 6 moth 18th /50 Dear Brother & Sister I need not assure you that both your letters were welcom [sic] indeed for I believe you are sensible of the fact but I was supprised [sic] to find you ignorant of Edmunds scituation [sic] I have not heard from him in several days but he was very very ill and no prospect of recovery. I trust some one that is acquainted more particularly with his scituation [sic] has ere this written you particulars I have had quite an ill turn was in a nice train of recovery but though great imprudence brought on a second attack but thanks to cold water I am able to sit up this morning and hope soon to be well again to enjoy the beautiful creation that surrounds us "June with its roses" andthe violets, pinks, and the profusion of other flowers which usher in this beautiful month & from almost every home on the open plains on the hillside and from the tangled thicket they are blooming in great variety and abundant profusion The birds too are car -olling [sic] their sweetest notes and from my chamber window I hear the music worship of Nature. the golden sunshine the many flowers the green leaves and the soft air are all mingled in full harmony I wish you were here to enjoy all these beautiful offerings before the scythe has laid down the deep waving grass or the bright green hues of the bending grain have changed to golden I doubt not you have with us often thought of George Thompson this week their farewell soiree, his embarkation the beautiful weather giving promise of a pleasant sail all combine to bring hi8m most agreeably before the mind It is monthly meeting and our folks have gone more from habit perhaps than from any great interest felt Margaret Ketcham was I suppose married yesterday left imediate ly [sic] on a trip to Niagara and a visit to Phebe I must ask your pardon for writing that long story of George Doughty it never occurred to me that he had been to Syracuse or I should never have mentioned it I regret it as I had abundant matter at that time to fill a sheet Last first day Rowland Johnson attended Bethpage meeting our family of course were on hand the house below filled with an attentive audience he spoke like a reformer on many subjects at 3 had a temperance meeting at Jerusalem but not in the meeting house the M M took that right from them sometime ago and Whithead keeps strict guard that no impingement of the order takes place "sectarianism is indeed hatefull" [sic] Rowland Adon and another person spoke it was a kind of free meeting in which other evils were spoken to. in the evening they had another meeting 7 or so miles from Jerusalem and word had been given out that Rowland would be at that also this was more than he expected but so it was and ^he^ felt quite a choice in going to Westbury that might we attended that also they collected very late so that we were obliged to keep unseasonable hours Adon is getting to be quite a speaker on temperance and John Plummer is awaking form his nap and I hope now that he is away from the influence exerted over him while at Jericho will come out again liberally for the right-- 19 evening we rode to Jericho yesterday afternoon and heard from Edmund the day before John Willis came up M W and E Mott are both there suppose they would not be supprised [sic] at any time if a change should take place I hear he feels so ready to make the exchange but to the dear one's [sic] he must leave behind it will I doubt not ^be^ a most [unwelcome?] friend It is so natural to cling so fondly to dear one's [sic] that are with us that it seems like destroying all things that are worth enjoying when they are removed from our sight and we are all ready to pray at such seasons that this affliction may pass from us -- I have in this instance desired that he might be spared to his aged parents to be a staff to them in their declining years I need not enlarge on this and I hear they have written you particulars Elisabeth Caggshall is very ill Mary R has been there more than a week taking care of her Lydia Post expects to go to New Bedford before long to keep house for her aunt Phebe while she goes on a religious visit Maria Willets has gone to R I with Debora^h^ Hinsdale and as far as I can find out they are all running to and fro for the avowed and I don't know ^but^ only purpose "their own peace of mind" [Pricilla?] has no idea of coming to Western New York the liberal part of Westbury liked her very much but the other portion did not like her much In our former letter we said nothing of the sorrow we felt that the man whome [sic] we had all so delighted to honor should after having long and faithfully stood in the front of the battle ^should^ become disheartened when we can almost hear the shou^t^ of victory Oh it is tootoo very sad and I fear he will continue to retrograde but I still love him and shall watch every movement hoping to see him again in his wonted place by the side of old organised antislavery - It has taught me a lesson which I might have learned long ago but it seems I had forgotton [sic] it it is so willingly I would forget the painful experience of other years but in relation to Frederick I have looked on him with such pride and confidence as he has stood up so nobly & that too in opposition to constitutional obligations and all other obligations of a character similar to it. ^I cannot see how he can support a union which is red with the blood of his fellows and be [illegible] by his conscience^ I have thought whether Julia had not been a great cause of this sad change I will leave this as I am coughing almost constantly and cannot make a connected story The remark about H C Wright we felt to be somewhat in accordance with our view butonly in the private circle-- we felt as tho there was something that prevented our full enjoyment of Henry but I have not heard a [lisp?] from any person relative to it I hope there will not be any cause for further [remark?] I am as ever your sister Mary love to dear E P Willis Sarah W and Mary Frederic and others
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<p>[written upside down along top margin Page 1]<br /><br /> Since I asked about the fair I have seen in the Star the proceeds are small indeed compa<br /> red with the Boston but all things must have a beginning and hope they will not be dishe<br /> -artened by it have often thought of you this eve imagining you were [listening?] to<br /> Frederic’s lecture I have been reading his former one<br /> as the best [substitute?] farewell ever yours Mary<br /><br /> Westbury 1<sup>st</sup> Moth 6<br /> Our Dear Relatives<br /> At home again and how many bright<br /> and beautiful thoughts does that word awaken in the mind and<br /> especially to those of us who are blesed [sic] with all to make it what<br /> home should ever be the abode of confidence and peace where without<br /> jar or collision each <span style="text-decoration:underline;">may</span> fulfill their respective routine of duties<br /> unmoved by the din and tumult of the world through which we are<br /> passing probably you would be willing to know when we arrived at<br /> this home we so praise well it was on the eve of the third day<br /> of January <span style="text-decoration:underline;">1851</span> found all well and apparently glad of our return<br /> our domestics said “and sure you are welcom”[sic] It seems as though it<br /> was the right time for us to make the visit and I rejoice in its <br /> accomplishment -- it having been throughout (to us) very pleasant and<br /> the recollection ^of it^ sweet We had no accident or detention scarcely on<br /> our way but the night was wearisome enough but you all know that<br /> We got ^up to^ [Willis’s?] before 10 and in the afternoon home Samuel Willis went<br /> after Jacob seventh day in the afternoon they with Catharine (who had been<br /> a few days at Townsend Rushmores) came to see us had many questions <br /> to ask Samuel and Catharine do not seem to be prepared to believe on our<br /> report any more than before which I do not wonder at knowing it is im<br /> -possible to realise the manifestation unless witnessed have not read Mrs <br /> Draper’s communication yet First day James and Elisabeth came they <br /> too inquired relative to all these things Elisabeth would enjoy a visit to you<br /> greatly, she enters heart and soul into many things she scarcely expresses<br /> to all her home folks I told her of Aunt Phebe s communication she said<br /> how pleasant if I could believe it fully I think she very nearly belives [sic]<br /> Joseph had some talk with J P Hale he said some of his <br /> friends thought the application ^in his lecture^ too [pointed?] he thinks there<br /> is more antislavery feeling at the South than the North says the<br /> North will submit to any thing however oppressive &c &c<br /> It seemed quite strange on entering New York to see no snow but<br /> there was ice in ^the^ streets but on the side walks day as in summer<br /> the night we got home there was a little snow perhaps two inches<br /> so that it looked a little white it is nearly gone now but<br /> it is cloudy suppose you have an additional supply each day<br /><br /> [Page 2]<br /><br /> we hear there has been considerable since we left it may be a<br /> mistake <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">for </span>I think you had quite enough<br /> Uncle James would rejoice if in his power to visit you I should<br /> be glad to be present when he first heard the rappings. it wou^ld^<br /> furnish a theme for many an hours talk. But as we are to hear<br /> the sounds here he may have a chance without going to Rochester <br /> I really wish we could have the opportunity of hearing in the prese^nce^<br /> of some of our wise ones Charles Post has had quite a turn of rheuma<br /> -tism is better Elias been very lame and is still ran a pitch fork in<br /> his foot Eddy Rushmore is quite po^o^rly with a cold earache and gath<br /> -erings in his head been so two or three weeks have not seen Matilda<br /> yet Neither have we been to Jericho so that I cannot speak of their<br /> welfare Esther Titus has a son three weeks old call him Walter<br /> Uncle Robert rather <span style="text-decoration:underline;">smarte</span>r (how queer that word looks written)<br /> Joseph thought he would fill the ice house to day but the men <br /> thought it would be rather wet and went away he is sorry as it would<br /> have been a pretty nice day for it We have had a letter from Henry<br /> C Wright it was directed to Cynthia but he said intended for the whole<br /> family it is a treat to receive good letters and from loved friends far<br /> away doubly so, he is in Indiana Suppose you have read George<br /> Thompson’s speech at Fannel [sic] Hall at the time of the Bazar [sic] it is quite a<br /> different one from some other of his but shows great versatility of talent<br /> and eloquence of stile [sic] eaqual [sic] to any their Bazar seems to be success<br /> -ful beyond their highest expectations -- Did Frederic get to Buffalo<br /> or did the snow prevent the train from going through and how did<br /> their Fair succeed? we shall want to hear all the particulars about<br /> your meeting and Thompson the Fosters and all the eccetras [sic] which<br /> occur at home and in public do write soon I will stop pretty<br /> soon for there has been no happenings and I am two day in a <br /> cold sore throat head ache &c but have applyed [sic] cold water pretty<br /> freely and hope I shall soon conquer it how are Sarah Bridget and<br /> the other invalids of your family hope they are better <span style="text-decoration:line-through;"> it</span> colds are<br /> very prevalent here our girls been most sick with them I wish<br /> some one was here to add some to this as I do not like to send so<br /> little that is worth sending with love to all the household and the<br /> other dear friends with whome [sic] we have mingled so pleasantly I<br /> hope Edmund will not fail to improve the <br /> am yours affectionately Mary<br /> opportunity s [sic] offered to investigate and he will oblige us if he will report to us his<br /> progress. <br /><br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.[written upside down along top margin Page 1] Since I asked about the fair I have seen in the Star the proceeds are small indeed compa red with the Boston but all things must have a beginning and hope they will not be dishe -artened by it have often thought of you this eve imagining you were [listening?] to Frederic's lecture I have been reading his former one as the best [substitute?] farewell ever yours Mary Westbury 1st Moth 6 Our Dear Relatives At home again and how many bright and beautiful thoughts does that word awaken in the mind and especially to those of us who are blesed [sic] with all to make it what home should ever be the abode of confidence and peace where without jar or collision each may fulfill their respective routine of duties unmoved by the din and tumult of the world through which we are passing probably you would be willing to know when we arrived at this home we so praise well it was on the eve of the third day of January 1851 found all well and apparently glad of our return our domestics said "and sure you are welcom"[sic] It seems as though it was the right time for us to make the visit and I rejoice in its accomplishment -- it having been throughout (to us) very pleasant and the recollection ^of it^ sweet We had no accident or detention scarcely on our way but the night was wearisome enough but you all know that We got ^up to^ [Willis's?] before 10 and in the afternoon home Samuel Willis went after Jacob seventh day in the afternoon they with Catharine (who had been a few days at Townsend Rushmores) came to see us had many questions to ask Samuel and Catharine do not seem to be prepared to believe on our report any more than before which I do not wonder at knowing it is im -possible to realise the manifestation unless witnessed have not read Mrs Draper's communication yet First day James and Elisabeth came they too inquired relative to all these things Elisabeth would enjoy a visit to you greatly, she enters heart and soul into many things she scarcely expresses to all her home folks I told her of Aunt Phebe s communication she said how pleasant if I could believe it fully I think she very nearly belives [sic] Joseph had some talk with J P Hale he said some of his friends thought the application ^in his lecture^ too [pointed?] he thinks there is more antislavery feeling at the South than the North says the North will submit to any thing however oppressive &c &c It seemed quite strange on entering New York to see no snow but there was ice in ^the^ streets but on the side walks day as in summer the night we got home there was a little snow perhaps two inches so that it looked a little white it is nearly gone now but it is cloudy suppose you have an additional supply each day [Page 2] we hear there has been considerable since we left it may be a mistake for I think you had quite enough Uncle James would rejoice if in his power to visit you I should be glad to be present when he first heard the rappings. it wou^ld^ furnish a theme for many an hours talk. 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<p> (Page 1)<br /><br /> Dear Brother & Sister I have laid aside my work and pre-<br /> vailed on Joseph to lay down his paper's [sic] and commune with you for<br /> a brief period but Oh the poverty of my ideas I feel as though<br /> there was so many things so much more interesting for you to read<br /> and there are so many things which are more pleasureable [sic] to me<br /> than writing that I am tempted to lay this aside and wait for a<br /> more convenient season but as an example to Joseph I am almost<br /> compeled [sic] to strive after an I<span style="text-decoration:underline;">dea</span> I will give a little account<br /> of ourselves J and self are alone our girls have by invitation accom<br /> -panied Cynthia to the reading circle which meet at Joshua's this<br /> Evening Our Irish people have gone down to their church it is their<br /> Jubilee which is kept with fasting and walking down to the church<br /> occasionally &c Ignorance and superstition are powerful and control their<br /> lives and doings to an almost incredible degree Our girls have<br /> been in New York on a visit came up this Eve went down on 7 day<br /> seem highly pleased with all they saw and heard among others <br /> they waited long in the street to see Kossuoth [sic] and like many<br /> thousands were gratified with a look at him and the pageants<br /> accompanying but you long ere this have seen account of all the<br /> great fuss made and is it not passing strange they do not see the<br /> inconsistency of their conduct in relation to his position and slavery<br /> I have wished some "power the gift a gee us to see ourselves as others see ^us^"<br /> The trial in Philadelphia has been of intense interest but the pro<br /> -ceedings we have not got for the last two days [obliterated] The Tribune is so<br /> taken up with Kossooth [sic] I fear they neglect the important proceedings<br /> of a sister state and the great struggle of freedom with slavery now<br /> going on in our own country the heros [sic] and martyrs of which are <br /> deserving of ^the^ praise eulogy and high commendation now lavished<br /> on the Hungarian patriot We have not been to Jericho since<br /> I suppose Willet Matilda and Sarah left. have thought of them while<br /> on their journey and since have pictured to myself the enjoyment on<br /> each succeeding day something new to attract and please aside from<br /> the home enjoyments which cluster around your fireside and encir<br /> -cled by other loved one's [sic] would present to me the greatest attraction<br /> The weather here for several days has been cool but delightful I have<br /> now a beautiful rose bud nearly expanded plucked from a bush in<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> the garden a day or two ago with several smaler [sic] ones and how<br /> it withstood the frost and ice I know not but here it is with a good<br /> degree of its summer fragrance I looked on it as truly the last Rose of<br /> Summer its companions all scattered and dead" and feelings of a pensive<br /> nature stole over me as I thought how emblematic of t<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">he</span> aged was this<br /> lone rose true there were many young buds which made the analogy more<br /> complete Matilda strange to say has gone to Philad<sup>^</sup>a^ Mary Willis went<br /> with her will if weather permits return tomorrow and able to do so She<br /> has been loosing [sic] ever since you were here the accident affected her very<br /> much and when she wrote to you I think she had no idea of going on<br /> but being a little smarter and S very anxious to have her to see the Dr again<br /> she has gone but I have not the slightest expectation he will cure<br /> or benefit her much She has suffered from palpitation and nervo^us^<br /> excitement and has found some releif [sic] at times from some one maki^ng^<br /> passes over her She sometimes feels like trying the prescription sent<br /> and give up all other remedies if she delays long fear there will be<br /> no use in any prescription What remarkable developements [sic] C Partridge<br /> is publishing in the Tribune of spirit power and giving names of such<br /> men as Judge Edmunds makes some unbelievers almost think there must<br /> be something in it after all We were very much interested in Amy's<br /> account of spirit communication and hope t<span style="text-decoration:underline;">hat</span> in relation to George<br /> may prove true Mrs Wells told Joseph that the spirits use a<br /> pen that it had been done several times and I beleive [sic] her brother<br /> Edward Fowler had seen it moved or used but generally it was not<br /> in the presence of any one Joseph has not become a medium I think<br /> perhaps he has not confidence or faith which may be one cause in his hand<br /> being used We saw some weeks ago the death of a person who had been<br /> taken to Utica Asylum and was so unwilling ^to remain^ was returning home and<br /> died in the cars Cynthia said she thought it was very likely Milo she<br /> spoke of it to day so I will make the inquiry Amy spoke of<br /> Henry Bush and the welcom [sic] given him by Frederic [sic] I could respond<br /> to the wish that we might hear the good things which he says for I love<br /> and respect him even though he has retreated from his high position<br /> and hope he will one day come on to the platform of old organised<br /> antislavery as was his wont in former days and do battle for the<br /> right in the power and strength of morral [sic] suasion relying on princ<br /> -iple only for the overthrow of tyranny and wrong Do give my love<br /> to him and say that we should rejoice to see him at our home<br /> and hope he will not come to N Y without making us a visit<br /> Rachel spoke in meeting to day and well too if we could apply it for her on<br /><br /> [The following four-page fragment does not continue directly from the above text but seems likely to be part of the same letter. The order of the four “pages” is not marked, but this seems the most likely sequence.]<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> First day afternoon very clear bright sunshine and muddy frost nearly<br /> out of the ground. I found our ^out^ door affares [sic] apparantly [sic] in good order<br /> when we got home think our man done the best he knew how. have been<br /> to meeting to day Uncle Robert was their [sic] seemed very feeble I think he<br /> will not make out to come much longer beleive [sic] it would be as well<br /> if they did not tell him when meeting day come. what a difference between<br /> him and Uncle Jacob who is 2 or 3 years oldest his faccultties [sic] bright tis pleasent [sic]<br /> to be with him. Uncle James has just come in will lay this down<br /><br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Jacob</span> ^evening^ 9 oclock Edmund Post has just gorn [sic] from here ^after dinner^ Jacob went down to<br /> Marys, E. came back with him Jacob soon concluded to return to his<br /> school home, Edmund took our horses and carried him a part of the way<br /> ^I forgot I had told about the mud before^<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">it is now very mudy [sic] frost nearly out of the ground plasent [sic] like <br /> spring</span>. Last evening we were at J Rushmores 2 days before their<br /> smoke house or rather their meat got a fire and burnt very much<br /> I beleive [sic] the house did not get a fire but the meat all fell and some<br /> of burnt nearly up they discoverd [sic] it about sundown Stephen in<br /> hurring [sic] with a pail of water fell and hurt his rist [sic] very much<br /><br /><br /> (Page 5)<br /><br /> so that he cannot use his hand much. To day [sic] Rachel had much to say to<br /> try to convince the young people not to be drawn away after the new<br /> things that are now being advanced differing from what we were<br /> educating [sic] in not so condemning as some times is. Edmund Post<br /> say [sic] Rachel is much opposed to the North Sarr [sic] yet, thinks the<br /> couloured [sic] people ought not to support it. ^ I believe [sic] Abram takes the Mercury^ so she continues by<br /> practice to like the proslavery papers such as the Journal of<br /> commerce better than a reform paper such as the starr [sic]<br /><br /><br /> (Page 6)<br /><br /> Joseph Hicks had the mishap to get his fingers against a circular<br /> saw some 2 weeks ago. little finger bone <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">some</span> broke under the<br /> nail another much tore he does not use his hand much<br /> Valintine Hicks has bought a house at the harbour ^and move into it^. They have<br /> much trouble <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">to</span> or rather much anxiety on account of his way=<br /> wardness. are in hopes to get him in some <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">i</span>mployment [sic] <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">in</span><br /> in the sawmill to try to brake [sic] him off from his [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">illegible</span>] old<br /> company<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Dear Brother & Sister I have laid aside my work and pre- vailed on Joseph to lay down his paper's [sic] and commune with you for a brief period but Oh the poverty of my ideas I feel as though there was so many things so much more interesting for you to read and there are so many things which are more pleasureable [sic] to me than writing that I am tempted to lay this aside and wait for a more convenient season but as an example to Joseph I am almost compeled [sic] to strive after an Idea I will give a little account of ourselves J and self are alone our girls have by invitation accom -panied Cynthia to the reading circle which meet at Joshua's this Evening Our Irish people have gone down to their church it is their Jubilee which is kept with fasting and walking down to the church occasionally &c Ignorance and superstition are powerful and control their lives and doings to an almost incredible degree Our girls have been in New York on a visit came up this Eve went down on 7 day seem highly pleased with all they saw and heard among others they waited long in the street to see Kossuoth [sic] and like many thousands were gratified with a look at him and the pageants accompanying but you long ere this have seen account of all the great fuss made and is it not passing strange they do not see the inconsistency of their conduct in relation to his position and slavery I have wished some "power the gift a gee us to see ourselves as others see ^us^" The trial in Philadelphia has been of intense interest but the pro -ceedings we have not got for the last two days [obliterated] The Tribune is so taken up with Kossooth [sic] I fear they neglect the important proceedings of a sister state and the great struggle of freedom with slavery now going on in our own country the heros [sic] and martyrs of which are deserving of ^the^ praise eulogy and high commendation now lavished on the Hungarian patriot We have not been to Jericho since I suppose Willet Matilda and Sarah left. have thought of them while on their journey and since have pictured to myself the enjoyment on each succeeding day something new to attract and please aside from the home enjoyments which cluster around your fireside and encir -cled by other loved one's [sic] would present to me the greatest attraction The weather here for several days has been cool but delightful I have now a beautiful rose bud nearly expanded plucked from a bush in the garden a day or two ago with several smaler [sic] ones and how it withstood the frost and ice I know not but here it is with a good degree of its summer fragrance I looked on it as truly the last Rose of Summer its companions all scattered and dead" and feelings of a pensive nature stole over me as I thought how emblematic of the aged was this lone rose true there were many young buds which made the analogy more complete Matilda strange to say has gone to Philad^a^ Mary Willis went with her will if weather permits return tomorrow and able to do so She has been loosing [sic] ever since you were here the accident affected her very much and when she wrote to you I think she had no idea of going on but being a little smarter and S very anxious to have her to see the Dr again she has gone but I have not the slightest expectation he will cure or benefit her much She has suffered from palpitation and nervo^us^ excitement and has found some releif [sic] at times from some one maki^ng^ passes over her She sometimes feels like trying the prescription sent and give up all other remedies if she delays long fear there will be no use in any prescription What remarkable developements [sic] C Partridge is publishing in the Tribune of spirit power and giving names of such men as Judge Edmunds makes some unbelievers almost think there must be something in it after all We were very much interested in Amy's account of spirit communication and hope that in relation to George may prove true Mrs Wells told Joseph that the spirits use a pen that it had been done several times and I beleive [sic] her brother Edward Fowler had seen it moved or used but generally it was not in the presence of any one Joseph has not become a medium I think perhaps he has not confidence or faith which may be one cause in his hand being used We saw some weeks ago the death of a person who had been taken to Utica Asylum and was so unwilling ^to remain^ was returning home and died in the cars Cynthia said she thought it was very likely Milo she spoke of it to day so I will make the inquiry Amy spoke of Henry Bush and the welcom [sic] given him by Frederic [sic] I could respond to the wish that we might hear the good things which he says for I love and respect him even though he has retreated from his high position and hope he will one day come on to the platform of old organised antislavery as was his wont in former days and do battle for the right in the power and strength of morral [sic] suasion relying on princ -iple only for the overthrow of tyranny and wrong Do give my love to him and say that we should rejoice to see him at our home and hope he will not come to N Y without making us a visit Rachel spoke in meeting to day and well too if we could apply it for her on [The following four-page fragment does not continue directly from the above text but seems likely to be part of the same letter. The order of the four "pages" is not marked, but this seems the most likely sequence.] First day afternoon very clear bright sunshine and muddy frost nearly out of the ground. I found our ^out^ door affares [sic] apparantly [sic] in good order when we got home think our man done the best he knew how. have been to meeting to day Uncle Robert was their [sic] seemed very feeble I think he will not make out to come much longer beleive [sic] it would be as well if they did not tell him when meeting day come. what a difference between him and Uncle Jacob who is 2 or 3 years oldest his faccultties [sic] bright tis pleasent [sic] to be with him. Uncle James has just come in will lay this downJacob ^evening^ 9 oclock Edmund Post has just gorn [sic] from here ^after dinner^ Jacob went down to Marys, E. came back with him Jacob soon concluded to return to his school home, Edmund took our horses and carried him a part of the way ^I forgot I had told about the mud before^it is now very mudy [sic] frost nearly out of the ground plasent [sic] like spring. Last evening we were at J Rushmores 2 days before their smoke house or rather their meat got a fire and burnt very much I beleive [sic] the house did not get a fire but the meat all fell and some of burnt nearly up they discoverd [sic] it about sundown Stephen in hurring [sic] with a pail of water fell and hurt his rist [sic] very much so that he cannot use his hand much. To day [sic] Rachel had much to say to try to convince the young people not to be drawn away after the new things that are now being advanced differing from what we were educating [sic] in not so condemning as some times is. Edmund Post say [sic] Rachel is much opposed to the North Sarr [sic] yet, thinks the couloured [sic] people ought not to support it. ^ I believe [sic] Abram takes the Mercury^ so she continues by practice to like the proslavery papers such as the Journal of commerce better than a reform paper such as the starr [sic] Joseph Hicks had the mishap to get his fingers against a circular saw some 2 weeks ago. little finger bone some broke under the nail another much tore he does not use his hand much Valintine Hicks has bought a house at the harbour ^and move into it^. They have much trouble to or rather much anxiety on account of his way= wardness. are in hopes to get him in some imployment [sic] in in the sawmill to try to brake [sic] him off from his [illegible] old company
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Westbury 5 mo 5
Dear all
I have wanted to take my pen for many days for
the purpose of expressing my sympathy with you during this season of
anxiety and watching but have felt guile inadequate for the task we
too have been passing through a similar season which you have probably
heard ere this but all is past and our dear our loved and precious Mary
has entered on her higher life she had been more unwell for some
months still we all hoped she would be better again but we have
been sadly disappointed she might possibly have remained with us
a little bit longer had not another disease taken hold and aided in the
fatal work some weeks ago Mary [illegible] Hopkins’s husband did it was said
with the measles (they lived at Brooklin [sic]) the family were sick and distant
and were kindly removed to elias’s it was said they ahd the chicken pox
in two week Elias Patty and tan? Lewis all came down and Patty was very sick
Elisabeth Post was there to assist in taking care of them and in a few
days Elias jun was poorly but so as to be about and at the store some
Abby [Bushell?] washed for them was very sick the Dc there pronounced it the
real Small Pox they all recovered Elisabeth and May came down Mary
never broke out much and was soon taken with the bilious [illegible] ^and pain in her back^ which
remained very severe much of the time from fifth day night rental second
day near noon when she was kindly released from all pain was very sick at
her stomach too they describe her sufferings as being very intense and wha [sic]
made it doubly trying was that so few could go in I felt as tho I could
not stay away but [being?] circumstance as I was in relation to the school
and hoping it might be as the Dc encouraged us to think she might
recover they both ^[Des?]^ [illegible] nothing discouraging tho the symptoms they said
were not [guile?] so favourable [sic] as they had [illegible] ^told J so^ not more than two hours
before she expired she was peaceful and [calur?] sensible to the very last spoke
[Page 2]
of having no fear of death that all felt an assurance that all would be
were said I fell so peaceful in my mind I feel as tho I had never done any
thing wrong in my life bid them all farewell shortly before her close She
xpressed [sic] to Elias her desire to recover to be with him as he would be so
very lonely no mother or sister to take her place but then I leave thee with
other dear friends it seemed very trying to her not to see her not to see
us all again had I known at the time her frequent speaking of me and
that she beleived [sic] if I knew how sick she was I should come and see her I
should certainly have gone and I have deeply regretted I did not go but
vain one all my regrets she has passed away in the beautiful spring of her
life being ^aged^ 28 years and 2 days ^[devil]^ in the 28 of 4 Mo on the 29 her loved remain
-ns were intened [sic] and a very solemn meeting was held on the occasion
seldom if ever have I sat in one which seemed to me more so
[illegible] beautiful remenicencis [sic] live forever and memory has wandered
back through her childhoods fleeting hour and recalled many individuals
of her disinterested love her truthfulness and devotion to justice and right
how often has she gladdened my heart by her kindness and sympathy while
under trial and suffering both mental and physical how forcibly I have
felt that those we love make our life true we may exist surrounded by
the careless and indifferent but it hardly deserves the name of living I find
it impossible for me to love way one I cannot sympathise [sic] with them in their
feelings I frequently make an effort but my heart recoils from the attempt
and I despair of ever attaining what I desire then some pure and beautiful
influenced operates on me and I [illegible] again to gain all that is pure and holy
bereavements too have the same effect and called hom the wanderer from
I wish I might ^live^ so as to feel no regret that like our dear Mary pass tranquility
into the higher [obliterated] respected ^&^ loved by all I have been reading again Davis
Philosophy of Death and I feel greatly comforted thereby Have you ever read
it? if not I am sure you would like it it is most beautiful and I feel its
truth to pervade every feeling when such views predominate our bereavements
[Page 3]
are for less afflictive and overwhelming as we come to believe there is nothing test
by putting off mortality and leaving the [illegible] & [illegible] things of this would to pursue
lifes journey amid immortal beauties in the Spirit Land “I sometimes ask myself
whether the time will ever come when we shall cease to mourn for our friends
^5 mo 7^ our dear Matilda too has gone back very much not near as well as when she came
home she went back to NY a week agobut felt as tho it was too late to do her any perman^ant^
[illegible] she suffered so much from nervous excitement palpitation and her stomach
that she was anxious to return some of her friends do not approve it while in N York
before she consulted some of the regulars they corroborated Mary Nicols views of her case
but spoke discouragingly M N thought she might possibly be cured at any rate her
life lengthened by the water treatment Joseph was in N Y yesterday went to see her found
her more comfortable M N said she had lost a great deal while at home and if she did
not recover she should charge it to that cause It is quite sickly Measles Scarlet
fever +c have prevailed and have been fatal George Valentine has left two daughters ^with Scarlet Fever^
within a few days another and a boy have been very ill but hear today are better
Wc have received both of brothers letters and were much obliged for the contents
thanks to him for remembering us we have felt so anxious about Edumund
that we feared to open a letter hope now he will recover from his sore’s and
regain his health sufficiently to enjoy life (and reward his faithful Sarah
for the many weary hours and days of watchful love by going through the
farm of marriage they are I full beleive [sic] united truly and really ^in spirit^ and it is too
bad to stop show when the comfort and happiness of all [concerned?] would be
so greatly increased) don’t show this to them) Suppose the Anniversary once
[illegible] is now in session Oh how gladly would I be there I had [illegible] hope
I should but sickness in the vicinity and our loss made me feel less like it
still had I had company I think I should have gone Joseph said he wuld [sic] not
leave hope you will have a good time we have been waiting to see H
C Wrights communications in the Tribune suppose it much be quite start
-ling Adin Balon has had the subject introduced into his paper so that
[believers?] are multiplying We hope to see the girls here sometime I called
on them yesterday Joseph wants to hear more but seems at times doubling but in
[Page 4]
Reality his faith is pretty strong What do Henry and Catharine say to it I wait with
importance to hear Catharine had I think charged like the rest of us and almost
without being aware of it For myself it explains many things which I have
always been ready to doubt and I think it is a corrobaration [sic] of Davis and
others ^with^ similar views and I can as easily believe in communications in this
way as in many of their views which I embrace joyfully You see how greatly
I have changed I am not ashamed of changing but see more and more clearly that
I know very little am as a stranger even to myself I feel the deep mystery of my
Very being and live on from day to day the create of many influences beautifully
Has it been said “I know not what is time, nor can my spirit grasp the mean
-ing of eternity” but the feeling is present with me that guardiwn spirits are around
and that “ore my pathway daily an angel watches now,” Was pleased to
hear you had so nice a time at the [Louie?] hope that good
will result therefore and from G S visit in the West as for
the large Citys I dont know but their measure is nearly
full and will ^be^ punished by a terible [sic] retribution produced by
their great and accommodating weakness I am sad when I
think of the depravity and ignorance which abounds particularly
in New York it is the Sodom of the North There hase[ sic] been
lately an abundance of emigrants arriving last seventh day
four ship loads came in what an amount of sin and ignor^ance^
probably enough to make any place worse than it was
Oliver Johnson has come to NY expect him here [illegible] long
When Edmund gains some perhaps it might be beneficial to
Amy to come and spend some time with us and I have been thinki
ng whether it might not be so a welcom [sic] awaits her whenever
she can come DO give my love most affectionately to Edmund
I think of him in his weakness and suffering and wish it were in my
power to do something for his relief and comfort am very glad
Catharine is with him her cheerful and well balanced mind is
an acquisition in a sick room and I trust will cheer many a
weary [lom?] [sic] she and Sarah are also affectionately remembered as also
the whole household this is indeed a poor [servant?] I have been [illegible]
for I have not felt like writing so please be charitable love to
all the household William + Mary and all other write often to your
Mary
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There seems to be no passing to
the West this morning very likely this will have to
wait another day E Rushmore said his mother had just had
a letter from Mary and Isaac still affected with biles
I am sorry for him to have so many would not pills
[Text continues downward into left margin]
and strengthning [sic] diet be good for him Mary
[Text normal]
Seventh day Eve
While sitting up a little later than I wish wait=
-ing for our kitchen company to leave I looked out
on the beautiful moon shedding light on the
quiet scenes of earth which is apparently at rest
a similar feeling came to me all hushed and gentle
and absent dear ones both in and out of the form
came so lovingly to my remembrance that it is
precious to feel that while some annoyances
are at times known there is a communion
sometimes felt which banishes the discords of
our Earth lives and brings peace Brother’s
letter came in due time since which there
has been such a succession of Joys and care’s that
there has been but little time The act of the NY
meetings you have doubtless seen some act of The
Tribune gave quite full reports of the A S meetings
but to appreciate one must be present the spirits live
cannot be reported the interest and all and over
large but we certainly do miss some old familiar
who always in the years that are gone were as
the embodiment of the cause There certainly
seems to be work enough that needs being done by
(Page 2)
some body I did not discover there was any
declension of life manifested The Equal Rights
meeting we did not attend except the first day
home duties and Lizzie had concluded rather
suddenly to go on to Phila YM making it best
to be at home when she was fixing off she had
invited Kate Post to go with her but some circum
stances made it inconvenient so that I prevailed
on Joseph to go with her altho she felt quite
competent to go alone^I thought^It would be nice
for him to go accordingly they left home 1 day
morning J getting home again 3 day night
Lizzie will remain until 4 day next A
great many from our YM over 1 Doz from LI
E Willets & Anna Henry I Willets and sisters S J Underhill
W J Cork Edmund & Mary Seaman &c Lucretia seemed
quite feeble in NY but gained she thought con
-siderable and was out at the meetings alive
as ever to every good thing Going on ^home^ in the
night train and at the Select M on 7 day
The radical Peace meetings which were
held 2 days were quite small we only
attended one H C W read resolutions & spoke
on them in his old stile [sic] stringing together
(Page 3)
so long a catalogue of epithets if so & so
was so then they were murderers &c &c he had
no right to get any thing if at the expence [sic] of any
other human being education property health or com
fort Mr Toohey put some questions if that was a
[fait?] which H C W did not answer at that time
(perhaps he did after) Lucretia spoke some words
of cheer it was a cause she loved but she had no
idea that mankind would ever become so chang^d^ [sic]
that there would be a universal harmony but
in the enlightenment of the age resort would be
had to arbitration Our combattiveness [sic] & distinctive
-ness were given for wise purposes that we shou^ld^
stand up for our rights &c &c She is a wonderful
woman so just so uncompromising so faithful
let it be where it may she does not screen herself
2nd day Again rainy Joseph has gone to NY this
morning Yesterday was bright and quite warm
but needing fire to sit by had the company of
Cousin Edmund Martha & Mary ^Willets^ and & Rachel
Hicks Edward Rushmore and our Saml and & Kate
all very agreeable this social commingling
is very much to be prized without it how
shriveled in affection and feeling we should ^be^
(Page 4)
Sojourner as she walked into the ER meeting
after it had been in session some little time
made quite a sensation she was apparently a
stranger to most and no doubt they felt supprised [sic]
she should be so warmly greeted by nearly all
the prominent occupants of the platform rising
and shaking her hand Mrs Stanton stopped reading
her speech and amidst the clapping of hands her
name was announced the applause was repea
-ted when quiet reigned Mrs Stanton proceeded
I was very much interested in her lecture Mrs
Gage did not seem so happy in her remarks as
I could wish for her sake I feel anxious to keep
all little jealousies out of sight at least I
would gladly banish them from being exhibited
to the public who are ready enough to see the
faults of reformers Ann Titus is still from home
suppose at the South Jacob & Elizabeth have returned
from Europe have been in the country last week
foreign travel apparently has done less for them than
^some^ as they seem very much as formerly
Dr Truman expects to be at Gennesee [sic] YM and will
attend some of the meetings if he should come to
R I hope you will go and hear him To me he
and Lucretia stand first in my estimation or I
would go to hear them in prefference [sic] to any other
I know person al affection bias sometimes We were
very sorry to hear the fire had made you to suffer
in the loss of fixings but perhaps it may prove as I
see by the B of Light in some other place fire had
destroyed the Lyceum hall &c but they were feeling
it had awakened a greater interest and hoped it might
be in the result a blessing I have Lizzie’s birds to
take care of wh I find quite a change she has two
birds which are nearly grown and two tiny ones I begin to be
in a hurry for her to take them
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off my hands
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.[Text in top margin, written upside down] There seems to be no passing tothe West this morning very likely this will have to wait another day E Rushmore said his mother had just hada letter from Mary and Isaac still affected with bilesI am sorry for him to have so many would not pills[Text continues downward into left margin]and strengthning [sic] diet be good for him Mary[Text normal] Seventh day EveWhile sitting up a little later than I wish wait= -ing for our kitchen company to leave I looked out on the beautiful moon shedding light on the quiet scenes of earth which is apparently at resta similar feeling came to me all hushed and gentleand absent dear ones both in and out of the formcame so lovingly to my remembrance that it isprecious to feel that while some annoyancesare at times known there is a communionsometimes felt which banishes the discords ofour Earth lives and brings peace Brother'sletter came in due time since which therehas been such a succession of Joys and care's that there has been but little time The act of the NY meetings you have doubtless seen some act of The Tribune gave quite full reports of the A S meetingsbut to appreciate one must be present the spirits livecannot be reported the interest and all and over large but we certainly do miss some old familiar who always in the years that are gone were as the embodiment of the cause There certainly seems to be work enough that needs being done by
some body I did not discover there was anydeclension of life manifested The Equal Rightsmeeting we did not attend except the first dayhome duties and Lizzie had concluded rathersuddenly to go on to Phila YM making it bestto be at home when she was fixing off she had invited Kate Post to go with her but some circumstances made it inconvenient so that I prevailedon Joseph to go with her altho she felt quite competent to go alone^I thought^It would be nicefor him to go accordingly they left home 1 day morning J getting home again 3 day night Lizzie will remain until 4 day next Agreat many from our YM over 1 Doz from LIE Willets & Anna Henry I Willets and sisters S J UnderhillW J Cork Edmund & Mary Seaman &c Lucretia seemed quite feeble in NY but gained she thought con-siderable and was out at the meetings alive as ever to every good thing Going on ^home^ in thenight train and at the Select M on 7 day The radical Peace meetings which were held 2 days were quite small we onlyattended one H C W read resolutions & spokeon them in his old stile [sic] stringing together so long a catalogue of epithets if so & sowas so then they were murderers &c &c he hadno right to get any thing if at the expence [sic] of anyother human being education property health or comfort Mr Toohey put some questions if that was a [fait?] which H C W did not answer at that time(perhaps he did after) Lucretia spoke some words of cheer it was a cause she loved but she had no idea that mankind would ever become so chang^d^ [sic]that there would be a universal harmony but in the enlightenment of the age resort would be had to arbitration Our combattiveness [sic] & distinctive-ness were given for wise purposes that we shou^ld^stand up for our rights &c &c She is a wonderful woman so just so uncompromising so faithful let it be where it may she does not screen herself2nd day Again rainy Joseph has gone to NY this morning Yesterday was bright and quite warmbut needing fire to sit by had the company of Cousin Edmund Martha & Mary ^Willets^ and & Rachel Hicks Edward Rushmore and our Saml and & Kateall very agreeable this social comminglingis very much to be prized without it how shriveled in affection and feeling we should ^be^Sojourner as she walked into the ER meeting after it had been in session some little timemade quite a sensation she was apparently a stranger to most and no doubt they felt supprised [sic]she should be so warmly greeted by nearly all the prominent occupants of the platform rising and shaking her hand Mrs Stanton stopped reading her speech and amidst the clapping of hands her name was announced the applause was repea-ted when quiet reigned Mrs Stanton proceededI was very much interested in her lecture MrsGage did not seem so happy in her remarks as I could wish for her sake I feel anxious to keepall little jealousies out of sight at least Iwould gladly banish them from being exhibited to the public who are ready enough to see thefaults of reformers Ann Titus is still from home suppose at the South Jacob & Elizabeth have returned from Europe have been in the country last week foreign travel apparently has done less for them than^some^ as they seem very much as formerlyDr Truman expects to be at Gennesee [sic] YM and willattend some of the meetings if he should come toR I hope you will go and hear him To me heand Lucretia stand first in my estimation or I would go to hear them in prefference [sic] to any otherI know person al affection bias sometimes We werevery sorry to hear the fire had made you to suffer in the loss of fixings but perhaps it may prove as I see by the B of Light in some other place fire had destroyed the Lyceum hall &c but they were feeling it had awakened a greater interest and hoped it might be in the result a blessing I have Lizzie's birds to take care of wh I find quite a change she has two birds which are nearly grown and two tiny ones I begin to be in a hurry for her to take them[Continues upward into right margin]off my hands
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 17<sup>th</sup>, 12<br /> Dear Brother & Sister<br /> We received brothers long relayed messenger<br /> which was very gratefully received it had been<br /> so long since we had been this favored that it<br /> seemed to add a new lustre to the bright<br /> chain of affection which has bound you so<br /> lovingly to us through life and I would not<br /> but regret that a communication so calcu<br /> - lated to keep warm all the beautiful<br /> and holier emotions of the soul should<br /> be so seldom sent on its mission to gladden<br /> and encourage us in our isolation from<br /> congenial intercourse to persevere through<br /> all obstacles _ but enough “a word to the wise<br /> is sufficient” We looked some for Amy at the<br /> convention in N Y and think she would have been<br /> in her place had she been there it was as you<br /> have seen a first rate meeting only that the rain<br /> prevented many from being there on the first even<br /> which I regreted [sic] J E Jones gave us on that Eve the<br /> great speech of the meeting so it seemed to me but<br /> then there were others scarcely second to it Mary<br /> Davis’s was the most beautiful eloquent and<br /> flowery production and delivered first rate<br /> and Mrs Rose sound and practical making<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> I should think ^those^ who think women have sights<br /> enough see their error and feel ashamed at the<br /> paltry rights granted to women then there<br /> was Lucretia who filled her [niche?] with all<br /> her womanly dignity and many others not<br /> forgetting our worthy president tis truly won<br /> - derful what a magnetic power she has to hold<br /> an audience spell bound as was manifested <br /> on the last evening T W Higginson Mrs Rose<br /> and Lucretia were the speakers it was some<br /> after 10 when they got through she said she had<br /> a few thoughts but it was too late When to give<br /> them utterance <span style="text-decoration:underline;">go</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">on</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">go</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">on</span> resounded throug^h^<br /> the audience we staid [sic] until ½ past 10 and as<br /> we passed out to see almost the entire audien^ce^<br /> quitly [sic] and almost breathlessly listning [sic] to the<br /> simple enunciation of truth in all its purity<br /> and beauty was indeed a toutching [sic] sight enou<br /> =gh to convince all of inate [sic] good in man I<br /> contrasted this with the former Womens Rights<br /> Meeting held here amid so much noise and confusi^on^<br /> and it was cheering evidence of an improvemen^t^<br /> in public sentiment It surely depends on the wom<br /> -en whether we have our rights or not Martha Wright<br /> sat at the secretarys table with queenly grace & dignity<br /> an ornament to the platform and to the sex but<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> you have ere this seen the various reports which<br /> convey a much clearer idea of the meeting than<br /> I could but there is only a faint glimps [sic] of the <br /> excellence of the meeting by a report however good<br /> It has been monthly meeting to day Aidon preached<br /> a progressive sermon for us and Rachel returned <br /> a minute she had to attend the meetings of the<br /> Y Mo which she had accomplished and asked liberty<br /> to visit the families of friends and friendly people<br /> of NY m.m. which of course was granted<br /> John Hunt has been around again he has been<br /> held up as one of the greatest ministers in society<br /> but the contrast between him and HW Ridgway <br /> is so great that I think many see that John <br /> is rather small in comparison at any rate<br /> they try to be still H Willis told some after <br /> meeting at Jericho that if he should be called on<br /> to witness his will he could not do it for he did<br /> not know that his mind was sound &c&c Edmund<br /> Willits and daughters have got home from their<br /> Southern trip but have scarcely seen them beleive<br /> Memphis was the fatherest [sic] South business was<br /> E motive Aunt Phebe is gaining slowly is more<br /> comfortable for a few days past has been rather<br /> feeble some of the time Uncle Jacob seems <br /> very comfortable Mother not quite as well as<br /> sometimes more pain Mary W pretty well again<br /> Henry Willis some lame from a fall we were at<br /> Jericho yesterday William Ketcham is there<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> morning It is the coldest weather we <br /> have had thermometer 8 above at sunrise<br /> it has been very dry but last first day had<br /> a very great rain and after it a wonderful<br /> blow and it now seems like winter in good<br /> earnest just got through taking care of <br /> our pork which was very fine sole one<br /> which weighed 508 lb which was the heaviest<br /> we had Matilda continues to gain slow<br /> -ly I have not seen her lately company injure<br /> her and we have avoided going there on that<br /> account the Dr remains which is <span style="text-decoration:underline;">a</span> favor<br /> as he has seemed to help her more than any<br /> other _ Suppose some are busying themsel^ves^<br /> about it but I hope they will not mind<br /> what any one [sic] says we have been quite<br /> busy trying to do something for the Fair in<br /> N Y and have sent some things and feel quite<br /> a hope we can get up a little society to<br /> do something for it in future but L I<br /> is so far on the back ground that I almost <br /> despair of accomplishing much<br /> but I must stop as the chances to<br /> send this to the office may all be past <br /> Maria Willets has been here on a visit says<br /> [J] is better but suppose he is not well by <br /> any means R R and family have also been<br /> up
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 17th, 12 Dear Brother & Sister We received brothers long relayed messenger which was very gratefully received it had been so long since we had been this favored that it seemed to add a new lustre to the bright chain of affection which has bound you so lovingly to us through life and I would not but regret that a communication so calcu - lated to keep warm all the beautiful and holier emotions of the soul should be so seldom sent on its mission to gladden and encourage us in our isolation from congenial intercourse to persevere through all obstacles _ but enough "a word to the wise is sufficient" We looked some for Amy at the convention in N Y and think she would have been in her place had she been there it was as you have seen a first rate meeting only that the rain prevented many from being there on the first even which I regreted [sic] J E Jones gave us on that Eve the great speech of the meeting so it seemed to me but then there were others scarcely second to it Mary Davis's was the most beautiful eloquent and flowery production and delivered first rate and Mrs Rose sound and practical making I should think ^those^ who think women have sights enough see their error and feel ashamed at the paltry rights granted to women then there was Lucretia who filled her [niche?] with all her womanly dignity and many others not forgetting our worthy president tis truly won - derful what a magnetic power she has to hold an audience spell bound as was manifested on the last evening T W Higginson Mrs Rose and Lucretia were the speakers it was some after 10 when they got through she said she had a few thoughts but it was too late When to give them utterance goongoon resounded throug^h^ the audience we staid [sic] until 1/2 past 10 and as we passed out to see almost the entire audien^ce^ quitly [sic] and almost breathlessly listning [sic] to the simple enunciation of truth in all its purity and beauty was indeed a toutching [sic] sight enou =gh to convince all of inate [sic] good in man I contrasted this with the former Womens Rights Meeting held here amid so much noise and confusi^on^ and it was cheering evidence of an improvemen^t^ in public sentiment It surely depends on the wom -en whether we have our rights or not Martha Wright sat at the secretarys table with queenly grace & dignity an ornament to the platform and to the sex but you have ere this seen the various reports which convey a much clearer idea of the meeting than I could but there is only a faint glimps [sic] of the excellence of the meeting by a report however good It has been monthly meeting to day Aidon preached a progressive sermon for us and Rachel returned a minute she had to attend the meetings of the Y Mo which she had accomplished and asked liberty to visit the families of friends and friendly people of NY m.m. which of course was granted John Hunt has been around again he has been held up as one of the greatest ministers in society but the contrast between him and HW Ridgway is so great that I think many see that John is rather small in comparison at any rate they try to be still H Willis told some after meeting at Jericho that if he should be called on to witness his will he could not do it for he did not know that his mind was sound &c&c Edmund Willits and daughters have got home from their Southern trip but have scarcely seen them beleive Memphis was the fatherest [sic] South business was E motive Aunt Phebe is gaining slowly is more comfortable for a few days past has been rather feeble some of the time Uncle Jacob seems very comfortable Mother not quite as well as sometimes more pain Mary W pretty well again Henry Willis some lame from a fall we were at Jericho yesterday William Ketcham is there morning It is the coldest weather we have had thermometer 8 above at sunrise it has been very dry but last first day had a very great rain and after it a wonderful blow and it now seems like winter in good earnest just got through taking care of our pork which was very fine sole one which weighed 508 lb which was the heaviest we had Matilda continues to gain slow -ly I have not seen her lately company injure her and we have avoided going there on that account the Dr remains which is a favor as he has seemed to help her more than any other _ Suppose some are busying themsel^ves^ about it but I hope they will not mind what any one [sic] says we have been quite busy trying to do something for the Fair in N Y and have sent some things and feel quite a hope we can get up a little society to do something for it in future but L I is so far on the back ground that I almost despair of accomplishing much but I must stop as the chances to send this to the office may all be past Maria Willets has been here on a visit says [J] is better but suppose he is not well by any means R R and family have also been up
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<p>(Page 1)</p>
<p> </p>
<p> 4 mo<sup>th</sup> 27</p>
<p>Dear Isaac & Amy</p>
<p> A few days since we received the welcom [sic] messenger of love</p>
<p>which had been anticipated[<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">ed</span>] for some time and thanks dear brother for</p>
<p>the intention of writing sooner I can excuse delay sometimes knowing how</p>
<p>swiftly time passes on and how many hinderances [sic] there are to prevent writi^ng^</p>
<p>yet I would encourage to faithfulness in this particular it is so pleasant</p>
<p>to hear from you often and since we are so much separated it seems almost</p>
<p>a duty to keep each other acquainted in this way and to open freely one thoug</p>
<p>-hts and convictions on any subject which is claiming our attention – true</p>
<p>we may differ in sentiment on some things which are encircled in mys</p>
<p>-tery and doubt still lett [sic] us be true to our impressions and write that</p>
<p>which presents to our minds freely Isaacs letter was our first intimation</p>
<p>of E P Willis s arrival suppose he was at Jericho last first day have not seen</p>
<p>him but hope in a few days we shall have that pleasure yesterday and the</p>
<p>day before was our Quarterly meeting and Aunt Mary pleased me greatly with</p>
<p>a few words of inteligence [sic] which was that Amy was thinking some of being</p>
<p>at the Aniversary [sic] – I fell [sic] quite assured that we shall not be disappointed</p>
<p>and if practicable we shall be so glad to see both of you do try come</p>
<p> It appears it has been with some difficulty a place has been obtained</p>
<p>for the meetings and doubtless there will be a strong emphatic tertimo</p>
<p>-ny to go forth against Webster and I think very likely the New Yorkers will</p>
<p>not listen very quietly to the censure of the man they had idolized and</p>
<p>whome [sic] the papers still land as being worthy of redoubled honor – It appears</p>
<p>the religious press have on this spoken out more nobly than they have</p>
<p>been wont to which is encouraging William G Furness is advertised for</p>
<p>one of the speakers which will I think be hailed with satisfaction by all</p>
<p>again as last year C L Remond is not announced I wonder if he will give</p>
<p> </p>
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<p> </p>
<p>another lesson in that subject this year – he has no reason to this time as</p>
<p>only the speakers at the aniversary [sic] are noticed and it may be excusable</p>
<p>[can?] in his eyes when so many others are left off the list who are eaqually [sic]</p>
<p>great Lucretia and others can attend again this year as their Y Meeting</p>
<p>is not until the week after Rowland Johnson I dont know whether</p>
<p>we have in any of our letters spoken of him and of his living in NY</p>
<p>he does and boards at Ann Lefferts attends Rose St meeting and often</p>
<p>speaks I dont know whether they know how fully [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">t</span>]he is Identified with</p>
<p>abolitionists they will soon probably he was up on 5th day spoke</p>
<p>excellently his text was Seekest thou great things seek them not enlarged</p>
<p>on it then alluded to the state of society as it now was that he feaared</p>
<p>many were satisfied if they attended meetings dressed plainly and confor^med^</p>
<p>in address to the requisitions of disipline [sic] while they were trampling</p>
<p>the testimonys [sic] of truth under their feet and were doing violence</p>
<p>to the spirit of God it was cheering indeed John Plummer followed</p>
<p>in a dry and to me tedious communication to show that the Almighty</p>
<p>had changed his dispensations to suit man in the various ages of the</p>
<p>world and that he felt it among[<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">s</span>] the first requestions [sic] to dress planly [sic]</p>
<p>and speak the and thou some said there was no religion in dress and in such</p>
<p>little things & Rowland spoke in the last meeting but so loud and distinct</p>
<p>that we could hear [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">as</span>] well said it was with reluctance that he again rose</p>
<p>not being fully identified with you in a [Fk?] capacity spoke of the iterest [sic]</p>
<p>he had felt while listening to the queries answers and the remarks made upon</p>
<p>the various subjects &c &c he would not willingly hold up a too discouraging</p>
<p>view but it appeared to him that we were not quite what we were represented</p>
<p>to be by the answers if we were so happy was it for us spoke more particularly</p>
<p>on Love and Unity which was represented to subsist among us unbroken he que</p>
<p>-ried what kind it was whether it was expansive and universal or whether</p>
<p>it was of the description which only loved those who love us whether</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 3)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>the hand of kindness and charity could be extended to those whose views</p>
<p>differ from our own and a willingness to assist them on their way Zion ward</p>
<p>or whether a different feeling was not more prevalent among the member’s</p>
<p>addressed the young beautifully The Cornwall people want to have their Q M</p>
<p>set back again suppose they think they have rid themselves of the difficulty</p>
<p>and can get on without foreign aid a committee to consider the subject was</p>
<p>ap<sup>t</sup> I beleive [sic] I told you Cousin Edmund had gone on business south</p>
<p>& West he was at last act at Chicago beleive [sic] he is on his homeward way</p>
<p>Stephen and Maria have lately been here Maria is very much interested in Free Produc [sic]</p>
<p>(and Stephen has been [consentious?] many years is [sic] ye know) were talking about Free good^s^</p>
<p>thinking strange about this one and that when in my plain way I asked S if it</p>
<p>was not inconsistent with their views and feelings to make their thousands</p>
<p>in trade at the South that years ago I was at Gideon Frosts he was dealing</p>
<p>in cotton goods extensively but with their food and raiment they were</p>
<p>particular not to partake of any but free produce and it seemed to me</p>
<p>to say the least very inconsistent &c &c &c they did not try to justify perhaps</p>
<p>they had not been told so plainly before Maria condemns Garrison severely</p>
<p>for not abstaining and encouraging others to do so and I wished more</p>
<p>particularly on that act to help her to see that some others are not</p>
<p>clear of inconsistencys [sic] perhaps it was not worth while to mentioned this</p>
<p>in this way but somehow my pen runs on with out much thought the first</p>
<p>thought which presents is put down Edward and Elizabeth Willis have been pre</p>
<p>-sented with two little girls on the 24 John and Elizabeth Valentine with one a</p>
<p>little before eleven years difference between their two children Mary Jane</p>
<p>and Amelia Post have made their Westbury friends a visit recently expect</p>
<p>to return home before long We too have had much windy cold weather</p>
<p>freezing almost every night but the last two days have been warmer and</p>
<p>damp and grain and grass alter their appearance rapidly the buds too</p>
<p>swell and give increased evidence that Spring is really here our men have</p>
<p>commenced to day planting corn and farmers are speaking of having much to do</p>
<p> </p>
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<p> </p>
<p>Isaac speaks of going to George Willets instead of the meeting house on first</p>
<p>day I must confess I was a little supprised [sic] that you should leave the meeting you</p>
<p>have prized so highly I now recollect you have not spoken of it lately can it be</p>
<p>possible that has been given up you have never informed us of it if it has</p>
<p>I hope you will hold fast to the good and the true – perhaps you will excuse</p>
<p>me for saying the more I hear [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">au</span>] ^about^ the rapping manifestation the less confidence</p>
<p>I feel in it as an agency from the spiritual state and the greater my hope</p>
<p>it will be left and our reliance placed wholly on God a portion of whose</p>
<p>spirit burns within us few indeed realize how happy it is possible to</p>
<p>become on earth by this intimate communion with the Father of our spirit^s^</p>
<p>heaven is indeed around and within us and many of my most hallowing</p>
<p>feelings ^[<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">I</span>]^ have been alone with nature, in the early morning when bird insect</p>
<p>and flowers [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">all</span>] send up [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">the</span>] homage and joyful fragrance to the author</p>
<p>of all their praise and thanksgiving have assended [sic] from the tablet of my</p>
<p>soul for his unspeakable gift that unfaithful and disobedient as I have</p>
<p>been still I am blessed with a portion of it and am not dependant [sic] on any</p>
<p>human being for this enjoyment but enough I did not mean to give a sermon</p>
<p>I will lay this aside and visit our school I have not been over in some time</p>
<p>and perhaps I can write when I return First day on my return from the school</p>
<p>we had company so I did not resume my pen have been to meeting Henry Edmund</p>
<p>and Catharine were at meeting have gone to Isaac’s will come here to tea on</p>
<p>third day we hope to meet William and Mary it is one of the greatest pleasur^es^</p>
<p>this mingling together in social intercourse would that we might oftener</p>
<p>enjoy such feasts I do ever regret our wide separation it would be so delight-</p>
<p>ful to have you here are you not rich enough to come back to Westbury</p>
<p>and enjoy life in its quietude a hearty welcom [sic] would be yours should</p>
<p>you do so Hannah Willets widow of Richard died in Phil some 3 weeks ago</p>
<p>was brought on and buried at Jericho – Rowland Mitchel and family expect</p>
<p>to leave Cincinnati and settle in NY Aunt Mary and family are delighted</p>
<p>with the prospect D[r?]’s health is better has been rather poor for months some</p>
<p>time ago they had an escape from fire they thought it took from the furnace</p>
<p>succeeded in putting it out but caused them much trouble removed all</p>
<p>the furniture from the house which was not a little dirtied and wet by</p>
<p>the super abundance of water pored [sic] on the fire (the house I mean)</p>
<p>Uncle John’s eye does not improve much he and aunt Sarah are now in NY</p>
<p>he goes down every week he gets almost discouraged Brother Stephen</p>
<p>has something coming over his eye so the [sic] he does not see much with it Lydia</p>
<p>Hicks has been quite poorly several days with a very sore hand it broke this morn</p>
<p>-ing and is now more comfortable Ruth too has had a felon which is [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">alas</span>] better</p>
<p>well I have got to the bottom of my page must leave writing more at pres</p>
<p>-ent and attend to some things before they come write soon but besure [sic] and come</p>
<p> if you can love to Sarah and the boys truly and affectionately your Mary –</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 5)</p>
<p> </p>
<p> Here it is the 10 and my messenger</p>
<p>remains in the drawr [sic] I meant to have</p>
<p>been quite prompt but forgot to send it</p>
<p>to the office when I finished it and since</p>
<p>I have felt as though it was not worth</p>
<p>the sending so it has not gone I bele-</p>
<p>ve [sic] our friends and neighbors are quite</p>
<p>pleased to have us home again they</p>
<p>have manifested quite a friendly dis</p>
<p>-position have had company daily xce</p>
<p>-pt [sic] yesterday which we employed</p>
<p>went to Jericho made Uncle Jacob</p>
<p>and aunt Mary a visit of two hours</p>
<p>then to fathers each had many</p>
<p>questions to ask relative to each of</p>
<p>you and also of the rapping</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 6)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>whether we had made any disco</p>
<p>-very of the cause &c &c John and</p>
<p>Rebecca came John would enjoy an</p>
<p>opportunity of witnessing these thin</p>
<p>-gs very much I should quite like</p>
<p>them all to as a discription [sic] fails</p>
<p>to convey much of an idea let it pr</p>
<p>-oceed from what cause it may</p>
<p> Nicholas Halloe is expected to be</p>
<p>at Jericho meeting on first day</p>
<p>suppose the quiet of some will be</p>
<p>disturbed by it or rather id he speaks</p>
<p>which no doubt he will Joseph</p>
<p>has gone to the city our milk bus</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 7)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>siness [sic] is rather dull milk so plenty</p>
<p>and money so scarce have had to</p>
<p>make butter some since getting</p>
<p>home for want of can’s to send it in</p>
<p>First day afternoon company and other</p>
<p>causes prevented my completing this on</p>
<p>the tenth so I really ‘dont know when’</p>
<p>it will reach you unless we send it</p>
<p>This is a bright beautiful day almost</p>
<p>spring like the glorious king of day shine^s^</p>
<p>so brightly that new life seems to invigo</p>
<p>rate all animate beings from man down</p>
<p>to the few birds and flies which linger am</p>
<p>ong us each manifest their joy according</p>
<p>to their capacities but here comes Uncle James</p>
<p>and inquires how home seems whether we are</p>
<p> satisfied with it and is</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 8)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>talking as fast as he can Jacob came up</p>
<p>yesterday we went to Isaac Rushmores</p>
<p>and Jacob with us he has now stept [sic] out</p>
<p>and I presume has gone down to Mary</p>
<p>he and I staid [sic] home from meeting our</p>
<p>Irish people are away to day Jacob read</p>
<p>David Copperfield by Dickens have you</p>
<p>read it there are many laughable scenes</p>
<p>described Suppose you know long ere</p>
<p>this the poor slave man is sent off from</p>
<p>New York how terrible to think of the mis</p>
<p>-ery and despair this diabolical law infli</p>
<p>-cts on the victims of it How many can</p>
<p>say with [lawper?] My ear is [famed?] My soul is</p>
<p>sick with every days repor [sic] of wrong and out</p>
<p>-rage with which earth is filled Evening</p>
<p>Edmund came back with Jacob each have</p>
<p>now gone to their respective home’s Joseph</p>
<p>and self are waiting for Cynthia she is at Joshua’s</p>
<p>Martha has a little party Silas has a very</p>
<p>sore neck a carbuncle been nearly two weeks</p>
<p>and there is no prospect of its breaking has to</p>
<p>sit up nearly all night for several of the last</p>
<p>he went home 7 day come back this afternoon</p>
<p>said he heard they had a large meeting that</p>
<p>Nicholas and some one else spoke after which</p>
<p>Henry Titus commenced when all went out befo [sic]</p>
<p>he got through suppose they broke up the</p>
<p>meeting E Post said Rachel thinks the colored</p>
<p>people had better keep their dollar than take the Star</p>
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin; continued from Page 4]<br /> Rachel gave us a sermon to day spoke of the prodigal and how he would fain have eaten of<br /> the husks but no man gave him which she considered a favor as he might have been satisfied for<br /> a time without returning to the fathers house she thought there were many saying what good thing<br /> can I do to inherit eternal life then step in these husk feeders and propose this good thing<br /> and another good work which might all be good in themselves but as they were<br /> not required could not be agreeable and then they all wanted the purse<br /> strings loosened for none of their good works could be carried on without<br /> money and &c &c love affectionatly [sic] to all Mary<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> We received thy letter this afternoon and were<br /> a little supprised [sic] to find you had been expecting a paper messenger<br /> for it was the very thing we had been looking for and wondering why<br /> it was we heard nothing from you and I come to the more reasonable<br /> conclusion that you would supprise [sic] us personally which I thought would<br /> be more agreeable than a paper representative In the second place<br /> I was supprised [sic] at the imaginary reason thee had somewhere in<br /> thy rambles picked up as to the probably cause why we had not<br /> written this was very far from the real cause which as usual<br /> may be wholly attributed to the pleasures and cares attendant<br /> on a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">farmers wife</span> and the additional duty of making our friends<br /> comfortable who happened about that time to be visiting us but=<br /> we are alone now so I will hasten to remove all suspicion from thy<br /> mind Instead of feeling a dread of the "<span style="text-decoration:underline;">tormen</span>t" which is in store<br /> for us we anticipate much of the agreeable in your proposed visit<br /> and so far as my imagination extends see nothing but peace and<br /> love and a brightning [sic] of the chain of deep interest and affection<br /> to result therefrom, indeed it seems to me there never was a<br /> time when there was so many subjects to be talked over as now<br /> and I can scarcely repress my impatience at the length of time<br /> which must intervene before we can grasp your hands and<br /> give you such a welcom [sic] as will convince you we are ^<span style="text-decoration:underline;">not</span>^ separated<br /> in any degree from you But enough on this subject except I will<br /> send my earnest wish that Sarah may accompany you we would<br /> be <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ver</span>y <span style="text-decoration:underline;">gla</span>d to see her I think a little journey might do her good<br /> after her long confinement and anxious watching I am sorely puzzled<br /> for a satisfactory reason for their long delay and if it is E P Ws<br /> fault I dont know but I shall feel like some other of Sarah's friends<br /> before long "that is is too bad" I have not the least doubt but the<br /> happiness of each would be much increased thereby hence my great<br /> desire for the accomplishment at the farm Suppose E is at his fathers<br /> to night they expected him I sarcely [sic] expected he would even visit<br /> the friends and home of his childhood and how very glad we wold [sic]<br /> all be if increased health might result therefrom we shall be in<br /> haste to see him to make him welcome as he has ever been to our heats [sic] and ^home^<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> Our family have all retired and I am sitting alone by my window I have<br /> sat gazing out on the beauty of the moonlight scene hightened [sic] by the<br /> corruscations of light which are almost constantly flashing up and ligh<br /> -ing [sic] the southeastern horizon but without any thunder or any other sound<br /> to mar the heavenly serenety [sic] of this holy season of rest and peace I<br /> have sat this until I have <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">almost</span> lost myself in contemplation of the<br /> beautiful imagery which has traced by imagination been powerful enough<br /> to make me forget the many disturbing influences which are daily occurring <br /> which mar the harmony of the soul and impair the energy which at some<br /> such seasons is felt to prevail and as friends say under the solemn covering<br /> the clerk may read the adjournment so I will say goodnight and join<br /> the sleepers First day morning I rose early and walked up to the woods<br /> for the purpose of picking blackberrys [sic] and from the hills had a fine vi^e^w<br /> of the sun as he appeared above the horison [sic] gilding distant objects with a <br /> brightness and beauty surpassing the art of the painter but revealing at<br /> the same time fields brown and parched by his meridian brightness<br /> and altogether I had a fine time of it gathering berries and feasting<br /> on the scenery and the song of the wood birds as they poured forth their morning<br /> [unison?] to the great dispenser of all these gifts I felt it was indeed good to<br /> be there away from the bustle of life alone with nature a fit place to hold com<br /> munion with my own heart and I may confess the retrospect was not as pleasant<br /> as I could wish so many omissions and commissons [sic] were brought before my<br /> mental vision that I almost despair of ever attaining that state <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">of</span> so much <br /> to be desired but I will strive on through this beautiful world after a<br /> a [sic] more harmonious state these aspirations come to my soul so fresh<br /> and beautiful that I will not give up the effort but why am I <br /> scribbling this I only meant to say I had a pleasant walk and<br /> then proceed with other subejcts to file my sheet Robert R's family<br /> came up two weeks ago at the old home Lydia is now sick with<br /> dysentery been so more than a week and they do not call her better Dr<br /> Post has been up once Treadwell attends the dysentery seems to mild<br /> but considerable fever and sickness [illegible] stomach constantly the medium<br /> too does not operate as they design I am more and more out of<br /> [concit?] of allopathy with its calomel bleeding and anodynes It has<br /> been very healthy around but we hear of a few cases of dyssentery [sic] around<br /> in the borders Esther Willets Es wife is poorly with it Maria is up<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> she had been out on a committee and was sent for home Stephen<br /> was poorly else she would not be here to nurse Lydia Aunt Sarah<br /> has not returned yet they expect her tomorrow It appears their Y M<br /> also the select meeting sent each a committee out to Ferris bring Q M (where there<br /> has been a separation) to visit familys and meetings and I suppose try to bring<br /> them back again to the old sect Uncle John says "It is poor work to separate that<br /> Wilbur is a troublesome kind of man and the dissafection [sic] is spreading he dont know<br /> what it will come to he was very sorry it was so that in Phil many of the<br /> foremost friends took that side so much so that that and Ohio Y M would not give their English friends B Seboam and companion returning minutes Uncle J was<br /> very communicative suppose in his solitude he was willing to take even to<br /> an infidel he got hurt a week since which has confined him to the house<br /> Aunt SS has been from home 4 [to?] 5 weeks Isaac & Phebe Gifford have been here<br /> probably from curiosity I think they were generally very well pleased and<br /> the Orthodox quite suited and I guess it was the largest appointed meeting<br /> they have ever had Stephen has been in to see Matilda she had been up on<br /> the Broad Mountain which did not seem to agree with her as well as<br /> Phil and from what I says fear she has not improved much in her<br /> Journeying's she was last week at New Hope will probably stay from<br /> home a few weeks longer Cynthia is away on a visit to her<br /> friends she wished to visit Niagara if company offered if so she<br /> might look in on you Pricilla was at our Quarterly but silent on<br /> 6 day she wished to communicate but S Thorne rose just as she was<br /> ready to do so and again some one else this was also the case at<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> Purchace [sic] S Thorne was there and took up all the time and P had a<br /> living concern want it too bad Saml Willets went home with Elsyy [sic] and<br /> Edmund set out with P to attend to her concern in Ohio Y M while in Phil<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>a</sup></span><br /> she felt a stop her mission seeming to be in the Jersey so E came home<br /> We have had a good visit from Catharine Truman and daughters<br /> which we enjoyed greatly went to the ocean where we had a good<br /> time delightful sail good company and no flies musquitoes [sic] or<br /> other annoyances of the kind They attempted visiting Catskill [sic]<br /> mountain on their way up the river Catharine was taken sick and<br /> fainted on arriving at Poughkeepsie a boat coming down was there<br /> which they took and returned home Oliver Johnson visited us<br /> a week ago we find him as in former years abounding in all that<br /> constitutes an agreeable companion or a true friend Our loved Rowland<br /> cheers us with a visit which always prove like "a brook by the way or<br /> an oasis in the desert but I will leave telling you the enjoyment<br /> received from their respective visits until we meet as well as very many<br /> other things which might be written John and Rebecca have been<br /> here to day I read them thy letter and was supprised [sic] to find they had<br /> not heard of the writing operation after which read Aden's and Lester Ps<br /> I perceived John wiped his eyes and seemed quite prepared to receive<br /> said it does not seem to be Isaac's language I told them we<br /> had not read it to Henry's family as they seem not disposed to rece<br /> -ive any thing candidly Rebecca chimed in with it and said better <br /> not as they would not be made happier by such things There seems<br /> to be small chance for any new development or reform on L I it is too near the<br /> great center of trade and corruption not to suffer from it I must say good<br /> night again as my eyes are getting dim and my paper is gone I cut off this letter<br /> piece for J he was pleading expenses but seeing how little J would be satisfied with went<br /> at it cheerfully do give my love to W and Mary I often remember our nice visits at their house<br /> why dont they write to us all about matters and things I like all sides of a story
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text in top margin; continued from Page 4] Rachel gave us a sermon to day spoke of the prodigal and how he would fain have eaten of the husks but no man gave him which she considered a favor as he might have been satisfied for a time without returning to the fathers house she thought there were many saying what good thing can I do to inherit eternal life then step in these husk feeders and propose this good thing and another good work which might all be good in themselves but as they were not required could not be agreeable and then they all wanted the purse strings loosened for none of their good works could be carried on without money and &c &c love affectionatly [sic] to all Mary [Text normal] We received thy letter this afternoon and were a little supprised [sic] to find you had been expecting a paper messenger for it was the very thing we had been looking for and wondering why it was we heard nothing from you and I come to the more reasonable conclusion that you would supprise [sic] us personally which I thought would be more agreeable than a paper representative In the second place I was supprised [sic] at the imaginary reason thee had somewhere in thy rambles picked up as to the probably cause why we had not written this was very far from the real cause which as usual may be wholly attributed to the pleasures and cares attendant on a farmers wife and the additional duty of making our friends comfortable who happened about that time to be visiting us but= we are alone now so I will hasten to remove all suspicion from thy mind Instead of feeling a dread of the "torment" which is in store for us we anticipate much of the agreeable in your proposed visit and so far as my imagination extends see nothing but peace and love and a brightning [sic] of the chain of deep interest and affection to result therefrom, indeed it seems to me there never was a time when there was so many subjects to be talked over as now and I can scarcely repress my impatience at the length of time which must intervene before we can grasp your hands and give you such a welcom [sic] as will convince you we are ^not^ separated in any degree from you But enough on this subject except I will send my earnest wish that Sarah may accompany you we would be very glad to see her I think a little journey might do her good after her long confinement and anxious watching I am sorely puzzled for a satisfactory reason for their long delay and if it is E P Ws fault I dont know but I shall feel like some other of Sarah's friends before long "that is is too bad" I have not the least doubt but the happiness of each would be much increased thereby hence my great desire for the accomplishment at the farm Suppose E is at his fathers to night they expected him I sarcely [sic] expected he would even visit the friends and home of his childhood and how very glad we wold [sic] all be if increased health might result therefrom we shall be in haste to see him to make him welcome as he has ever been to our heats [sic] and ^home^ Our family have all retired and I am sitting alone by my window I have sat gazing out on the beauty of the moonlight scene hightened [sic] by the corruscations of light which are almost constantly flashing up and ligh -ing [sic] the southeastern horizon but without any thunder or any other sound to mar the heavenly serenety [sic] of this holy season of rest and peace I have sat this until I have almost lost myself in contemplation of the beautiful imagery which has traced by imagination been powerful enough to make me forget the many disturbing influences which are daily occurring which mar the harmony of the soul and impair the energy which at some such seasons is felt to prevail and as friends say under the solemn covering the clerk may read the adjournment so I will say goodnight and join the sleepers First day morning I rose early and walked up to the woods for the purpose of picking blackberrys [sic] and from the hills had a fine vi^e^w of the sun as he appeared above the horison [sic] gilding distant objects with a brightness and beauty surpassing the art of the painter but revealing at the same time fields brown and parched by his meridian brightness and altogether I had a fine time of it gathering berries and feasting on the scenery and the song of the wood birds as they poured forth their morning [unison?] to the great dispenser of all these gifts I felt it was indeed good to be there away from the bustle of life alone with nature a fit place to hold com munion with my own heart and I may confess the retrospect was not as pleasant as I could wish so many omissions and commissons [sic] were brought before my mental vision that I almost despair of ever attaining that state of so much to be desired but I will strive on through this beautiful world after a a [sic] more harmonious state these aspirations come to my soul so fresh and beautiful that I will not give up the effort but why am I scribbling this I only meant to say I had a pleasant walk and then proceed with other subejcts to file my sheet Robert R's family came up two weeks ago at the old home Lydia is now sick with dysentery been so more than a week and they do not call her better Dr Post has been up once Treadwell attends the dysentery seems to mild but considerable fever and sickness [illegible] stomach constantly the medium too does not operate as they design I am more and more out of [concit?] of allopathy with its calomel bleeding and anodynes It has been very healthy around but we hear of a few cases of dyssentery [sic] around in the borders Esther Willets Es wife is poorly with it Maria is up she had been out on a committee and was sent for home Stephen was poorly else she would not be here to nurse Lydia Aunt Sarah has not returned yet they expect her tomorrow It appears their Y M also the select meeting sent each a committee out to Ferris bring Q M (where there has been a separation) to visit familys and meetings and I suppose try to bring them back again to the old sect Uncle John says "It is poor work to separate that Wilbur is a troublesome kind of man and the dissafection [sic] is spreading he dont know what it will come to he was very sorry it was so that in Phil many of the foremost friends took that side so much so that that and Ohio Y M would not give their English friends B Seboam and companion returning minutes Uncle J was very communicative suppose in his solitude he was willing to take even to an infidel he got hurt a week since which has confined him to the house Aunt SS has been from home 4 [to?] 5 weeks Isaac & Phebe Gifford have been here probably from curiosity I think they were generally very well pleased and the Orthodox quite suited and I guess it was the largest appointed meeting they have ever had Stephen has been in to see Matilda she had been up on the Broad Mountain which did not seem to agree with her as well as Phil and from what I says fear she has not improved much in her Journeying's she was last week at New Hope will probably stay from home a few weeks longer Cynthia is away on a visit to her friends she wished to visit Niagara if company offered if so she might look in on you Pricilla was at our Quarterly but silent on 6 day she wished to communicate but S Thorne rose just as she was ready to do so and again some one else this was also the case at (Page 4) Purchace [sic] S Thorne was there and took up all the time and P had a living concern want it too bad Saml Willets went home with Elsyy [sic] and Edmund set out with P to attend to her concern in Ohio Y M while in Phila she felt a stop her mission seeming to be in the Jersey so E came home We have had a good visit from Catharine Truman and daughters which we enjoyed greatly went to the ocean where we had a good time delightful sail good company and no flies musquitoes [sic] or other annoyances of the kind They attempted visiting Catskill [sic] mountain on their way up the river Catharine was taken sick and fainted on arriving at Poughkeepsie a boat coming down was there which they took and returned home Oliver Johnson visited us a week ago we find him as in former years abounding in all that constitutes an agreeable companion or a true friend Our loved Rowland cheers us with a visit which always prove like "a brook by the way or an oasis in the desert but I will leave telling you the enjoyment received from their respective visits until we meet as well as very many other things which might be written John and Rebecca have been here to day I read them thy letter and was supprised [sic] to find they had not heard of the writing operation after which read Aden's and Lester Ps I perceived John wiped his eyes and seemed quite prepared to receive said it does not seem to be Isaac's language I told them we had not read it to Henry's family as they seem not disposed to rece -ive any thing candidly Rebecca chimed in with it and said better not as they would not be made happier by such things There seems to be small chance for any new development or reform on L I it is too near the great center of trade and corruption not to suffer from it I must say good night again as my eyes are getting dim and my paper is gone I cut off this letter piece for J he was pleading expenses but seeing how little J would be satisfied with went at it cheerfully do give my love to W and Mary I often remember our nice visits at their house why dont they write to us all about matters and things I like all sides of a story
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<p> </p>
<p>[Previous text transcribed as letter 743]</p>
<p>Catharine has just some in with this paper I noticed her while it was</p>
<p>nearly dusk last evening sitting on the horse block writing something</p>
<p>which proved to be a note to you I perceive there is many mistakes</p>
<p>it is also badly written but I wonder she made out to see at all it</p>
<p>was so dark the gies [sic] seem to regret very much not seeing cousin</p>
<p>Sarah and each asked permission</p>
<p>to go with me to Jericho for the purpose</p>
<p>of seeing her again but we all are</p>
<p>disappointed – and whether I shall</p>
<p>succeed in getting this to her is some</p>
<p>what uncertain will give it to Alexander</p>
<p>[Loser?] when he comes for the milk and</p>
<p>perhaps he can see Sarah in the cars</p>
<p>if he cannot shall be disappointed</p>
<p>again – write soon and often</p>
<p>it is so pleasant to hear from you</p>
<p>often – It remains very dry the grass</p>
<p>which looked so beautiful has assumed</p>
<p>a brown shade – Joseph has been a</p>
<p>little complaining but is out now I</p>
<p>have had two sick twins and now</p>
<p>with love to all of our friends will</p>
<p>again say Farewell Mary</p>
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<p> </p>
<p>Pay F. Duglass [sic] 2$ for Stephen Rushmore ^for the North Stare [sic]^ and charge to my account</p>
<p>I beleive [sic] J and L Mott were not in Ohio last fall [J?] P</p>
<p>so I am mistaken First day eve the 10 of 6 mo<sup>th</sup></p>
<p>Our dear Isaac and Amy This day is nearly spent and with the shades</p>
<p>of evening has come a feeling of loneliness stealing over my spirit as I sat</p>
<p>musing on the past and present as thought followed thought in rapid succ</p>
<p>-ession in some of which you were mingled most lovingly and sweetly has</p>
<p>my heard encircled you in that feeling which time cannot destroy nor distan^ce^</p>
<p>change – I need scarcely say how sadly we were disappointed and yet</p>
<p>I must else you may not realize to the full the extent thereof – We heard</p>
<p>you went to Boston on second day night but of no other conclusion Joseph and</p>
<p>self went to New York on fourth day on sixth day afternoon we got in the car’s</p>
<p>to return home and were looking about for seats in the distance I espied</p>
<p>Matilda we hastened to them I looked around for Amy but no where could</p>
<p>I see her and on enquiring found to our supprise [sic] and disappointment the</p>
<p>fact that our visit was finished and it had been so very short too I</p>
<p>could not but regret it I had been anticipating days of enjoyment in</p>
<p>reserve for us and to be thus suddenly deprived of the expectation was</p>
<p>not pleasant and it was difficult to be reconciled to it – for Isaac^s^</p>
<p>information will say that Amy’s company and communications</p>
<p>were acceptable and edifying tending to stir up to more zeal and faith</p>
<p>fullness in the several departments spoken of I trust her labors would</p>
<p>have ^been^ even more effectual had she been accompanied by her fellow</p>
<p>laborer and keeper in the same good cause. – Sarah remains at</p>
<p>Jericho hope she will come and stay with us soon – We have been pleased</p>
<p>with the account of the N England convention and think it must have</p>
<p>been exceedingly interesting and doubt not Amy feels fully repaid</p>
<p>for going I beleive [sic] it is good to do so when practicable and pledge</p>
<p>[<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">anew</span>] ^ourselves^ [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">our</span>] anew to labor and suffer whatever a faithful discharge</p>
<p>of duty may bring upon us I feel that it is little yes a very little that</p>
<p>I can do but then if the giving a cup of cold water only in the name of a dicipl [sic]</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 2)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>shall in no wise [lose?] their reward it is encouraging to such to do what we</p>
<p>can little tho [sic] it be to hasten the day when liberty shall be proclaimed through all</p>
<p>the land to all the inhabitants thereof” Stephen and Abby are in our borders Abby came</p>
<p>first we have not seen them yet they are at Jerusalem to day, it did not seem to</p>
<p>be best to go – on third day evening they are to be at Hempstead shall if practicable</p>
<p>go I will now leave for the morrow and listen to Joseph who has come in and taken</p>
<p>up our favourite paper “The glorious old Liberator” to read again so farewell for to night</p>
<p> Second day I resume my pen agreeably to my intention yesterday but without feeling</p>
<p>much like writing, Henry Willis dined here and has just gone home brought Sarah and</p>
<p>Catharine who are at Isaac Rushmores Henry went to Oyster bay seventh day evening</p>
<p>and Stephen and Abby home with him then to Jerusalem next day appears much inter</p>
<p>-ested with them they attended meeting in the morning at which Stephen preached</p>
<p>(Henry said) the gospel – in the afternoon they had an interesting meeting also –</p>
<p>[Whithead?] feels as though it was wrong to have the meeting house used and I</p>
<p>expect he will open the grievance to the monthly meeting for strength and assis</p>
<p>-tance to have it closed in future against abolitionists time will show whether</p>
<p>proscription and intolerance are to bear rule at Jerusalem also I tell our friends</p>
<p>their proffession [sic] of christianity [sic] is of small account so long as they bar the doors</p>
<p>of meeting houses against the slave and his advocates for the real kind of christian</p>
<p>-ity [sic] would induce them to do unto others what they would have done unto themselves</p>
<p>I am right sick of so much profession of being the peculiar favorites of heaven and of</p>
<p>bearing so consistent a testimony against all war slavery and intemperance</p>
<p>when we see no fruits I must judge by the rule given and conclude the tree can</p>
<p>not be what it appears – As I said before we went to New York on fourth day</p>
<p>I confess I felt very inclination to go but having some things to get and Josephs</p>
<p>desiring it I went and I do not regret having done so not from any satisfaction</p>
<p>or encouragement received but solely to see and feel for myself how things are</p>
<p>you will probably hear what an excellent Y M it was so much harmony and</p>
<p>love and the overshadowing wing of heavenly goodness so constantly felt to be</p>
<p>over the meeting &c &c true there was little to call forth or excite discussio^n^</p>
<p>or mar the harmony but why was it so have they not excommunicated denounce^ed^</p>
<p>and driven from society nearly all who do not submit quietly and was it</p>
<p>not more attributable to that than to any special favor that harmony</p>
<p>appeared to prevail? I was as fully convinced as I could be that the</p>
<p>same spirit of bitterness unkindness uncharitableness [sic] and I was going to</p>
<p>say hypocrisy remained in all its hatefulness as have at any former time</p>
<p>appeared as I was there only a short time of course I can only speak of that –</p>
<p>on fifth say morning there were two essays of Epistles read one for Gennessee [sic] and</p>
<p>one for Ohio the one for Ohio was quite long and among other things spoke of</p>
<p>a disposition being very prevalent among us to doubt divine revelation and to</p>
<p>depend on reason for a guide &c &c and the spirit of unbeleif [sic] was spreading</p>
<p>to an alarming extent &c (at present I do not remember much but the above</p>
<p>is the idea it was quite a long paragraph spoke in it of George Fox how much</p>
<p>he depended on the light and recommended it at all times John Woolman</p>
<p>too in advocating the cause of the oppressed was concerned at all times to</p>
<p>mind the light and not move faster than that directed &c &c I thought</p>
<p>there must be some cause for these allusions but knew not then what it was</p>
<p>well this epistle was pronounced very good especially the above ideas Marga</p>
<p>-ret Brown spoke on it said she had heard the modern reformers quote John Woolman</p>
<p>as an example and I tell them show me your John Woolmans and they cannot</p>
<p>I thought she would be puzzled to find any among friends except such as Lucretia</p>
<p>and they are as he was condemned by the majority but like him in the future</p>
<p>they will be praised for their consistency it is true as it was long ago the same</p>
<p>disposition to garnish the sepulchres ^or the memory^ of the righteous but persecute those who are</p>
<p>sent unto us but I have got off my story in the afternoon we were informed</p>
<p>that way had not opened to address the other Yearly meetings and proposed</p>
<p>this one should be sent to the other three which was approved of them</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 3)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>the clerk said it had been proposed that the one received from Ohio should</p>
<p>not be transmitted to subordinate meetings Rachel Barker spoke well</p>
<p>in favor of its going down with the others altho [sic] it touched on subjects</p>
<p>which had been exciting she felt no fear of its doing any harm but there</p>
<p>might be harm done to suppress it several approved its going then came</p>
<p>Rachel Hicks to the rescue said she could not approve its transmission</p>
<p>she would greatly prefer that none should go than have that go sanc</p>
<p>-tioned by this meeting containing as it did sentiments she could</p>
<p>not approve she beleived [sic] the meeting which sent it could</p>
<p>not have understood it or it would not have sent it &c &c after</p>
<p>quite a discussion R Barker wished it read again – my curiosity was</p>
<p>quite excited and was of course glad to hear this obnoxious docume^nt^</p>
<p>and just as I expected it was excellent and I could understand the several</p>
<p>allusions made in the reply It spoke of George Fox and early friends</p>
<p>bearing faithful testimonys [sic] against the evils that abounded in their</p>
<p>time then of John Woolman who labored for the oppressed indefata</p>
<p>gably [sic] through opposition and difficulty and finally said there are still</p>
<p>30000 of our fellow beings in chains and what are we doing to break</p>
<p>the chain which binds them to their civil servitude and which is far [obliterated]</p>
<p>than Egyptian bondage &c then spoke of intemperance and war in</p>
<p>a similar way and urged friends to do their part in suppressi^ng^</p>
<p>these great evils said the eulogizing the faithfulness of our ances</p>
<p>-tors in bearing the testimonys [sic] they did would not avail us</p>
<p>but would be as the manner of yesterday and counselled an att</p>
<p>-ention to the light which would direct and altho [sic] it might lead into</p>
<p>some changes which might be viewed as inovations [sic] on our long established</p>
<p>customs and views and as Elias Hicks truly said but I forget the</p>
<p>quotation exactly so will not give it I was much pleased with it it</p>
<p>was so much better than I expected could come from any meeting of</p>
<p>the kind – well some wished it to be printed and some not but Rachel</p>
<p>Barker spoke in submission and perhaps it had better not go as friends felt</p>
<p>R Hicks did not appear submissive Catharine Keese was decided against our</p>
<p>printing some and suppressing others it was raising a barrier between</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 4)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>and our Ohio friends which we would regret but Deborah W Larton seemed to</p>
<p>settle the point by saying that she was supprised [sic] at what she saw that in her YM</p>
<p>they sometimes sent down one Epistle sometimes all and at others only extracts and</p>
<p>they had never felt there was any disrespect in it but in the liberty which the truth</p>
<p>gives had felt freedom to do so – have heard ^of^ its ^being^ spoken of out of meeting as</p>
<p>being a lifeless thing that they did not beleive [sic] it was written by the meeting</p>
<p>and more of the same sort and it did not seem to me why it was they were this</p>
<p>suspicious until this minute and now it is clear to me James and Lucretia</p>
<p>were at that meeting I beleive [sic] and I suppose they or their influence or</p>
<p>sentiments [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">which</span>] caused such a lifeless production to be sent to the ap</p>
<p>-earance [sic] of an epistle too it is almost to much to think of –</p>
<p>Catharine Keese spoke on slavery feelingly said she felt that she stood</p>
<p>alone on this subject that there was no organization she could unite with</p>
<p>on this subject spoke well on the use of the produce – as soon as she took</p>
<p>her seat the attention of the meeting was called off by some other union</p>
<p>sentinel to ward off all attacks on the citadel for fear perchance it</p>
<p>may disturb the quiet – Catharine will either go to them or come on</p>
<p>further I think the intolerance will compl [sic] her to it they say she has</p>
<p>manifested a fault finding disposition. I do not perceive it in the least but</p>
<p> </p>
<p>[Text upside down, bottom of page]</p>
<p>thought she seemed very sweet and peaceful – but fear Samuel is lossing [sic] his</p>
<p>zeal whether through her quieting influence or from some other cause but</p>
<p>I fear it is so for those who once opposed him now speak quite favorably</p>
<p>and say he has improved and if he only improves in proportion as he has</p>
<p>for the last two years he will be about right hence I fear – I wanted</p>
<p>to see him but did not at all and would have said to him that when</p>
<p>our opposers [sic] speak well of us it is time to examine what we have done</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 3)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>[Text upside-down, in margins of original text. Near blue wax seal]</p>
<p>My paper is full and my eyes warn me I must leave off as I can scarcely</p>
<p>[obliterated] but I have made so long a story about my Yearly Meeting that I have not</p>
<p>said all I would like to and I might take another piece of paper I had</p>
<p>not thought of that</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 4)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>[Text sideways, center of page]</p>
<p>North Hempstead 10</p>
<p> June 12<sup>th</sup> </p>
<p> Isaac Post</p>
<p> Rochester</p>
<p> New York</p>
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text Normal]<br /><br /> First day eve<br /> Night and day have succeeded each in rapid succession with<br /> their variety of light and shade labor and rest-- without my attempt<br /> -ing to finish this until now and as it is now drawing toward<br /> the eleventh hour it will necessarily be soon laid aside the<br /> day has passed nearly as usual the evening has been agreebly [sic]<br /> spent in social chat and I trust not unprofitably with our friends<br /> William [Just?] and sister Stephen Hicks and wife they have just left<br /> and Joseph and self are seated here alone -- but that is nothing strange<br /> for our girls are still away and it seems a long long time to<br /> be separated from our all they very seldom come home I shall<br /> rejoice when their school days are over that is if they attain what<br /> I wish them -- I guess I have some news which it would appear<br /> was pretty scarce – Eligah [sic] is married to a young wife and repo-<br /> -rt says he never saw her before the day he married I dont know<br /> how that is but we regret it he found her in New York<br /> There is a great and increased excitement about California many<br /> are going even some who are in good business and some we know how<br /> strange it all is probably very many will never return I can but pity<br /> delusion which can sacrifice all home comforts for prospective gold<br /> [Amos?] and Caroline are to accompany Rachel Some of the [Phil<span style="text-decoration:underline;">a</span>]<br /> [friends?] told Joseph that Lucretia had a meeting this evening for<br /> the students of the city -- they also said her friends were increasing<br /> (I mean in the socity [sic]) she will live down her opposers if it is possible<br /> for any one to do it Catharine went home this afternoon Some<br /> of the [Harbor?] and other people have discussions every week Elias<br /> takes quite an interest in it he and Leonard [Frost?] are preparing to<br /> discuss with others capital punishment they are opposed to it Leonard<br /> took all by supprise [sic] some weeks ago -- they did not expect he was<br /><br /> [Continues on page 2 with line beginning “so capable”]<br /><br /> [Text top margin inverted]<br /><br /> Why dont <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Amy</span> write sometimes to us<br /> I have just looked over what my Joseph has written and it seems in a very different<br /> strain <span style="text-decoration:underline;">he</span> condemned our home folks tho if not as severly [sic] as I do but severity is not in<br /> his nature now Farewell<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> [Text Normal]<br /><br /> so capable he exceeded the best -- but I will stop as I think it is apparent my<br /> subjects are nearly exhausted I hope thee will [sic] us a long letter giving a statement<br /> of all the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">facts</span> on all subjects mystery and all then I want thee to tell William<br /> or Edmund or Mary or Sarah to give all they know on the other side so we may<br /> judge more impartially with love to all I am as ever your Mary<br /> Uncle Robert expects to remain for the winter as he is dont know<br /> what will be after Susan will stay they also want to get some<br /> man to lodge in that part of the house his poor turns have been<br /><br /> [Continues below with line beginning “less frequent”]<br /><br /><br /><br /> [Text middle page running bottom to top]<br /><br /> North Hemptstead 10<br /> Jany 29<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Isaac Post<br /> Rochester<br /> NY<br /><br /><br /> [Continued from “poor turns have been” above] <br /><br /> less frequent Joseph Hicks says the preachers at the<br /> funeral were too bad they ought to be spoken to Thee spoke of the<br /> subscribtion[sic] of the Star as being too small well that is the case with<br /> all reform papers but I was hoping that one was increasing its number<br /> so as to [render?] all fear of its discontinuance at an end Editors are apt to<br /> think each subscriber can get one additional name but to tell the truth I<br /> have tried for our different papers and my success has not been very flattering<br /> either to me or them true we have prevailed on a number but compared to the<br /> whole very few have any interest<br /> </p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. [Text Normal] First day eve Night and day have succeeded each in rapid succession with their variety of light and shade labor and rest-- without my attempt -ing to finish this until now and as it is now drawing toward the eleventh hour it will necessarily be soon laid aside the day has passed nearly as usual the evening has been agreebly [sic] spent in social chat and I trust not unprofitably with our friends William [Just?] and sister Stephen Hicks and wife they have just left and Joseph and self are seated here alone -- but that is nothing strange for our girls are still away and it seems a long long time to be separated from our all they very seldom come home I shall rejoice when their school days are over that is if they attain what I wish them -- I guess I have some news which it would appear was pretty scarce - Eligah [sic] is married to a young wife and repo- -rt says he never saw her before the day he married I dont know how that is but we regret it he found her in New York There is a great and increased excitement about California many are going even some who are in good business and some we know how strange it all is probably very many will never return I can but pity delusion which can sacrifice all home comforts for prospective gold [Amos?] and Caroline are to accompany Rachel Some of the [Phila] [friends?] told Joseph that Lucretia had a meeting this evening for the students of the city -- they also said her friends were increasing (I mean in the socity [sic]) she will live down her opposers if it is possible for any one to do it Catharine went home this afternoon Some of the [Harbor?] and other people have discussions every week Elias takes quite an interest in it he and Leonard [Frost?] are preparing to discuss with others capital punishment they are opposed to it Leonard took all by supprise [sic] some weeks ago -- they did not expect he was [Continues on page 2 with line beginning "so capable"] [Text top margin inverted] Why dont Amy write sometimes to us I have just looked over what my Joseph has written and it seems in a very different strain he condemned our home folks tho if not as severly [sic] as I do but severity is not in his nature now Farewell [Text Normal] so capable he exceeded the best -- but I will stop as I think it is apparent my subjects are nearly exhausted I hope thee will [sic] us a long letter giving a statement of all the facts on all subjects mystery and all then I want thee to tell William or Edmund or Mary or Sarah to give all they know on the other side so we may judge more impartially with love to all I am as ever your Mary Uncle Robert expects to remain for the winter as he is dont know what will be after Susan will stay they also want to get some man to lodge in that part of the house his poor turns have been [Continues below with line beginning "less frequent"] [Text middle page running bottom to top] North Hemptstead 10 Jany 29 Isaac Post Rochester NY [Continued from "poor turns have been" above] less frequent Joseph Hicks says the preachers at the funeral were too bad they ought to be spoken to Thee spoke of the subscribtion[sic] of the Star as being too small well that is the case with all reform papers but I was hoping that one was increasing its number so as to [render?] all fear of its discontinuance at an end Editors are apt to think each subscriber can get one additional name but to tell the truth I have tried for our different papers and my success has not been very flattering either to me or them true we have prevailed on a number but compared to the whole very few have any interest
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 9 mo <sup>th </sup>12 evening<br /> Dear Brother & Sister<br /> Your welcom [sic] letters come duly to hand<br /> and I intended an immediate reply but many hindering thing <br /> have conspired against it company hase [sic] been unusually plenty<br /> for a few weeks past and now it is too late to write much have<br /> had some friends to day after they left we had the paper’s <br /> which Joseph has been reading very diligently until a few<br /> minutes ago when he was sent for over to our tenant hous^e^<br /> Aaron Bunn had dislocated his jaw and is in much distress <br /> they have gone for the De – on Josephs leaving I resolved to take<br /> up my pen late as it is but I fear I cannot write much as <br /> my eyes are very weak I would like to sit up until after the <br /> eclipse but whither I can write is another thing have just <br /> read Frederic’s letter to master Auld is it not grand I hope he <br /> will proffit [sic] by such faithful expostualtions [sic] and such evident<br /> signs of progress in his once slave and be induced to act honest<br /> = ly by those he now retains in unwilling servitude by by the by<br /> Samuel Smith has been down among the laves and slaveholders<br /> and he feels (so we hear) less objection ^to slavery^ than before they were so <br /> happy and he thought many of them better off than the free <br /> ones around here alass [sic] alass [sic] for any one [sic] who can come to such<br /> a conclusion they <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">toon </span>must bery nearly approach that state <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">eve<br /></span>ever more to be dreaded hadness [sic] of heart it really seems drea<br /> =dful to hear such sentiments advanced _____<br /> We had a nice visit from Elias and Susan were truly glad <br /> to welcom [sic] them under our roof and do a little in return for<br /> much received from them their visit was short too short to see<br /> all who would have liked to have seen them or to be of much <br /> benefit to Susan we had a nice time at the Beach and I only<br /> wished for some of you to enjoy it with us _ Joseph has returned <br /> home and the eclipse is just beginning to be visible he has <br /> going to be bed and I will sit awhile but here is some one at<br /> the door he has come to say there is a boat to be unloaded<br /> to be at the Harbor at 5 oc so you see it is work work [sic] still on<br /> this old Island but now good night that I may watch the moon <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> it is now past 12 her I am still ½ past 1 and now I am inclined<br /> to sleep I have watched the moon so far with deep interest but as <br /> must rise very early to get breckfast [sic] must leave to other watchers<br /> and seek some rest 14 There are indications of rain which will be welcom [sic] <br /> indeed for it is seldom we have been in greater need many family , have<br /> been entirely out ^of water^ for a long time we have had a supply thus far<br /> We have had a good visit from Sarah Bedell Stephen Willets is also her <br /> ^they^ think of leaving soon we had a short visit from Hannah [Loins?]<br /> Sarah has enjoyed her visit very much she is quite liberal in her views<br /> and seems prepared to go forward __ uncle I Rushmore is quite sick<br /> with a gathering seems somewhat like a fistula believe they do not think <br /> there has been quite a number of sudden deaths around but probably<br /> strangers to you Robert Hicks had a turn of paralisis [sic] sometime ago<br /> he has improved so that he can help himself some and talk some too<br /> Phebe Underhill is improving but her poor mother is in a very poor<br /> way and very troublesome Caroline too has raised blood she has<br /> gone to NY ^[illegible] is better^ Valentine had an ill turn they were quite alarmed with <br /> him fear it is an affection of the heart they <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">too</span> have had their trials<br /> I feel for them especially on account of Abbys derangement how it bli<br /> = ghts all their enjoyment and the perpetual anxiety they feel too on<br /> her account makes it doubly distressing We were obliged to you for<br /> the proceedings of the meetings at Seneca Falls also at Rochester and<br /> we could not have been more supprised [sic]than we were at the in<br /> formation from my relative to the Rochester meeting but we rejo<br /> =iced with you that all ended so satisfactorily it seemed much<br /> more appropriate for a woman to preside over such a meeting <br /> for surely if there are no women fitted for that station it were<br /> almost useless to attempt to hold a meeting I could not have<br /> believed that my model of a perfect woman should have [illegible] in <br /> the way stated but I suppose she was influenced by others<br /> and probably imperceptibly so to herself I would gladly hunt<br /> up some excuse for her for I cannot bear to think of nay shade<br /> resting on her “It always pains me to [sic] when I see or<br /> hear what seems to me to be inconsistencys [sic] in such persons <br /> as Garrison Lucretia or in any of our prominent reformers<br /><br /> (Page 3) <br /> <br /> Perceive by the Star that Frederic throat is not cured and pleasant<br /> as it is to hear of his lecturing hope he wi9ll be cautious and not injure<br /> his health for his services will be needed I fear a long time to come <br /> cheering as the signs of the times are inciting to fresh zeal in the<br /> holy cause ^of^ humanity and freedom __ it is supprising [sic] to see the cha<br /> =nge in some politicians they have all of a sudden come out antislavery<br /> and now try to make others believe they have been so for two years at <br /> least but some of us know they have never let it be known before<br /> Next second day John Van Buren is to address a meeting at Hempstead<br /> there seems to be quite a desire to hear him Elias is almost absorbed<br /> in his political preferences writing and talking abundantly The Horkers<br /> too are straining SS Foster and Parker had of<br /> being seriously injured by that truly dreadful not Christian and church<br /> going tho they were still nothing could have proved the truthfulness<br /> of the speakers assertions so fully as their diabolical acts virily [sic] the<br /> tree can be judged by its fruit __ How cheering HC Wrights accounts in<br /> the P Christian are of his and CC [Burleighs?] meetings I doubt not we<br /> be productive of good Oh for more such pure spirits as theirs to engage<br /> in the good causes of peace and freedom how much nobler it is to go forth<br /> among the people to elevate and enlighten than to go simply for the peace<br /> of their owne [sic] minds as some now a days go _ I am disgusted with this<br /> cant and pretentions to high spirituality when much of the conduct<br /> proclaims the want of common humanity it has been said to be impossible <br /> to love God while we hate our brother &c How does your meeting continue to <br /> be satisfactory? the prevailing opinion seems to be that it will not<br /> hold together for there has been at various times disaffected ones <br /> who have tried to do the same and they have been scattered ___<br /> it has not sectarian feeling enough to bind together if it does not<br /> for I conclude that is quite an importance ingredient in [illegible]<br /> as now existing _ some of the speakers I should & your [sic] to listen to<br /> but I do not know whether it would be agreeable to hear all but<br /> you know I have strong likes and dislikes and what might be intoler<br /> able to me might not be so to [attend?] Isaac did not say whether either of <br /> you had appeared please inform when you do that we may be kept acqu<br /> - ainted with all your movements on all subjects we exercise due caution<br /><br /> [Text on left side of page overlaying main text, written downward]<br /><br /> 15<sup>th</sup> I had hoped this would have gone to day but as there is no way to<br /> send it to the office it must wait until second day I will scribble a little<br /> more when I have opportunity 1<sup>st</sup> day the business of the day is nearly done I will take<br /> up my pen a few minutes Timothy has been here seems quite feeble and he wanted to come here <br /> again he had no prospect of being with us much longer seems in haste to be gone as his usefulness<br /> nearly over said very old age was not desirable we are looking for Elias Smith and fam<br /> =ily some to night but it looks like a storm and I think probably we shall be disappointed<br /> Suppose you know Oliver Johnson is about giving up his paper or rather the one he has been <br /> Editor of I deeply regrett [sic] his disappointment he entered upon the engagement<br /> with high hopes of success it would be very pleasant to us were he again to find a house <br /> in NY we miss his cheerful presence from our [illegible] where his steadfast friendship had<br /> made him very dear to us and I cannot avoid hopeing [sic] to have them again among us<br /> I sho^u^ld be glad if he could be actively engaged in the antislavery cause<br /> how different the Tribune is since he left it at least I think it is is has lost much<br /> of its antislavery character and of its interest to me since <br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> [Page 4 written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and is transcribed as 714_09_12_1848]
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 9 mo th 12 evening Dear Brother & Sister Your welcom [sic] letters come duly to hand and I intended an immediate reply but many hindering thing have conspired against it company hase [sic] been unusually plenty for a few weeks past and now it is too late to write much have had some friends to day after they left we had the paper's which Joseph has been reading very diligently until a few minutes ago when he was sent for over to our tenant hous^e^ Aaron Bunn had dislocated his jaw and is in much distress they have gone for the De - on Josephs leaving I resolved to take up my pen late as it is but I fear I cannot write much as my eyes are very weak I would like to sit up until after the eclipse but whither I can write is another thing have just read Frederic's letter to master Auld is it not grand I hope he will proffit [sic] by such faithful expostualtions [sic] and such evident signs of progress in his once slave and be induced to act honest = ly by those he now retains in unwilling servitude by by the by Samuel Smith has been down among the laves and slaveholders and he feels (so we hear) less objection ^to slavery^ than before they were so happy and he thought many of them better off than the free ones around here alass [sic] alass [sic] for any one [sic] who can come to such a conclusion they toon must bery nearly approach that state eveever more to be dreaded hadness [sic] of heart it really seems drea =dful to hear such sentiments advanced _____ We had a nice visit from Elias and Susan were truly glad to welcom [sic] them under our roof and do a little in return for much received from them their visit was short too short to see all who would have liked to have seen them or to be of much benefit to Susan we had a nice time at the Beach and I only wished for some of you to enjoy it with us _ Joseph has returned home and the eclipse is just beginning to be visible he has going to be bed and I will sit awhile but here is some one at the door he has come to say there is a boat to be unloaded to be at the Harbor at 5 oc so you see it is work work [sic] still on this old Island but now good night that I may watch the moon it is now past 12 her I am still 1/2 past 1 and now I am inclined to sleep I have watched the moon so far with deep interest but as must rise very early to get breckfast [sic] must leave to other watchers and seek some rest 14 There are indications of rain which will be welcom [sic] indeed for it is seldom we have been in greater need many family, have been entirely out ^of water^ for a long time we have had a supply thus far We have had a good visit from Sarah Bedell Stephen Willets is also her ^they^ think of leaving soon we had a short visit from Hannah [Loins?] Sarah has enjoyed her visit very much she is quite liberal in her views and seems prepared to go forward __ uncle I Rushmore is quite sick with a gathering seems somewhat like a fistula believe they do not think there has been quite a number of sudden deaths around but probably strangers to you Robert Hicks had a turn of paralisis [sic] sometime ago he has improved so that he can help himself some and talk some too Phebe Underhill is improving but her poor mother is in a very poor way and very troublesome Caroline too has raised blood she has gone to NY ^[illegible] is better^ Valentine had an ill turn they were quite alarmed with him fear it is an affection of the heart they too have had their trials I feel for them especially on account of Abbys derangement how it bli = ghts all their enjoyment and the perpetual anxiety they feel too on her account makes it doubly distressing We were obliged to you for the proceedings of the meetings at Seneca Falls also at Rochester and we could not have been more supprised [sic]than we were at the in formation from my relative to the Rochester meeting but we rejo =iced with you that all ended so satisfactorily it seemed much more appropriate for a woman to preside over such a meeting for surely if there are no women fitted for that station it were almost useless to attempt to hold a meeting I could not have believed that my model of a perfect woman should have [illegible] in the way stated but I suppose she was influenced by others and probably imperceptibly so to herself I would gladly hunt up some excuse for her for I cannot bear to think of nay shade resting on her "It always pains me to [sic] when I see or hear what seems to me to be inconsistencys [sic] in such persons as Garrison Lucretia or in any of our prominent reformers Perceive by the Star that Frederic throat is not cured and pleasant as it is to hear of his lecturing hope he wi9ll be cautious and not injure his health for his services will be needed I fear a long time to come cheering as the signs of the times are inciting to fresh zeal in the holy cause ^of^ humanity and freedom __ it is supprising [sic] to see the cha =nge in some politicians they have all of a sudden come out antislavery and now try to make others believe they have been so for two years at least but some of us know they have never let it be known before Next second day John Van Buren is to address a meeting at Hempstead there seems to be quite a desire to hear him Elias is almost absorbed in his political preferences writing and talking abundantly The Horkers too are straining SS Foster and Parker had of being seriously injured by that truly dreadful not Christian and church going tho they were still nothing could have proved the truthfulness of the speakers assertions so fully as their diabolical acts virily [sic] the tree can be judged by its fruit __ How cheering HC Wrights accounts in the P Christian are of his and CC [Burleighs?] meetings I doubt not we be productive of good Oh for more such pure spirits as theirs to engage in the good causes of peace and freedom how much nobler it is to go forth among the people to elevate and enlighten than to go simply for the peace of their owne [sic] minds as some now a days go _ I am disgusted with this cant and pretentions to high spirituality when much of the conduct proclaims the want of common humanity it has been said to be impossible to love God while we hate our brother &c How does your meeting continue to be satisfactory? the prevailing opinion seems to be that it will not hold together for there has been at various times disaffected ones who have tried to do the same and they have been scattered ___ it has not sectarian feeling enough to bind together if it does not for I conclude that is quite an importance ingredient in [illegible] as now existing _ some of the speakers I should & your [sic] to listen to but I do not know whether it would be agreeable to hear all but you know I have strong likes and dislikes and what might be intoler able to me might not be so to [attend?] Isaac did not say whether either of you had appeared please inform when you do that we may be kept acqu - ainted with all your movements on all subjects we exercise due caution [Text on left side of page overlaying main text, written downward] 15th I had hoped this would have gone to day but as there is no way to send it to the office it must wait until second day I will scribble a little more when I have opportunity 1st day the business of the day is nearly done I will take up my pen a few minutes Timothy has been here seems quite feeble and he wanted to come here again he had no prospect of being with us much longer seems in haste to be gone as his usefulness nearly over said very old age was not desirable we are looking for Elias Smith and fam =ily some to night but it looks like a storm and I think probably we shall be disappointed Suppose you know Oliver Johnson is about giving up his paper or rather the one he has been Editor of I deeply regrett [sic] his disappointment he entered upon the engagement with high hopes of success it would be very pleasant to us were he again to find a house in NY we miss his cheerful presence from our [illegible] where his steadfast friendship had made him very dear to us and I cannot avoid hopeing [sic] to have them again among us I sho^u^ld be glad if he could be actively engaged in the antislavery cause how different the Tribune is since he left it at least I think it is is has lost much of its antislavery character and of its interest to me since (Page 4) [Page 4 written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and is transcribed as 714_09_12_1848]
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Our dear Relatives It is First-day Joseph and the girls are at<br /> meeting I remained at home to enjoy in solitude the quiet and rest<br /> which I feel would be more in accordance with my feelings, and<br /> altho [sic] I am an antisabbath in views yet I do love this pause in the<br /> workings of the world the weary horse’s and oxen who love toiled at<br /> man’s bidding now be in the shade and seem imbued with their<br /> luxurious enjoyment of rest man too rests from the excessive toil of<br /> the season for it is day time and harvest it has been a severe drought<br /> or I might more properly say is for we have had no rain yet to do much<br /> good a small shower yesterday and now altho the sun is shining<br /> it begins to sprinkle it is sultry and oppressive and I imagine<br /> it affects my spirits for I feel depressed and sad – we received [both?]<br /> truly welcome [sic] token last evening and expected to find through out [sic] the<br /> announcement of the time when we might expect to welcom [sic] him to our<br /> hearts and home he may rest-assured a most affectionate greeting is<br /> in resume for him come when he may but I hope it will not be<br /> delayed very long second day I laid my pen down yesterday with the int<br /> ention of taking it up again immediately but before I could company<br /> came and so of course I was disappointed and now it is only for a<br /> few minutes having put on my bonnet to fulfil an agreement when<br /> a small cloud appeared this somewhat larger than a man’s land and<br /> we are now in the midst of one of the sweetest little showers imag<br /> inable there it is nearly over and I will go near 10 evening the<br /> stillness of night is around me interrupted only by the innumera ^ble^<br /> voices which come from a variety of frogs and toads and many<br /> nameless insects but all combine in a grand concert and the<br /> music is s^o^othing to all the discordant feelings which jar the<br /> harmony of my being and of that we might keep our spirits ^open^ to all<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> pure and beautiful influences that the divine beauty of our immort^al^<br /> nature may shine forth with undimmed [illegible] how few of us ralise[sic]<br /> our high and exalted destiny it is sad and humiliating to contem<br /> plate the world as it is filled with violence and wrong and as<br /> it was 18 centurys [sic] ago those who are enlightening and blessing the<br /> [illegible] are persecuted and stoned from vilage [sic] to vilage [sic] and as<br /> them they almost think they are doing God service thereby they do<br /> not recognize the Mesiah for which they wait in any reformatory<br /> movement of this day but I have digressed I intended to say<br /> we are very much disappointed and sorry too that Sarah has<br /> decided on leaving our Island we have seen very little of<br /> her since Amy left was expecting there was a nice visit<br /> in reserve for us saw Elizabeth going home last night and hoped<br /> Sarah was with her when she told us of Sarah’s sudden conclusion<br /> and tonight they have called at our door a few minutes<br /> but I should have failed to see her then had I not ran un<br /> usually fast <span style="text-decoration:underline;">all</span> the way from Joshua’s with the expecta<br /> tion if it was Sarah in the carriage they would call<br /> thanks to my perseverance. I hope to go to [Jericho?] before<br /> she leaves but the horses are busy too and as she will<br /> take letters will scribble on altho [sic] she will be the most<br /> welcom [sic] of all and almost supercede [sic] the necessity of<br /> such as this but now good night 3<sup>rd</sup> day night it is just about<br /> the same time it was last night when I took up my pen have been<br /> busily engaged in my domestic affairs all day and am now real<br /> -ly tired but the time is drawing so near I fear I shall have but<br /> a poor scrawl to send Don’t you think Elias Doly erred in open<br /> -ing the meeting house forcibly it seems to me I should much rather<br /> asked for the Orthodox house or held it in a private house than<br /> do so it seems better to me to suffer wrong than to do wrong<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> and his having withdrawn from them and left them in full poss<br /> -ession of the house that I could not but regrett [sic] the course but<br /> perhaps I do not understand fully all the palliation which here<br /> for his course we would have been very glad could we have seen<br /> Joseph and Ruth did Lucretia visit you suppose her opposers [sic] will<br /> give another black mark for attending the meeting I was somewhat<br /> supprised [sic] that none of you went when such gifted friends as Joseph<br /> Lucretia and Oliver were to be in attendance but I am tired and<br /> will retire Fourth day It is warm and sultry have been to meeting whi<br /> -ch is the first preparative meeting I have attended in some months<br /> had a new clerk Hannah Hicks except which things went on in the old<br /> stile [sic] I had expected to go to Jericho this afternoon but as it is not convenient<br /> must stay at home Joseph has hay to get in and James Mott wishes help to<br /> bring [Jerushia’s?] things from the Rail Road – what changes a day or an<br /> hour effect it is to those concerned a most affecting bereavement I feel<br /> much sympathy for his brother who seemed to feel very keenly the pain[obliterated]<br /> severance of the ties which bound him to an only and dear brother – [obliterated]<br /> we all have to meet such reverses and few but what have drank deeply of<br /> the cup of suffering and sorrow – Jonny Perer’s wife died very suddenly<br /> too probably a fit tho at first some thought it the Cholera we have not<br /> seen Robert Post and wife they got home a little more than a week ago<br /> Isaac writes of many things transpiring which he cannot remember I<br /> was thinking whether he had not better learn phonagraphy [sic] he could then<br /> easily write letters by copying from his peace book we should be much<br /> gratified and many valuable ideas saved from oblivion we have<br /> not seen any of your letters to Sarah so of course we are on the back<br /> ground relative to matters and things of interest among you<br /> We should dearly love to visit you the ensuing fall (but see no way)<br /> answer whether it would be possible for us to be convinced in rela<br /> -tion to spiritual manifestations but probably they would not converse<br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> freely with such skeptics as we and if they should design to do so I cannot<br /> see that we should receive much <span style="text-decoration:underline;">aid</span> and c<span style="text-decoration:underline;">omfor</span>t thereby as it is necessary<br /> to have certain persons present also the spirits are not heard or are not<br /> inteligible [sic] and as there is no certainty of their veracity I cannot for the<br /> life of me see much cause to depend upon them the spirits of truth<br /> of justice of love of mercy and benevolence we have ever present and which<br /> if followed will not deceive and are inteligible [sic] without applying to<br /> any one true many things are very remarkable and unaccountable yet<br /> it seems so partial in its operations that I think reason would lead us to receive<br /> it with much caution as a director or guide however if I were there I would<br /> be willing to see and hear some of its wonderful revelations – what has become<br /> of Elias and Rhoda we have been looking for them sometime and it will suit<br /> us very well if they do not come quite yet for all both men and women too are<br /> as busy as work can make them still they are farmers and can make all due<br /> allowance if they should come in the midst of it<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written downward]<br /><br /> Isaac Post<br /> Rochester<br /> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">New York</span><br /><br /> [Text written at bottom of page, normal]<br /><br /> I hope Amy will give us “the womens business” refered [sic] to in due season has Bay Fish<br /> gone and do you keep up your meetings now so many of your number are away<br /> I am glad to see that Frederic has the paper wholely [sic] himself and still sorry<br /> that the difficulty remains as to its permanency don’t you think E Quincy s<br /> articles good in my opinion they far exceed Lowell’s since the commencement<br /> of the new arrangement Stephen and Abby have raised the siege whether<br /> they will return with additional force to besiege it again I don’t know<br /> but I am ready to conclude they will feel it is scarcely worth spending<br /> much to gain we feel a somewhat different course might have done more<br /> good, this going about and proclaiming the fact that abolitionists are abused [illegible]<br /><br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Our dear Relatives It is First-day Joseph and the girls are at meeting I remained at home to enjoy in solitude the quiet and rest which I feel would be more in accordance with my feelings, and altho [sic] I am an antisabbath in views yet I do love this pause in the workings of the world the weary horse's and oxen who love toiled at man's bidding now be in the shade and seem imbued with their luxurious enjoyment of rest man too rests from the excessive toil of the season for it is day time and harvest it has been a severe drought or I might more properly say is for we have had no rain yet to do much good a small shower yesterday and now altho the sun is shining it begins to sprinkle it is sultry and oppressive and I imagine it affects my spirits for I feel depressed and sad - we received [both?] truly welcome [sic] token last evening and expected to find through out [sic] the announcement of the time when we might expect to welcom [sic] him to our hearts and home he may rest-assured a most affectionate greeting is in resume for him come when he may but I hope it will not be delayed very long second day I laid my pen down yesterday with the int ention of taking it up again immediately but before I could company came and so of course I was disappointed and now it is only for a few minutes having put on my bonnet to fulfil an agreement when a small cloud appeared this somewhat larger than a man's land and we are now in the midst of one of the sweetest little showers imag inable there it is nearly over and I will go near 10 evening the stillness of night is around me interrupted only by the innumera ^ble^ voices which come from a variety of frogs and toads and many nameless insects but all combine in a grand concert and the music is s^o^othing to all the discordant feelings which jar the harmony of my being and of that we might keep our spirits ^open^ to all pure and beautiful influences that the divine beauty of our immort^al^ nature may shine forth with undimmed [illegible] how few of us ralise[sic] our high and exalted destiny it is sad and humiliating to contem plate the world as it is filled with violence and wrong and as it was 18 centurys [sic] ago those who are enlightening and blessing the [illegible] are persecuted and stoned from vilage [sic] to vilage [sic] and as them they almost think they are doing God service thereby they do not recognize the Mesiah for which they wait in any reformatory movement of this day but I have digressed I intended to say we are very much disappointed and sorry too that Sarah has decided on leaving our Island we have seen very little of her since Amy left was expecting there was a nice visit in reserve for us saw Elizabeth going home last night and hoped Sarah was with her when she told us of Sarah's sudden conclusion and tonight they have called at our door a few minutes but I should have failed to see her then had I not ran un usually fast all the way from Joshua's with the expecta tion if it was Sarah in the carriage they would call thanks to my perseverance. I hope to go to [Jericho?] before she leaves but the horses are busy too and as she will take letters will scribble on altho [sic] she will be the most welcom [sic] of all and almost supercede [sic] the necessity of such as this but now good night 3rd day night it is just about the same time it was last night when I took up my pen have been busily engaged in my domestic affairs all day and am now real -ly tired but the time is drawing so near I fear I shall have but a poor scrawl to send Don't you think Elias Doly erred in open -ing the meeting house forcibly it seems to me I should much rather asked for the Orthodox house or held it in a private house than do so it seems better to me to suffer wrong than to do wrong and his having withdrawn from them and left them in full poss -ession of the house that I could not but regrett [sic] the course but perhaps I do not understand fully all the palliation which here for his course we would have been very glad could we have seen Joseph and Ruth did Lucretia visit you suppose her opposers [sic] will give another black mark for attending the meeting I was somewhat supprised [sic] that none of you went when such gifted friends as Joseph Lucretia and Oliver were to be in attendance but I am tired and will retire Fourth day It is warm and sultry have been to meeting whi -ch is the first preparative meeting I have attended in some months had a new clerk Hannah Hicks except which things went on in the old stile [sic] I had expected to go to Jericho this afternoon but as it is not convenient must stay at home Joseph has hay to get in and James Mott wishes help to bring [Jerushia's?] things from the Rail Road - what changes a day or an hour effect it is to those concerned a most affecting bereavement I feel much sympathy for his brother who seemed to feel very keenly the pain[obliterated] severance of the ties which bound him to an only and dear brother - [obliterated] we all have to meet such reverses and few but what have drank deeply of the cup of suffering and sorrow - Jonny Perer's wife died very suddenly too probably a fit tho at first some thought it the Cholera we have not seen Robert Post and wife they got home a little more than a week ago Isaac writes of many things transpiring which he cannot remember I was thinking whether he had not better learn phonagraphy [sic] he could then easily write letters by copying from his peace book we should be much gratified and many valuable ideas saved from oblivion we have not seen any of your letters to Sarah so of course we are on the back ground relative to matters and things of interest among you We should dearly love to visit you the ensuing fall (but see no way) answer whether it would be possible for us to be convinced in rela -tion to spiritual manifestations but probably they would not converse freely with such skeptics as we and if they should design to do so I cannot see that we should receive much aid and comfort thereby as it is necessary to have certain persons present also the spirits are not heard or are not inteligible [sic] and as there is no certainty of their veracity I cannot for the life of me see much cause to depend upon them the spirits of truth of justice of love of mercy and benevolence we have ever present and which if followed will not deceive and are inteligible [sic] without applying to any one true many things are very remarkable and unaccountable yet it seems so partial in its operations that I think reason would lead us to receive it with much caution as a director or guide however if I were there I would be willing to see and hear some of its wonderful revelations - what has become of Elias and Rhoda we have been looking for them sometime and it will suit us very well if they do not come quite yet for all both men and women too are as busy as work can make them still they are farmers and can make all due allowance if they should come in the midst of it [Text in center of page, written downward] Isaac Post RochesterNew York [Text written at bottom of page, normal] I hope Amy will give us "the womens business" refered [sic] to in due season has Bay Fish gone and do you keep up your meetings now so many of your number are away I am glad to see that Frederic has the paper wholely [sic] himself and still sorry that the difficulty remains as to its permanency don't you think E Quincy s articles good in my opinion they far exceed Lowell's since the commencement of the new arrangement Stephen and Abby have raised the siege whether they will return with additional force to besiege it again I don't know but I am ready to conclude they will feel it is scarcely worth spending much to gain we feel a somewhat different course might have done more good, this going about and proclaiming the fact that abolitionists are abused [illegible]
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<p>(Page 1)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>[Stamp, upper left corner]</p>
<p>OWEN & HURLBUT</p>
<p>So.Lee</p>
<p>MASS</p>
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<p> Westbury 8 month 20<sup>th</sup> 47</p>
<p>My dear William and Mary will probably be supprised [sic] to receive a</p>
<p>scrawl from aunt Mary as it is quite a novel circumstance for her to</p>
<p>make such an attempt besides never having invited her to do so it must</p>
<p>of cource [sic] follow as a necessary consequence. I will in the first place int-</p>
<p>-roduce myself to you as I am now situated seated in our sitting room by</p>
<p>the window [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">in illegible</span>] our men are on the meadow’s and I am sitting</p>
<p>entirely alone awaiting their arrival Ann and the girls having all</p>
<p>retired to their respective apartments and they are all the company I</p>
<p>have except the cricket caty did’s [sic] and other busy watchers of the night</p>
<p>and these are enough for the present at least to while away the time</p>
<p>ere our men return I have been enjoying the beauties of this evening</p>
<p>in all its quiet loveliness there is ever an elevating purifying sentimen^t^</p>
<p>connected therewith which I have ever loved Sweet hour of Night, to all bosoms ^dear^</p>
<p> Thou bearest a spell on thy viewless win^gs^</p>
<p> That drives from the human breast all fear</p>
<p> And nerveth the soul to mighty things</p>
<p>I have not heard of your arrival in New York tho [sic] doubtless you did sometime</p>
<p>ago how I wished you would just slip up[<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">p</span>] to Westbury if it were only one</p>
<p>night I had so many regrets to tell you that you were not at Norristown</p>
<p>as well as so much of an agreeable character that I flatter myself we</p>
<p>should have enjoyed it greatly – but as you did not see fit to do so I hope</p>
<p>to hear what good excuse you can make for your absence from the afforsaid [sic]</p>
<p>meeting I think it was good to be there even tho [sic] at considerable sacrifice</p>
<p>of social intercourse [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span>] I do not in the least doubt your wish to have</p>
<p>partaken with us of this intellectual feast but as you have one in anticip</p>
<p>-ation I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did the other and give us a</p>
<p>little sketch of it – but I must lay this aside as our men have arrived</p>
<p>tired and hungry and perhaps I may resume it tomorrow evening under</p>
<p>similar circumstances, good night 24 this is the 4 evening since I laid</p>
<p>this aside and no opportunity has occurred to add a line until now</p>
<p>when I am similarly situated as before only the evening is more</p>
<p>beautiful almost too beautiful to attempt any thing besides enjoy-</p>
<p>-ing it – Seventh day Henry and Catharine were here and informed us</p>
<p>you had not arrived in New York the week before and that Jacob had</p>
<p>gone on we feel anxiously uncertain as to the cause –</p>
<p> </p>
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<p> </p>
<p>We have just heard D and Mary Post have been bereaved of their little</p>
<p>darling daughter it is doubtless a severe affliction to them – we were</p>
<p>expecting them up on a visit very shortly this may disappoint us – it is</p>
<p>considerably sickly particularly among children dysentery and fever’s</p>
<p>too Rachel Hicks is quite ill Gideon and Mary W Frost called here this</p>
<p>afternoon on their way home from Greenport they have been from home</p>
<p>a month in hope’s it might be beneficial to Mary but there is no</p>
<p>favourable change except she is considerably stronger – it look’s</p>
<p>as though she might remain here but a short time but I hope she</p>
<p>may be they will be so lonely without her cheerful presence</p>
<p> Our last Monthly Meeting was held at Matinecock and somehow</p>
<p>it has happened that our friend Rachel’s revelations have not been of</p>
<p>so satisfactory a character as those held at Westbury generally are</p>
<p>or more correctly speaking was more objectionable than usual She began</p>
<p>by saying that there was a spirit spreading in the world and particularly in</p>
<p>our own country to lay waste civil government which she looked upon as</p>
<p>a great blessing our early friend often went to those in power and assured</p>
<p>them of their peaceful intentions in relation to it that they considerd [sic]</p>
<p>it necessary but that if there were any requirement we could not comply</p>
<p>with patently [sic] submit that she looked in the civil Government and religion</p>
<p>as the two greatest blessings we had &c – that abolitionists were</p>
<p>publickly [sic] trying to break down the government and that members of society</p>
<p>attended such meetings where the doctrine was advocated that the</p>
<p>government and the religion of this country stood in their way and it</p>
<p>was not right to connive at members doing this things she appealed to</p>
<p>the warm abolitionists (who by the by when all counted amounted to the number</p>
<p>of Two) and those who encouraged them in it to consider what they</p>
<p>were doing (and so on until she came to a great and good personage whom</p>
<p>she had loved almost to veneration namely Elias Hicks had in his great</p>
<p>zeal on the subject of using Slave produce ^said^ that if the reason was</p>
<p>convinced it was not necessary to wait for further revelation</p>
<p>which she never had united with that she thought it was necessary</p>
<p>to feel the command to refrain from the use it had been greatly in the</p>
<p>cross for her to do so as well as a tax on the pocket that this sentiment [sic]</p>
<p>of Elias Hicks was held up as a reason why men might engage</p>
<p>in doing something for Liberty – yes the word Liberty had a wonder-</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 3)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>-ful effect associations of various [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Uin</span>] do for the extension of Liberty</p>
<p>abounded in this day spoke of the odd Fellows society and the poor Mormon</p>
<p>too come in for a share said they had been dangerous to the government</p>
<p>but they had been overcome, what a shame to express such a sentiment</p>
<p>they have truly been overcome but how and by what means? by mob</p>
<p>violence their rights taken from them and then for a quaker [sic]</p>
<p>preacher to speak of it approvingly – but abolition disunionists [sic] were</p>
<p>the most to be condemed [sic] from her sermon it was to be infered [sic] that</p>
<p>it was her opinion such members should be cut off from the body</p>
<p>lest the body should be brought to suffer – (I think she said so)</p>
<p>in the men’s meeting they had been appointing a com to raise money for the</p>
<p>YM [use?] Joseph told them if the sentiments we had heard in that meet-</p>
<p>-ing were those of the members of this meeting he could ^not^ contribute his</p>
<p>share of the money they were to raise and he held two appointments whi</p>
<p>-ch he asked to be released from &c&c also that he was united with abo</p>
<p>-litionists and advocated the doctrine of no union with slaveholders</p>
<p>cousin S Mott and S Thorne hoped the friend would be quit [sic] E Willet</p>
<p>thought the proposition of our friend J Pought to claim some attention</p>
<p>of the meeting he then gave a preach – and there the matter ended –</p>
<p>I need not say ended for the manifestation of unkind feeling is more</p>
<p>and more apparent whether they will make out to persuade [obliterated]</p>
<p>-selves it is best to cut us off I do not know I think they would</p>
<p>be highly gratified if we would resign that is some few of our [obliterated]</p>
<p>member’s not the meeting generally – Gideon Frost was not at the meeting</p>
<p>which I regretted he is so capable and he would not have let it pass</p>
<p>in that way again I must say goodnight for my eyes as well as the</p>
<p>clock which is now striking warn me of the lateness of the hour</p>
<p> Again after a lapse of several days I resume my pen for the purp</p>
<p>-ose of bringing this to a close Joseph has been to New York and find the repor^t^</p>
<p>we heard of you not passing through that city incorrect we have also receiv [sic]</p>
<p>a letter from brother Isaac by which it appears you have arrived</p>
<p>Probably ere this you have had a visit from Lucretia who we hear has gone</p>
<p>to Ohio I rejoice in it she is doing a great work for humanity and religion</p>
<p>and may it be extended far and wide but alass [sic] how many in our sect</p>
<p>are condemning her it seems to me they are willfully blind – or</p>
<p>they would see the pure excellence and beauty of her whole life</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 4)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>What a shameful outrage on Douglass and Garrison at Harrisburg I hoped</p>
<p>the day had passed by when such violence would be quietly submitted to</p>
<p>by the inhabitants of a city like Harrisburg without a strong condemna</p>
<p>-tion I almost tremble for their safety their reception at Pittsburg was</p>
<p>much more honourable, thanks to them for their kindness and attention –</p>
<p>Little indeed do those know of the difficulties and trials of faithful abolit</p>
<p>ionists who are ever talking about ^those who^ joining them ^do so^ to be popular to be thought</p>
<p>well of by the world – one thing I do know it has not become popular</p>
<p>here Long Island is one of the hardest places there really seems to be<br />no feeling on the subject, with many there is a kind of holy horror against</p>
<p>it as their fathers did so do they they have virtualy [sic] said thus far</p>
<p>and no further but public sentiment will in time make such an</p>
<p>impress as they little dream of now – Robert Purvis speaking of</p>
<p>Friends said quaker [sic] hate and indifference was the hardest to overcome</p>
<p>there was no reaching them they would not be convinced – and I could say ^amen^</p>
<p>to that sentiment I must say Farewell again I may add alittle [sic] more but my</p>
<p>paper is too small</p>
<p> </p>
<p>9 month 2 here this is yet and I have only time to add a word or two Aunt Mary M</p>
<p>Post is here on a visit she and the Dr came up 3<sup>rd</sup> day eve to see aunt Sarah who</p>
<p>is quite ill with the dysentery tho [sic] we hope a little better I spoke of R Hicks being</p>
<p>sick she has been out at meeting – Do excuse this as it has been made up of</p>
<p>odds and ends and unworthy of an answer still I would be very glad</p>
<p>to hear from you soon with love to all I am your affectionate aunt</p>
<p> Mary</p>
<p>PS we are expecting Rush and Rebecca Plumby soon but uncertain</p>
<p>when – What a shameful outrage that was at Newtown on Cyrus</p>
<p>M Burleigh what a Shame such religion is George F White speaks occasionally</p>
<p> </p>
<p>[Text sideways in right margin]</p>
<p>are you glad to hear it</p>
<p> </p>
<p>[Text sideways center of page]</p>
<p>10 North Hempstead</p>
<p> Sept 4</p>
<p> William R Hallowell</p>
<p> Rochester</p>
<p> New York</p>
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<p>Dear All I did expect to have written a long letter</p>
<p>but my Joseph has done nobly so I am sure you will excuse me if</p>
<p>I did not write a line but as I have a few minutes (altho [sic] we have</p>
<p>company) I will tell you we have had a nice visit from your children</p>
<p>only for too short should have been glad of a longer but as that could not</p>
<p>be we were thankful for what we had – I was verry [sic] very sorry they did not</p>
<p>attend the meeting at Norristown I think it was much to be perfered [sic] to</p>
<p>ordinary visiting it was a grand meeting only the Liberty party took up</p>
<p>too much of the time and then if any one called them to the question unde</p>
<p>-r discussion they claimed the right to speak freely on almost any thing</p>
<p>it was provoking to have their interruption so often and so long too –</p>
<p>[obliterated] I thought they were rather a mixed up meeting so many political</p>
<p>abolitionists and so many of them even of our kind of antislavery</p>
<p>folks could not bear patiently to hear the Era spoken of as Garrison and</p>
<p>others did but the discusion [sic] will do good I think – how strange to</p>
<p>contrast some of the abolitionists with others some have gone onward</p>
<p>steadily from one position to another while others who commenced</p>
<p>about the same time are now boasting that their views are the</p>
<p>same as they were 20 year’s ago – Garrison renew’d the cause</p>
<p>for 20 years and it was quite cheering to review the many conquest</p>
<p>contended for and won – “there is a good time coming then wait a</p>
<p>little longer” not indifferently and supinily [sic] relying on God to do the</p>
<p>work but actively using the means given us to bring about this</p>
<p>desirable time Lucretia and Martha expect to go to Nantucket</p>
<p>tomorrow Lucretia is a great great woman excelcior [sic] must have</p>
<p>been her motto – she is my to my idea as perfect a woman as there</p>
<p>is – she is remarkably well and very fleshy indeed We see Rush</p>
<p>and Rebecca Plumly she wished to be remembered to you said she had</p>
<p>letters quite frequently from Joseph and Ruth Dugdale Josephs health</p>
<p>is quite good and they write very cheerfully – We had a very</p>
<p>satisfactory time see many ^of^ our friends and made new one’s</p>
<p>one thing was quite a draw back George Truman was from home</p>
<p>but we knew it before we went so were not disappointed he has a</p>
<p>favoured [sic] time feels in his place his way made very open and I</p>
<p>doubt not in watering others he will be watered too and I have no</p>
<p>doubt he will be more liberal he is so much so now as to be</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 2)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>quite unpopular with some of his quaker [sic] friends I am almost</p>
<p>ready to conclude that quaker [sic] hate is worse than other it</p>
<p>is so sanctified and holy – but hate is bad any way</p>
<p>Farewell this has been scribbled in great haste so you will excuse</p>
<p>write soon and often – I hope brother Isaac will remember his</p>
<p>promis [sic] – I send Jacob’s collar did not find in timely to wash it</p>
<p> </p>
<p>[Text sideways]</p>
<p> Isaac Post</p>
<p> Rochester</p>
<p> New York</p>
<p>Care of</p>
<p>W R Hallowell</p>
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Dear All I did expect to have written a long letter
but my Joseph has done nobly so I am sure you will excuse me if
I did not write a line but as I have a few minutes (altho [sic] we have
company) I will tell you we have had a nice visit from your children
only for too short should have been glad of a longer but as that could not
be we were thankful for what we had – I was verry [sic] very sorry they did not
attend the meeting at Norristown I think it was much to be perfered [sic] to
ordinary visiting it was a grand meeting only the Liberty party took up
too much of the time and then if any one called them to the question unde
-r discussion they claimed the right to speak freely on almost any thing
it was provoking to have their interruption so often and so long too –
[obliterated] I thought they were rather a mixed up meeting so many political
abolitionists and so many of them even of our kind of antislavery
folks could not bear patiently to hear the Era spoken of as Garrison and
others did but the discusion [sic] will do good I think – how strange to
contrast some of the abolitionists with others some have gone onward
steadily from one position to another while others who commenced
about the same time are now boasting that their views are the
same as they were 20 year’s ago – Garrison renew’d the cause
for 20 years and it was quite cheering to review the many conquest
contended for and won – “there is a good time coming then wait a
little longer” not indifferently and supinily [sic] relying on God to do the
work but actively using the means given us to bring about this
desirable time Lucretia and Martha expect to go to Nantucket
tomorrow Lucretia is a great great woman excelcior [sic] must have
been her motto – she is my to my idea as perfect a woman as there
is – she is remarkably well and very fleshy indeed We see Rush
and Rebecca Plumly she wished to be remembered to you said she had
letters quite frequently from Joseph and Ruth Dugdale Josephs health
is quite good and they write very cheerfully – We had a very
satisfactory time see many ^of^ our friends and made new one’s
one thing was quite a draw back George Truman was from home
but we knew it before we went so were not disappointed he has a
favoured [sic] time feels in his place his way made very open and I
doubt not in watering others he will be watered too and I have no
doubt he will be more liberal he is so much so now as to be
(Page 2)
quite unpopular with some of his quaker [sic] friends I am almost
ready to conclude that quaker [sic] hate is worse than other it
is so sanctified and holy – but hate is bad any way
Farewell this has been scribbled in great haste so you will excuse
write soon and often – I hope brother Isaac will remember his
promis [sic] – I send Jacob’s collar did not find in timely to wash it
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Rochester
New York
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<p> </p>
<p>there are many mistakes but I have not time to rectify them</p>
<p>Joseph says George and Ann left this morning</p>
<p> Westbury 6 month 25<sup>th</sup> 47</p>
<p>the 1<sup>st</sup> of July Joseph desires love to all</p>
<p> My dear Brother</p>
<p> We have a day or two since received thy kind</p>
<p>and interesting letter and I had felt it to be a very long time since</p>
<p>we had been blessed in that way and I fain would have taken</p>
<p>up my pen had not the lumbering things of time pressed heavily on</p>
<p>me added to which the long time which elapsed between your letters</p>
<p>worries me to be sparing of my inflection’s – but as brother Isaac</p>
<p>proposes a change I gladly accede thereto and will endeavour to</p>
<p>do my part fully so far as regards length and frequency howeve [sic]</p>
<p>I trust we shall not monopolize this privelege [sic] but whenever Amy</p>
<p>Sarah or Joseph feel it in their hearts to contribute their share it will</p>
<p>be most thankfully awarded to them</p>
<p>There have been many incidents occurring which I wished to remember</p>
<p>to tell you about which have now lost some of the interest I then attached to</p>
<p>them others I have forgotten – Perhaps Yearly Meeting comes first on the list</p>
<p>I was not in attendance it really seemed quite strange not to be there and</p>
<p>I hear the womens meeting spoken of as being one of great favor harmony and</p>
<p>unanimity – the men’s too is considered by the power to be so too but</p>
<p>Joseph felt less of interest than ever before and were it not for the few</p>
<p>righteous remaining he would be ready to flee from it as Lot did from</p>
<p>Sodom Jacob L Mott showed the spirit he is of too plainly to be mistaken</p>
<p>probably Edmund has mentioned it – in relation to a document from</p>
<p>[<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Indiana</span>] ^Ohio^ YM on slavery he has been condemned by his own friends for it but</p>
<p>^it^ was no more than many are prepared to act out – altho [sic] they are frequently speaking</p>
<p>of the perfect equality in our society are as good a right to be heard as another</p>
<p>but dont they see it is not so? let any one who is an uncompromising</p>
<p>abolitionist speak on almost any subject and it is easy to see how it is recei</p>
<p>-ved by the would be followers of Fox Barclay and Penn – without examining</p>
<p>what is said they are prepared with a judgement of condemnation Samuel</p>
<p>Hughes who has been held up ^as^ being one of the real kind of friends</p>
<p>preached as friends used to a great while ago he did not meddle with</p>
<p>what is going on in the world &c &c well we were favored to hear the</p>
<p>friend and I may say I was supprised [sic] – and I remarked if that was</p>
<p>a specimen of old fashioned preaching I was not sorry we heard it seldom he</p>
<p>quoted scripture abundantly principly [sic] from the old testament Solomon</p>
<p>and his beloved among the rest – (he appeared to be a goodly man in meetn [sic]</p>
<p> I see him no where else)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 2)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>the next day we went to orthodox meeting an Englishman that traveled and</p>
<p>interpreted for Elizabeth Walker and also for Stephen Grilette [sic, <em>Grellet</em>] on the continent</p>
<p>of Europe The [sic] call him the gratest [sic] preacher ever been here from England – and</p>
<p>if I could believe the doctrine he preached I should consider him great too</p>
<p>said much on the atonement faith beleif [sic] and so on which I cannot compreh^end^</p>
<p>at all the latter part of his discourse was of a more practical cast and I could</p>
<p>respond to it – it was a watering time to the household of faith –</p>
<p>Since which Jacob L has been at the two monthly meetings he seems to</p>
<p>me to be a changed man from what he was year’s ago – but I know</p>
<p>too that I see things very differently from what I did and perhaps the chanfe</p>
<p>is on my part John Jackson and Rachel were at Jericho and the contrast between</p>
<p>Jacob and John’s communication’s were very striking John made religion</p>
<p>to be plain and self evident to all the fruits of which were love to</p>
<p>God and benevolence to man and if such fruits were not produced pro</p>
<p>-fession was vain it would not constitute us members of the church</p>
<p>of God – &c &c it was truly excellent – Jacob spoke first said considerable</p>
<p>of Paul said he had no doubt if now here he would be with the Presbyterian a</p>
<p>Presbyterian with a Methodist a Methodist and so on ^all things to all men^ so that by any means he</p>
<p>might gain some Paul was a rapid reasoner he might be compared to a</p>
<p>galloping horse for rapidity in the midst of his reasoning he stoped [sic] short</p>
<p>and knowing Timothys weak state he recommended him to drink no</p>
<p>more water but wine take a little wine for the stomachs’ sake &c</p>
<p>Abraham and the sacrifice too were spoken on – John’s health is feeble</p>
<p>cough and night sweats – he looks miserably made us a delightful visit</p>
<p>it is as a brook by the way to meet such as he Here this is the 30</p>
<p>of 6 month and not on its way many things combine to prevent writing</p>
<p>and [<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">your</span>] I fear I shall not add much at this time George and Anna</p>
<p>Willets are here on a visit we have not had much of their company</p>
<p>They have been at Joseph Hicks’s nights they may remain a day or two</p>
<p>longer – Joseph and self have recently been to see Mary W Frost she is</p>
<p>very feeble but has gained a little since yearly meeting she rides out</p>
<p>in pleasant weather and it does her good cough’s very much the forepart</p>
<p>of the day and raises a great deal she is cheerful through all – I hope</p>
<p>she may be spared to them and us a while longer – but the question arrises</p>
<p>when or how long before we are ready to part with our loved one’s?</p>
<p>We feel ourselves to be striped [sic] and in measure lonely altho [sic] many</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 3)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>relatives still remain to bless and cheer us – few of whome [sic] sympathize</p>
<p>so fully with us in sentiment as the dear one’s who have left us</p>
<p>I cannot help feeling as tho [sic] it was too much for thee and Joseph to be</p>
<p>separated only think how desirable it would be to be together – I hope</p>
<p>the day is not very distant when we shall meet you if it be only for</p>
<p>a brief season – do let us see you this summer or autumn at fatheres^t^ [sic]</p>
<p>we are expecting it. Catharine Willis is in New York been there 2 weeks</p>
<p>she is better than when she went – her eyes were very band when she went down</p>
<p>probably she may write soon herself and tell of her treatment – &c &c Dr Sweet</p>
<p>saw her and operated on her joints too and if they only remain in place I</p>
<p>should hope she would be greatly benefited – She went to Dr Halloe first</p>
<p>he has a girl he magnetizes who examines patients and prescribes for them</p>
<p>which she did for Catharine I do not hear as she recommended Dr Sweet but</p>
<p>that he saw her at the office incidentally Henry is going down for her – he may</p>
<p>have gone to day – I suppose you have had a visit from Isaac and Mary</p>
<p>in this Mary wished to go to Rochester to see you and Isaac too but pro-</p>
<p>-bably hay time coming on so near may influence him somewhat – we did</p>
<p>not know of Marys going in season to write by her – I spoke of the wom</p>
<p>-en’s Y Meeting being satisfactory I have since heard some remarks as tho [sic] it was</p>
<p>not so much so “that it was rather dry did not seem like YM” I am ri[obliterated]</p>
<p>glad when it seem’s dry to some of the bodyites our last monthly was</p>
<p>a very dry lifeless concern to Joseph and self and I have heard it was</p>
<p>so to some others – well they are reaping the harvest of the seed they</p>
<p>are and have been sowing – how can they expect to reap wheat when tares</p>
<p>were sown – for it remains true “such as ye sow such shall ye reap”</p>
<p>I feel but little interest in the doings am for the most part a looken [sic]</p>
<p>on E S Willets and W T Cock are overseers W is the new one</p>
<p>There has been a proposition to hold a meeting at Oyster bay under</p>
<p>the care of a committee once a month first day afternoons which has</p>
<p>been considered again and again ^only twice^ without concluding to do so – the</p>
<p>meeting was informed that the house was repaired at considerable</p>
<p>expense with a view to something of the kind – We are told there are</p>
<p>quite a number of friendly people there who would be glad of an opportunity</p>
<p>of attending Joseph has just come from meeting (I have by the way been at home)</p>
<p>and says Isaac Rushmore was there too and they have not been to see you</p>
<p>dont it beat every thing? says he wanted to go but Mary Post and Mary Wood</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 4)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>were not willing to go or let him go – I do like to see people do</p>
<p>as they wish sometimes – It has been a very cool summer with the exception</p>
<p>of three or 4 days this week and last it is now cool again had a beautiful rain</p>
<p>last night and now all nature is rejoicing in the timely blessing it seems</p>
<p>like Spring so fresh and green Joseph talk’s of commencing to make hay</p>
<p>next week the season is backward – I beleive [sic] I told you sometime ago that</p>
<p>Emma Grimshaw had left here to teach a school in Vermont well she went in</p>
<p>great expectation of doing great things of making double the money there that she</p>
<p>could here and she is most grievoussly [sic] disappointed has been teribbly [sic] homesick for</p>
<p>L.I and is now expecting to come back the 1<sup>st</sup> of 8 month says she has learned the</p>
<p>truth of the adage “a bud in the hand is worth two in the bush” Esther Post is teach in</p>
<p>that school now she will leave after this week and take Caroline’s place in the</p>
<p> </p>
<p>other house I hear some of the orthodox friends cannot under any circumstance send</p>
<p>their children to our school and wish their children select I cannot understand</p>
<p>it at all why they should wish other children than their own members to attend</p>
<p>their school I cannot see what difference there is in houses I hate to encourage</p>
<p>such illiberality in any way – they use all their influence to get all they can</p>
<p>George Truman has a minute to go to the East on quite an extensive [seall?] probabl [sic]</p>
<p>be absent about two months so I hear Rachel continues to speak to the people</p>
<p>and very frequently not to our entire satisfaction Timothy too sometimes but</p>
<p> </p>
<p>[Text upside-down, in margins of original text, starting at bottom of page]</p>
<p>in a very efficient way he almost speaks on the wickedness of this government</p>
<p>holding one sixth of the population in abject slavery and now carrying on a war</p>
<p>for the extension of it he speaks so plainly some can scarcely bear it he say’s</p>
<p>we hear a great deal of preaching and I have wondered that ‘we [sear woshing?] said</p>
<p>on the subject of slavery and war’ two of the greatest testimonys [sic] the society has to bear</p>
<p>especially as there is need of our making it known for there is now one of the dread [files?]</p>
<p>horrible wais [sic] ever known and yet friends say nothing against it and still wish</p>
<p>to be thought to be pioneers in all that is good he said he had but his mind drawn</p>
<p> </p>
<p>to this society in younger life and the principle he fully beleived [sic] in but he had had a pretty</p>
<p>trying time of it I thought it was true enough altho [sic] many laugh at the remark</p>
<p>well I have made quite a long story about the preacher’s and left some things I</p>
<p>had better said Rebecca Hawxhursts daughter Esther who has been sick so long has</p>
<p>entered her higher life suffered much during her illness & uncle Robert has his</p>
<p>fits quite frequently has had a number in meeting but not as hard as some</p>
<p>What a treat you will have ere long how I should like to share it with you I mean</p>
<p>Garrison and company I never looked on him with feelings of greater love and</p>
<p>reverance [sic] than I did this spring and how very few comparatively there are who</p>
<p>are willing to aid him in his labor’s or indeed to do anything for their bretheren [sic]</p>
<p>and sister in bonds It seems so strange to me that friends cannot throw away</p>
<p>their sectarian feelings and unite in doing battle against the slave system</p>
<p>probably you may remember some remarks Garrison made on the use of free produce (he had better</p>
<p>not made any it seemed to me) than such) well they were copied into the Non Slaveholder cousin</p>
<p>Maria Willets see there and of course condemned the author and cannot see his</p>
<p>other virtues she cannot se how we can take a paper edited by one who holds</p>
<p>such views – how few are consistent in all things I fear we should all be found ^wanting^</p>
<p> </p>
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<p>Give my love to all the household Edmund William Mary</p>
<p>and all the rest when may we begin to look for a letter</p>
<p>our chances are just getting good I wish you were here to</p>
<p>partake of them when may we look for you – Elizabeth</p>
<p>Mott is at Jericho making a long visit I sometimes wish</p>
<p>I could do so too but I like my confinement better than</p>
<p>too much liberty E made us a very pleasant visit lately</p>
<p> Mary</p>
<p> </p>
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<p>North Hempstead 10</p>
<p> July 4<sup>th</sup></p>
<p> </p>
<p> Isaac Post</p>
<p> Rochester</p>
<p> New York</p>
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there are many mistakes but I have not time to rectify them
Joseph says George and Ann left this morning
Westbury 6 month 25th 47
the 1st of July Joseph desires love to all
My dear Brother
We have a day or two since received thy kind
and interesting letter and I had felt it to be a very long time since
we had been blessed in that way and I fain would have taken
up my pen had not the lumbering things of time pressed heavily on
me added to which the long time which elapsed between your letters
worries me to be sparing of my inflection’s – but as brother Isaac
proposes a change I gladly accede thereto and will endeavour to
do my part fully so far as regards length and frequency howeve [sic]
I trust we shall not monopolize this privelege [sic] but whenever Amy
Sarah or Joseph feel it in their hearts to contribute their share it will
be most thankfully awarded to them
There have been many incidents occurring which I wished to remember
to tell you about which have now lost some of the interest I then attached to
them others I have forgotten – Perhaps Yearly Meeting comes first on the list
I was not in attendance it really seemed quite strange not to be there and
I hear the womens meeting spoken of as being one of great favor harmony and
unanimity – the men’s too is considered by the power to be so too but
Joseph felt less of interest than ever before and were it not for the few
righteous remaining he would be ready to flee from it as Lot did from
Sodom Jacob L Mott showed the spirit he is of too plainly to be mistaken
probably Edmund has mentioned it – in relation to a document from
[Indiana] ^Ohio^ YM on slavery he has been condemned by his own friends for it but
^it^ was no more than many are prepared to act out – altho [sic] they are frequently speaking
of the perfect equality in our society are as good a right to be heard as another
but dont they see it is not so? let any one who is an uncompromising
abolitionist speak on almost any subject and it is easy to see how it is recei
-ved by the would be followers of Fox Barclay and Penn – without examining
what is said they are prepared with a judgement of condemnation Samuel
Hughes who has been held up ^as^ being one of the real kind of friends
preached as friends used to a great while ago he did not meddle with
what is going on in the world &c &c well we were favored to hear the
friend and I may say I was supprised [sic] – and I remarked if that was
a specimen of old fashioned preaching I was not sorry we heard it seldom he
quoted scripture abundantly principly [sic] from the old testament Solomon
and his beloved among the rest – (he appeared to be a goodly man in meetn [sic]
I see him no where else)
(Page 2)
the next day we went to orthodox meeting an Englishman that traveled and
interpreted for Elizabeth Walker and also for Stephen Grilette [sic, Grellet] on the continent
of Europe The [sic] call him the gratest [sic] preacher ever been here from England – and
if I could believe the doctrine he preached I should consider him great too
said much on the atonement faith beleif [sic] and so on which I cannot compreh^end^
at all the latter part of his discourse was of a more practical cast and I could
respond to it – it was a watering time to the household of faith –
Since which Jacob L has been at the two monthly meetings he seems to
me to be a changed man from what he was year’s ago – but I know
too that I see things very differently from what I did and perhaps the chanfe
is on my part John Jackson and Rachel were at Jericho and the contrast between
Jacob and John’s communication’s were very striking John made religion
to be plain and self evident to all the fruits of which were love to
God and benevolence to man and if such fruits were not produced pro
-fession was vain it would not constitute us members of the church
of God – &c &c it was truly excellent – Jacob spoke first said considerable
of Paul said he had no doubt if now here he would be with the Presbyterian a
Presbyterian with a Methodist a Methodist and so on ^all things to all men^ so that by any means he
might gain some Paul was a rapid reasoner he might be compared to a
galloping horse for rapidity in the midst of his reasoning he stoped [sic] short
and knowing Timothys weak state he recommended him to drink no
more water but wine take a little wine for the stomachs’ sake &c
Abraham and the sacrifice too were spoken on – John’s health is feeble
cough and night sweats – he looks miserably made us a delightful visit
it is as a brook by the way to meet such as he Here this is the 30
of 6 month and not on its way many things combine to prevent writing
and [your] I fear I shall not add much at this time George and Anna
Willets are here on a visit we have not had much of their company
They have been at Joseph Hicks’s nights they may remain a day or two
longer – Joseph and self have recently been to see Mary W Frost she is
very feeble but has gained a little since yearly meeting she rides out
in pleasant weather and it does her good cough’s very much the forepart
of the day and raises a great deal she is cheerful through all – I hope
she may be spared to them and us a while longer – but the question arrises
when or how long before we are ready to part with our loved one’s?
We feel ourselves to be striped [sic] and in measure lonely altho [sic] many
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relatives still remain to bless and cheer us – few of whome [sic] sympathize
so fully with us in sentiment as the dear one’s who have left us
I cannot help feeling as tho [sic] it was too much for thee and Joseph to be
separated only think how desirable it would be to be together – I hope
the day is not very distant when we shall meet you if it be only for
a brief season – do let us see you this summer or autumn at fatheres^t^ [sic]
we are expecting it. Catharine Willis is in New York been there 2 weeks
she is better than when she went – her eyes were very band when she went down
probably she may write soon herself and tell of her treatment – &c &c Dr Sweet
saw her and operated on her joints too and if they only remain in place I
should hope she would be greatly benefited – She went to Dr Halloe first
he has a girl he magnetizes who examines patients and prescribes for them
which she did for Catharine I do not hear as she recommended Dr Sweet but
that he saw her at the office incidentally Henry is going down for her – he may
have gone to day – I suppose you have had a visit from Isaac and Mary
in this Mary wished to go to Rochester to see you and Isaac too but pro-
-bably hay time coming on so near may influence him somewhat – we did
not know of Marys going in season to write by her – I spoke of the wom
-en’s Y Meeting being satisfactory I have since heard some remarks as tho [sic] it was
not so much so “that it was rather dry did not seem like YM” I am ri[obliterated]
glad when it seem’s dry to some of the bodyites our last monthly was
a very dry lifeless concern to Joseph and self and I have heard it was
so to some others – well they are reaping the harvest of the seed they
are and have been sowing – how can they expect to reap wheat when tares
were sown – for it remains true “such as ye sow such shall ye reap”
I feel but little interest in the doings am for the most part a looken [sic]
on E S Willets and W T Cock are overseers W is the new one
There has been a proposition to hold a meeting at Oyster bay under
the care of a committee once a month first day afternoons which has
been considered again and again ^only twice^ without concluding to do so – the
meeting was informed that the house was repaired at considerable
expense with a view to something of the kind – We are told there are
quite a number of friendly people there who would be glad of an opportunity
of attending Joseph has just come from meeting (I have by the way been at home)
and says Isaac Rushmore was there too and they have not been to see you
dont it beat every thing? says he wanted to go but Mary Post and Mary Wood
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were not willing to go or let him go – I do like to see people do
as they wish sometimes – It has been a very cool summer with the exception
of three or 4 days this week and last it is now cool again had a beautiful rain
last night and now all nature is rejoicing in the timely blessing it seems
like Spring so fresh and green Joseph talk’s of commencing to make hay
next week the season is backward – I beleive [sic] I told you sometime ago that
Emma Grimshaw had left here to teach a school in Vermont well she went in
great expectation of doing great things of making double the money there that she
could here and she is most grievoussly [sic] disappointed has been teribbly [sic] homesick for
L.I and is now expecting to come back the 1st of 8 month says she has learned the
truth of the adage “a bud in the hand is worth two in the bush” Esther Post is teach in
that school now she will leave after this week and take Caroline’s place in the
other house I hear some of the orthodox friends cannot under any circumstance send
their children to our school and wish their children select I cannot understand
it at all why they should wish other children than their own members to attend
their school I cannot see what difference there is in houses I hate to encourage
such illiberality in any way – they use all their influence to get all they can
George Truman has a minute to go to the East on quite an extensive [seall?] probabl [sic]
be absent about two months so I hear Rachel continues to speak to the people
and very frequently not to our entire satisfaction Timothy too sometimes but
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in a very efficient way he almost speaks on the wickedness of this government
holding one sixth of the population in abject slavery and now carrying on a war
for the extension of it he speaks so plainly some can scarcely bear it he say’s
we hear a great deal of preaching and I have wondered that ‘we [sear woshing?] said
on the subject of slavery and war’ two of the greatest testimonys [sic] the society has to bear
especially as there is need of our making it known for there is now one of the dread [files?]
horrible wais [sic] ever known and yet friends say nothing against it and still wish
to be thought to be pioneers in all that is good he said he had but his mind drawn
to this society in younger life and the principle he fully beleived [sic] in but he had had a pretty
trying time of it I thought it was true enough altho [sic] many laugh at the remark
well I have made quite a long story about the preacher’s and left some things I
had better said Rebecca Hawxhursts daughter Esther who has been sick so long has
entered her higher life suffered much during her illness & uncle Robert has his
fits quite frequently has had a number in meeting but not as hard as some
What a treat you will have ere long how I should like to share it with you I mean
Garrison and company I never looked on him with feelings of greater love and
reverance [sic] than I did this spring and how very few comparatively there are who
are willing to aid him in his labor’s or indeed to do anything for their bretheren [sic]
and sister in bonds It seems so strange to me that friends cannot throw away
their sectarian feelings and unite in doing battle against the slave system
probably you may remember some remarks Garrison made on the use of free produce (he had better
not made any it seemed to me) than such) well they were copied into the Non Slaveholder cousin
Maria Willets see there and of course condemned the author and cannot see his
other virtues she cannot se how we can take a paper edited by one who holds
such views – how few are consistent in all things I fear we should all be found ^wanting^
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Give my love to all the household Edmund William Mary
and all the rest when may we begin to look for a letter
our chances are just getting good I wish you were here to
partake of them when may we look for you – Elizabeth
Mott is at Jericho making a long visit I sometimes wish
I could do so too but I like my confinement better than
too much liberty E made us a very pleasant visit lately
Mary
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North Hempstead 10
July 4th
Isaac Post
Rochester
New York
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<p>(Page 1)</p>
<p> </p>
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<p>Our girls say do tell uncle Isaac and aunt Amy to name their baby William instead</p>
<p>of Willet</p>
<p> </p>
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<p> Dear All Westbury 5 month First day aftern^oon^</p>
<p> It has been a very long time since you have</p>
<p>remembered us (until this one by Edmund) sufficiently to write</p>
<p>and I have felt it in my heart repeatedly to take up my pen</p>
<p>again to inquire the cause – for I could not believe that there was</p>
<p>any diminution of affection or sympathy of feeling toward us – but</p>
<p>then why not write oftener, I am aware that you have numerous claim^s^</p>
<p>on your time and many relatives to write to but it is very pleasa</p>
<p>-nt ^to us^ to be rememberd [sic] too, I will pass on to other matters and first</p>
<p> and foremost on the list is the Aniversary [sic] meetings which were</p>
<p>the best we have had in year’s – in my opinion – they were</p>
<p>larger and altogether there was more to encourage altho [sic] there</p>
<p>was considerable disaprobation [sic] manifested particularly when the</p>
<p>constitution General Taylor the war and the church were up – but</p>
<p>I thought they bore it all remarkably – for it was strong meat</p>
<p>to them We went to the city on 3<sup>rd</sup> day morning Joseph was not quite</p>
<p>well before we left home after getting in the Tabernecle [sic] he felt</p>
<p>much more unwell was obliged to go out but was in and out till [sic] the</p>
<p>close of the meeting went to cousin Robert’s laid down and thought</p>
<p>he felt better so that he would try to go again rode over but was</p>
<p>obliged to return immediately and had a very ill turn high fever</p>
<p>at night on my return I got some pills which had an excellent</p>
<p>effect causing him to vomit freely &c he was better next day came</p>
<p>home in the afternoon I remained until near the close of the meet-</p>
<p>-ing on fifth day – some say what good does come from this anual [sic]</p>
<p>meeting you pass resolutions and say many hard things which nobody</p>
<p>come’s to hear or if they happen to hear they do not convince – but</p>
<p>really I feel encouraged there were more listeners and more oppo-</p>
<p>-nents too, for the two last year’s – it shows signs of more life</p>
<p>or of more fear at any rate that the church and the union are in danger</p>
<p>hence the necessity of coming to the rescue – it has another good effect</p>
<p>it strengthens the bond of union between abolitionists and stimula</p>
<p>-tes to increased effort for the oppressed – Douglas looked well and</p>
<p>was greater than ever you will see his speech in the Tabernacle also</p>
<p>the other’s on the same occasion I do not know as there were any rep-</p>
<p>-orter’s there at any of the other meetings which I regret for there were</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 2)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>many speeches which ought to be preserved I never heard J C Ha-</p>
<p>-thaway before he spoke with much warmth and animation of the</p>
<p>war and General Taylor which brought out a person who took quite</p>
<p>a different view of things but the best of all was at another time</p>
<p>the resolutions condemning the government war Taylor &c being read</p>
<p>a person in the crowd commenced speaking he was invited to the</p>
<p>stand which invitation he accepted and have his name as Major</p>
<p>Norton of Boston he came in partly by accident on account of the sho</p>
<p>-wer and hearing those resolutions read he could not sit tamely on his</p>
<p>seat without exposing them he eulogized the country and all belonging</p>
<p>thereto even the war and Taylor into the bargain said the victorys [sic] gained</p>
<p>were enough and ought to cover this nation with glory &c &c he was asked</p>
<p>about Taylor’s slaves yes he had slaves but he beleived [sic] they were treated</p>
<p>well and probably far better than many of the servants here in NY</p>
<p>he was followed by Ward (whome [sic] you probably know) in a capital speech he</p>
<p>used his arguments all up in a masterly manner and greatly to the satis</p>
<p>-faction of the antislavery part of the audience Garrison followed. The</p>
<p>Major rose to leave Garrison alluded to it and then quoted a number</p>
<p>of his lines “Conscience makes cowards of us all &c” when directly the Major</p>
<p>reappeared in great wrath and interrupted Garrison and among other</p>
<p>things dared him to call him a coward and finally offered a challenge</p>
<p>to fight – (I could not hear much he said) Garrison very calmnly [sic] replyed [sic]</p>
<p>such weapons he had no use for having long since discarded them in all cases</p>
<p>the major then left the hall and a company with him and I would hope</p>
<p>a wiser man – there are many incidents and remarks I would love to</p>
<p>speak to you about but as my paper is getting full and I hope you</p>
<p>will have a pretty full account in the papers and as G B Stebbins</p>
<p>^and^ wife and William Brown and probably others were in attendance whome [sic]</p>
<p>you may see E P W was there some so in view of all the sources you will</p>
<p>have to obtain more correct information than I can give in this way I will</p>
<p>pass on to other topics but first I may say this has been written in</p>
<p>the midst of talking having had company nearly all the time I laid</p>
<p>it aside when cousin Thomas Whitson and Susan came T is very much</p>
<p>as he used to be but we fancied there was some improvement he is cons-</p>
<p>-iderably crippled in part by his extreme exertions to acquire wealth</p>
<p>altho [sic] he attributes it to hereditary disease [sic] ^and medicine^ – it is sad to contemplate</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 3)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>man endowed by his creator with talents capable of attaining to a</p>
<p>high and exalted state but by the misapplication of them groveling</p>
<p>in the earth neither receiving or conferring happiness on those around him</p>
<p> Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has ended and we hear they had a</p>
<p>pretty comfortable time but have not had any particulars yet Rachel</p>
<p>^and^ Abraham Hicks accompanied by Amos and Caroline have been also Samuel</p>
<p>Thorne Henry and Phebe Titus the last named took their homes at James</p>
<p>Motts a good place for them to hear the truth Samuel is improving</p>
<p>becoming more liberal in his views – which is encouraging in these</p>
<p>degenerate times William Healy asked or rather informed the monthly</p>
<p>meeting that he had a prospect of attending Phil Y Meeting they sat a</p>
<p>while and no expression either for or against it Cousin Joseph Willets said</p>
<p>if friends had no remark to make perhaps the clerk might proceed with</p>
<p>the business which was done accordingly – – Id we may judge the yearly M</p>
<p>by the sermon we had to day they had come truth’s which were not very</p>
<p>palateable [sic] to Rachel reason (that dreadful enemy to man’s peace) ^and^ the cultivation</p>
<p>of the various faculties of our nature were spoken against as well as</p>
<p>many other topics to a great length and it seemed to me to be labor</p>
<p>lost how all important it is for people to know themselves really before</p>
<p>attempting to teach others – But now I must leave and bid all good</p>
<p>night Second day eve I will resume this for a few minutes but as family</p>
<p>duties are resting more weightily upon me than usual it will necessarily</p>
<p>be only for a few minutes our orthodox Friends are in quite a dilemma</p>
<p>about their school Emma was engaged for the ensuing season she was</p>
<p>had an offer of a school in Vermont for the summer where she and</p>
<p>her friends think she can earn more so she has concluded to leave</p>
<p>here suddenly and now the friends feel the great importance of having</p>
<p>a teacher immediately else some of the schollars [sic] may go to the other</p>
<p>school – I hate the sectarian feeling which prevails in both societys [sic] in</p>
<p>relation to both school’s – William and Henry Titus are here now inquiring about</p>
<p>Mary Underwood we had a letter from her a short time ago in which she</p>
<p>spoke of her mission being closed and her wish to return and get a school</p>
<p>if there should be any opening hereaway [sic] for her – I wish she was here</p>
<p>now for I feel as though a good school was very important and she gave</p>
<p>good satisfaction before but I think her chance of getting this is doubtful</p>
<p>Mary writes that she hear’s frequently from her mother says she stay’s at</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Page 4)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>home mostly and ^it is quite a trial to leave it even for a few day’s^ Mary thinks a mighty change has come over the</p>
<p>spirit of her dreams Third day afternoon I laid this aside hastily last</p>
<p>eve and was supprised [sic] by a visitor William McKim and if I am not</p>
<p>very much mistaken he is sick in the region of the heart and Emma</p>
<p>is in the possession of a panacea which would effect a cure if she</p>
<p>would only apply the remedy – but I should think his case a hopele</p>
<p>-ss one – however they had a long confab this morning but as to the result</p>
<p>I am ignorant – He was dreadfully disappointed in not finding her</p>
<p>here he supposed this was her home he came up to wait on her down</p>
<p>on the morrow – he is not out but will return to night probably –</p>
<p>Joseph has gone to the city with hay I have been hopeing [sic] he would</p>
<p>find time to write so that I might be excused but as I know he often</p>
<p>puts off untill [sic] too late to write much and altho [sic] it is here as Richard</p>
<p> </p>
<p>D Well says not so important as it was once to embrace an opportunity – still I</p>
<p>love to do it and rejoice when I hear of an “opportunity” for I am aware my scrawl^s^</p>
<p>are not worth much however we may be disappointed after all for we have been</p>
<p>expecting Edmund all this week and still he comes not – Here I am at the end</p>
<p>of my paper and so much I wished to say unsaid Doubtless you have heard</p>
<p>the decision the Quarterly Meeting came to relative to Marlborough meeting</p>
<p>and have you ever known any act to exceed that for injustice and highhan</p>
<p>-ded power? they have trampled on the rights and feelings of their fellow ^members^</p>
<p> </p>
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<p>and regard their triumph as a great good they do not</p>
<p>see that ^the^ same spirit actuates as did in 28 Rachel says there</p>
<p>is not a particle of it that love to their God and the good</p>
<p>of society is the only reason that there is not a particle</p>
<p>of bitterness felt in separating them from the body they</p>
<p>have been attached to – it is all for their good and the good</p>
<p>of the body</p>
<p> </p>
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<p>Isaac Post</p>
<p> Rochester</p>
<p> New York</p>
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Previous Pages written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and transcribed as 674_02_09_1847]<br /><br /> 10<sup>th</sup><br /> Turn over leaf for the beginning of this letter Joseph accidentally commenced on <br /> the wrong side and as he has gone out to fodder I have taken up his pen altho<br /> probably only for a few minutes as it will be twilight very soon we have defered [sic] <br /> writing lately hoping to hear from Julia and not hearing increases our anxiety and<br /> makes us feel less like it but blessed be hope it springs up from the bosom of sadness <br /> and bids us cherish the hope that she is recovering and that other circumstances<br /> have prevented your writing I remember with feelings of regret our omission a <br /> year ago when you were suffering so deeply on account of not hearing from our<br /> loved sister yet we wished to write encouragingly so put off from day to day I <br /> have lived over again those days of anxiety and suffering they are deeply graven<br /> on my heart I believe it is just a year this day since her remains were<br /> committed to the earth ---- it is sweet to dwell on her many virtues it <br /> stimulates too to the endeavor to live as She lived that we too may attain<br /> the goal at last--- What a deplorable condition the Irish are in the<br /> future is indeed appalling to contemplate I see very little to hope for <br /> in the present state of things among them of the evil being remedied<br /> our orthodox friends are more alive in their feelings respecting their sufferin^g^<br /> and have been engaged in collecting something to aid them the subject <br /> was introduced in their meeting and a document read from friends in Ireland<br /> relative to the famine and the great destitution prevailing there intreating [sic]<br /> them to contribute of the abundance they were blessed with --- also a com=<br /> =munication from the N York friends in which they informed that they<br /> might <span style="text-decoration:underline;">be at libert</span>y to receive contributions from those not members<br /> of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">our</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">societ</span>y how hateful this feeling of sectarianism is I despise it more<br /> and more why not all unite as bretheren [sic] and sisters in so good a cause<br /> without any allusion to sect--- however I am glad they feel it in their <br /> hearts to do something which is far better than nothing and I do not <br /> know as our sect have done any thing as a body if they are believe<br /> =rs in the doctrine preached now a days we need not expect much __<br /> “that whatever takes place is for our good else it would not be permitted” <br /> war famine and pestilence” G F White continues to pour out the vials of his wrath<br /> and as much to the comfort and edification of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">his</span> congregation as ever-----<br /> at the Quarterly meeting he enlarged pretty fully on the qualifications of a gospel<br /> minister and asserted altho he might be charged with egotism that he had never<br /> expressed any sentiment in his communications to the people for which he had<br /> felt any compunction [or?] in other words he had been commanded to say all he had<br /> said (this is not his language but the substance) The committee in relation<br /> to the Marlborough affair had a wonderful time they had such different<br /> views and such a disposition to carry them ^on the part of the administration^ made it a season of great discou<br /> =ragement to the more moderate portion of them Nathaniel Merritt showed<br /> himself and I doubt not great good will arise from it also several others<br /> revealed their <span style="text-decoration:underline;">true </span>characters, but I cannot tell you now about it Isaac Rush<br /> =more say’s [sic] he never felt so much like giving all up as he does now he<br /> is really discouraged—even R Seaman S. J. Underhill L Thorne and others oppose<br /> firmly the doings of the New York clique –- time will make manifest<br /> the result –- in Philadelphia too the climax has nearly arrived I think<br /> recent developements [sic] there shew it to be so - - - What do you<br /> think of Douglass s [sic] being [bought?] there seems to be different views relative<br /> thereto we thought Henry C Wright’s letter <span style="text-decoration:underline;">rather weak on</span> that subject<br /> When we were in New York we spent part of an evening with L Maria Child<br /> she was in better spirits than usual and of course exceedingly interesting<br /> Oliver too went there to meet us so we had quite a feast of intellectual<br /> dainties --- such treats are few and far between perhaps we enjoy them<br /> the better tho Jacob Willets remains very low the [sores?]] very <br /> large and deep takes 2 hours daily to dress them is resigned and pleasant<br /> his uncle Jacob and family are still here away they would be glad to <br /> find an opening sufficient to warrant their remaining Jacob has talked<br /> some of trying to get a farm on our Island--- he has spent some time around<br /> here his wife and daughters have not been up Mary Frost is quite as well as she<br /> was last fall hope she will improve more Isaac Downing is deceased was<br /> buried the day uncle Henry was --- we come home from New York in a <br /> dreadful storm of wind and rain we were not fully sensible of its severity until<br /> we got the ferry I felt as tho it was rash to venture to cross however we got over safe <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> They have had a very anxious time at Matthews on account of their little<br /> Caroline she has been very ill the Dr said occasioned by worms had fits<br /> high fever and much pain did not have her senses near all of the time <br /> aunt Lizzy too was very sick the latter part of Caroline’s sickness she <br /> remains very feeble but calls herself a little gaining, Caroline better Matthew <br /> had scarcely recovered from a very severe attack of ashma [sic] of 2 weeks<br /> continuance not being able to lay down and scarcely to breathe some of the <br /> time --- Robert Post and Daniel Titus have gone in Dutches [sic] County<br /> a visit we suspect Robert is willing to see if there be any fine girl<br /> there who might suit him – we know nothing of course of his intention<br /> Henry has a second son Uncle Robert seems like an old man <br /> made us a visit yesterday aunt Rachel is as well as usual ----<br /> I had no expectation of scribling [sic] on so much and laid it down to leave<br /> it for Joseph but he has got engaged this morning so I concluded it had <br /> better go but you must know I feel no pride in sending such a letter<br /> as this is perhaps if you can excuse this I may possibly do a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">little</span> better<br /> next time<br /><br /> [Text in Center of Page, written upward]<br /><br /> North Hempstead <br /> Feb <span style="text-decoration:underline;">11<sup>th</sup><br /> <br /></span> Isaac Post <br /> Rochester <br /> New York<br /><br /> [Text at bottom of page, normal]<br /><br /> I was glad for you when the Fair was got through with and the result<br /> too was cheering It seems the people cannot leave off entirely the use<br /> of eggs as arguments against AK Foster how shamefully Joshua[Lewitt?] <br /> and others of that party act at their conventions – It seems too the [famo^u^s?] <br /> [<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Streak</span>?] l<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ette</span>r is upp [sic] again I hoped the Liberty Party folks would do nothing <br /> to bring that up again but so it and how true the cunning are caught <br /> in their own craftiness but I must close as it is now 12 oclock [sic] and [illegible]<br /> are [illegible] Lucy is away this week so I have all the house to myself<br /> or rather the work –-- write soon for we feel anxious to hear from <br /> Julia and the rest of you and I think we may answer it sooner<br /> if that is any inducement Love to all our friends Farewell Mary</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Previous Pages written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and transcribed as 674_02_09_1847] 10th Turn over leaf for the beginning of this letter Joseph accidentally commenced on the wrong side and as he has gone out to fodder I have taken up his pen altho probably only for a few minutes as it will be twilight very soon we have defered [sic] writing lately hoping to hear from Julia and not hearing increases our anxiety and makes us feel less like it but blessed be hope it springs up from the bosom of sadness and bids us cherish the hope that she is recovering and that other circumstances have prevented your writing I remember with feelings of regret our omission a year ago when you were suffering so deeply on account of not hearing from our loved sister yet we wished to write encouragingly so put off from day to day I have lived over again those days of anxiety and suffering they are deeply graven on my heart I believe it is just a year this day since her remains were committed to the earth ---- it is sweet to dwell on her many virtues it stimulates too to the endeavor to live as She lived that we too may attain the goal at last--- What a deplorable condition the Irish are in the future is indeed appalling to contemplate I see very little to hope for in the present state of things among them of the evil being remedied our orthodox friends are more alive in their feelings respecting their sufferin^g^ and have been engaged in collecting something to aid them the subject was introduced in their meeting and a document read from friends in Ireland relative to the famine and the great destitution prevailing there intreating [sic] them to contribute of the abundance they were blessed with --- also a com= =munication from the N York friends in which they informed that they might be at liberty to receive contributions from those not members of oursociety how hateful this feeling of sectarianism is I despise it more and more why not all unite as bretheren [sic] and sisters in so good a cause without any allusion to sect--- however I am glad they feel it in their hearts to do something which is far better than nothing and I do not know as our sect have done any thing as a body if they are believe =rs in the doctrine preached now a days we need not expect much __ "that whatever takes place is for our good else it would not be permitted" war famine and pestilence" G F White continues to pour out the vials of his wrath and as much to the comfort and edification of his congregation as ever----- at the Quarterly meeting he enlarged pretty fully on the qualifications of a gospel minister and asserted altho he might be charged with egotism that he had never expressed any sentiment in his communications to the people for which he had felt any compunction [or?] in other words he had been commanded to say all he had said (this is not his language but the substance) The committee in relation to the Marlborough affair had a wonderful time they had such different views and such a disposition to carry them ^on the part of the administration^ made it a season of great discou =ragement to the more moderate portion of them Nathaniel Merritt showed himself and I doubt not great good will arise from it also several others revealed their true characters, but I cannot tell you now about it Isaac Rush =more say's [sic] he never felt so much like giving all up as he does now he is really discouraged--even R Seaman S. J. Underhill L Thorne and others oppose firmly the doings of the New York clique -- time will make manifest the result -- in Philadelphia too the climax has nearly arrived I think recent developements [sic] there shew it to be so - - - What do you think of Douglass s [sic] being [bought?] there seems to be different views relative thereto we thought Henry C Wright's letter rather weak on that subject When we were in New York we spent part of an evening with L Maria Child she was in better spirits than usual and of course exceedingly interesting Oliver too went there to meet us so we had quite a feast of intellectual dainties --- such treats are few and far between perhaps we enjoy them the better tho Jacob Willets remains very low the [sores?]] very large and deep takes 2 hours daily to dress them is resigned and pleasant his uncle Jacob and family are still here away they would be glad to find an opening sufficient to warrant their remaining Jacob has talked some of trying to get a farm on our Island--- he has spent some time around here his wife and daughters have not been up Mary Frost is quite as well as she was last fall hope she will improve more Isaac Downing is deceased was buried the day uncle Henry was --- we come home from New York in a dreadful storm of wind and rain we were not fully sensible of its severity until we got the ferry I felt as tho it was rash to venture to cross however we got over safe They have had a very anxious time at Matthews on account of their little Caroline she has been very ill the Dr said occasioned by worms had fits high fever and much pain did not have her senses near all of the time aunt Lizzy too was very sick the latter part of Caroline's sickness she remains very feeble but calls herself a little gaining, Caroline better Matthew had scarcely recovered from a very severe attack of ashma [sic] of 2 weeks continuance not being able to lay down and scarcely to breathe some of the time --- Robert Post and Daniel Titus have gone in Dutches [sic] County a visit we suspect Robert is willing to see if there be any fine girl there who might suit him - we know nothing of course of his intention Henry has a second son Uncle Robert seems like an old man made us a visit yesterday aunt Rachel is as well as usual ---- I had no expectation of scribling [sic] on so much and laid it down to leave it for Joseph but he has got engaged this morning so I concluded it had better go but you must know I feel no pride in sending such a letter as this is perhaps if you can excuse this I may possibly do a little better next time [Text in Center of Page, written upward] North Hempstead Feb 11th Isaac Post Rochester New York [Text at bottom of page, normal] I was glad for you when the Fair was got through with and the result too was cheering It seems the people cannot leave off entirely the use of eggs as arguments against AK Foster how shamefully Joshua[Lewitt?] and others of that party act at their conventions - It seems too the [famo^u^s?] [Streak?] letter is upp [sic] again I hoped the Liberty Party folks would do nothing to bring that up again but so it and how true the cunning are caught in their own craftiness but I must close as it is now 12 oclock [sic] and [illegible] are [illegible] Lucy is away this week so I have all the house to myself or rather the work --- write soon for we feel anxious to hear from Julia and the rest of you and I think we may answer it sooner if that is any inducement Love to all our friends Farewell Mary
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<p>[Remainder of 668 letter written by Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post and transcribed as 669_11_22_1846, shown below.]<br /><br /> (Page 1)<br /><br /> Dear All Joseph has lain this down but as it must neces-<br /> sarily go very soon have scarcely time to collect my ideas<br /> sufficienty [sic] to write in the stir around me for it is <span style="text-decoration:underline;">washin</span> [sic]<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">day</span> and if it is not “scold scold or fret fret” it is not the<br /> quiet I love when I sit down to hold communion with <br /> dear ones far away I have been thinking of writing<br /> some days it seemed so very long since we heard a word<br /> from you and so many things of deep interest occurring<br /> but time passes so rapidly unless we improve the present<br /> we are scarcely aware of its lapse. What a relief it is to hear <br /> the Apostle of Freedom has arrived again on this side the great<br /> waters I felt so anxious for his safe arrival that the news<br /> was <span style="text-decoration:underline;">joyful </span> don’t you think his life intensely interesting<br /> how much he has done and suffered in his short pilgrimage<br /> I felt disappointed [Jerry?] C. Wright did not return I hope he will <br /> not overstay the right time Do you see Dickins [sic] new work which<br /> is published in numbers “Domby [sic] and Son” I never see such a writer to<br /> describe characters as Dickins [sic] We hear [Huldah?] will probably<br /> be [disappointed?] at last in becoming a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Titus</span> that it is given up<br /> when she was here Joseph told her his feelings had been it never<br /> would take place she felt no fear of its falling through with<br /> and was full of hope and expectation of hapiness [sic] ---Joseph [Shotwile?]<br /> [visits?] at William Titus and report says as an accepted how ever<br /> that may be he is a frequent visitor --- William Turner a young <br /> man staying at cousin Phebe [Powels?] went in company with Samuel<br /> Titus and mother to Islip last fifth day on 7 they went gunning &<br /> in loading his gun which was a double barrelled one discharged the <br /> contents of one barrel through his hand have not heard from him<br /> this morning pretty comfortable yesterday we spent an evening<br /> at James Motts last week all well and cheerful<br /> Mary Frost continues the use of cold water seems better some<br /> [Gidion?] is one of the commitee [sic] to visit Marlborough they<br /> go this week Rebeca [sic] [Ketcham?] is one and goes too<em><br /></em>I have been hoping to have a letter from Edmund and<br /> Julia we had so pleasant a visit from them would like <br /> to continue the acquaintance we were at Henry’s last 5<br /> day about as well as usual Catharine had not slept quite as<br /> well lately Samuel [illegible name] and wife were over at monthly m<br /> Abigail seems overwhelmed with sorrow for the loss of their [word missing]<br /><br /> (page 2)<br /><br /> probably you have particulars he was on a whaling voyage<br /> suffered from the cruelty of the captain terribly insomuch that<br /> he deserted on his way home he died Joseph is ready Farewell<br /> Mary<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upward]<br /><br /> North Hempstead<br /> Nov 23<br /><br /> Isaac Post<br /> Rochester<br /> New York<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> [Faded pencil markings in list form, running downward on bottom third of page. Most illegible except last two items: Cheese 51<br /> Tea paid 63 ]</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.[Remainder of 668 letter written by Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post and transcribed as 669_11_22_1846, shown below.] Dear All Joseph has lain this down but as it must neces- sarily go very soon have scarcely time to collect my ideas sufficienty [sic] to write in the stir around me for it is washin [sic]day and if it is not "scold scold or fret fret" it is not the quiet I love when I sit down to hold communion with dear ones far away I have been thinking of writing some days it seemed so very long since we heard a word from you and so many things of deep interest occurring but time passes so rapidly unless we improve the present we are scarcely aware of its lapse. What a relief it is to hear the Apostle of Freedom has arrived again on this side the great waters I felt so anxious for his safe arrival that the news was joyful don't you think his life intensely interesting how much he has done and suffered in his short pilgrimage I felt disappointed [Jerry?] C. Wright did not return I hope he will not overstay the right time Do you see Dickins [sic] new work which is published in numbers "Domby [sic] and Son" I never see such a writer to describe characters as Dickins [sic] We hear [Huldah?] will probably be [disappointed?] at last in becoming a Titus that it is given up when she was here Joseph told her his feelings had been it never would take place she felt no fear of its falling through with and was full of hope and expectation of hapiness [sic] ---Joseph [Shotwile?] [visits?] at William Titus and report says as an accepted how ever that may be he is a frequent visitor --- William Turner a young man staying at cousin Phebe [Powels?] went in company with Samuel Titus and mother to Islip last fifth day on 7 they went gunning & in loading his gun which was a double barrelled one discharged the contents of one barrel through his hand have not heard from him this morning pretty comfortable yesterday we spent an evening at James Motts last week all well and cheerful Mary Frost continues the use of cold water seems better some [Gidion?] is one of the commitee [sic] to visit Marlborough they go this week Rebeca [sic] [Ketcham?] is one and goes tooI have been hoping to have a letter from Edmund and Julia we had so pleasant a visit from them would like to continue the acquaintance we were at Henry's last 5 day about as well as usual Catharine had not slept quite as well lately Samuel [illegible name] and wife were over at monthly m Abigail seems overwhelmed with sorrow for the loss of their [word missing] probably you have particulars he was on a whaling voyage suffered from the cruelty of the captain terribly insomuch that he deserted on his way home he died Joseph is ready Farewell Mary [Text in center of page, written upward] North Hempstead Nov 23 Isaac Post Rochester New York [Faded pencil markings in list form, running downward on bottom third of page. Most illegible except last two items: Cheese 51 Tea paid 63 ]
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Dear All First day afternoon <br /> As Edmund and Julia are about<br /> leaving Long Island I feel as though you might possibly<br /> expect a line from us by way remembrance yet I feel <br /> in no mood for writing --- it is a dull uncomfortable chilly<br /> wet day and altho [sic] I am a lover of rainy days I think it oft<br /> times has an influence on the feelings which may in part <br /> account for my want of spirits or it may be a reaction for <br /> after enjoying much when deprived of that which constituted <br /> the means of enjoyment we feel more sensibly the want<br /> of it so in my case--- we have had a very pleasant [from?] E <br /> and Julia also from [illegible personal name or place] and it is always with sadened [sic]<br /> feelings that I part with loved ones and it requires time <br /> to wear off that feeling of regret that always attends the<br /> separation Pricilla [Hains?] Mary [Searing?] and (daughter <br /> (I suppose) were at meeting to day have been on to Philadelphia<br /> been from home 3 weeks inquired after you with interest. <br /> I feel very sorry Julia should go back without seeing<br /> the ocean I hoped to make one of the company but they <br /> spent so large a share of the time at Jericho that there was<br /> no time to spare for it after coming to Westbury twould have<br /> been a grand time to have gone after the last gale we had <br /> she saw very little except <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">th</span> her new cousins aunts uncles<br /> and &c of which there seemed to be a goodly number <br /> Mary Frost is feeble but hope she is stronger cough remains<br /> troublesome Aunt Sarah is quite sick taken last 6 day some<br /> fever and much pain it is considerably sickly Isaac [Downing?]<br /> cancer is increasing and exceedingly offensive what a dreadful<br /> complaint it is Amy asked for some yarn I have not<br /> prepared any in two years so that I have but a small stock<br /> I have sent what I have it is not as much or as nice<br /> as I would like--- The men had quite an excitement <br /> in monthly meeting but Edmund ^and Julia^ can give you particulars<br /> about that as well as other matters so I believe I will<br /> not scribble any more for I think it will not add to your<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> information or enjoyment. we think a little of going <br /> to the city on the morrow if so we may see E and Julia<br /> write as often as you can Farewell<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /> <br /> [Intentionally Blank]<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> [Page contains multiple pencil calculations]<br /><br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upward]<br /><br /> Isaac Post<br /> Rochester NY<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written slightly upwards]<br /><br /> Attention of E.P. Willis<br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Dear All First day afternoon As Edmund and Julia are about leaving Long Island I feel as though you might possibly expect a line from us by way remembrance yet I feel in no mood for writing --- it is a dull uncomfortable chilly wet day and altho [sic] I am a lover of rainy days I think it oft times has an influence on the feelings which may in part account for my want of spirits or it may be a reaction for after enjoying much when deprived of that which constituted the means of enjoyment we feel more sensibly the want of it so in my case--- we have had a very pleasant [from?] E and Julia also from [illegible personal name or place] and it is always with sadened [sic] feelings that I part with loved ones and it requires time to wear off that feeling of regret that always attends the separation Pricilla [Hains?] Mary [Searing?] and (daughter (I suppose) were at meeting to day have been on to Philadelphia been from home 3 weeks inquired after you with interest. I feel very sorry Julia should go back without seeing the ocean I hoped to make one of the company but they spent so large a share of the time at Jericho that there was no time to spare for it after coming to Westbury twould have been a grand time to have gone after the last gale we had she saw very little except th her new cousins aunts uncles and &c of which there seemed to be a goodly number Mary Frost is feeble but hope she is stronger cough remains troublesome Aunt Sarah is quite sick taken last 6 day some fever and much pain it is considerably sickly Isaac [Downing?] cancer is increasing and exceedingly offensive what a dreadful complaint it is Amy asked for some yarn I have not prepared any in two years so that I have but a small stock I have sent what I have it is not as much or as nice as I would like--- The men had quite an excitement in monthly meeting but Edmund ^and Julia^ can give you particulars about that as well as other matters so I believe I will not scribble any more for I think it will not add to your information or enjoyment. we think a little of going to the city on the morrow if so we may see E and Julia write as often as you can Farewell [Intentionally Blank] [Page contains multiple pencil calculations] [Text in center of page, written upward] Isaac Post Rochester NY [Text in center of page, written slightly upwards] Attention of E.P. Willis
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br />[Text in top margin, written downward]<br /><br />[Continued from page 2 with line ending “fear he cannot”]<br />come yet---<br />Perhaps Joseph<br />may have a message<br />so I will leave<br />a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">little</span> corner<br />the girls say<br />do give our<br />love to uncle<br />Isaac’s folks<br />first day have<br />just been to meeting<br />had Aidon [?]to<br />minister for us &<br />quite a reasonable<br />sermon Joseph<br />is expecting to<br />go to south<br />tomorrow the<br />weather bein [sic] so<br />dull has not been<br />down since they<br />[moved?]<br />Thomas Whitson<br />we heard to day<br />was very low not<br />expected to survive<br />the day<br />I left a little<br />corner for J he<br />is engaged reading<br />says he has nothing<br />special but <span style="text-decoration: underline;">lov</span>e<br />to insert-­­___<br />so again farewell<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">write</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">write</span><br /><br />[Text normal]<br /><br />It is not worth while to read this until you 29 of 8 month<br />are at leisure for there is nothing important<br /> Dearly Beloved Our cousins William and Phebe Titus<br />are contemplating a little tour I felt an impulse to take<br />my pen again altho [sic] we have just dispached [sic] a paper me=<br />=senger [sic] but as it is one of the most pleasing offices conected [sic]<br />with social intercourse I gladly avail myself of every opportu<br />=nity of this kind altho [sic] at present somewhat of an invalid<br />but that is nothing very strange as I still have the asthma<br />and have for some time nights when I have been tolerably<br />comfortable through the day but now it has not passed off as<br />usual--but enough of complaining for I often feel thankful<br />for so good health as I am now blessed with ---<br /> I spent fifth day at father’s mother more poorly<br />suffers much with severe pain sickness at her stomach and<br />debility which connected with her many cares I fear will<br />prove too much and ^it^ causes us much anxiety---<br /> Isaac Ketcham was poorly too probably produced by over<br />exertion John had been up the river and William on the<br />meadow so that Isaac had had more to attend to they<br />had got him in a sweat and had taken medicine so that<br />they hoped he would be releived [sic] I hope he may their portion<br />has been to suffer and they cannot well pass through<br />another such trial -- Cousin Anna Chapman made us<br />quite a visit on their return from Saratoga Josiah remained<br />at Brooklyn I could not avoid a feeling of sadness when I<br />think of him his declining health yet measurably filled with<br />hope-- it might be for his mother’s sake that he tried to beg<br />=uile her of her fears -- she says she cannot call the loss<br />of her children afflictions for she believes [sic] it was all <span style="text-decoration: underline;">right</span> and<br />it has been sanctified to her --- this doctrine is all the<br />go <span style="text-decoration: underline;">now</span> with some of our would be expounders of Divine<br />and holy things we heard a short time since from the high<br />place in our synagog [sic] “that formerly when the judgments of<br />the Lord were in the earth the people learned wisdom<br />and it remained to be the case to some extent-- now<br />[Continues on page 2 with line beginning “among those we call pagan’s”]<br /><br />(Page 2)<br /><br />[Text in top margin, written downward]<br /><br />[continued from page 3 with the line ending “than I was”]<br />the last spring<br />of their contri<br />=vance and<br />scheming___<br />There is so much<br />I want to say<br />to you which<br />cannot<br />be written<br />that will leave<br />off pretty soon<br />It begins to<br />look like fall<br />the Catydids[sic] have<br />made their appearance<br />and now [crowd?]<br />other insects<br />with their varied<br />notes<br />“The music of an August eve<br />Unlocks the fount of pensive Thought<br />And breaths of Beauty taking leave<br />In tones with melting sweetnes [sic] fraught<br />Far in the mossy forrest [sic] stirred<br />By the low wind are voices heard<br />consorting with its gloom<br />They tell of summer on the wane<br />And flowers that thirst for dew in vain<br />Around her opening tomb.”<br /><br />We have been<br />looking for<br />Oliver some time<br />now Mary Ann<br />is poorly so I <br />fear he cannot<br />[Continues in top margin of page 1 with line beginning “come yet”]<br /><br />[Text Normal]<br /><br />[Continued from page 1 with line ending “to some extent now”] <br />among those we call pagan’s or heathen that when any calami<br />-ty of evil came upon them they humbled themselves and by<br />a self examination [saw?] what they had done to cause so great<br />an evil to be sent upon them <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">and</span> but now how was it when<br />calamitys [sic] and evils came upon us were we humbled thereby and<br />taught to learn wisdom? she believed not there was a disposition<br />to attribute it to some cause the infringement of established<br />regulations and laws and she thought it would be well for some<br />to learn of those called heathen--- she could not attribute accident<br />and casualties to chance &c &c --- and in conclusion said the prayer<br />of her spirit was that (those who were attributing much to a violation<br />of laws and regulations I suppose she meant) their trials and afflicti<br />-ons might be multiplied upon them until they should acknowledge<br />that the Lord ruled in the kingdoms of men that he set up and<br />pulled down whomsoever he would &c &c<br /> What nice times they are having in England<br />now what an interesting letter that is from R D Webb also from<br />H C Wright just after Garrisons arrival how I rejoice in the feeling<br />that the British people appreciate him as he ought to be appreciated<br />and the sentiment of some of the Irish that they would rather see WLG<br />than fifty Prince Alberts how [thrilling?] H C Wright meeting him must<br />have been as he expresses it his dear, single hearted, world loving, sternly up=<br />right, Garrison <span style="text-decoration: underline;">the</span> man and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">the</span> Christian of the nineteenth ct – but you<br />have doubtless read and enjoyed as we have done so I need not<br />say more of his reception How much there is occurring of deep interest<br />to us which is lost (to nearly all around <span style="text-decoration: underline;">us</span>) and how I wish they<br />could become interested for it seems to me there is comparatively<br />nothing so fraught with interest and good and <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">pe</span>but little worth living<br />for unless we are doing what our hands find to do_ “In the morning<br />sow thy seed and in the evening withhold not thy hand” has been beautifu<br />-lly exemplified in the faithfulness of many of our abolition friends in<br />sowing the good seed___ Have you seen E [Stablers?] memoir’s [sic] being<br />principly [sic] letters to different individuals? what I have read have been<br />interesting and a paragraph in one I will copy as it seems, to<br />suit or apply with ^as^ much force to things in society now as it did<br />[Continues on page 3 with line beginning “at the time it was written”]<br /><br />(Page 3)<br /><br />[Text in top margin, written downward]<br /><br />[Continued from page 4 with line ending “Charles Frost]<br />I perceived was<br />bent on his remo<br />=val–when he<br />was in N Y<br />said much about<br />it that it was<br />necessary to have<br />a friend there<br />who understood<br />farming the<br />present one<br />was a mechanic<br />that it was<br />important to<br />get some one<br />who would<br />go from [duty?]<br />and not for<br />pecuniary<br />reward which<br />he thought was<br />the case now<br />there is so much<br />contriving and<br />planning I<br />think in the<br />[<span style="text-decoration: underline;">wile</span>?] of man<br />I feel but<br />little unity<br />or interest<br />in them I<br />never was <br />more sick<br />than I was<br />[Continues in top margin of page 2 with line beginning “the last spring”]<br /><br /><br />[Text Normal]<br /><br />[Continued from page 2 with line ending “in society now as it did”]<br />at the time it was written which was about the time of the sep-<br />-aration he says “I therefore cannot but rejoice at the present state of<br />things, (tho it is the cause of much mourning to many) because I see in<br />it the influence of a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">power</span> that is stirring up the stagnant pool of religious<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">profession</span> which like that at Bethsada has yielded no healing influence<br />to those who have been immersed in it. But these commotions are working<br />wonderfully in the minds of all who are disposed to learn the Truth for<br />themselves by making in their own hearts a separation between the<br />precious and the vile __ between the living and the dead. They are<br />showing them the difference between the systems of man which<br />are formed of doctrines creeds and opinions and which the worst<br />of human beings can get by rote and repeat as well as the best ---<br />and that immeasurable host of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">living</span> p<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ower</span>s which are in their na-<br />=ture destructive of all evil: and under the influence of which<br />man cannot be the servant of sin.” I too rejoice in the present<br />commotion and believe good will result therefrom When at<br />Jericho Aunt Mary came to fathers she inquired when we had<br />received letters from you I told her it was a long time since<br />but Julias letters informed us of one being on the way giv [obliterated]<br />an account of C L [Remands?] meeting &c which we had not recei<br />=ved _ she remarked that that seemed to be your life and she<br />hoped we would encourage one another aright. it was a subject<br />she knew very little about so of course could not write about it<br />said she had just that week put a letter in the office for you<br /> In the letter before I mentioned [Huldah’s?] prospect<br />of going home being married &c we have since heard from her<br />and every thing is indefinitely postponed on account of her fathers<br />going on a religious visit to Michigan Ilinois [sic] an extensive<br />visit probably be about 3 months [absent?]<br /> I am glad William and Phebe are going hope they will<br />enjoy themselves they have been very little from home but<br />with such good children for caretakers at home I should think<br />they could not fail to enjoy their visit---how I should love<br />to accompany them if other duties had not a prior claim<br />on me as it is I feel that home is the place How grateful<br /><br /><br />(Page 4)<br /><br />[Text in top margin, written downward]<br /><br />I always<br />think when<br />I finish a<br />letter I never<br />will send so<br />poor a letter<br />in every sense<br />of the word<br />again but as<br />I am frequently<br />in a hurry I<br />scribble as fast<br />as I can hoping<br />to do better soon<br />that time has<br />not come yet<br />perhaps it will<br />so “hope on hope<br />ever” Does friend<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Potter</span> visit youy [sic]<br />yet why dont<br />you let us kno<br />-w all about<br />you we feel<br />as tho we might<br />What kind of<br />a friend is<br />Andrew [Varnery?]<br />the committee<br />think he is loo-<br />king after the<br />loaves and fishes<br />so of course he<br />is to go--- but<br />I am thinking<br />whether there<br />is not another<br />cause tho kept<br />out of sight his<br />libiral [sic] views Charles Frost<br /><br /><br />[Text Normal top section]<br /><br />it would be to us all and particularly so to [Henry’s?] family if<br />Julia felt as though she could return with W and P her visit<br />would not be so very long and we would gladly do all in our<br />power to render it as pleasant as it could be without her <span style="text-decoration: underline;">E</span><br />I had been thinking whether the time had not come for William<br />and Mary to journey this way I do not like so long a time to<br />pass away without a greeting I beleive [sic] we are designed for social<br />beings and as we are careful in our associations together we shall<br />find an increase of those feelings which bind together in bonds not<br />easily broken our love most affectionately to both W and M and E & Julia<br /><br />[Text Middle Section running bottom to top]<br /><br /> Isaac Post<br />Attention Rochester<br />of W Titus NY<br /><br /><br />[Text Normal bottom section]<br /><br />How glad we should be to see you all indeed we feel so alone now<br />that I almost imagine it is your duty to come--- but oh what a blank<br />you would find which none can fill ---you cannot imagine how<br />much <span style="text-decoration: underline;">we</span> miss her our dearly loved sister<br /> Cant you write oftener it is ever most gratifying to hear from<br />you and may He who watches over his children be round<br />about to sustain and bless the loved ones <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">of</span> of your home<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Farewell</span> and when you do so remember you attached sister<br />Love to dear Sarah and the boys Mary W Post<br /><br /><br /></p>
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text above written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and is transcribed as 655_05_29_1846]<br /><br /> degradation of this country in<br /> relation to slavery the extupation [sic] of the aboriginese [sic] and now in<br /> relation to this war with Mexico and the position we were calld [sic] <br /> on to maintain of the probably suffering it might involve us<br /> in if faithful to our convictions of right __ C C Burleigh too was<br /> very excellent allways [sic] and it pleased me to see Garrison nods of <br /> assent Garrison was as great as every Pillsbury too and many<br /> other but as </p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. [Text above written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and is transcribed as 655_05_29_1846] degradation of this country in relation to slavery the extupation [sic] of the aboriginese [sic] and now in relation to this war with Mexico and the position we were calld [sic] on to maintain of the probably suffering it might involve us in if faithful to our convictions of right __ C C Burleigh too was very excellent allways [sic] and it pleased me to see Garrison nods of assent Garrison was as great as every Pillsbury too and many other but as
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> My dear brother and Sister I have taken up my pen to inquire into the<br /> cause of your very long silence, are you in health? if so are you so engrossed<br /> with the things of time as to wholly exclude your Island friends? I cannot<br /> believe it possible - then why do you delay writing how I wish you were <span style="text-decoration:underline;">here<br /></span>what a nice chat we might have together - Joseph has gone to meeting<br /> the children to school - Powel and our girl are away keeping Christmas's<br /> and I am alone on the premises - yesterday you were almost constantly<br /> in my mind and I wished very much to take up my pen but other duties<br /> demanded the sacrifice, and will again claim the same very soon, how<br /> much of our time is consumed in toiling - toiling and how few learn to live<br /> There is so much I wish to say that I know not where to begin but all ^ I can do^ [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">obliterated</span>]<br /> is to begin Mary P Titus a few weeks back received a letter from Michigan<br /> giving account of Stephen's indisposition soon another of his increased<br /> illness and in about 2 weeks one of his death and particulars of his<br /> sickness he had been poorly 3 months had a constant fever and grew<br /> weaker without much pain had several doctors one Thompsonian [sic] but<br /> all their efforts were unavailing they discovered an abcess [sic] in his side 2 or<br /> 3 weeks before his death he probably had the hasty consumption he was<br /> very patient and resigned through all - it was a great shock to them<br /> and exceedingly triying [sic] but I think they bear it with much fortitude<br /> At our last monthly meeting the proposition relative to holding it a part<br /> of the time at Matinicock was united with by a few I thought it was<br /> rather dull our side it was said that it would probably be a benefit to society <br /> Rachel got a minute to visit some of the familys [sic] in the quarterly Meet<br /> ing Elizabeth Leedon has been engaged in a similar visit and has not got through<br /> Rachel intends joining her she ^Elisabith [sic]^ is in NY John Halloe has been around here some<br /> time he too wishes to be preaching his minute does not give him liberty to appoint<br /> meetings so he is brought into difficulty at monthly meeting he wished to<br /> have a meeting appointed for him at Hempstead Harbor but way did not<br /> open for it he said he had been waiting for John Plummer but he was<br /> not ready yet - I think I wrote relative to Maria Farrington - well poor Maria<br /> has had quite an ordeal to pass through the men's meeting decided her gift<br /> insufficient and the information to be given to the select meeting that<br /> way did not open - we hear she was eulogised excessively G.F. White said<br /> he believed it originated in the truth and also thought the decision of the mon<br /><br /> (Page2)<br /><br /> [Text Normal]<br /><br /> meeting right (so we hear the same day he came and in the first meeting<br /> terribly against every thing good was very personal in his remarks might<br /> as well named J S Hopper - among other things said abolitionism was dead<br /> and was working itself off in the sewers of the Fourrierism Isaac is now engag<br /> ed in a society lately formed (the proon association) the first object of<br /> which is to reform the prisoners by encouraging what is good in them<br /> and when discharged to render which advice and assistance as well<br /> be most likely to guide them into the paths of useful industry and<br /> virtue this too is worthy to be censured by this notorious G F White<br /> I am compelled to say farewell for the present 26<sup>th</sup> again I am seated to<br /> hold a few minutes converse with you last 7 day evening while at the tea table<br /> (uncle James's children and some others being with us) we were summoned by a<br /> rap at the door and to our joy Oliver Johnson stood before it the evening<br /> was spent very pleasantly our company appeared to enjoy it very much I<br /> was glad of the opportunity hopeing [sic] it would remove the prejudice felt<br /> towards <span style="text-decoration:underline;">them</span> in an especial manner - on the morrow he accompanied<br /> us to meeting - Timothy had much to say on slavery war &c after which Oliver rose<br /> and spoke of Christianity it s effects and how beautifully portray'd [sic] in the parable<br /> of the good Samaratan [sic] quoting from A certain lawyer asked what shall I do to<br /> inherit eternal life Luke 10-25 to the 38 verse spoke of the priest Levite and<br /> Samaratan [sic] most beautifully and of the brotherhood of the whole human<br /> family - and although we were not the same communion yet he felt<br /> while sitting together that your God is my God and your father my father<br /> we thought him very much favored as friends say - but good as it was<br /> it provoked the high displeasure of sectarian's – tho [sic] while he was<br /> speaking it was as still as possible except a little uneasiness in<br /> some of our high seat occupants uncle Robert particularly Rachel's<br /> countenance changed and portrayed the feelings of her heart<br /> We had concluded to hold a meeting in the afternoon in the school<br /> house (orthodox) for a lecture on slavery we informed the people after meet<br /> William I lack with much apparent feeling told Joseph he was sorry to hear<br /> it for <span style="text-decoration:underline;">we</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">have</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">had</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">trouble</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">enough</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">now</span> - the meeting was held and<br /> near 40 principly [sic] children and young people uncle James's girls expressed<br /> then joy when I told them of the meeting and said we will come but grandm<br /> other Willis was there and made opposition to it so they all except uncle James<br /> who almost ran away staid at home she did not wish them to go and give them<br /> any countenance for far he might give further trouble - however we<br /> had quite a good meeting without them in his talk he said if you can<br /> [Continues on Page 3 with line beginning “stand by my side”] <br /><br /> [Text at bottom of page, between normal lines, written upside down]<br /> 7 day evening we had a very busy day have got Elizabeth moved and<br /> if Joseph and William Wood had not assisted in moving and arrangeing [sic]<br /> things which was a great job, there seemed to be so little room for them we<br /> have taken some things there - It is quite a relief that the vending movein [sic]<br /> and all that is got through with - I am right glad cousin Samuil [sic] can<br /> appreciate Joseph's service's Elizabeth said he felt much obliged to Joseph for<br /> his assistance and believed it made 100 $ perhaps more difference his<br /> bidding - but Robert W Titus we hear thought it was not very neighbourly [sic] for<br /> Joseph Post to bid so much – Theres [sic] no pleasing all is there? I hope you will<br /> get this in the day timly [sic] for it will be God to read and perhaps you may<br /> wish for an abrigment [sic] - Mother's Finger is but little different yet<br /> suffers much. Phebe and Catharine are making a visit in New York<br /> Aunt Rachel has been pretty smart this winter will I am tired and sleepy<br /> and will again say Farewell I must try to send it off pretty soon on your may<br /> wish I had not begun First day afternoon we have all been to meeting and Joseph<br /> has gone back to the meeting house Thomas [Everitpunin’s?] daughter is to be buried<br /> she has been sick a long while with consumption - I feel sad and dispirited<br /> this afternoon how often when I have felt that in times past have we gone<br /> over to see cousin William and in the interchange of thought been releived [sic] from<br /> many a gloomy hour but that is past and now there seems to be no one of conge<br /> -nial spirit (near enough) to mingle with - true we have many kind friends<br /> around us but not one to whome [sic] we can open <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">the</span> every feeling as we were wont to<br /> do to William - some how I need such a friend perhaps more than most<br /> which may account to you for the wish I have aft times expressed for your<br /> return to Long Island Charles Post expects to do something more for himself than he<br /> been doing I do not know what Samuel Persons son’s wished him to take his farm or<br /> rather a part of the old Bowne farm Charles went to see him yesterday but thought it<br /> would not answer at all I believe[sic] Do you know Leonard Scaring is an assembly<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">man</span> he and wife were at meeting here a week ago he looked mighty nice<br /> Rebecca expects to spend the winter here Richard and Phebe Albertson, have moved from<br /> the place his father lived on to the one Richard Scaring used to own I believe it is that<br /> one - I was glad they moved for I expect it was not very pleasant living with<br /> Sarah from report We want to hear from you exceedingly we very much<br /> fear you are sick or why don't you write to somebody and not a few lines but a<br /> long letter telling about every thing we want to know<br /> With much love to all our relatives and friends if there be any such I am<br /> Affectionately your sister Mary W Post<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> [Text continued from Page 3 with line ending “he said if you can”]<br /> stand by my side and labor for the oppressed ^I should [illegible]^ but if you cannot stand<br /> there <span style="text-decoration:underline;">stand</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">by yourselves_</span> but I entreat you to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">stand</span> firmly and placid<br /> on behalf of crushed humanity - he commenced with quoting this very appropriate<br /> scripture "But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest[sic]: far as concurring this<br /> sect <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">I</span> we know that every where it is spoken against We hope a little good is<br /> gained but as times almost despair believing there is not moral courage enough<br /> when convinced to stand the opposition - Timothy made some remarks in<br /> which he said it was evident parents did not consider it a bad cause if they<br /> had any fear's on that hand he thought they would prefer coming themselves<br /> to having the children exposed - but in regard to the preaching I believe there is<br /> quite a hubbub about it - tho what he said is admitted by all to be good - it was<br /> contrary to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">our order</span> just say evening several days have elapsed and I have not been<br /> able to add a sentence to my scrawl neither have we hard from you yet.<br /> did you know how grateful it would be to us surely you not delay so long ag ^ain^<br /> I said that J S Happen was engaged in the prison dicipline association - he came to be<br /> one of the associates before the public without seeking for it - he some time since<br /> went with Oliver Johnson to Sing Sing (Mary Ann is an assistant matron there) and the<br /> prisoners were assembled for meeting Isaac spoke to them feelingly and appropriately<br /> [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">obliterated</span>] many being affected to tears - about this time the association was formed<br /> some of whome [sic] were acquainted with Isaac's visit and also with his persuasive<br /> eloquence thought who is there that would do better to press [upon?] the comm ^unity^<br /> the wants of such a rejoin than he - the [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">obliterated</span>] committee of arrangement for the mili ^tary^<br /> announced the speakers Isaac was to be one <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">of</span> well some of the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">friends</span> heard that<br /> they were very kindly volunteered to inform against Isaac and so far prevailed as to have<br /> Isaac's name struck from the list Oliver who by the way is head man next to Greely<br /> in the Tribune after sound what was going on - went to see some of the commute<br /> and explained to them and notice was given out that he <span style="text-decoration:underline;">would</span> be <span style="text-decoration:underline;">one</span> of the<br /> speakers - what a malignant wicked spirit thine <span style="text-decoration:underline;">friends</span> manifest I am really<br /> at times [obliterated] ^[illegible]^ of my connection with them – dont you get disgusted <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">sometimes</span><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">too</span> with the hypocrisy in high places - I feel that the bonds are growing weaker in<br /> witnessing the selfrighteousness [sic] of some who are looked up to as leader's – We<br /> want to hear what you have done with B Fish and how the community gets along<br /> from what we hear the Skaneatelas [sic] one looks something like a farline [sic] ----<br /> we also want to hear about E P Willis whether he is really visiting a certain lady<br /> as report say's - <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">for</span> it is very unpleasant to be behind the times therefore please inform<br /> report says too that W Post is visiting E Lawrence - we fear it is not correct but<br /> "hope on hope ever" there is some talk of Rachel Post and Benj Underhill how true I do<br /> not know also that Daniel Underhill visits Thomas Underhills - Mary R Post has gone<br /> to Henrys to stay some weeks - In all my letters lately I have told of the trials<br /> difficulties &c of poor E P Willits she has for some time been anxious to break up and<br /> go 5 her grandmothers - uncle Robert not willing to have a vendue and<br /> it was concluded to favo [sic] Robert Titus to take all except what Elizabeth wan<br /> for her use at the inventory Robert however because so uneasy that has<br /> have concluded to have a vendue next 6 day E looked sad to day and<br /> asked if it would not be too react a tax for my company I expect to be<br /> there as much as I can this week she needs all the sympathy and help too<br /> which I have to sustain her ^it is^ New Year ^today^ and I wish <span style="text-decoration:underline;">you</span> a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">happy</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">new</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">year</span> - and in<br /> the language of our favorite Lck Child a year of brave conflict with evil within and<br /> without - a year of sinless victorys [sic] - how many reflections come pressing on the heart<br /> the past present and the future all crowded together in reviewing the past I feel that<br /> truly I am not what I should have been had I lived up to the law of love “But hail to the<br /> New Year” and I fondly hope to live more in accordance therewith during this week I<br /> have been very much [obliterated] ^occupied^ and I did not know but Joseph would finish this but as<br /> he has not I will proceed with my story - we went to Jericho yesterday to see mother<br /> she has a very had hand or finger probably a felon has not slept scarcely for a week fever<br /> and much pain in her head and extreme pain in the finger with fainting turn's – tried<br /> many things yesterday I wanted them to apply soft soap and chalk to it - there was a<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">very</span> little opening where it discharged a very little we put it on and I thought run more<br /> than at any time but a very little - it looked so bad I could scarcely see it at all<br /> Have you heard any thing of the difficulties Eastward - we hear they have separated<br /> in the monthly and quarterly meeting and expect them will be a separation in the<br /> yearly meeting Phebe Gifford has written particulars but we hear very little but<br /> from what we do hear I conclude she is very much opposed to the Wilborites<br /> (and they are opposed to J J Quincy) in her letter speaking of the separation she says it<br /> seemed like children's play to see half a dozen men and 3 or 4 women separate and<br /> she thought if the Philadelphia friends knew how it was they would be ashamed of<br /> encouraging them __ has Phebe forgotten the remnant which separated in 1828 or<br /> is this a more childish affair she spoke of Johnathon Wilbors coming to their meeting<br /> took his seat head preached - and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">broke</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">up</span> the meeting too - <span style="text-decoration:underline;">she</span> and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Isaac</span> were not at<br /> meeting being from home - we miss mother very much in very many way's too – the<br /> back room looks very desolate the things are all here yet Henry's folks have been<br /> here only once since the funeral Henry had mothers will with him by which it<br /> appears every thing is given to Phebe except Pliphin and Edmund Rushmore have 250 a<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> peice [sic] - she gave our girls a few things several years ago Catharine Willis is<br /> better again we have been looking daily for she and Phebe to spend some days here<br /> Dont you feel sorry there is such a muss about the Herald I expected better things of<br /> Rodgers he is so clearly in the wrong ^in my opinion <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">in my opinion</span>^ how nobly J J Foster acted dont you admire<br /> Garrison in this affair so firm so unwavering even when the task is exceedingly<br /> painful to him they have loved and labored in this work through good and through evil <br /> report and now to be compelled by circumstances to censure such an one must<br /> be a great trial to his feeling heart - Oliver told us Rodgers and wife were at<br /> Frances Jacksons and he hoped all would come around right - he said too that<br /> J R French is courting Rodjers daughter which accounted to my mind for the<br /> influence French has with Rodjers- I sometimes fear for myself I so love and reverence<br /> Garrison - that if he should <span style="text-decoration:underline;">possibl</span>y g<span style="text-decoration:underline;">e</span>t in <span style="text-decoration:underline;">the wrong</span> I should not see it and his<br /> closing remarks in the last Liberator relative to the Herald of Freedom<br /> ^were very impressive^ Is this maxim “that the king can do no wrong" to be received by abolitionists<br /> in relation to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">any</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">one</span> of their number? If so the reign of idolatry has begun<br /> among us and we are cursed with a curse. Perhaps no one else has ever<br /> felt a similar feeling to this - and this likeness as I look at it almost allway's [sic]<br /> calms <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and </span>tranquilizers and nerves to new conflicts you will smile at this<br /> but never mind - I suppose John Ketchams family are preparing for William's mariage [sic]<br /> there will be quite a change when all three of them children go off. What do you<br /> think of Phebes prospect - We hear you have been moving on a farm how does it<br /> happen have you sold or let the old home or do you prefer the country in the winter ^sea^ son<br /> I must again say farewell 3rd of 1st month well this has been a day of great stir and commotion and<br /> we have just returned to our quiet home but the evening is nearly spent and I can hold<br /> but a few minutes converse with you for I must rise early to bake and do my 7 days<br /> work in order to go over for the last time to assist Elizabeth she wants to get moved<br /> tomorrow. Joseph and self have been there this week much of the time - It brings all<br /> the feeling of bereavement fresh to mind - it look desolate indeed to see things [sea<br /> taid?]<br /><br /> [Text middle, written upwards]<br /><br /> Jericho N.Y. 184<br /> Jan 7<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span><br /><br /> Isaac Post<br /> R<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ochester</span><br /> NY<br /><br /> [Text in Bottom Margin, Normal]<br /><br /> how little worth our while it seemed to endeavors to accumulate nice things<br /> cousins Samuel and Edmund Daniel were up from NY uncle and Aunt Mary will commence<br /> housekeeping tomorrow after Elizabeth leaves they will feel very lonely indeed as they<br /> have no help either man or woman yet - but likely Robert and Esther will get there<br /> pretty soon how Esther will get along is yet to be seen - but from recent occurrences<br /> I fear she has yet to learn to bear little crosses without a f<span style="text-decoration:underline;">rown</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">at best</span> our cousins<br /> Stephen and Maria have had a valuable New Year's present a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">fine</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">boy</span> little Stephen<br /> I suppose - Edmund and Martha talk more of moving in the country they had nearly given<br /> out until lately - We have heard with Richard [Hunt?] and Elisabeth [Mcclintoc?] being in N York<br /> we should have been very glad if they could have visited us - do when you see any of [Thom?]<br /> family remember us very affectionately to them and assume them we should<br /> rejoice in welcoming them here - cant they come to attend the anniversary in the<br /> spring and make us a visit - What have you done for the fair has it been sent to Boston<br /> again farewell for to night</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.
My dear brother and Sister I have taken up my pen to inquire into the cause of your very long silence, are you in health? if so are you so engrossed with the things of time as to wholly exclude your Island friends? I cannot believe it possible - then why do you delay writing how I wish you were herewhat a nice chat we might have together - Joseph has gone to meeting the children to school - Powel and our girl are away keeping Christmas's and I am alone on the premises - yesterday you were almost constantly in my mind and I wished very much to take up my pen but other duties demanded the sacrifice, and will again claim the same very soon, how much of our time is consumed in toiling - toiling and how few learn to live There is so much I wish to say that I know not where to begin but all ^ I can do^ [obliterated] is to begin Mary P Titus a few weeks back received a letter from Michigan giving account of Stephen's indisposition soon another of his increased illness and in about 2 weeks one of his death and particulars of his sickness he had been poorly 3 months had a constant fever and grew weaker without much pain had several doctors one Thompsonian [sic] but all their efforts were unavailing they discovered an abcess [sic] in his side 2 or 3 weeks before his death he probably had the hasty consumption he was very patient and resigned through all - it was a great shock to them and exceedingly triying [sic] but I think they bear it with much fortitude At our last monthly meeting the proposition relative to holding it a part of the time at Matinicock was united with by a few I thought it was rather dull our side it was said that it would probably be a benefit to society Rachel got a minute to visit some of the familys [sic] in the quarterly Meet ing Elizabeth Leedon has been engaged in a similar visit and has not got through Rachel intends joining her she ^Elisabith [sic]^ is in NY John Halloe has been around here some time he too wishes to be preaching his minute does not give him liberty to appoint meetings so he is brought into difficulty at monthly meeting he wished to have a meeting appointed for him at Hempstead Harbor but way did not open for it he said he had been waiting for John Plummer but he was not ready yet - I think I wrote relative to Maria Farrington - well poor Maria has had quite an ordeal to pass through the men's meeting decided her gift insufficient and the information to be given to the select meeting that way did not open - we hear she was eulogised excessively G.F. White said he believed it originated in the truth and also thought the decision of the mon
[Text Normal] meeting right (so we hear the same day he came and in the first meeting terribly against every thing good was very personal in his remarks might as well named J S Hopper - among other things said abolitionism was dead and was working itself off in the sewers of the Fourrierism Isaac is now engag ed in a society lately formed (the proon association) the first object of which is to reform the prisoners by encouraging what is good in them and when discharged to render which advice and assistance as well be most likely to guide them into the paths of useful industry and virtue this too is worthy to be censured by this notorious G F White I am compelled to say farewell for the present 26th again I am seated to hold a few minutes converse with you last 7 day evening while at the tea table (uncle James's children and some others being with us) we were summoned by a rap at the door and to our joy Oliver Johnson stood before it the evening was spent very pleasantly our company appeared to enjoy it very much I was glad of the opportunity hopeing [sic] it would remove the prejudice felt towards them in an especial manner - on the morrow he accompanied us to meeting - Timothy had much to say on slavery war &c after which Oliver rose and spoke of Christianity it s effects and how beautifully portray'd [sic] in the parable of the good Samaratan [sic] quoting from A certain lawyer asked what shall I do to inherit eternal life Luke 10-25 to the 38 verse spoke of the priest Levite and Samaratan [sic] most beautifully and of the brotherhood of the whole human family - and although we were not the same communion yet he felt while sitting together that your God is my God and your father my father we thought him very much favored as friends say - but good as it was it provoked the high displeasure of sectarian's - tho [sic] while he was speaking it was as still as possible except a little uneasiness in some of our high seat occupants uncle Robert particularly Rachel's countenance changed and portrayed the feelings of her heart We had concluded to hold a meeting in the afternoon in the school house (orthodox) for a lecture on slavery we informed the people after meet William I lack with much apparent feeling told Joseph he was sorry to hear it for wehavehadtroubleenoughnow - the meeting was held and near 40 principly [sic] children and young people uncle James's girls expressed then joy when I told them of the meeting and said we will come but grandm other Willis was there and made opposition to it so they all except uncle James who almost ran away staid at home she did not wish them to go and give them any countenance for far he might give further trouble - however we had quite a good meeting without them in his talk he said if you can [Continues on Page 3 with line beginning "stand by my side"] [Text at bottom of page, between normal lines, written upside down] 7 day evening we had a very busy day have got Elizabeth moved and if Joseph and William Wood had not assisted in moving and arrangeing [sic] things which was a great job, there seemed to be so little room for them we have taken some things there - It is quite a relief that the vending movein [sic] and all that is got through with - I am right glad cousin Samuil [sic] can appreciate Joseph's service's Elizabeth said he felt much obliged to Joseph for his assistance and believed it made 100 $ perhaps more difference his bidding - but Robert W Titus we hear thought it was not very neighbourly [sic] for Joseph Post to bid so much - Theres [sic] no pleasing all is there? I hope you will get this in the day timly [sic] for it will be God to read and perhaps you may wish for an abrigment [sic] - Mother's Finger is but little different yet suffers much. Phebe and Catharine are making a visit in New York Aunt Rachel has been pretty smart this winter will I am tired and sleepy and will again say Farewell I must try to send it off pretty soon on your may wish I had not begun First day afternoon we have all been to meeting and Joseph has gone back to the meeting house Thomas [Everitpunin's?] daughter is to be buried she has been sick a long while with consumption - I feel sad and dispirited this afternoon how often when I have felt that in times past have we gone over to see cousin William and in the interchange of thought been releived [sic] from many a gloomy hour but that is past and now there seems to be no one of conge -nial spirit (near enough) to mingle with - true we have many kind friends around us but not one to whome [sic] we can open the every feeling as we were wont to do to William - some how I need such a friend perhaps more than most which may account to you for the wish I have aft times expressed for your return to Long Island Charles Post expects to do something more for himself than he been doing I do not know what Samuel Persons son's wished him to take his farm or rather a part of the old Bowne farm Charles went to see him yesterday but thought it would not answer at all I believe[sic] Do you know Leonard Scaring is an assemblyman he and wife were at meeting here a week ago he looked mighty nice Rebecca expects to spend the winter here Richard and Phebe Albertson, have moved from the place his father lived on to the one Richard Scaring used to own I believe it is that one - I was glad they moved for I expect it was not very pleasant living with Sarah from report We want to hear from you exceedingly we very much fear you are sick or why don't you write to somebody and not a few lines but a long letter telling about every thing we want to know With much love to all our relatives and friends if there be any such I am Affectionately your sister Mary W Post
[Text continued from Page 3 with line ending "he said if you can"] stand by my side and labor for the oppressed ^I should [illegible]^ but if you cannot stand there standby yourselves_ but I entreat you to stand firmly and placid on behalf of crushed humanity - he commenced with quoting this very appropriate scripture "But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest[sic]: far as concurring this sect I we know that every where it is spoken against We hope a little good is gained but as times almost despair believing there is not moral courage enough when convinced to stand the opposition - Timothy made some remarks in which he said it was evident parents did not consider it a bad cause if they had any fear's on that hand he thought they would prefer coming themselves to having the children exposed - but in regard to the preaching I believe there is quite a hubbub about it - tho what he said is admitted by all to be good - it was contrary to our order just say evening several days have elapsed and I have not been able to add a sentence to my scrawl neither have we hard from you yet. did you know how grateful it would be to us surely you not delay so long ag ^ain^ I said that J S Happen was engaged in the prison dicipline association - he came to be one of the associates before the public without seeking for it - he some time since went with Oliver Johnson to Sing Sing (Mary Ann is an assistant matron there) and the prisoners were assembled for meeting Isaac spoke to them feelingly and appropriately [obliterated] many being affected to tears - about this time the association was formed some of whome [sic] were acquainted with Isaac's visit and also with his persuasive eloquence thought who is there that would do better to press [upon?] the comm ^unity^ the wants of such a rejoin than he - the [obliterated] committee of arrangement for the mili ^tary^ announced the speakers Isaac was to be one of well some of the friends heard that they were very kindly volunteered to inform against Isaac and so far prevailed as to have Isaac's name struck from the list Oliver who by the way is head man next to Greely in the Tribune after sound what was going on - went to see some of the commute and explained to them and notice was given out that he would be one of the speakers - what a malignant wicked spirit thine friends manifest I am really at times [obliterated] ^[illegible]^ of my connection with them - dont you get disgusted sometimestoo with the hypocrisy in high places - I feel that the bonds are growing weaker in witnessing the selfrighteousness [sic] of some who are looked up to as leader's - We want to hear what you have done with B Fish and how the community gets along from what we hear the Skaneatelas [sic] one looks something like a farline [sic] ---- we also want to hear about E P Willis whether he is really visiting a certain lady as report say's - for it is very unpleasant to be behind the times therefore please inform report says too that W Post is visiting E Lawrence - we fear it is not correct but "hope on hope ever" there is some talk of Rachel Post and Benj Underhill how true I do not know also that Daniel Underhill visits Thomas Underhills - Mary R Post has gone to Henrys to stay some weeks - In all my letters lately I have told of the trials difficulties &c of poor E P Willits she has for some time been anxious to break up and go 5 her grandmothers - uncle Robert not willing to have a vendue and it was concluded to favo [sic] Robert Titus to take all except what Elizabeth wan for her use at the inventory Robert however because so uneasy that has have concluded to have a vendue next 6 day E looked sad to day and asked if it would not be too react a tax for my company I expect to be there as much as I can this week she needs all the sympathy and help too which I have to sustain her ^it is^ New Year ^today^ and I wish you a happynewyear - and in the language of our favorite Lck Child a year of brave conflict with evil within and without - a year of sinless victorys [sic] - how many reflections come pressing on the heart the past present and the future all crowded together in reviewing the past I feel that truly I am not what I should have been had I lived up to the law of love "But hail to the New Year" and I fondly hope to live more in accordance therewith during this week I have been very much [obliterated] ^occupied^ and I did not know but Joseph would finish this but as he has not I will proceed with my story - we went to Jericho yesterday to see mother she has a very had hand or finger probably a felon has not slept scarcely for a week fever and much pain in her head and extreme pain in the finger with fainting turn's - tried many things yesterday I wanted them to apply soft soap and chalk to it - there was avery little opening where it discharged a very little we put it on and I thought run more than at any time but a very little - it looked so bad I could scarcely see it at all Have you heard any thing of the difficulties Eastward - we hear they have separated in the monthly and quarterly meeting and expect them will be a separation in the yearly meeting Phebe Gifford has written particulars but we hear very little but from what we do hear I conclude she is very much opposed to the Wilborites (and they are opposed to J J Quincy) in her letter speaking of the separation she says it seemed like children's play to see half a dozen men and 3 or 4 women separate and she thought if the Philadelphia friends knew how it was they would be ashamed of encouraging them __ has Phebe forgotten the remnant which separated in 1828 or is this a more childish affair she spoke of Johnathon Wilbors coming to their meeting took his seat head preached - and brokeup the meeting too - she and Isaac were not at meeting being from home - we miss mother very much in very many way's too - the back room looks very desolate the things are all here yet Henry's folks have been here only once since the funeral Henry had mothers will with him by which it appears every thing is given to Phebe except Pliphin and Edmund Rushmore have 250 a
peice [sic] - she gave our girls a few things several years ago Catharine Willis is better again we have been looking daily for she and Phebe to spend some days here Dont you feel sorry there is such a muss about the Herald I expected better things of Rodgers he is so clearly in the wrong ^in my opinion in my opinion^ how nobly J J Foster acted dont you admire Garrison in this affair so firm so unwavering even when the task is exceedingly painful to him they have loved and labored in this work through good and through evil report and now to be compelled by circumstances to censure such an one must be a great trial to his feeling heart - Oliver told us Rodgers and wife were at Frances Jacksons and he hoped all would come around right - he said too that J R French is courting Rodjers daughter which accounted to my mind for the influence French has with Rodjers- I sometimes fear for myself I so love and reverence Garrison - that if he should possibly get in the wrong I should not see it and his closing remarks in the last Liberator relative to the Herald of Freedom ^were very impressive^ Is this maxim "that the king can do no wrong" to be received by abolitionists in relation to anyone of their number? If so the reign of idolatry has begun among us and we are cursed with a curse. Perhaps no one else has ever felt a similar feeling to this - and this likeness as I look at it almost allway's [sic] calms and tranquilizers and nerves to new conflicts you will smile at this but never mind - I suppose John Ketchams family are preparing for William's mariage [sic] there will be quite a change when all three of them children go off. What do you think of Phebes prospect - We hear you have been moving on a farm how does it happen have you sold or let the old home or do you prefer the country in the winter ^sea^ son I must again say farewell 3rd of 1st month well this has been a day of great stir and commotion and we have just returned to our quiet home but the evening is nearly spent and I can hold but a few minutes converse with you for I must rise early to bake and do my 7 days work in order to go over for the last time to assist Elizabeth she wants to get moved tomorrow. Joseph and self have been there this week much of the time - It brings all the feeling of bereavement fresh to mind - it look desolate indeed to see things [sea taid?] [Text middle, written upwards] Jericho N.Y. 184 Jan 7th Isaac Post Rochester NY [Text in Bottom Margin, Normal] how little worth our while it seemed to endeavors to accumulate nice things cousins Samuel and Edmund Daniel were up from NY uncle and Aunt Mary will commence housekeeping tomorrow after Elizabeth leaves they will feel very lonely indeed as they have no help either man or woman yet - but likely Robert and Esther will get there pretty soon how Esther will get along is yet to be seen - but from recent occurrences I fear she has yet to learn to bear little crosses without a frownat best our cousins Stephen and Maria have had a valuable New Year's present a fineboy little Stephen I suppose - Edmund and Martha talk more of moving in the country they had nearly given out until lately - We have heard with Richard [Hunt?] and Elisabeth [Mcclintoc?] being in N York we should have been very glad if they could have visited us - do when you see any of [Thom?] family remember us very affectionately to them and assume them we should rejoice in welcoming them here - cant they come to attend the anniversary in the spring and make us a visit - What have you done for the fair has it been sent to Boston again farewell for to night
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Previous page written by Joseph Post to Edmund P. Willis and transcribed as 643_09_10_1845]<br /><br /> Westbury 9 Month 10<sup>th</sup><br /><br /> Dear Edmund and Julia<br /> Ever since our return home I have intended<br /> writing to you but the many care's which have increasingly rested upon<br /> me since that time must be my excuse and on the reception of your<br /> welcom [sic] letter I resolved I would not put off to a "more convenient<br /> season" but do my duty but several days have allredy [sic] passed away and<br /> no effort made and the fact is my <span style="text-decoration:underline;">idea's</span> seem to have all passed away<br /> too I have had some quite bright one's but they are lost to you now<br /> Since I have been at home I have lived over again in imagination<br /> the time we were together our visit to Rochester and vicinity was<br /> truly a pleasant one and the remembrance thereof comes sweetly before<br /> me and with it may dearly loved absent one's how often I wish for some<br /> of you to mingle with and hope ere long to be gratified Do come as<br /> soon as you can ere the freshness of animated nature has passed away<br /> A week ago I wrote thus far when I was interrupted by company and abruptly<br /> broke off in the midst of my invitation to you which I will leave for the<br /> present and proceed to other matter's. The account of the Temperance conv-<br /> ention was exceedingly interesting to us but I was supprised [sic] to hear from the ^president^<br /> that moral suasion was dead I cannot imagine it possible to be the real sentim<br /> ent of any enlightened mind when there is such abundant evidence to<br /> the contrary continually coming before us those who think thus can have<br /> little faith in the omnipotence of love and kindness to reclaim the erring<br /> Lewis was quite unfortunate in his choice of language if he pleased<br /> no one, and himself neither, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">poor</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Lewi</span>s perhaps he may learn a lesson from<br /> it that will be of advantage to him in coming time some of the best lessons<br /> are learned in a hard school I hope you saw and heard Douglass when at<br /> Rochester he is now I suppose receiving the hospitality and cheer of his Battle<br /> friends I became really important for him to leave this <span style="text-decoration:underline;">libert</span>y <span style="text-decoration:underline;">lovin</span>g land<br /> What a glorious time they have had in Pennsylvania and from our<br /> friend Garrison's account the Friends are not <span style="text-decoration:underline;">all</span> recreant to principle<br /> I hope you read the Liberator and Standard with interest now that they<br /> do not allude to the course of their once friend N P Rogers who<br /> we hear continues to abuse and vilify in his paper the Boston bound<br /> as he call's them sometims [sic] We are looking for our friends Gay<br /> and Johnson here soon I think you Rochester people would like<br /> the Standard better were 7 on intimately acquainted with the Edith<br /><br /> (Page2)<br /><br /> Julia inquired when we had heard from Joseph and Ruth it is now<br /> a long time I have been hopeing [sic] to receive a paper messenger from<br /> them but conclude they have too many correspondents to write to<br /> us like you we cherish the remembrance of them with heart felt ple<br /> -asure<br /> We have just heard that Gough the celebrated lecturer on temperance has<br /> broken his pledge it is said he was out and was offered some soda water which<br /> he drank he soon found there was something mixed with it his resolution was<br /> gone he drank more and became somewhat intoxicated - so report says – I<br /> have confidence to believe altho [sic] he has fallen he will rise again truth is<br /> mighty and will prevail Huldah has returned and tells us that <br /><br /> [Remainder of Letter written by Joseph Post to Edmund P. Willis and transcribed as 643_09_10_1845]</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. [Previous page written by Joseph Post to Edmund P. Willis and transcribed as 643_09_10_1845] Westbury 9 Month 10th Dear Edmund and Julia Ever since our return home I have intended writing to you but the many care's which have increasingly rested upon me since that time must be my excuse and on the reception of your welcom [sic] letter I resolved I would not put off to a "more convenient season" but do my duty but several days have allredy [sic] passed away and no effort made and the fact is my idea's seem to have all passed away too I have had some quite bright one's but they are lost to you now Since I have been at home I have lived over again in imagination the time we were together our visit to Rochester and vicinity was truly a pleasant one and the remembrance thereof comes sweetly before me and with it may dearly loved absent one's how often I wish for some of you to mingle with and hope ere long to be gratified Do come as soon as you can ere the freshness of animated nature has passed away A week ago I wrote thus far when I was interrupted by company and abruptly broke off in the midst of my invitation to you which I will leave for the present and proceed to other matter's. The account of the Temperance conv- ention was exceedingly interesting to us but I was supprised [sic] to hear from the ^president^ that moral suasion was dead I cannot imagine it possible to be the real sentim ent of any enlightened mind when there is such abundant evidence to the contrary continually coming before us those who think thus can have little faith in the omnipotence of love and kindness to reclaim the erring Lewis was quite unfortunate in his choice of language if he pleased no one, and himself neither, poorLewis perhaps he may learn a lesson from it that will be of advantage to him in coming time some of the best lessons are learned in a hard school I hope you saw and heard Douglass when at Rochester he is now I suppose receiving the hospitality and cheer of his Battle friends I became really important for him to leave this liberty loving land What a glorious time they have had in Pennsylvania and from our friend Garrison's account the Friends are not all recreant to principle I hope you read the Liberator and Standard with interest now that they do not allude to the course of their once friend N P Rogers who we hear continues to abuse and vilify in his paper the Boston bound as he call's them sometims [sic] We are looking for our friends Gay and Johnson here soon I think you Rochester people would like the Standard better were 7 on intimately acquainted with the Edith (Page2) Julia inquired when we had heard from Joseph and Ruth it is now a long time I have been hopeing [sic] to receive a paper messenger from them but conclude they have too many correspondents to write to us like you we cherish the remembrance of them with heart felt ple -asure We have just heard that Gough the celebrated lecturer on temperance has broken his pledge it is said he was out and was offered some soda water which he drank he soon found there was something mixed with it his resolution was gone he drank more and became somewhat intoxicated - so report says - I have confidence to believe altho [sic] he has fallen he will rise again truth is mighty and will prevail Huldah has returned and tells us that [Remainder of Letter written by Joseph Post to Edmund P. Willis and transcribed as 643_09_10_1845]
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Previous Pages written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and transcribed as 618_11_16_1844]<br /><br /> and when such views are approved by so large a number<br /> can we wonder that there is commotion and clashing ?<br /> rather let it increase than diminish that all that can be<br /> moved may be shaken, that all of man’s creating may va<br /> =nish as a [scroll?] that a new heaven and a new earth may be kno^wn^<br /> and all of God It is the most encouraging of any thing when viewed<br /> in this way for it proves that there is some life -- a dead<br /> calm is much more to be feared I often desire we may be preserved <br /> from it the [Truth?] however will never fall tho [sic] it may be trampled upon<br /> ^by^ profesors [sic] and those who stand high before the people -- Some of <br /> our friends feel a great fear that priestcraft is gaining and that church<br /> and state may become united and when that is the case great parsec<br /> =utions will come upon us and friends are admonished to rise from <br /> their security and not deceive themselves that all is going on pretty<br /> well. Our liberty and right to worship according to the dictates of <br /> our conscience which we now enjoy in this <span style="text-decoration:underline;">free</span> and enlightened <br /> country of civil and religious liberty will be taken from us -- but<br /> the priests can never rule over us unless the people choose to have<br /> it so — then let us all cry aloud spare not that this catastrophy [sic] may be<br /> averted I left this space for Joseph but as he is engaged I scribbled it over<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> we miss mother very much it seems so like a dream that I can<br /> scarcely realise [sic] the reality was home <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">as</span> and sick such a little while<br /> that it seems more like a vivid dream – all in the west part looks lone and ^desolate^<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> day morning Joseph intended to have sent this ere this but<br /> yesterday we attended the funeral of Aunt Sarah after which we went<br /> up to Henry’s so that there was no time to finish it --- Catharine<br /> Willis is poorly had a little chill each day for near a week but<br /> she was about some Joseph was gone to his grandfather’s on<br /> a visit -- Aunt Sarah droped [sic] away very suddenly at last ---<br /> Lydia was dressing her sores had got one leg dressed and<br /> looking up perceived her head to hang down and raising it<br /> found the vital spark had fled without any struggle – which <br /> I always esteem a favor to <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">have</span> a long and painful struggle at <br /> the close is exceedingly painful to witness — but few except<br /> relation came up with them John Plummer and Rachel Hicks<br /> ministered — Rachel quoted “Put me in the priests office that I may <br /> eat a peice [sic] of bread” [addressed?] a [state?] which she thought present<br /> and with whome [sic] she could sympathise [sic] for on entering the <br /> house she said in her heart I will not speak to the people let others <br /> better qualified who will be received better speak but this brought<br /> death and she feared she should have to return to her home without<br /> receiving any benefit from meeting with her friends when she was <br /> willing to give up to fill this office despised by the creature &<br /> thought there were some similarly circumstanced – she spoke<br /> very well — last 4<sup>th</sup> day evening was a general meeting of the <br /> Indian committees from all the y m [yearly meeting?]— it did not seem best for<br /> me to go and have not heard any thing relative to it — The<br /> monthly meeting of New York have a trying case Maria [Farrington?] was<br /> proposed by the select meeting for a minister which was united<br /> with by the women – and when the men had considered it and<br /> some expression of unity James C Haviland said he thought her honest<br /> and sincere but he did not think she had any gift in the ministry<br /> John Meritt was of the same sentiment and I think there was something<br /> about the select meeting having brought it forward unnaturely [sic] by<br /> by some friend it was of course left another month and after a <br /> pretty [tite?] [time?] ^a second mouth^ John Seaman said he did ^not^ see the way open for <br /> him to proceed — several remarked they had never heard the friend<br /> it was again left Robert Hicks remarked it was left to consider of and<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written downward]<br /><br /> relation to holding<br /> the M M [Monthly Meeting?] a <br /> part of the <br /> time at Matinecock <br /> have agreed<br /> to propose its<br /> being held<br /> 4 times in<br /> a year thus<br /> they wanted it<br /> half the<br /> time __<br /> I hope in <br /> the excitement<br /> of Politics <br /> Isaac kept <br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">pretty cool<br /></span>uncle John<br /> and sons voted<br /> as well as<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">some others <br /></span>uncle John<br /> has had a <br /> difficulty with <br /> Charles as you <br /> have probably <br /> heard Charles had<br /> a house raised<br /> which was taken<br /> down by uncle John<br /> they have expected<br /> to go to law but<br /> uncle J is now<br /> willing to settle <br /> it the [overseers?]<br /> have visited him on the account he is blamed very much by [continues upward]<br /> many<br /><br /> [Text at top of page, normal]<br /><br /> he thought it was a case which did not require much to be said<br /> out of meeting and hoped they might all be careful Joseph [thinks?]<br /> this is as likely to open the eyes of the advocates of recommendation<br /> as any thing ^we have seen^ as it is not at all a party thing for she is of the right<br /> stamp and that same class object __ we heard last summer that<br /> Rachel in the select meeting plead faithfully for her ordination (as<br /> I sometimes call it) but what need is there for this if we could<br /> only live in the liberty of truth we should be raised above <br /> all these things that we are now encompassed with then<br /> we could freely speak and act as becomes rational creatures<br /> but how few there are who do __ it is indeed sorrowful to conte<br /> =mplate the weakness and blindness of men that they should pres<br /> =ume to think their society or their opinions the standard for others<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upward]<br /><br /> Single 18 ¾ <br /> Isaac Post <br /> ROSLYN<br /> Nov<br /> 20 Rochester <br /> N.Y.<br /> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">New</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">York</span> <br /><br /><br /> [Text at bottom of page, normal]<br /><br /> What a pitty [sic]the community s in your parts do not agree better it would<br /> be pleasant if they could [succeed?] We want to hear from B Fish how he<br /> fare’s both ecclesiasticaly [sic] and temporally Why did [illegible] Coleman resign<br /> was it any abolition views that induced him to it Sarah Underwood<br /> was at quarterly meeting also Matinecock at which place she was very <br /> excellent her desire for us was that our course might be onward and upw^ard^<br /> [illegible] and free---suppose I<em> </em>have written about it tho before What<em> <br /></em>do you think of her prospect are you acquainted with the friend I fear he is<br /> not one of the liberal one’s all speak so well of him I could rejoice if he<br /><br /><br /> [Text in center right margin, written downward]<br /><br /> is and she made comfortable without any restraint<br /> upon her spirit and I have very much hoped she might <br /> not forge chains for herself by this act which may <br /> in any degree press heavy on her Farewel [sic] may we<br /> look for a very long letter soon in reply to the many<br /> l<span style="text-decoration:underline;">on</span>g one’s [sic] received by you from Mary for a long one<br /> is always more acceptable to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">us</span> but we shall<br /> be thankful for the smallest favor it is monthly <br /> meeting tomorrow would like to leave this until after<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">if Joseph did not wish it to go the committee in</span> [obliterated]<br /> uncle Samuel Carpenter is deceased died rather suddenly we<br /> hear they have invited [his?] ^aunt Phebe^ to spend the winter with them Rachel [Baker?] <br /> expects to go South ere long we were glad of the visit from [William?] <br /> and Mary twas too short suppose they have returned ere this I was<br /> glad they see mother Don’t you [obliterated] like Garrisons remarks and [illegible]<br /> to Child and Gibbons – Gay’s[views?][obliterated] too I think very correct</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Previous Pages written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and transcribed as 618_11_16_1844] and when such views are approved by so large a number can we wonder that there is commotion and clashing ? rather let it increase than diminish that all that can be moved may be shaken, that all of man's creating may va =nish as a [scroll?] that a new heaven and a new earth may be kno^wn^ and all of God It is the most encouraging of any thing when viewed in this way for it proves that there is some life -- a dead calm is much more to be feared I often desire we may be preserved from it the [Truth?] however will never fall tho [sic] it may be trampled upon ^by^ profesors [sic] and those who stand high before the people -- Some of our friends feel a great fear that priestcraft is gaining and that church and state may become united and when that is the case great parsec =utions will come upon us and friends are admonished to rise from their security and not deceive themselves that all is going on pretty well. Our liberty and right to worship according to the dictates of our conscience which we now enjoy in this free and enlightened country of civil and religious liberty will be taken from us -- but the priests can never rule over us unless the people choose to have it so -- then let us all cry aloud spare not that this catastrophy [sic] may be averted I left this space for Joseph but as he is engaged I scribbled it over we miss mother very much it seems so like a dream that I can scarcely realise [sic] the reality was home as and sick such a little while that it seems more like a vivid dream - all in the west part looks lone and ^desolate^ 3rd day morning Joseph intended to have sent this ere this but yesterday we attended the funeral of Aunt Sarah after which we went up to Henry's so that there was no time to finish it --- Catharine Willis is poorly had a little chill each day for near a week but she was about some Joseph was gone to his grandfather's on a visit -- Aunt Sarah droped [sic] away very suddenly at last --- Lydia was dressing her sores had got one leg dressed and looking up perceived her head to hang down and raising it found the vital spark had fled without any struggle - which I always esteem a favor to have a long and painful struggle at the close is exceedingly painful to witness -- but few except relation came up with them John Plummer and Rachel Hicks ministered -- Rachel quoted "Put me in the priests office that I may eat a peice [sic] of bread" [addressed?] a [state?] which she thought present and with whome [sic] she could sympathise [sic] for on entering the house she said in her heart I will not speak to the people let others better qualified who will be received better speak but this brought death and she feared she should have to return to her home without receiving any benefit from meeting with her friends when she was willing to give up to fill this office despised by the creature & thought there were some similarly circumstanced - she spoke very well -- last 4th day evening was a general meeting of the Indian committees from all the y m [yearly meeting?]-- it did not seem best for me to go and have not heard any thing relative to it -- The monthly meeting of New York have a trying case Maria [Farrington?] was proposed by the select meeting for a minister which was united with by the women - and when the men had considered it and some expression of unity James C Haviland said he thought her honest and sincere but he did not think she had any gift in the ministry John Meritt was of the same sentiment and I think there was something about the select meeting having brought it forward unnaturely [sic] by by some friend it was of course left another month and after a pretty [tite?] [time?] ^a second mouth^ John Seaman said he did ^not^ see the way open for him to proceed -- several remarked they had never heard the friend it was again left Robert Hicks remarked it was left to consider of and [Text in top margin, written downward] relation to holding the M M [Monthly Meeting?] a part of the time at Matinecock have agreed to propose its being held 4 times in a year thus they wanted it half the time __ I hope in the excitement of Politics Isaac kept pretty cooluncle John and sons voted as well assome others uncle John has had a difficulty with Charles as you have probably heard Charles had a house raised which was taken down by uncle John they have expected to go to law but uncle J is now willing to settle it the [overseers?] have visited him on the account he is blamed very much by [continues upward] many [Text at top of page, normal] he thought it was a case which did not require much to be said out of meeting and hoped they might all be careful Joseph [thinks?] this is as likely to open the eyes of the advocates of recommendation as any thing ^we have seen^ as it is not at all a party thing for she is of the right stamp and that same class object __ we heard last summer that Rachel in the select meeting plead faithfully for her ordination (as I sometimes call it) but what need is there for this if we could only live in the liberty of truth we should be raised above all these things that we are now encompassed with then we could freely speak and act as becomes rational creatures but how few there are who do __ it is indeed sorrowful to conte =mplate the weakness and blindness of men that they should pres =ume to think their society or their opinions the standard for others [Text in center of page, written upward] Single 1834; Isaac Post ROSLYN Nov 20 Rochester N.Y.NewYork [Text at bottom of page, normal] What a pitty [sic]the community s in your parts do not agree better it would be pleasant if they could [succeed?] We want to hear from B Fish how he fare's both ecclesiasticaly [sic] and temporally Why did [illegible] Coleman resign was it any abolition views that induced him to it Sarah Underwood was at quarterly meeting also Matinecock at which place she was very excellent her desire for us was that our course might be onward and upw^ard^ [illegible] and free---suppose I have written about it tho before Whatdo you think of her prospect are you acquainted with the friend I fear he is not one of the liberal one's all speak so well of him I could rejoice if he [Text in center right margin, written downward] is and she made comfortable without any restraint upon her spirit and I have very much hoped she might not forge chains for herself by this act which may in any degree press heavy on her Farewel [sic] may we look for a very long letter soon in reply to the many long one's [sic] received by you from Mary for a long one is always more acceptable to us but we shall be thankful for the smallest favor it is monthly meeting tomorrow would like to leave this until afterif Joseph did not wish it to go the committee in [obliterated] uncle Samuel Carpenter is deceased died rather suddenly we hear they have invited [his?] ^aunt Phebe^ to spend the winter with them Rachel [Baker?] expects to go South ere long we were glad of the visit from [William?] and Mary twas too short suppose they have returned ere this I was glad they see mother Don't you [obliterated] like Garrisons remarks and [illegible] to Child and Gibbons - Gay's[views?][obliterated] too I think very correct
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 26<sup>th</sup> of 10<sup>th</sup> mo 1840<br /> Dear Brother & Sister<br /> We arrived home the next day<br /> after leaving you found our family as well as common<br /> Mother we thought seemed a little smarter but since<br /> has been verry [sic] much as before we left gets out to<br /> meeting monthly. Our chrildren [sic] verry [sic] much plased [sic]<br /> to see us, and beleive [sic] friends generally were willing <br /> to see us home. On our arrival we heard H and C Willis<br /> had the fever & ague but on going to see them the day<br /> but one after geting [sic] home found they were taken about<br /> the time we left with the Bilious remittant [sic] fever<br /> had set up but verry [sic] little in time James Haviland<br /> been sick with the same complaint verry [sic] low at one time<br /> under the operation of medicene [sic] from what we could here<br /> although Phebe thought they were unwilling to let <br /> them know the particulars As Henry and C have had no <br /> doctor the Jericho folks particularly V. Hicks & the<br /> Leaman family seem very much disposed to call it [obliterated]<br /> fever and ague, Sister Lydia we found some comp[obliterated]ining<br /> when we got home and has since been growing more<br /> poorly so that now she sets up but verry [sic] little have<br /> had Doctor Mitchel to see her bleed her considable [sic]<br /> they think her much as she was some years ago<br /> On our arrival at N York we had James and Lucretia<br /> Mott arrived the day before and had gone home, John<br /> C Merrit was at our meeting and gave me an invitation<br /> to go to Philidelphia [sic] to attend the free produce meeting <br /> on cons^id^erartion I concluded to accept, found our friends<br /> nearly in usual healh [sic] and our antislavery friends apeard [sic]<br /> verry [sic] glad to see us, Lucretia said I might tell her<br /> friends she was well we had a pleasant visit and<br /> were interested with the meeting although I did not<br /> think that much would be done except to incourage [sic]<br /> one another to individual faithfulness on account<br /> of not finding any body ^with sufficient capital^ willing to undertake they<br /> were trying to get free cotton and have it manerfactur^ed^ [sic]<br /> Lucretia seems to be the same ^pleasant^ woman that she ever was<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> Rachel and William got home last 5 day week we<br /> caled [sic] to see Rachel the next day she seemed pleasant<br /> talked some about her viset [sic] I inquired about the couled [sic]<br /> people in canada she seemed to show less concern about<br /> them than before she left home for then she thought<br /> she should take considerable panes [sic] to see them I<br /> believe they had 2 meetings in canada for couled [sic] people<br /> I inquired about them at toronto she appeared to know<br /> but little about them although she was at toronto said<br /> many of them entered the military service, said she<br /> thought they would not concent [sic] to be governed by a <br /> people 3000 miles off always, seemed as though she<br /> would be glad to hear of their througing [sic] off the yoke<br /> of great Britton [sic], Last week was our Quarterly meeting<br /> Henry W Rigway [sic] from N. Jersey and Ruth Spencer from<br /> the north. <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Henry spok</span> Ruth appeared verry [sic] much concernd [sic]<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">to have</span> that Isreal [sic] should dwell alone and not be numbered<br /> a mong the nations said a great deal against the popular<br /> assoations [sic] of the day, and then Henry Rigway held forth<br /> on practical Christianity in all its bea^u^ty, and then Ruth<br /> again said a great deal about the twinings of the serpent<br /> that he was the grat [sic] deceiver [sic] twisting and twinging<br /> endeavering [sic] to draw away and decive [sic] the [unwagery?] and<br /> ^Rachel^ united and aded [sic] to it, all except H Ridgway [sic] was time<br /> unprofitably spent S thought, but I suppose others would<br /> think different. At the clouse [sic] of the buisness [sic] wile [sic]<br /> ^we^ were waiting to here [sic] from the women C Mariot<br /> informed the meeting that friends association would<br /> meet that afternoon at 4ocock [sic], G. White and several<br /> others objected to haveing [sic] the information given in the<br /> meeting thought after meeting would be better<br /> A few of us meet a docoment [sic] was produced and read<br /> answer my some of the objections we here [sic] from friends<br /> against doing any thing, which with a few alterations<br /> was adopted and directed to be printed, what affect<br /> it will have I cannot tell, but as they complain so<br /> much about the report last summer. it is likely this<br /> will also cause some of our opposition friends to find<br /> falt [sic]<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> six day H Ridgway spoke first again on the practical duties<br /> of chirstians [sic], after him Rachel Cromwell and Ruth Spence<br /> and them G White in his usual strain against Preast [sic]=<br /> craft said all the preast [sic] both individualy [sic] on collective<br /> =ly from the creation of the world down to the preasent [sic]<br /> time were emesarys [sic] satan that they were doing the<br /> work of their master the David and then spoke<br /> of the associations of the day two of which he would<br /> name the Antislavery and temperance societys [sic]<br /> and the others were of the same kindred, said<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">t</span>he was tired of the ^cant^ stail [sic] hackned [sic] phrase of the tea<br /> totalers [sic] that they would if they could convert all<br /> the properties of the grape that God had given them<br /> so that no intoxicting [sic] drink could be drawn from<br /> them that it was Blasphemy that Paul rekermded [sic]<br /> a little wine for the stomack [sic] sake and that Jesus<br /> turned water into wine, but that the teetotalers<br /> would convert all wine into water if they could<br /> and much more in the same strain, and also that<br /> the antislavery folks say that if they had the power<br /> they would abolish slavery instaly [sic] this hour thereby<br /> presumeing [sic] to^be^ wiseer [sic] than the allmighty [sic] <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">on</span> who<br /> could if consistent with his divine will accomplih [sic]<br /> it at once – Henry Ridgeway [sic] arose again and it seemed<br /> as though their [sic] had been enough said agains [sic] Priest<br /> craft, but their [sic] is three great evils in the world<br /> Priestcraft s^l^avery and intemperence Priestcraft<br /> were the greatest because the priest sustained<br /> and even held slaves that by their office they<br /> were bound to cry against all and every evil<br /> Rachel Hicks to day held forth ^in^ as I think a <br /> laboured commun^i^cation she tried to make it<br /> appear that it was rite [sic] to have laws to inforce [sic]<br /> the observance of the Christian sabbath said it was <br /> to have 1 day in 7 for our servants and beast [sic] to rest<br /> Stephen Rushmore was here this after no one said<br /> he was asshamed [sic] of Parkerism [sic] if this was a sam=<br /> ple, some, I supposed will as in the ^other^ case think it <br /> was every work of it Gospel<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> We were at William Willets last evening it seemes [sic] very <br /> pleasant to have him home again he says Rachel let<br /> the condeming [sic] subjects alone very much after leaving <br /> your monthly meeting untill [sic] they arrived to Ferisburg [sic]<br /> where she had an appointed meeting for friends only<br /> and then she <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">had</span> came out and said much against <br /> friends joining with others said she was no sectarian <br /> very often which he thought they did not recived [sic] and <br /> they said her saying she was so sectarian did not make her so<br /> I think William does not swallow the communications<br /> of our opposing friend any better than some of the rest of us<br /> I expected to have written some to you have just finished a long letter<br /> to our Waterloo friends had company since our return from yM and now<br /> some have gone home and some to rest and the clock is pointing toward<br /> 12 all admonish me that there is no time to tell any thing and I <br /> have much to say on many things quite as much as tho we had<br /> [Continues below with line beginning “not visited you”]<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upward]<br /> Isaac Post <br /> Rochester<br /> NY<br /> Care of EPW<br /><br /> [Text at bottom of page, written upside down]<br /> not visited you so recently Our little girls were exceedingly pleased<br /> with their presents particularly the dolls which are shown to all our<br /> company named them Caroline and Matilda John Ketcham and Phebe<br /> returned from Boston highly pleased with their visit also on Nantucket<br /> there were no friends, from there to yM and ^no minutes to our meeting^ a concern was got up to<br /> address a few lines to them informing them of it and also to say they had<br /> been very felingly [sic] remembered at this time by us. which would have<br /> been well enough but it was taken to [sic] far they were informed as <br /> above and that a great exercise had been felt in this meeting that friend<br /> should keep out of all exciting subjects and that our friend Ruth had<br /> travialed [sic] under this concern and some more in that way but the paper<br /> is full so farewell with love to all your household and gratitud [sic] for the<br /> favours received from you remain your attached relative Mary<br /> love to S Underwood family and B Fish'es particularly do let us hear<br /> from you soon again
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Westbury 26th of 10th mo 1840 Dear Brother & Sister We arrived home the next day after leaving you found our family as well as common Mother we thought seemed a little smarter but since has been verry [sic] much as before we left gets out to meeting monthly. Our chrildren [sic] verry [sic] much plased [sic] to see us, and beleive [sic] friends generally were willing to see us home. On our arrival we heard H and C Willis had the fever & ague but on going to see them the day but one after geting [sic] home found they were taken about the time we left with the Bilious remittant [sic] fever had set up but verry [sic] little in time James Haviland been sick with the same complaint verry [sic] low at one time under the operation of medicene [sic] from what we could here although Phebe thought they were unwilling to let them know the particulars As Henry and C have had no doctor the Jericho folks particularly V. Hicks & the Leaman family seem very much disposed to call it [obliterated] fever and ague, Sister Lydia we found some comp[obliterated]ining when we got home and has since been growing more poorly so that now she sets up but verry [sic] little have had Doctor Mitchel to see her bleed her considable [sic] they think her much as she was some years ago On our arrival at N York we had James and Lucretia Mott arrived the day before and had gone home, John C Merrit was at our meeting and gave me an invitation to go to Philidelphia [sic] to attend the free produce meeting on cons^id^erartion I concluded to accept, found our friends nearly in usual healh [sic] and our antislavery friends apeard [sic] verry [sic] glad to see us, Lucretia said I might tell her friends she was well we had a pleasant visit and were interested with the meeting although I did not think that much would be done except to incourage [sic] one another to individual faithfulness on account of not finding any body ^with sufficient capital^ willing to undertake they were trying to get free cotton and have it manerfactur^ed^ [sic] Lucretia seems to be the same ^pleasant^ woman that she ever was Rachel and William got home last 5 day week we caled [sic] to see Rachel the next day she seemed pleasant talked some about her viset [sic] I inquired about the couled [sic] people in canada she seemed to show less concern about them than before she left home for then she thought she should take considerable panes [sic] to see them I believe they had 2 meetings in canada for couled [sic] people I inquired about them at toronto she appeared to know but little about them although she was at toronto said many of them entered the military service, said she thought they would not concent [sic] to be governed by a people 3000 miles off always, seemed as though she would be glad to hear of their througing [sic] off the yoke of great Britton [sic], Last week was our Quarterly meeting Henry W Rigway [sic] from N. Jersey and Ruth Spencer from the north. Henry spok Ruth appeared verry [sic] much concernd [sic]to have that Isreal [sic] should dwell alone and not be numbered a mong the nations said a great deal against the popular assoations [sic] of the day, and then Henry Rigway held forth on practical Christianity in all its bea^u^ty, and then Ruth again said a great deal about the twinings of the serpent that he was the grat [sic] deceiver [sic] twisting and twinging endeavering [sic] to draw away and decive [sic] the [unwagery?] and ^Rachel^ united and aded [sic] to it, all except H Ridgway [sic] was time unprofitably spent S thought, but I suppose others would think different. At the clouse [sic] of the buisness [sic] wile [sic] ^we^ were waiting to here [sic] from the women C Mariot informed the meeting that friends association would meet that afternoon at 4ocock [sic], G. White and several others objected to haveing [sic] the information given in the meeting thought after meeting would be better A few of us meet a docoment [sic] was produced and read answer my some of the objections we here [sic] from friends against doing any thing, which with a few alterations was adopted and directed to be printed, what affect it will have I cannot tell, but as they complain so much about the report last summer. it is likely this will also cause some of our opposition friends to find falt [sic] six day H Ridgway spoke first again on the practical duties of chirstians [sic], after him Rachel Cromwell and Ruth Spence and them G White in his usual strain against Preast [sic]= craft said all the preast [sic] both individualy [sic] on collective =ly from the creation of the world down to the preasent [sic] time were emesarys [sic] satan that they were doing the work of their master the David and then spoke of the associations of the day two of which he would name the Antislavery and temperance societys [sic] and the others were of the same kindred, saidthe was tired of the ^cant^ stail [sic] hackned [sic] phrase of the tea totalers [sic] that they would if they could convert all the properties of the grape that God had given them so that no intoxicting [sic] drink could be drawn from them that it was Blasphemy that Paul rekermded [sic] a little wine for the stomack [sic] sake and that Jesus turned water into wine, but that the teetotalers would convert all wine into water if they could and much more in the same strain, and also that the antislavery folks say that if they had the power they would abolish slavery instaly [sic] this hour thereby presumeing [sic] to^be^ wiseer [sic] than the allmighty [sic] on who could if consistent with his divine will accomplih [sic] it at once - Henry Ridgeway [sic] arose again and it seemed as though their [sic] had been enough said agains [sic] Priest craft, but their [sic] is three great evils in the world Priestcraft s^l^avery and intemperence Priestcraft were the greatest because the priest sustained and even held slaves that by their office they were bound to cry against all and every evil Rachel Hicks to day held forth ^in^ as I think a laboured commun^i^cation she tried to make it appear that it was rite [sic] to have laws to inforce [sic] the observance of the Christian sabbath said it was to have 1 day in 7 for our servants and beast [sic] to rest Stephen Rushmore was here this after no one said he was asshamed [sic] of Parkerism [sic] if this was a sam= ple, some, I supposed will as in the ^other^ case think it was every work of it Gospel We were at William Willets last evening it seemes [sic] very pleasant to have him home again he says Rachel let the condeming [sic] subjects alone very much after leaving your monthly meeting untill [sic] they arrived to Ferisburg [sic] where she had an appointed meeting for friends only and then she had came out and said much against friends joining with others said she was no sectarian very often which he thought they did not recived [sic] and they said her saying she was so sectarian did not make her so I think William does not swallow the communications of our opposing friend any better than some of the rest of us I expected to have written some to you have just finished a long letter to our Waterloo friends had company since our return from yM and now some have gone home and some to rest and the clock is pointing toward 12 all admonish me that there is no time to tell any thing and I have much to say on many things quite as much as tho we had [Continues below with line beginning "not visited you"] [Text in center of page, written upward] Isaac Post Rochester NY Care of EPW [Text at bottom of page, written upside down] not visited you so recently Our little girls were exceedingly pleased with their presents particularly the dolls which are shown to all our company named them Caroline and Matilda John Ketcham and Phebe returned from Boston highly pleased with their visit also on Nantucket there were no friends, from there to yM and ^no minutes to our meeting^ a concern was got up to address a few lines to them informing them of it and also to say they had been very felingly [sic] remembered at this time by us. which would have been well enough but it was taken to [sic] far they were informed as above and that a great exercise had been felt in this meeting that friend should keep out of all exciting subjects and that our friend Ruth had travialed [sic] under this concern and some more in that way but the paper is full so farewell with love to all your household and gratitud [sic] for the favours received from you remain your attached relative Mary love to S Underwood family and B Fish'es particularly do let us hear from you soon again
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 23<br /> My Dear Isaac will probably feel somewhat supprised [sic] to perceiv [sic]<br /> I have taken up my pen on the very evening after his departure<br /> and will think some event has occured [sic] but I will hasten to<br /> undeceive thee on that hand very quickly the only excuse I have<br /> for my apparent haste is that each of us plead our want of<br /> time for writing so I concluded I would keep a kind of journal<br /> each day and peradventure my paper would be filled with<br /> incidents and answer for a letter After thy departure I felt<br /> sad and lonely enough and strove to shake off the gloom which<br /> had increased so much tears came to my releif [sic] _ I then put<br /> on my bonnet and offered my assistance to our bereeavved neigh<br /> =bors that duty done I took my work and went over to the school<br /> where the cheerful and happy faces of childhood dispeled [sic] in<br /> good measure the cloud which had settled upon me since sch<br /> =ool I have been busily engaged in making crullers [sic] and other creature<br /> comforts for our men who contemplate going in the morning Joseph<br /> is asleep preparatory thereto 24 Have been very busily engagged all<br /> the forepart of the day in my domestic affairs afternoon attended the<br /> funeral Eliakim preached text "behold I stand at the door and knock"<br /> urged the necessity of attending to the intimation of truth which<br /> we all felt and that as we all desired to enter into rest we coul^d^<br /> only be prepared to do so by living good lives _ said many good things<br /> but spoiled it speaking in such a great strain it was<br /> really painful to hear him I have seen Mary and I endeavored to<br /> set all aright and have resolved to watch more carefully my words<br /> and actions that I need not occupy "t<span style="text-decoration:underline;">he</span> s<span style="text-decoration:underline;">tool</span>" again very soon<br /> but oh how weak am I and so often have to regret my unwatch<br /> -fulness that I fear I never shall be what I so greatly desire to be<br /> Suppose thee is rapidly passing up the river and leaving<br /> the home of thy childhood and dear friends in the distance<br /> 25 Another day has passed away and I trust the recording ang^el^<br /> has not noted uslessly against me the morning passed peacefuly [sic]<br /> the afternoon profitably away at the school the schollars [sic] acquited [sic]<br /> themselves with credit in composition speaking and other exerc^ises^<br /> several present E Mott Mary Johnson E P Willets and children came<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> home with me to tea we spent a pleasant time together<br /> E Mott regretted not seeing thee again. I am sitting all alone<br /> waiting for our men all others are at rest and my eyes admon<br /> ish one that writing is not the best thing I could do I have followed<br /> thee on thy homeward way from station to station and long ere this<br /> have pictured thee in the midst of family and friends _ it still<br /> feels to me that thy visit was unseason^a^ly short and altho we enoyed <br /> it much the pleasure would have been increased had it been longer<br /> there is however a feeling of gratitude that we have so recently been<br /> favored with a visit short tho they have been from three of your<br /> number and we count it among our highest priveleges [sic] to enjoy such<br /> favors 26 Our men came a little before one finished getting out<br /> the hay had a slow ride home with oxen which was very tedious<br /> Joseph and self have been at meeting Henry and Isaac came home<br /> with us It is warm but delightfully pleasant more company came in<br /> the afternoon Henry Titus s child ^has^ ceased to be funeral tomorrow at 1/2<br /> past five Edward Hicks is buried to day 28 Went this morning to<br /> the funeral of W Thomas s child afternoon J and self went to see Rachel and<br /> Abraham they are both improving Rachel does not sit up much A rides out<br /> daily they both very pleasant from there to Marys 29 Have been looking<br /> for R R Willits and family some this afternoon but they ahve conclu<br /> ded to go to William Titus s What a great affair it is relative to<br /> Father Matthew and what a tirade of abuse is heaped on W L Garrison<br /> and how beautiful to see him stand immoved amidst the storm<br /> What a shame for W A White to try to extenuate Father Matthew s<br /> course I guess they will all be sorry he had not done differently<br /> it is sad to think how few there are who stand firm when they<br /> reach our shore in their opposition to slavery but it will be dif=<br /> ferent some day "in the good time coming" 30 a beautiful day<br /> worked in the garden all the forepart of the morning it look<br /> much greener and nicer than when you were here after which<br /> read Memoirs of my youth by Lamartine until couin Roberts<br /> family came in the evening read A Balous [sic] views an endle^ss^<br /> punishment and H C Wrights last letter in the Liberator and com<br /> =[ared views we like H C W letter better and better each time<br /> we read it _ it is late and I will close for to night<br /> 31<sup>st</sup> The day is nearly spent made a short visit at Elias's this<br /> morning came home finished the Memoirs of my youth find them <br /> very interesting tho somewhat sad especially the last part Have you<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> read them the remainder of the afternoon was spent at the sch<br /> =ool Jane Rushmore Ann Titus and slef were the only visitors it<br /> commenced raining just before school closed and is one of the<br /> pleasantest rains imaginable so still and quiet refreshing and<br /> vivifying all nature and how it soothes and tranquilizes the heart<br /> there is music in the drops as they fall on leaf and tree _ and as<br /> I now listen to its pattering on the roof it reveals to my minds many<br /> reminicences [sic] of my early days of many sweet and pensive hours<br /> which were nearly obliterated but which now come before me in<br /> all their freshness and beauty the spiritual is ever with us but<br /> I have perhaps been more attentive to it at some such times<br /> and so have known a sweeter communion with the father of Spirit<br /> than at many other times Evening I sat up to finish some work<br /> all in the house are wrappen in sleep and I must soon join them<br /> else I shall not be ready to commence another day as soon<br /> as they _ The last day of summer is ended and how quie^tly^<br /> to some of us who have been blessed with health has it gone<br /> with many it has been for different anxiety sickness and<br /> death has made it long and gloomy 1<sup>st</sup> of Autumn Have just<br /> returned from Henrys where we all have spent a pleasant afteroon<br /> had nice peaches &c to eat ride home was very delightful only rather<br /> too cool _ we all agreed in thinking it quite time to hear something<br /> from you hope we shall ere long 2<sup>nd</sup> First day morning well this<br /> is one of the loveliest of days I hardly think it could be more so<br /> the air so pure and bracing the grass so fresh and green (what little<br /> there is) the morning glorys [sic] so bright and lovely and a variety of others ^<span style="text-decoration:underline;">flowers</span>^<br /> which have bloomed afresh since the rain Oh how much there is<br /> to bless and cheer to elevate and raise man from low and grove<br /> =lling pursuits _ Wellington has just come from the P Office and<br /> brings papers and a letter too which I must read _ The letter is<br /> from our <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Isaa</span>c and right welcom [sic] it is many thanks for<br /> the favor I am sorry I get on so slow with mine but somehow<br /> concluded to go to meeting <span style="text-decoration:underline;">nothin</span>g <span style="text-decoration:underline;">sai</span>d see Elisabeth Prior there<br /> we expect her and Richard and Phebe this afternoon _ called to see<br /> Rachel after meeting she was much better was down stairs but<br /> has slight chills yet _ but here [o our company<br /> Evening we are again alone Joseph and Cynthia are talking very<br /> busily the girls have gone to their room and I take my<br /> pen but feel as though I might as well give up trying<br /> to write as my thoughts are wandering and disconnected<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> I join thee in the wish that it was possible for you to step in<br /> and spend an evening and tell us about all things which come<br /> up dont be discouraged and do not listen too much to Sarah<br /> I think it is quite likely her advice is very good in its place but<br /> I dont like to have you keep any thing from us even tho we did<br /> laugh at some things we heard Elizabeth Prior seemed to know<br /> all about it said John Meritt felt as though he was not usd [sic]<br /> quite right when he was at your house in relation to raps<br /> she thought he should have gone and seen and heard for<br /> himself then he could judge Elizabeth seemed in good spirits<br /> expects to make a visit of 6 weeks or more _ <span style="text-decoration:underline;">now that is</span><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">something like</span> she does not like the separations which have<br /> taken peace _ we labored with her in regard to not taking any<br /> Antislavery paper they take the Examiner but I want antislavery folks<br /> to take a paper designed for our own latitude that may be a<br /> good paper for some but to be content with that alone as a an<br /> antislavery paper is quite too little E said she heard Lucretia<br /> was again at Auburn is it so? What a good article<br /> that on Kosuth and Jesus - slow disgraceful it is for Ward<br /> and Garnet to do as they do I regrett [sic] most deeply such<br /> discutions [sic] especially among colored people the enemies of<br /> the cuase recoil and make it an excuse to do nothing<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upward]<br /> Isaac Post<br /> Rochester<br /> New York<br /><br /> [Text just below preceding text, written upside down]<br /> No Hempstead Sept[<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">7</span>?]<br /> 3<br /> 10<br /><br /> [Text halfway down right edge of page, written downward]<br /> I must stop write soon farewell love<br /> to all Mary<br /><br /> [Text on bottom of page, written upside down]<br /> I intended to have finished this this morning and filled it full<br /> but am prevented by Josephs [saying?] I am going by the store now<br /> and will take it and as I am alone our girl is away on a<br /> visit I must submit to circumstances or else keep it longer<br /> which I do not wish to do Is not William and Mary<br /> coming soon I hope they will love to them _ with an<br /> invitation love also to Aunt Phebe and all<br /> others am sorry to perceive fresh symptoms of the<br /> California fever again how strange for William Willets<br /> to go and so abruptly too without a farewell parting twas<br /> too much <br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 23 My Dear Isaac will probably feel somewhat supprised [sic] to perceiv [sic] I have taken up my pen on the very evening after his departure and will think some event has occured [sic] but I will hasten to undeceive thee on that hand very quickly the only excuse I have for my apparent haste is that each of us plead our want of time for writing so I concluded I would keep a kind of journal each day and peradventure my paper would be filled with incidents and answer for a letter After thy departure I felt sad and lonely enough and strove to shake off the gloom which had increased so much tears came to my releif [sic] _ I then put on my bonnet and offered my assistance to our bereeavved neigh =bors that duty done I took my work and went over to the school where the cheerful and happy faces of childhood dispeled [sic] in good measure the cloud which had settled upon me since sch =ool I have been busily engaged in making crullers [sic] and other creature comforts for our men who contemplate going in the morning Joseph is asleep preparatory thereto 24 Have been very busily engagged all the forepart of the day in my domestic affairs afternoon attended the funeral Eliakim preached text "behold I stand at the door and knock" urged the necessity of attending to the intimation of truth which we all felt and that as we all desired to enter into rest we coul^d^ only be prepared to do so by living good lives _ said many good things but spoiled it speaking in such a great strain it was really painful to hear him I have seen Mary and I endeavored to set all aright and have resolved to watch more carefully my words and actions that I need not occupy "the stool" again very soon but oh how weak am I and so often have to regret my unwatch -fulness that I fear I never shall be what I so greatly desire to be Suppose thee is rapidly passing up the river and leaving the home of thy childhood and dear friends in the distance 25 Another day has passed away and I trust the recording ang^el^ has not noted uslessly against me the morning passed peacefuly [sic] the afternoon profitably away at the school the schollars [sic] acquited [sic] themselves with credit in composition speaking and other exerc^ises^ several present E Mott Mary Johnson E P Willets and children came home with me to tea we spent a pleasant time together E Mott regretted not seeing thee again. I am sitting all alone waiting for our men all others are at rest and my eyes admon ish one that writing is not the best thing I could do I have followed thee on thy homeward way from station to station and long ere this have pictured thee in the midst of family and friends _ it still feels to me that thy visit was unseason^a^ly short and altho we enoyed it much the pleasure would have been increased had it been longer there is however a feeling of gratitude that we have so recently been favored with a visit short tho they have been from three of your number and we count it among our highest priveleges [sic] to enjoy such favors 26 Our men came a little before one finished getting out the hay had a slow ride home with oxen which was very tedious Joseph and self have been at meeting Henry and Isaac came home with us It is warm but delightfully pleasant more company came in the afternoon Henry Titus s child ^has^ ceased to be funeral tomorrow at 1/2 past five Edward Hicks is buried to day 28 Went this morning to the funeral of W Thomas s child afternoon J and self went to see Rachel and Abraham they are both improving Rachel does not sit up much A rides out daily they both very pleasant from there to Marys 29 Have been looking for R R Willits and family some this afternoon but they ahve conclu ded to go to William Titus s What a great affair it is relative to Father Matthew and what a tirade of abuse is heaped on W L Garrison and how beautiful to see him stand immoved amidst the storm What a shame for W A White to try to extenuate Father Matthew s course I guess they will all be sorry he had not done differently it is sad to think how few there are who stand firm when they reach our shore in their opposition to slavery but it will be dif= ferent some day "in the good time coming" 30 a beautiful day worked in the garden all the forepart of the morning it look much greener and nicer than when you were here after which read Memoirs of my youth by Lamartine until couin Roberts family came in the evening read A Balous [sic] views an endle^ss^ punishment and H C Wrights last letter in the Liberator and com =[ared views we like H C W letter better and better each time we read it _ it is late and I will close for to night 31st The day is nearly spent made a short visit at Elias's this morning came home finished the Memoirs of my youth find them very interesting tho somewhat sad especially the last part Have you read them the remainder of the afternoon was spent at the sch =ool Jane Rushmore Ann Titus and slef were the only visitors it commenced raining just before school closed and is one of the pleasantest rains imaginable so still and quiet refreshing and vivifying all nature and how it soothes and tranquilizes the heart there is music in the drops as they fall on leaf and tree _ and as I now listen to its pattering on the roof it reveals to my minds many reminicences [sic] of my early days of many sweet and pensive hours which were nearly obliterated but which now come before me in all their freshness and beauty the spiritual is ever with us but I have perhaps been more attentive to it at some such times and so have known a sweeter communion with the father of Spirit than at many other times Evening I sat up to finish some work all in the house are wrappen in sleep and I must soon join them else I shall not be ready to commence another day as soon as they _ The last day of summer is ended and how quie^tly^ to some of us who have been blessed with health has it gone with many it has been for different anxiety sickness and death has made it long and gloomy 1st of Autumn Have just returned from Henrys where we all have spent a pleasant afteroon had nice peaches &c to eat ride home was very delightful only rather too cool _ we all agreed in thinking it quite time to hear something from you hope we shall ere long 2nd First day morning well this is one of the loveliest of days I hardly think it could be more so the air so pure and bracing the grass so fresh and green (what little there is) the morning glorys [sic] so bright and lovely and a variety of others ^flowers^ which have bloomed afresh since the rain Oh how much there is to bless and cheer to elevate and raise man from low and grove =lling pursuits _ Wellington has just come from the P Office and brings papers and a letter too which I must read _ The letter is from our Isaac and right welcom [sic] it is many thanks for the favor I am sorry I get on so slow with mine but somehow concluded to go to meeting nothing said see Elisabeth Prior there we expect her and Richard and Phebe this afternoon _ called to see Rachel after meeting she was much better was down stairs but has slight chills yet _ but here [o our company Evening we are again alone Joseph and Cynthia are talking very busily the girls have gone to their room and I take my pen but feel as though I might as well give up trying to write as my thoughts are wandering and disconnected (Page 4) I join thee in the wish that it was possible for you to step in and spend an evening and tell us about all things which come up dont be discouraged and do not listen too much to Sarah I think it is quite likely her advice is very good in its place but I dont like to have you keep any thing from us even tho we did laugh at some things we heard Elizabeth Prior seemed to know all about it said John Meritt felt as though he was not usd [sic] quite right when he was at your house in relation to raps she thought he should have gone and seen and heard for himself then he could judge Elizabeth seemed in good spirits expects to make a visit of 6 weeks or more _ now that issomething like she does not like the separations which have taken peace _ we labored with her in regard to not taking any Antislavery paper they take the Examiner but I want antislavery folks to take a paper designed for our own latitude that may be a good paper for some but to be content with that alone as a an antislavery paper is quite too little E said she heard Lucretia was again at Auburn is it so? 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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Here my poor letter is so many days after its commencement and <br /> had not my J been so kind as to fill it I know not how much longer it <br /> would have remained here [various?] are my pleas for not finishing it before <br /> one of which is the toothache which has been at times very severe and has <br /> not made me feel very communicative it is pretty quiet now but last night <br /> slept very little – I am anticipating a time when I shall not have so much <br /> of that kind of trouble I am thankful for hope how much it conduces to <br /> our happiness and enables to bear up against difficuly [sic] pain and sorrow the <br /> hope of better times ahead Matilda has been down and had her upper <br /> teeth extracted she took chloriform [sic] but thought it done no good she<br /> was as sensitive as ever, they came very hard Mary J Motts little babe <br /> is declining and they have no hope of its recovery Phebe Johnson leaves very <br /> shortly for Penn ^a^. What kind of a visit did Cousin Phebe Haviland<br /> have with you did she hear the raps and if so what did she think <br /> of it all how glad I should be it were possible to have you <br /> spend this evening with us it is nearly dark and I have <br /> made up a nice fire and nothing is wanting except your presen^ce^ <br /> to make it truly pleasant The Indian committee from all [New?] York <br /> I suppose met in N Y last week had two or more meetings they <br /> say it is for the winding up of the concern – I have not met <br /> with them in a long while feeling disgust at some of their<br /> sayings and doings Probably you have not heard Willets<br /> expects to introduce us to a stranger as wife next third day<br /> evening she is an entire stranger to all of us how we shall<br /> be pleased with each other time alone will determine<br /> Have seen Phebe Hallowell a short time she appears to be enjoying <br /> herself nicely Margaret is better in health. Lydia Seaman is <br /> expecting to come to Jericho soon on a visit- Elias Doty’s disap<br /> -pointment must have been great what a scamp he must be<br /> it proves to them I suppose that appearances often deceive <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> I intreeat [sic] of you to set as a good example in writing often do not<br /> wait for an answer true friendship will not wait for an answer<br /> allways [sic] we want to hear what you are engaged in and all the little <br /> eccetras [sic] writing and rapping etc and now farewell with much love your <br /> Sister M </p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Here my poor letter is so many days after its commencement and had not my J been so kind as to fill it I know not how much longer it would have remained here [various?] are my pleas for not finishing it before one of which is the toothache which has been at times very severe and has not made me feel very communicative it is pretty quiet now but last night slept very little - I am anticipating a time when I shall not have so much of that kind of trouble I am thankful for hope how much it conduces to our happiness and enables to bear up against difficuly [sic] pain and sorrow the hope of better times ahead Matilda has been down and had her upper teeth extracted she took chloriform [sic] but thought it done no good she was as sensitive as ever, they came very hard Mary J Motts little babe is declining and they have no hope of its recovery Phebe Johnson leaves very shortly for Penn ^a^. What kind of a visit did Cousin Phebe Haviland have with you did she hear the raps and if so what did she think of it all how glad I should be it were possible to have you spend this evening with us it is nearly dark and I have made up a nice fire and nothing is wanting except your presen^ce^ to make it truly pleasant The Indian committee from all [New?] York I suppose met in N Y last week had two or more meetings they say it is for the winding up of the concern - I have not met with them in a long while feeling disgust at some of their sayings and doings Probably you have not heard Willets expects to introduce us to a stranger as wife next third day evening she is an entire stranger to all of us how we shall be pleased with each other time alone will determine Have seen Phebe Hallowell a short time she appears to be enjoying herself nicely Margaret is better in health. Lydia Seaman is expecting to come to Jericho soon on a visit- Elias Doty's disap -pointment must have been great what a scamp he must be it proves to them I suppose that appearances often deceive I intreeat [sic] of you to set as a good example in writing often do not wait for an answer true friendship will not wait for an answer allways [sic] we want to hear what you are engaged in and all the little eccetras [sic] writing and rapping etc and now farewell with much love your Sister M
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> My dear <br /> I will just say that your long expected letters came<br /> to hand at one time but not until we had looked for them mail<br /> after mail and had begun to conclude it was best for me at least<br /> to help my thought to myself but let what is past be forgotten <br /> as you both appeared to be sensible that there was something due <br /> to me on the score of right they were when received very acceptable<br /> tho some of the information was far from being agreeable we have<br /> felt very desirous to hear from Scipio L P Motts case we had been<br /> opposed of some difficulty remaining but hoped it had been adjusted <br /> long before do inform of the result Rachel Hicks was in company<br /> with Lydia and was very much pleased with her I am glad she was in comp<br /> =any with her so that she can judge better in the case than she might<br /> have done before And how astonishing that Aden T Carey could [rotten?] the<br /> sentiments sister Amy quoted could he be better acquainted with the abo<br /> litionists he would discover that their object is a very different one than<br /> what he imagines I very often wish that some of our opposing friends<br /> could really understand and appreciate the great and good that are enga<br /> ged in this work and know that is not for popularity and not in their <br /> own wills that they entered upon it for many seem to think (Friends I<br /> mean) that none others are called to carry on any reform further than<br /> our society has and if any dare to go further their motives are called in <br /> question and how very often have we head [sic] it held up to view that other <br /> must come to us but we must never go to them and I have not the least<br /> doubt if friends had faithfully kept their places but what there would have<br /> been a coming to our views long ago and their might not have been any<br /> necessity for friends to unite in any of (what is now called) the popular asso-<br /> ciations of the day I believe there is a passage of scripture which say something<br /> of this kind that if they were faithful they should be the head and the nations<br /> should be the tail but if they were not then the others should be head and they<br /> the tail which I fear will apply too truly to our society for in many of the <br /> great moral reforms we are surely quite behind some that have not had the<br /> benefit of our education in regard to war how much further some carry this<br /> than friends (as a body I mean for some are now advocating the right of [defend?]<br /> in some cases) but which is exactly our profession if we would live up to it<br /> and failing to do this judge others by themselves and say it is easy to put thing<br /> on paper and insinuate that it is impossible for them to live agreeably there to <br /> on all temperance slavery and nonresistance they are examples to us we have trusted<br /> to much to having had John Woolman Elias Hicks or some others for examples with <br /> out being willing to advance any further than they (and few as far) see right for <br /> [Continues on page 2 with line beginning “them and Oh how I desire that all might”]<br /><br /> [Text written between lines of previous text, upside down, continued from page 2 with line ending “it would be very unjustifiable to resist in”]<br /> any way if their religious views and principly [sic] were invaded then<br /> we must suffer patiently meekly Oh considerably what a jewel <br /> I often wish Joseph had the talents of Charles E Burleigh but as that <br /> can never bet must try to be context and do the little we find to <br /> on our plain way are you doing any thing [sic] on this way or have <br /> you got discouraged and who is there that does not Robert and Abigail<br /> and Lydia Searman have been to Philadelphia to have their truth fixed<br /> I understand they visited at James Motts suppose they could feel some<br /> more unity with them at Philadelphia than at Jericho and have<br /> understood they bring inteligence [sic] that she Lucretia is very their and <br /> quite feeble which is not as favourable as has been previously reported<br /> of her I hope we shall hear more particularly from her soon<br /> George Truman is I suppose rather too liberal in his views to suit their <br /> for he was almost perfection once with them but now seldom<br /> hear him spoken of by them as was the case with Isaac I Hopper who<br /> seems to be quite forgotten by them except in the line of cencure [sic]<br /> Silas Carle was here 1<sup>st</sup> day speaking of the very unpleasant situation friend<br /> in New York were in in [sic] regard to the case of Isaac I hopper and Barney<br /> corse whose trial for being accessory to [Dange’s?] salve taken the <br /> money or in some way aiding the slave was to come on third week <br /> she regretted exceedingly that friends should have any thing [sic] to do <br /> in such things for it injured us in the view of others it was<br /> very imprudent but it was not likely they would be punished we just <br /> heard his lamentation without going in it but I wanted to say that <br /> Isaac T Hopper conscious of the rectitude of his conduct wished <br /> the investigation to take place and so far from feeling regret<br /> and disquiet for the part he took said it had never caused him <br /> one moments uneasiness I hope they may come off without<br /> any cencure [sic] from the court some friends indulge in the very <br /> gloomy idea that they will be sentenced to state prison or some<br /> such place unless the court are very lenient to them we heard<br /> Isaac at quartly [sic] meeting at Amos Willets give the whole history<br /> of the affair and it was quite amusing to see our friend James C Hav<br /> =iland sit with a very sanctified countenance the while and <br /> which by the way he always assumes when anything is said on the<br /> subject of slavery or peace how much more of a Christian feeling<br /> it would evince if he could rejoice that others were called in to the same<br /> work that we as a society have been holding out to the view of others<br /> without assuming that <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">sanctified</span> ^we^ are the only ones called out to adv<br /> ance the cause of truth and righteousness in the earth but Joseph <br /> is waiting to take this to the office so farewell and remember your <br /> promise __ we have thought of your kind invitation to visit you but should<br /> we not see you here before that time I hope we shall see you soon<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> [Continued from page 1 with line ending “any further than they (and few as far) see right for”]<br /> them and oh how I desire that all might be willing to investigate these things <br /> for themsilves [sic] and not set in judgment as some do Have you seen the nonresi<br /> =stant a small paper published in Boston and edited by a commitee [sic] of the NE <br /> nonresistance society William L Garrison Maria W Chapman and Edmund Quincy<br /> are the commitee [sic] there has been 3 numbers issued and we think it is worthy a <br /> place in all our familys [sic] do take it it is only a dollar a year [illegible] monthly <br /> suppose you have seen their declaration of sentiment if so I think there will<br /> not be much need of my encouraging you for that is enough it is a most <br /> noble document with a very few words alteration I think it could not be better<br /> And now a few words in behalf of the Liberator it is said that this paper started <br /> the antislavery enterprise it pioneered it it still does and will to the end and <br /> I do think it is far better than any other it is based on no clerical ground and it<br /> certainly occupys [sic] a position which no other does if the nerves of the editor of the <br /> Herald of Freedom are correct he says (in speaking on the new paper established in Boston<br /> under the under the [sic] clerical political influence) Why strike down every flag of us from<br /> Main [sic] to the Ohio from the gorgeous streamer that floats in firmament beauty over the <br /> towerless city of Penn to our own little rag that wrestles there with the [illegible]<br /> of the White Mountains __ strike us down at a blow and we should not be missed<br /> like the mighty Liberator, there are 6 taken here in Westbury 2 in Jericho which is quite an<br /> increase considering how much opposition there is and that until last year ours was the<br /> only one Joseph is now writing for 6 copys [sic] of the Nonresistant Isaac and Lydia will<br /> come out right at last on abolition the discussion of the peace question has brought them<br /> more in favour of abolition it has induced them to read and when that is the case<br /> most are convinced but this is not allway [sic]. the case a minister of our society told<br /> us that the more he read the less he liked he abolitionists but I conclude his reading<br /> was very limited Well the celebrated Joseph John Guerney has been here only to monthly<br /> meeting he took his home at Marys [sic] and she now keeps in readiness for him as he <br /> is expected to come back soon and visit the familys [sic] and of such as are willing<br /> to receive him Daniel Wheeler has not been up his prospect is principly [sic] to<br /> the sea port towns aunt Sarah expresses a great desire to see him you have<br /> likely heard of Mary Parsons death they have not returned expect to bring the <br /> corpse how many privations and comforts they were deprived of it seems to <br /> me if she had been entirely resigned she would not have wished to leave<br /> her comfortable home children and friends as there seemed to be almost no<br /> hope of her recovery Our cousin Sarah Waring was taken with raising blood in a <br /> meeting and was very much reduced accounts were received last week that she<br /> was more comfortable but little prospect of her returning Clarrissa Griffen aslo not<br /> improved Daniel Whitson last accounts not favourable have heard several death<br /> from this way besides M Parsons one was entered in New York a few weeks since<br /> Rebecca Post is released from all her sufferings she made a very peaceful close said there<br /> was nothing in her way seemed clothed with love to all I was with her the last<br /> night and I thought it was a season of instruction which all such seasons are and <br /> to witness one [illegible] from all things here brought very forcibly to mind a [obliterated]<br /><br /> [Text written between lines of previous text, upside down]<br /><br /> The chamber where the good man meets his fate is privileged beyond the [illegible] walls<br /> in virtuous life quite in the verge of Heaven Rachel was quite lenghy [sic] at the <br /> funeral and in the course of their communication spoke of her altho her name<br /> had never been sounded by the trumpet of fame yet there was no tounge [sic] that <br /> could be raised against her the greatest potentate and conqueror might truly desire <br /> attain what she had for with all their greatness and and [sic] power few had conquered them<br /> selves this I am aware is a very meager outline I am very poor hand to [illegible]<br /> to quote I have the substance in memory but seem to not have the faculty of remem<br /> =bering the courage Stephen Dawning was very poorly a few days ago no prospect<br /> of his recovery his turns are very alarming Uncle James and aunt Phebe have gone <br /> to New York monthly meeting George F White will probably have his minute this <br /> month there was a committee last month to prepare one in opening his concern he <br /> said there were obstacles insurmountable obstacles in the way to his going but the <br /> Israelites were required to go forward and it was not until the priests had diped [sic]their fat in the <br /> water that it was divided he has a great deal to say generally every meeting<br /> our cousin Edmund Willets has spoke twice lately William has not since he returned <br /> home Rachel and Maria bath speak of him in very high terms say that he got along<br /> so remarkably well among strangers and all as far as they knew felt a great regard <br /> for him I believe I mentioned before the certificate they gave him<br /> Maria has been up on a visit we took them to Jericho staid a night and made<br /> a general visit __ The children are continually [illegible] and pulling around<br /> me so that I have a very poor chance to write at all<br /> I had to lay down my pen to receive our neighbours William and Phebe<br /> Titus the teacher of their school he is quite an abolitionist or eather [sic] he is <br /> interested in it is very still but Joseph and William had a great deal<br /> of talk on the nonresistance subject William thinks it is justifiable and <br /> proper to use force to take offenders for it is quite necessary they should<br /> should [sic] be punished to prevent<br /> others from doing the like well I said suppose the resist and will not<br /> be taken without the [illegible] Oh then he must be left if it could not be done<br /> without then the [illegible] was whether the offender would not be in a worse<br /> state than he was before the attempt was made that if he had been <br /> treated with in the spirit of love and forgiveness and reasoned with<br /> on the injurious effects such conduct would lead to whether he would<br /> not be left ^in a better state^ more probability of a reform than if the law of <br /> violence had been resorted to William maintained that physical <br /> and governmental force was not prohibited by the new testament<br /> Joseph told him that there was nothing in the conduct or precepts<br /> of Jesus that could warrant us in the conclusiory [sic] for he expressly<br /> declared that we resist not evil &c &c how many there are in these <br /> days who are prepared to resist in part so far as concerns their pecuniary<br /> interest but who maintain that it would be very unjustifiable to resist in<br /> [Continues on page 1 with line beginning “any way if their religious views and principly”]<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> begin on the first side you will probably find it difficult to read<br /> as I have such a great failing of writing long letters <br /><br /> [Remainder of letter written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and transcribed as 523_03_07_1837]
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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My dear I will just say that your long expected letters came to hand at one time but not until we had looked for them mail after mail and had begun to conclude it was best for me at least to help my thought to myself but let what is past be forgotten as you both appeared to be sensible that there was something due to me on the score of right they were when received very acceptable tho some of the information was far from being agreeable we have felt very desirous to hear from Scipio L P Motts case we had been opposed of some difficulty remaining but hoped it had been adjusted long before do inform of the result Rachel Hicks was in company with Lydia and was very much pleased with her I am glad she was in comp =any with her so that she can judge better in the case than she might have done before And how astonishing that Aden T Carey could [rotten?] the sentiments sister Amy quoted could he be better acquainted with the abo litionists he would discover that their object is a very different one than what he imagines I very often wish that some of our opposing friends could really understand and appreciate the great and good that are enga ged in this work and know that is not for popularity and not in their own wills that they entered upon it for many seem to think (Friends I mean) that none others are called to carry on any reform further than our society has and if any dare to go further their motives are called in question and how very often have we head [sic] it held up to view that other must come to us but we must never go to them and I have not the least doubt if friends had faithfully kept their places but what there would have been a coming to our views long ago and their might not have been any necessity for friends to unite in any of (what is now called) the popular asso- ciations of the day I believe there is a passage of scripture which say something of this kind that if they were faithful they should be the head and the nations should be the tail but if they were not then the others should be head and they the tail which I fear will apply too truly to our society for in many of the great moral reforms we are surely quite behind some that have not had the benefit of our education in regard to war how much further some carry this than friends (as a body I mean for some are now advocating the right of [defend?] in some cases) but which is exactly our profession if we would live up to it and failing to do this judge others by themselves and say it is easy to put thing on paper and insinuate that it is impossible for them to live agreeably there to on all temperance slavery and nonresistance they are examples to us we have trusted to much to having had John Woolman Elias Hicks or some others for examples with out being willing to advance any further than they (and few as far) see right for [Continues on page 2 with line beginning "them and Oh how I desire that all might"] [Text written between lines of previous text, upside down, continued from page 2 with line ending "it would be very unjustifiable to resist in"] any way if their religious views and principly [sic] were invaded then we must suffer patiently meekly Oh considerably what a jewel I often wish Joseph had the talents of Charles E Burleigh but as that can never bet must try to be context and do the little we find to on our plain way are you doing any thing [sic] on this way or have you got discouraged and who is there that does not Robert and Abigail and Lydia Searman have been to Philadelphia to have their truth fixed I understand they visited at James Motts suppose they could feel some more unity with them at Philadelphia than at Jericho and have understood they bring inteligence [sic] that she Lucretia is very their and quite feeble which is not as favourable as has been previously reported of her I hope we shall hear more particularly from her soon George Truman is I suppose rather too liberal in his views to suit their for he was almost perfection once with them but now seldom hear him spoken of by them as was the case with Isaac I Hopper who seems to be quite forgotten by them except in the line of cencure [sic] Silas Carle was here 1st day speaking of the very unpleasant situation friend in New York were in in [sic] regard to the case of Isaac I hopper and Barney corse whose trial for being accessory to [Dange's?] salve taken the money or in some way aiding the slave was to come on third week she regretted exceedingly that friends should have any thing [sic] to do in such things for it injured us in the view of others it was very imprudent but it was not likely they would be punished we just heard his lamentation without going in it but I wanted to say that Isaac T Hopper conscious of the rectitude of his conduct wished the investigation to take place and so far from feeling regret and disquiet for the part he took said it had never caused him one moments uneasiness I hope they may come off without any cencure [sic] from the court some friends indulge in the very gloomy idea that they will be sentenced to state prison or some such place unless the court are very lenient to them we heard Isaac at quartly [sic] meeting at Amos Willets give the whole history of the affair and it was quite amusing to see our friend James C Hav =iland sit with a very sanctified countenance the while and which by the way he always assumes when anything is said on the subject of slavery or peace how much more of a Christian feeling it would evince if he could rejoice that others were called in to the same work that we as a society have been holding out to the view of others without assuming that sanctified ^we^ are the only ones called out to adv ance the cause of truth and righteousness in the earth but Joseph is waiting to take this to the office so farewell and remember your promise __ we have thought of your kind invitation to visit you but should we not see you here before that time I hope we shall see you soon [Continued from page 1 with line ending "any further than they (and few as far) see right for"] them and oh how I desire that all might be willing to investigate these things for themsilves [sic] and not set in judgment as some do Have you seen the nonresi =stant a small paper published in Boston and edited by a commitee [sic] of the NE nonresistance society William L Garrison Maria W Chapman and Edmund Quincy are the commitee [sic] there has been 3 numbers issued and we think it is worthy a place in all our familys [sic] do take it it is only a dollar a year [illegible] monthly suppose you have seen their declaration of sentiment if so I think there will not be much need of my encouraging you for that is enough it is a most noble document with a very few words alteration I think it could not be better And now a few words in behalf of the Liberator it is said that this paper started the antislavery enterprise it pioneered it it still does and will to the end and I do think it is far better than any other it is based on no clerical ground and it certainly occupys [sic] a position which no other does if the nerves of the editor of the Herald of Freedom are correct he says (in speaking on the new paper established in Boston under the under the [sic] clerical political influence) Why strike down every flag of us from Main [sic] to the Ohio from the gorgeous streamer that floats in firmament beauty over the towerless city of Penn to our own little rag that wrestles there with the [illegible] of the White Mountains __ strike us down at a blow and we should not be missed like the mighty Liberator, there are 6 taken here in Westbury 2 in Jericho which is quite an increase considering how much opposition there is and that until last year ours was the only one Joseph is now writing for 6 copys [sic] of the Nonresistant Isaac and Lydia will come out right at last on abolition the discussion of the peace question has brought them more in favour of abolition it has induced them to read and when that is the case most are convinced but this is not allway [sic]. the case a minister of our society told us that the more he read the less he liked he abolitionists but I conclude his reading was very limited Well the celebrated Joseph John Guerney has been here only to monthly meeting he took his home at Marys [sic] and she now keeps in readiness for him as he is expected to come back soon and visit the familys [sic] and of such as are willing to receive him Daniel Wheeler has not been up his prospect is principly [sic] to the sea port towns aunt Sarah expresses a great desire to see him you have likely heard of Mary Parsons death they have not returned expect to bring the corpse how many privations and comforts they were deprived of it seems to me if she had been entirely resigned she would not have wished to leave her comfortable home children and friends as there seemed to be almost no hope of her recovery Our cousin Sarah Waring was taken with raising blood in a meeting and was very much reduced accounts were received last week that she was more comfortable but little prospect of her returning Clarrissa Griffen aslo not improved Daniel Whitson last accounts not favourable have heard several death from this way besides M Parsons one was entered in New York a few weeks since Rebecca Post is released from all her sufferings she made a very peaceful close said there was nothing in her way seemed clothed with love to all I was with her the last night and I thought it was a season of instruction which all such seasons are and to witness one [illegible] from all things here brought very forcibly to mind a [obliterated] [Text written between lines of previous text, upside down] The chamber where the good man meets his fate is privileged beyond the [illegible] walls in virtuous life quite in the verge of Heaven Rachel was quite lenghy [sic] at the funeral and in the course of their communication spoke of her altho her name had never been sounded by the trumpet of fame yet there was no tounge [sic] that could be raised against her the greatest potentate and conqueror might truly desire attain what she had for with all their greatness and and [sic] power few had conquered them selves this I am aware is a very meager outline I am very poor hand to [illegible] to quote I have the substance in memory but seem to not have the faculty of remem =bering the courage Stephen Dawning was very poorly a few days ago no prospect of his recovery his turns are very alarming Uncle James and aunt Phebe have gone to New York monthly meeting George F White will probably have his minute this month there was a committee last month to prepare one in opening his concern he said there were obstacles insurmountable obstacles in the way to his going but the Israelites were required to go forward and it was not until the priests had diped [sic]their fat in the water that it was divided he has a great deal to say generally every meeting our cousin Edmund Willets has spoke twice lately William has not since he returned home Rachel and Maria bath speak of him in very high terms say that he got along so remarkably well among strangers and all as far as they knew felt a great regard for him I believe I mentioned before the certificate they gave him Maria has been up on a visit we took them to Jericho staid a night and made a general visit __ The children are continually [illegible] and pulling around me so that I have a very poor chance to write at all I had to lay down my pen to receive our neighbours William and Phebe Titus the teacher of their school he is quite an abolitionist or eather [sic] he is interested in it is very still but Joseph and William had a great deal of talk on the nonresistance subject William thinks it is justifiable and proper to use force to take offenders for it is quite necessary they should should [sic] be punished to prevent others from doing the like well I said suppose the resist and will not be taken without the [illegible] Oh then he must be left if it could not be done without then the [illegible] was whether the offender would not be in a worse state than he was before the attempt was made that if he had been treated with in the spirit of love and forgiveness and reasoned with on the injurious effects such conduct would lead to whether he would not be left ^in a better state^ more probability of a reform than if the law of violence had been resorted to William maintained that physical and governmental force was not prohibited by the new testament Joseph told him that there was nothing in the conduct or precepts of Jesus that could warrant us in the conclusiory [sic] for he expressly declared that we resist not evil &c &c how many there are in these days who are prepared to resist in part so far as concerns their pecuniary interest but who maintain that it would be very unjustifiable to resist in [Continues on page 1 with line beginning "any way if their religious views and principly"] begin on the first side you will probably find it difficult to read as I have such a great failing of writing long letters [Remainder of letter written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and transcribed as 523_03_07_1837]
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 12 month 9<sup>th</sup> 1838<br /> My Dear friend <br /> I scarcely know to whome to address this to for<br /> I feel a fear that you are forgetful of the slaves we have on you<br /> or at least I have felt grieved at your silence and have again this<br /> evening remembered the many seasons of sweet communion together<br /> and have now to regret that so few of our moments are employed in<br /> the interchange of feelings <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">which</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">are at present</span> ^and as this is^ the only means of conve<br /> ying to each other what at present occupies our attention why are you<br /> so neglectful of the duty which is binding on us as to omit writing for<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">weeks</span> and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">months</span> if there is any cause please inform us of it that<br /> we may make all proper acknowledgement if any be necessary<br /> How are you getting along in your antislavery enterprise I doubt not how<br /> ever you are advancing therein satisfactoryly [sic] but have wanted to hear if<br /> you have ever ^had^discouragement after discouragement to encounter if so you<br /> can feel for us for we are sometimes all most ready to despair of any<br /> thing ever being done in Long Island the very place where our dear<br /> relative E Hicks laboured so long and faithfully to find there opposers is<br /> indeed very trying and the insinuations <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">which are</span> circulated as to the<br /> motives of those who are endeavouring to do what is required of them<br /> is quite disheartning [sic] y^c^ou may recollect we were about forming a society<br /> have as yet been unsucsessful [sic] which adds to our mortification I hope<br /> we shall finally succeed [sic] if we do not our opposition friends will rejoice<br /> too much over us we have made two appointments the first time we<br /> went taking Sarah Powel with us and found to our great supprise [sic] that<br /> our Jericho friends thought it too rainy to meet the time again fixed <br /> on to be the first day after monthly meeting as that the information<br /> might be extended will the day come and lo it snowed so that it was<br /> again postponed and if we have not zeal enough in the cause to ride for<br /> 4 or even many miles in a little rain I fear our concern is not deepe [sic]<br /> enough ever to effect any material change any way I hope however it will<br /> not have an entire failure I have felt if I had any encouragement as tho<br /> I could unite with the abolitionists (it is so difficult to do any thing<br /> among friends but can hardly join in opposition to all my friends so long<br /> as I can feel easy to remain as I am but they have my best wishes and <br /> I do feel united to many of them in sweet fellow feeling the reproach of <br /> being an abolitionist I can cheerfully bear I do after see something of this kind but<br /> that troubles me not for the peace which is the result of faithfulness fully<br /> compensates for the loss of reputation and the esteem of those I love Joseph<br /> feels much but is not prepared to join the abolitionists one objection is to hire^ing^<br /> lectures and some such things we were very much pleased to have the great<br /> [Continued on page 2 with line beginning "Thomas McClintock at"]<br /><br /> [Text overlaying normal text, written upward]<br /> nation learn to do justly are not all called on to endeavour to<br /> do all in their power to arrouse [sic] it from the apathy <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">into</span> which our rulers are<br /> indulging in regardless of the cries of the poor and heedless of the petitons [sic] of the people<br /> on behalf of the oppressed I thought I would be more careful and stop when my<br /> paper was filled but one thing after another seems to present I am aware I have<br /> this great fault not concise enough it is now the 11 and mother<br /> cold is rather increasing I hope she will not be laid up all<br /> winter dread her having a cold it seezes [sic] he [sic] so hard she is about<br /> house been at Henrys several weeks Phebe and Isaac spent last week<br /> in New York We see uncle Jacob and Mary at the funeral of J Hubbs<span style="text-decoration:line-through;"><br /></span>all well John and Mary went to New York yesterday have heard but once <br /> from Sarah why is she so remiss David and Charles Hubbs were up to<br /> the funeral and I was made sorrowful in looking at Charles how changed in<br /> appearance but little trace of what I once thought so fair and handsome red<br /> and he looked bloated but riding in the wind no doubt increased the redness but <br /> his looks denoted another curse I hope my fears were unfoun^ded^<br /> one thing more and I will close in looking over this I find I have been<br /> very tedious on one subject and I feel a desire that dismay not in endeavou^ring^<br /> [Continues on page 2 in overlapping text writting upward with line beginning "to advocate the"]<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> Thomas McClintoc at our QM seemed to be sent very opportunely and I thought<br /> could hardly fail of convincing friends of the propriety there was of (necisary [sic]<br /> I had better said) our religion becoming of that expansive kind in which we<br /> could acknowledge every man as a brother and coming on this broad platform<br /> we should feel [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">illegible</span>] sectarian banners to give sway our religion would then <br /> be of that active experimental and saving kind which is so much wanted<br /> in the present day How I wished all the opposers were present is seemed<br /> to me to be a time of special favour but some said he was too lengthy<br /> believe this was not the opinion of many we very much desired his compa<br /> ny at our other meetings think it might be of some use but I feel more^and more^<br /> discouraged Lucretia and others have laboured faithfully but where are the<br /> fruits of their labours the work is great but alas the labourers are few I often<br /> think if friends were only to live up to there [sic] profesion [sic] it would be very differ^ent^<br /> among us there would not be so many apologists for slaveholding neither<br /> would that sectarian feeling predominate as much as it does to the exclusion<br /> of charity there would then be felt a willingness to let each one follow the<br /> dictates of truth without [demure?] (but why am I indulging in this almost uncon<br /> ciously have I scribled [sic] on) we could not persuade mother to attend any of our<br /> meetings the first one was by general invitation attended by a number of <br /> those not in favour of a society being formed and it seemed to me as tho<br /> we rather lost by it as some were disposed to turn every thing into ridicule and<br /> we gained nothing <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">but</span> ^by^ this we done nothing until after we adjourned we got<br /> together and named some to draft a constitution and fix a time to meet<br /> Do you have any accounts of the nonresistance society in your paper Boston was<br /> formerly a dark place but light has broke forth We feel very much interested<br /> on this subject too Joseph and William Willets were jurers [sic] 4 days ago they were on W<br /> rather more than J very much stratend [sic] on account of serving or taking an affirm<br /> aion they served however but regretted their unfaithfulness hope if called<br /> on again they may bear a faithful testimony against applying to law; that<br /> the government ^their desire^is one of love not of pysical [sic] force that when smitten on<br /> the one cheek they can turn the other also Oh how I wish friends could bear<br /> this noble testimony to the world I fear too many among us are conten<br /> ting themselves with having had faithful predecessors who advanced the <br /> cause of righteousness without being willing to go forward themselves<br /> in the work of reform We have got a new teacher from near Hempstead<br /> he is a strong temperance but not an abolition man his prejudice again^st^<br /> color seems to be deep and we cannot as yet convince him of the great injust<br /> ice of colonization (he boards with us) but hope we shall change his views<br /> on this subject Joseph was at Hempstead yesterday and Charles Wations congratu<br /> =lated him as a brother abolitionist says there are a number on Hempstead<br /> whether there are any of them Parburts converts I know not but it is ani<br /> mating to find a few in the community who are in favor of immediateism [sic]<br /> [Continues on page 3, with line beginning “altho entering on”]<br /><br /> [Text written upward overlaying normal text]<br /> to advocate the casue [sic] of the oppressed forget my other duty's<br /> but support as far as is in my power the principle of friends<br /> and not by feeling deeply in this cause to give any friends reason<br /> to say we have forsaken these mother feels a fear lest we go too far<br /> she desires her love to you also Mary in which Joseph and self join<br /> I need not say how very acceptable a lo<span style="text-decoration:underline;">n</span>g letter would be<br /> and am I not entitled to one affectionately your sister Mary<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> altho entering on the work now are as the <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">th</span>^twelveth^ hour labourers others have been<br /> so long we hear a meeting house in Conneticut [sic] was blown up to prevent an<br /> abolition lecture how supprising [sic] that any should think it possible to prevent<br /> discussion in this way We have just heard of the death of Jane Hubbs she had been<br /> to Newtown on a visit and went from there to New York where Mary was sick with<br /> ulcer sore throat was taken last 4 day with the same complaint and died 7 day nig^ht^<br /> how impressive are these warnings to be also ready also Richard Weeks last week<br /> he had been deranged some time and made attempts to take his life but was<br /> prevented he nearly starved himself was under an impression that all nourrish<br /> ment [sic] and drink was poison Dr Treadwell as usual examined his head and body to<br /> find the cause of his derangement and disease what advantage is gained I know<br /> not I hear of none Thomas Everith as suffered extremely from cancer of scroffular [sic]<br /> complaint in his hand and arm very severe pain in his arm head and stoma^ch^<br /> his arm turned black in spots was taken off nearly to the shoulder very litt<br /> le probability of his recovery^but hear he is not comfortable now^Rebecca Post is very poorly and will not probably <br /> recover been failing all summer nearly confined to her bed now also Daniel Lewis <br /> of Wheatly appears like consumption aunts Rachel and Sarah pretty smart mother<br /> got some cold but not much poorly our little Catharine has had something of<br /> dyssentery [sic] through the fall which with the addition of cutting her eye and<br /> stomach teeth [sic] has made her quite sick and consequently not very quiet she is now<br /> getting better and I anticipate better times We have had a pleasant visit from<br /> our cousin William Willets of Skaneatilas was around here three or 4 weeks<br /> you heard Benjamin is about to be married to a Utica lady Lydia Townsend [obliterated]<br /> married to James Mott very pleasing to her friends hope it may continue so I some<br /> times fear for such We are soon in hopes of having Rachel home again we shall<br /> rejoice to see her again it seems like a great while she has been from us and<br /> in which time we have had to (from some circumstances which have occurred)<br /> to rear to some of her last communications among us her last seemed to<br /> be an exhortation that we should not fall out by the way whether it was rememberd [sic]<br /> by all I know not one thing is certain that the advice was not taken for ever now<br /> there is a want of Love and Unity on the part of one individual sorrowful <br /> it is that we cannot forgive those who we may imagine have injured us by<br /> this shall all men know that yea re my diciples [sic] if ye have love one to another<br /> and also a tree is known by its fruits The orthodox have built a school house<br /> west of the pond on Marys land with which we were not pleased but submitted to<br /> the powers that be but not without informing of our disabbrobation [sic] they<br /> have a school there 13 schollars [sic] we have near 30 Ephraim is about opening a school<br /> evening I beleive [sic] in his house so that there seems to be some chance of getting<br /> instruction We have just been fixing a chain pump in our well which we like<br /> very much I have given Joseph an invitation to write but he declines so <br /> that it is not altogether my impoliteness which has excluded him we have all<br /> been weighed Joseph 202 mine 108 suppose you will smile at my information<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> Edmund Rushmore not quite as well taken cold Caroline Seaman has an add<br /> ition of a son to their family she has been quite poorly with influenza and<br /> they were fearful it might settle on her lungs beleive [sic] she is better they have<br /> talked of coming in the country believe they are undetermined what to do<br /> suppose the Drs practice insufficient I wonder Valentine does not assist<br /> them they are now in New York William Haviland visits uncle Davids about<br /> and in 3 weeks you probably heard of Margaret Hicks clandestine marriage<br /> she was disowned last month our cousin Samuel Post does not like the change<br /> in disipline [sic] that part or rather the consultation of women he said it was too<br /> degrading he had much rather give them their independence and it appears<br /> to me to be quite a form and forms without use had better be dispensed with<br /> Rachel and company visited Pricilla and also Joseph had a very plain and close<br /> communication to him Have you heard Elisha Bates has published a book<br /> [Continues at bottom of page with line beginning “making it appear that the Hicksites are the nearest”]<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upward]<br /> 18¾ <br /> Issac Post <br /> Rochester<br /> New York<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written normally]<br /> North Hempstead day<br /> 14 ‘ Dec – <br /><br /> [Text at bottom of page, written normally, continued from line ending “Have you heard Elisha Bates has published a book”]<br /> making it appear that the Hicksites are the nearest to early friends in principle<br /> he attended Several of Raches [sic] meetings and she felt a fear lest he might draw<br /> away some she writes of Indiana yearly meeting being the most solid one <br /> she ever attended and Ohio William think much better than one he atten<br /> ed they had the same subjects before them without the same kind of <br /> opposition more condecension [sic] than was manifested by some of your galley<br /> friends we have heard Rachel had a considerable to say against friends joining<br /> with abolitionists suppose the information was received from James who would<br /> be quite willing it should be so William said while he was with her she very<br /> often spoke of^the^great iniquity of the system of slavery and generally of the <br /> injustice of government toward the indians which is indeed great <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">which</span> will this <br /> [Continues on page 1 in text written upwards across main with line beginning "nation learn to]
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 12 month 9th 1838 My Dear friend I scarcely know to whome to address this to for I feel a fear that you are forgetful of the slaves we have on you or at least I have felt grieved at your silence and have again this evening remembered the many seasons of sweet communion together and have now to regret that so few of our moments are employed in the interchange of feelings whichare at present ^and as this is^ the only means of conve ying to each other what at present occupies our attention why are you so neglectful of the duty which is binding on us as to omit writing forweeks and months if there is any cause please inform us of it that we may make all proper acknowledgement if any be necessary How are you getting along in your antislavery enterprise I doubt not how ever you are advancing therein satisfactoryly [sic] but have wanted to hear if you have ever ^had^discouragement after discouragement to encounter if so you can feel for us for we are sometimes all most ready to despair of any thing ever being done in Long Island the very place where our dear relative E Hicks laboured so long and faithfully to find there opposers is indeed very trying and the insinuations which are circulated as to the motives of those who are endeavouring to do what is required of them is quite disheartning [sic] y^c^ou may recollect we were about forming a society have as yet been unsucsessful [sic] which adds to our mortification I hope we shall finally succeed [sic] if we do not our opposition friends will rejoice too much over us we have made two appointments the first time we went taking Sarah Powel with us and found to our great supprise [sic] that our Jericho friends thought it too rainy to meet the time again fixed on to be the first day after monthly meeting as that the information might be extended will the day come and lo it snowed so that it was again postponed and if we have not zeal enough in the cause to ride for 4 or even many miles in a little rain I fear our concern is not deepe [sic] enough ever to effect any material change any way I hope however it will not have an entire failure I have felt if I had any encouragement as tho I could unite with the abolitionists (it is so difficult to do any thing among friends but can hardly join in opposition to all my friends so long as I can feel easy to remain as I am but they have my best wishes and I do feel united to many of them in sweet fellow feeling the reproach of being an abolitionist I can cheerfully bear I do after see something of this kind but that troubles me not for the peace which is the result of faithfulness fully compensates for the loss of reputation and the esteem of those I love Joseph feels much but is not prepared to join the abolitionists one objection is to hire^ing^ lectures and some such things we were very much pleased to have the great [Continued on page 2 with line beginning "Thomas McClintock at"] [Text overlaying normal text, written upward] nation learn to do justly are not all called on to endeavour to do all in their power to arrouse [sic] it from the apathy into which our rulers are indulging in regardless of the cries of the poor and heedless of the petitons [sic] of the people on behalf of the oppressed I thought I would be more careful and stop when my paper was filled but one thing after another seems to present I am aware I have this great fault not concise enough it is now the 11 and mother cold is rather increasing I hope she will not be laid up all winter dread her having a cold it seezes [sic] he [sic] so hard she is about house been at Henrys several weeks Phebe and Isaac spent last week in New York We see uncle Jacob and Mary at the funeral of J Hubbsall well John and Mary went to New York yesterday have heard but once from Sarah why is she so remiss David and Charles Hubbs were up to the funeral and I was made sorrowful in looking at Charles how changed in appearance but little trace of what I once thought so fair and handsome red and he looked bloated but riding in the wind no doubt increased the redness but his looks denoted another curse I hope my fears were unfoun^ded^ one thing more and I will close in looking over this I find I have been very tedious on one subject and I feel a desire that dismay not in endeavou^ring^ [Continues on page 2 in overlapping text writting upward with line beginning "to advocate the"] Thomas McClintoc at our QM seemed to be sent very opportunely and I thought could hardly fail of convincing friends of the propriety there was of (necisary [sic] I had better said) our religion becoming of that expansive kind in which we could acknowledge every man as a brother and coming on this broad platform we should feel [illegible] sectarian banners to give sway our religion would then be of that active experimental and saving kind which is so much wanted in the present day How I wished all the opposers were present is seemed to me to be a time of special favour but some said he was too lengthy believe this was not the opinion of many we very much desired his compa ny at our other meetings think it might be of some use but I feel more^and more^ discouraged Lucretia and others have laboured faithfully but where are the fruits of their labours the work is great but alas the labourers are few I often think if friends were only to live up to there [sic] profesion [sic] it would be very differ^ent^ among us there would not be so many apologists for slaveholding neither would that sectarian feeling predominate as much as it does to the exclusion of charity there would then be felt a willingness to let each one follow the dictates of truth without [demure?] (but why am I indulging in this almost uncon ciously have I scribled [sic] on) we could not persuade mother to attend any of our meetings the first one was by general invitation attended by a number of those not in favour of a society being formed and it seemed to me as tho we rather lost by it as some were disposed to turn every thing into ridicule and we gained nothing but ^by^ this we done nothing until after we adjourned we got together and named some to draft a constitution and fix a time to meet Do you have any accounts of the nonresistance society in your paper Boston was formerly a dark place but light has broke forth We feel very much interested on this subject too Joseph and William Willets were jurers [sic] 4 days ago they were on W rather more than J very much stratend [sic] on account of serving or taking an affirm aion they served however but regretted their unfaithfulness hope if called on again they may bear a faithful testimony against applying to law; that the government ^their desire^is one of love not of pysical [sic] force that when smitten on the one cheek they can turn the other also Oh how I wish friends could bear this noble testimony to the world I fear too many among us are conten ting themselves with having had faithful predecessors who advanced the cause of righteousness without being willing to go forward themselves in the work of reform We have got a new teacher from near Hempstead he is a strong temperance but not an abolition man his prejudice again^st^ color seems to be deep and we cannot as yet convince him of the great injust ice of colonization (he boards with us) but hope we shall change his views on this subject Joseph was at Hempstead yesterday and Charles Wations congratu =lated him as a brother abolitionist says there are a number on Hempstead whether there are any of them Parburts converts I know not but it is ani mating to find a few in the community who are in favor of immediateism [sic] [Continues on page 3, with line beginning "altho entering on"] [Text written upward overlaying normal text] to advocate the casue [sic] of the oppressed forget my other duty's but support as far as is in my power the principle of friends and not by feeling deeply in this cause to give any friends reason to say we have forsaken these mother feels a fear lest we go too far she desires her love to you also Mary in which Joseph and self join I need not say how very acceptable a long letter would be and am I not entitled to one affectionately your sister Mary altho entering on the work now are as the th^twelveth^ hour labourers others have been so long we hear a meeting house in Conneticut [sic] was blown up to prevent an abolition lecture how supprising [sic] that any should think it possible to prevent discussion in this way We have just heard of the death of Jane Hubbs she had been to Newtown on a visit and went from there to New York where Mary was sick with ulcer sore throat was taken last 4 day with the same complaint and died 7 day nig^ht^ how impressive are these warnings to be also ready also Richard Weeks last week he had been deranged some time and made attempts to take his life but was prevented he nearly starved himself was under an impression that all nourrish ment [sic] and drink was poison Dr Treadwell as usual examined his head and body to find the cause of his derangement and disease what advantage is gained I know not I hear of none Thomas Everith as suffered extremely from cancer of scroffular [sic] complaint in his hand and arm very severe pain in his arm head and stoma^ch^ his arm turned black in spots was taken off nearly to the shoulder very litt le probability of his recovery^but hear he is not comfortable now^Rebecca Post is very poorly and will not probably recover been failing all summer nearly confined to her bed now also Daniel Lewis of Wheatly appears like consumption aunts Rachel and Sarah pretty smart mother got some cold but not much poorly our little Catharine has had something of dyssentery [sic] through the fall which with the addition of cutting her eye and stomach teeth [sic] has made her quite sick and consequently not very quiet she is now getting better and I anticipate better times We have had a pleasant visit from our cousin William Willets of Skaneatilas was around here three or 4 weeks you heard Benjamin is about to be married to a Utica lady Lydia Townsend [obliterated] married to James Mott very pleasing to her friends hope it may continue so I some times fear for such We are soon in hopes of having Rachel home again we shall rejoice to see her again it seems like a great while she has been from us and in which time we have had to (from some circumstances which have occurred) to rear to some of her last communications among us her last seemed to be an exhortation that we should not fall out by the way whether it was rememberd [sic] by all I know not one thing is certain that the advice was not taken for ever now there is a want of Love and Unity on the part of one individual sorrowful it is that we cannot forgive those who we may imagine have injured us by this shall all men know that yea re my diciples [sic] if ye have love one to another and also a tree is known by its fruits The orthodox have built a school house west of the pond on Marys land with which we were not pleased but submitted to the powers that be but not without informing of our disabbrobation [sic] they have a school there 13 schollars [sic] we have near 30 Ephraim is about opening a school evening I beleive [sic] in his house so that there seems to be some chance of getting instruction We have just been fixing a chain pump in our well which we like very much I have given Joseph an invitation to write but he declines so that it is not altogether my impoliteness which has excluded him we have all been weighed Joseph 202 mine 108 suppose you will smile at my information (Page 4) Edmund Rushmore not quite as well taken cold Caroline Seaman has an add ition of a son to their family she has been quite poorly with influenza and they were fearful it might settle on her lungs beleive [sic] she is better they have talked of coming in the country believe they are undetermined what to do suppose the Drs practice insufficient I wonder Valentine does not assist them they are now in New York William Haviland visits uncle Davids about and in 3 weeks you probably heard of Margaret Hicks clandestine marriage she was disowned last month our cousin Samuel Post does not like the change in disipline [sic] that part or rather the consultation of women he said it was too degrading he had much rather give them their independence and it appears to me to be quite a form and forms without use had better be dispensed with Rachel and company visited Pricilla and also Joseph had a very plain and close communication to him Have you heard Elisha Bates has published a book [Continues at bottom of page with line beginning "making it appear that the Hicksites are the nearest"] [Text in center of page, written upward] 1834; Issac Post Rochester New York [Text in center of page, written normally] North Hempstead day 14 ' Dec - [Text at bottom of page, written normally, continued from line ending "Have you heard Elisha Bates has published a book"] making it appear that the Hicksites are the nearest to early friends in principle he attended Several of Raches [sic] meetings and she felt a fear lest he might draw away some she writes of Indiana yearly meeting being the most solid one she ever attended and Ohio William think much better than one he atten ed they had the same subjects before them without the same kind of opposition more condecension [sic] than was manifested by some of your galley friends we have heard Rachel had a considerable to say against friends joining with abolitionists suppose the information was received from James who would be quite willing it should be so William said while he was with her she very often spoke of^the^great iniquity of the system of slavery and generally of the injustice of government toward the indians which is indeed great which will this [Continues on page 1 in text written upwards across main with line beginning "nation learn to]
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text at the very top of page is a continuation from the very last line on page 4]<br /><br /> which I very much regret as his influence is felt by a number and not<br /> only so the great importance of having correct views of things he is a[s] <br /> ready as ever to laugh at abolitionists [sic] and blame them too when he can<br /> find any thing the case of Barney C[illegible] <strong><br /></strong>I Hopper and others has caused much to be said hope it will not do any<br /> hurt to the cause I was pleased that neither of them belonged to the anti<br /> slavery society that it might not bring any cause of offence against that<br /> body<br /> Westbury 10 month 9<sup>th</sup> 1838<br /> Many Dear Relatives<br /> I now seat myself for the purpose of devoting<br /> a very few moments in scribling [sic] to our dear absent friends yet I<br /> feel that I have very little to communicate that may interest but it<br /> ^may^ serve as a token of affectionate rem^em^brance that the chain of interested<br /> feeling has not become dim or any link broken and altho [sic] there has been<br /> but little communication between us there is an unspeakable<br /> satisfaction in holding communion with the absent even tho [sic] it be<br /> in silent meditation ^only^ yet I may acknowledge the query has often arisen<br /> why is it so long that we have heard from you and have sometimes<br /> felt a fear lest distance had in some degree changed those feelings<br /> which have bound us together and which I fondly thought in bonds not<br /> easily broken Edmund P and sister P P have just left here and have<br /> gone to Isaac’s have seen very little of Edmund think is not quite<br /> enough for visiting us and said he might almost as well be at Roches<br /> ter as here so little have we seen him but perhaps it was not all his<br /> fault for the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">hay</span> and the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">grain</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">must</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">be</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">attended</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">to</span> the little we have<br /> seen him has been very agreeable to us 10<sup>th</sup> altho [sic] I do not know when<br /> E will go think I will improve the few leisure moments I have and<br /> get this ready in season altho [sic] it may be old and notwithstand<br /> ing some have thought you would probably be at the marriage<br /> and I too have looked some for you if so I can throw it aside and<br /> enjoy much more in the interchange of social converse and as<br /> we are doubtless designed for social beings would it not conduce to <br /> your happiness to visit again the friends of your childhood and<br /> the scenes of youth if so I think you may feel assured of a cord<br /> ial welcome Cousin Sarah Prior has been in the country sometime<br /> making her visit she thinks probably her last she is quite smart<br /> or her faculties are remarkably so she is very much to be pittied [sic]<br /> she feels like a burden as she is dependent on her friends said to<br /> mother that it seemed strange what she should be continued here<br /> so long for and others in their usefulness removed I believe it is<br /> all in wisdom showing our dependante [sic] situation that none should<br /> trust in their youth or strength for those the most healthy are<br /> often summond [sic] while the weak and infirm are permitted to<br /> [li]ve to old age Father had a very alarming turn in New York<br /> [obliterated]st 7 day morning probably the effect of eating poison honey was<br /> [ta]ken very distressed eyesight very poor he leaned against something<br /> [obliterated] it would releive [sic] him a little he finally fell senseless and rema<br /> [obliterated]d so sometime was taken in a carriage to Samuel Willets was taken<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> about 10 and remained nearly insensible except at intervals he could unde<br /> rstand remained blind and the Dr said he could feel no pulse for a long<br /> time then a little while very slow and weak ^and then all gone again^ near night got asleep and<br /> slept near 2 hours he then felt much better and returned home next day<br /> but complained of his head’s feeling sore and some distress in it I think I never<br /> heard of any one more severely affected it seemes [sic] as though his life had near^ly^<br /> been taken I have felt very thankful but a fear has arisen lest I should forget<br /> too soon the great the inestimable privelege [sic] of still being blessed with<br /> a father but may I remember that we are beings of a day destined for<br /> a higher a more glorious state of existence than this<br /> By your last letter it appears that abolition continues to claim your atte<br /> ntion and I am glad that it does for it is cheering to find among our<br /> friends a few who are willing to sacrifice the esteem of those we have<br /> been taught to look to as to fathers and mothers (but who [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">seem to</span>] stop short<br /> themselves in this great work and not only so but who are desirous that<br /> other friends should keep within the same limits they have presented for<br /> themselves) ^and are very careful to remind that Israel should dwell alone and not be numberd [sic] among the nations^ and however trying it may be to dissent from them I have desired<br /> that we might be favourd [sic] to see our duty and to do it altho [sic] we may know<br /> our names to be cast out as coil yet let us follow our guide tho [sic] it may be<br /> very little that we can do to promote this great object It is disheartening<br /> to hear as we have done lately friends who declare they are abolitionists in<br /> the fullest sense of the word to sit as condemners of other alleging that<br /> popularity is the principle motive which impels the abolitionist to action<br /> William Titus compares it to a camp meeting they work upon the passions with out<br /> the judgments being convinced he has come out on the opposition fairly and I thi<br /> nk comes very hear being a colonizationist but says he is as much of an abolitionist<br /> as any body <span style="text-decoration:underline;">but</span> it is a time of excitement [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">not</span>] and what they have done has put<br /> back the work ^and that^ 25 years ago slavery in the D of Columbia was nearer being abolished<br /> than now you can scarcely think what commotion some were thrown into in<br /> consequence of the lectures that were delivered and by misrepresentation and slan<br /> der strove to make the promulgators of it odious I think it has a good effect it has<br /> arroused [sic] some from their indifference but so many are affraid [sic] to read we have<br /> got almost discouraged ^we continue <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">to</span>^ sending books to uncle John (he seems interested but wife<br /> and children are not) and after leaving them there a long time ask for them when<br /> it is very evident they have not been read much if at all Joseph took the Liberator<br /> that had the constitution and declaration of sentiment of the nonresistance soc<br /> iety lately formed in Boston down and read some he left it I do hope they w[ill?]<br /> read it for it is very good perhaps you have seen it or extracts from it J R[ush?]<br /> more was interested in it wanted the paper preserved and remarked to [obliterated]<br /> that he would go further than Jericho to such a meeting which remar[obliterated]<br /> was in consequence of our having pl^e^ad and beged [sic] of them to go to Bethpage to [a?]<br /> lecture on slavery by C C Burleigh but without any effect Lydia S and Matilda did go to Jericho [obliterated]<br /><br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> peace lecture L and M were very much interested in it Stephen keeps on the back<br /> ground but it is a little singular that those who were the most pleased with this lectu<br /> re were the least so with antislavery lectures Joseph and self went to New York in comp<br /> any with James and Lucretia CCB and J Ketcham on the 1<sup>st</sup> of 8 month to hear an<br /> address in commemoration of emancipation by the far famed W L Garrison (the man who<br /> above all others I had desired to see) it happened to be monthly meeting day too we<br /> expected the meeting at the Tabernacle would be held in the morning and were<br /> not a little disappointed on being told at the Antislavery office it was not before<br /> 3 in the afternoon as we had determined on going home the same day we were<br /> in quite a dilemma however we thought as we were ^not^ otherwise engaged we<br /> would go to meeting and there heard several communication G F White among the<br /> number he said he was commissioned to declare against the ^popular associations of the day and the^ abolition society in<br /> an especial manner said their bonds were growing weaker and weaker that we ^should soon^ hear of<br /> war ^abolitionist^ of peace abolitionists and of women rights abolitionists and if friends would be<br /> willing to wait they would soon see they would like the Babel builder be confounded<br /> that the salvation of one soul was of more importance than all the chains and fetters<br /> of the slave and much more to the same import I thought it not a very interesting<br /> meeting the communication alluded to had a very contrary effect in my mind from<br /> what it was intended to have dined at Mary Woods and met [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">there</span>] several proslavery<br /> friends [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">there</span>] with whome [sic] we had some conversation we then proceeded to the<br /> Tabernacle where was the largest number of coloured people that I ever see and<br /> well dressed some of them had every appearance of gentility you have probably<br /> seen Garrisons speech but you can scarcely form an idea by reading it should hear<br /> spoken to feel the full force of it our friend CCB then addresed [sic] the ^meeting^ and was<br /> loudely [sic] applauded by the people I wish you could hear him his principles are<br /> accordance with our own and his whole conduct bespeaks the christian [sic] and the<br /> philanthropist he quite threw GR [Parburt?] in the shade we were disappoin [sic]<br /> in him but it was rather an unfavourable time for him to show to advanta^ge^<br /> in the evening after the meeting spent at I T Koppers in company with Charles [James?]<br /> Lucretia Garrison and others in listening to a very interesting ^and animated^ conversation on<br /> peace and other subjects There has been published in the liberator [sic] the phrene<br /> =logical [sic] description of Garrison it is certainly very descriptive of him<br /> also a sketch of him by H Martineau after glanceing [sic] at his life and<br /> manners she concludes by saying he is the most fascinating personage<br /> she met with in America he was absent from Boston when the above<br /> was inserted which was without his knowledge it has been proposed to<br /> form a society in our neighbourhood that ^is^ Jericho or suberbs [sic] which I<br /> cordially approve altho [sic] I do not see any great things yet it will<br /> be a public acknowledgement of sentiment and may be the means<br /> [of?] spreading information <span style="text-decoration:underline;">And</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">there</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">is</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">great</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">need</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">of</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">that</span> for darkness<br /> [obliterated] indeed cover the minds of many on this all important subject<br /> [obliterated] Oh that we might feel for each other and for all “that charity which<br /> [spea?]keth no evil and without which our labours are not acceptable but<br /> [obliterated] be willing to embrace every right opportunity of pleading their cause<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> and labouring for their deliverance We have heard that [Parburt?] has been<br /> very much misused at Hempstead but conclude it is a mistake or we shou[ld?]<br /> have heard more particularly of it and conclude it was only a threat have<br /> not seen him in some time perhaps he felt there was a prefference [sic] to Cha-<br /> rles altho [sic] we tried to respect him as much he discovered Charles views were<br /> in accordance with ours and remarked Why C is 7-8^s^ quaker Joseph has just<br /> received a letter from E Wright [Gun?] with an extra Human Rights (which<br /> we have not got yet) calling his attention to some things contained<br /> therein and inciting him to become a sincere coworker in the cause of<br /> human Rights I believe they will have Joseph identified with them wether [sic]<br /> he will or not but think<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">s</span> he feels more like being prepared than hereto<br /> fore It is now the 14 have just got home but seeing no probability of<br /> having any time tomorrow to add any thing and supposing this<br /> will go free am willing to send all the news I think of and<br /> poor as it is set you in a good example which I desire you to<br /> follow that is to fill the paper William and Elizabeth add<br /> to our enjoyment again we feel it quite a privelege [sic] to have them<br /> home and have often improved in visiting them but not so much<br /> as should do an account of large family William is very comm-<br /> unicative and pleasant said home looked pleasant if the barn was<br /> gone some thought this loss would probably upset him as they<br /> termed it I think his former situation was produced by the exer<br /> cise of mind and not by any of the outward circumstances attributed<br /> to him I very much hope he may be preserved on every hand he broug^h^t<br /> back a very satisfactory and encouraging testimonial of his character<br /> as companion from Rachel and Marie with a desire expressed that he<br /> would show it to his friends he however feels to [sic] delicate to show it excep^t^<br /> to his most particular one’s I hope James Haviland will not extend any<br /> of his influence over Rachel on the subject of slavery think she feels<br /> too deeply for the slave to be easily turned aside from duty and this<br /> has often caused her to plead for the oppressed where her lot has<br /> been cast Aunt Rachel has been quite poorly is now better has <br /> quite smart this summer she thinks more so for taking pills frequ^enty^ [sic]<br /> there has been much of dysentery about our E had a pretty smart<br /> turn and Catharine has been poorly most of the summer with bowe[l?]<br /> complaint E came very near being badly burned her clothes caught fire<br /> under the furnace yesterday and blazed so that it singed her eye bro[ws]<br /> and lashes I was in the cellar Wellington screamed that E was on <br /> fire I ran and was exceedingly frightened to see it blazing succeede[d]<br /> in putting it out without burning her scarcely at all my han[ds?]<br /> some burnt It is now ^near^ 12 o clock and as my paper is nearly full [obliterated]<br /> suppose I may as well conclude which I may suppose you [obliterated]<br /> may be glad of so I remain as heretofore your affectionate sis[ter]<br /> if you can do write J Hicks remains the same on abolition ^no improvment [sic]^ Mary<br /><br /> [Text about J Hicks continues across top margin of page 1, beginning “which I very much regret”]</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text at the very top of page is a continuation from the very last line on page 4] which I very much regret as his influence is felt by a number and not only so the great importance of having correct views of things he is a[s] ready as ever to laugh at abolitionists [sic] and blame them too when he can find any thing the case of Barney C[illegible] I Hopper and others has caused much to be said hope it will not do any hurt to the cause I was pleased that neither of them belonged to the anti slavery society that it might not bring any cause of offence against that body Westbury 10 month 9th 1838 Many Dear Relatives I now seat myself for the purpose of devoting a very few moments in scribling [sic] to our dear absent friends yet I feel that I have very little to communicate that may interest but it ^may^ serve as a token of affectionate rem^em^brance that the chain of interested feeling has not become dim or any link broken and altho [sic] there has been but little communication between us there is an unspeakable satisfaction in holding communion with the absent even tho [sic] it be in silent meditation ^only^ yet I may acknowledge the query has often arisen why is it so long that we have heard from you and have sometimes felt a fear lest distance had in some degree changed those feelings which have bound us together and which I fondly thought in bonds not easily broken Edmund P and sister P P have just left here and have gone to Isaac's have seen very little of Edmund think is not quite enough for visiting us and said he might almost as well be at Roches ter as here so little have we seen him but perhaps it was not all his fault for the hay and the grainmustbeattendedto the little we have seen him has been very agreeable to us 10th altho [sic] I do not know when E will go think I will improve the few leisure moments I have and get this ready in season altho [sic] it may be old and notwithstand ing some have thought you would probably be at the marriage and I too have looked some for you if so I can throw it aside and enjoy much more in the interchange of social converse and as we are doubtless designed for social beings would it not conduce to your happiness to visit again the friends of your childhood and the scenes of youth if so I think you may feel assured of a cord ial welcome Cousin Sarah Prior has been in the country sometime making her visit she thinks probably her last she is quite smart or her faculties are remarkably so she is very much to be pittied [sic] she feels like a burden as she is dependent on her friends said to mother that it seemed strange what she should be continued here so long for and others in their usefulness removed I believe it is all in wisdom showing our dependante [sic] situation that none should trust in their youth or strength for those the most healthy are often summond [sic] while the weak and infirm are permitted to [li]ve to old age Father had a very alarming turn in New York [obliterated]st 7 day morning probably the effect of eating poison honey was [ta]ken very distressed eyesight very poor he leaned against something [obliterated] it would releive [sic] him a little he finally fell senseless and rema [obliterated]d so sometime was taken in a carriage to Samuel Willets was taken about 10 and remained nearly insensible except at intervals he could unde rstand remained blind and the Dr said he could feel no pulse for a long time then a little while very slow and weak ^and then all gone again^ near night got asleep and slept near 2 hours he then felt much better and returned home next day but complained of his head's feeling sore and some distress in it I think I never heard of any one more severely affected it seemes [sic] as though his life had near^ly^ been taken I have felt very thankful but a fear has arisen lest I should forget too soon the great the inestimable privelege [sic] of still being blessed with a father but may I remember that we are beings of a day destined for a higher a more glorious state of existence than this By your last letter it appears that abolition continues to claim your atte ntion and I am glad that it does for it is cheering to find among our friends a few who are willing to sacrifice the esteem of those we have been taught to look to as to fathers and mothers (but who [seem to] stop short themselves in this great work and not only so but who are desirous that other friends should keep within the same limits they have presented for themselves) ^and are very careful to remind that Israel should dwell alone and not be numberd [sic] among the nations^ and however trying it may be to dissent from them I have desired that we might be favourd [sic] to see our duty and to do it altho [sic] we may know our names to be cast out as coil yet let us follow our guide tho [sic] it may be very little that we can do to promote this great object It is disheartening to hear as we have done lately friends who declare they are abolitionists in the fullest sense of the word to sit as condemners of other alleging that popularity is the principle motive which impels the abolitionist to action William Titus compares it to a camp meeting they work upon the passions with out the judgments being convinced he has come out on the opposition fairly and I thi nk comes very hear being a colonizationist but says he is as much of an abolitionist as any body but it is a time of excitement [not] and what they have done has put back the work ^and that^ 25 years ago slavery in the D of Columbia was nearer being abolished than now you can scarcely think what commotion some were thrown into in consequence of the lectures that were delivered and by misrepresentation and slan der strove to make the promulgators of it odious I think it has a good effect it has arroused [sic] some from their indifference but so many are affraid [sic] to read we have got almost discouraged ^we continue to^ sending books to uncle John (he seems interested but wife and children are not) and after leaving them there a long time ask for them when it is very evident they have not been read much if at all Joseph took the Liberator that had the constitution and declaration of sentiment of the nonresistance soc iety lately formed in Boston down and read some he left it I do hope they w[ill?] read it for it is very good perhaps you have seen it or extracts from it J R[ush?] more was interested in it wanted the paper preserved and remarked to [obliterated] that he would go further than Jericho to such a meeting which remar[obliterated] was in consequence of our having pl^e^ad and beged [sic] of them to go to Bethpage to [a?] lecture on slavery by C C Burleigh but without any effect Lydia S and Matilda did go to Jericho [obliterated] peace lecture L and M were very much interested in it Stephen keeps on the back ground but it is a little singular that those who were the most pleased with this lectu re were the least so with antislavery lectures Joseph and self went to New York in comp any with James and Lucretia CCB and J Ketcham on the 1st of 8 month to hear an address in commemoration of emancipation by the far famed W L Garrison (the man who above all others I had desired to see) it happened to be monthly meeting day too we expected the meeting at the Tabernacle would be held in the morning and were not a little disappointed on being told at the Antislavery office it was not before 3 in the afternoon as we had determined on going home the same day we were in quite a dilemma however we thought as we were ^not^ otherwise engaged we would go to meeting and there heard several communication G F White among the number he said he was commissioned to declare against the ^popular associations of the day and the^ abolition society in an especial manner said their bonds were growing weaker and weaker that we ^should soon^ hear of war ^abolitionist^ of peace abolitionists and of women rights abolitionists and if friends would be willing to wait they would soon see they would like the Babel builder be confounded that the salvation of one soul was of more importance than all the chains and fetters of the slave and much more to the same import I thought it not a very interesting meeting the communication alluded to had a very contrary effect in my mind from what it was intended to have dined at Mary Woods and met [there] several proslavery friends [there] with whome [sic] we had some conversation we then proceeded to the Tabernacle where was the largest number of coloured people that I ever see and well dressed some of them had every appearance of gentility you have probably seen Garrisons speech but you can scarcely form an idea by reading it should hear spoken to feel the full force of it our friend CCB then addresed [sic] the ^meeting^ and was loudely [sic] applauded by the people I wish you could hear him his principles are accordance with our own and his whole conduct bespeaks the christian [sic] and the philanthropist he quite threw GR [Parburt?] in the shade we were disappoin [sic] in him but it was rather an unfavourable time for him to show to advanta^ge^ in the evening after the meeting spent at I T Koppers in company with Charles [James?] Lucretia Garrison and others in listening to a very interesting ^and animated^ conversation on peace and other subjects There has been published in the liberator [sic] the phrene =logical [sic] description of Garrison it is certainly very descriptive of him also a sketch of him by H Martineau after glanceing [sic] at his life and manners she concludes by saying he is the most fascinating personage she met with in America he was absent from Boston when the above was inserted which was without his knowledge it has been proposed to form a society in our neighbourhood that ^is^ Jericho or suberbs [sic] which I cordially approve altho [sic] I do not see any great things yet it will be a public acknowledgement of sentiment and may be the means [of?] spreading information Andthereisgreatneedofthat for darkness [obliterated] indeed cover the minds of many on this all important subject [obliterated] Oh that we might feel for each other and for all "that charity which [spea?]keth no evil and without which our labours are not acceptable but [obliterated] be willing to embrace every right opportunity of pleading their cause (Page 4) and labouring for their deliverance We have heard that [Parburt?] has been very much misused at Hempstead but conclude it is a mistake or we shou[ld?] have heard more particularly of it and conclude it was only a threat have not seen him in some time perhaps he felt there was a prefference [sic] to Cha- rles altho [sic] we tried to respect him as much he discovered Charles views were in accordance with ours and remarked Why C is 7-8^s^ quaker Joseph has just received a letter from E Wright [Gun?] with an extra Human Rights (which we have not got yet) calling his attention to some things contained therein and inciting him to become a sincere coworker in the cause of human Rights I believe they will have Joseph identified with them wether [sic] he will or not but thinks he feels more like being prepared than hereto fore It is now the 14 have just got home but seeing no probability of having any time tomorrow to add any thing and supposing this will go free am willing to send all the news I think of and poor as it is set you in a good example which I desire you to follow that is to fill the paper William and Elizabeth add to our enjoyment again we feel it quite a privelege [sic] to have them home and have often improved in visiting them but not so much as should do an account of large family William is very comm- unicative and pleasant said home looked pleasant if the barn was gone some thought this loss would probably upset him as they termed it I think his former situation was produced by the exer cise of mind and not by any of the outward circumstances attributed to him I very much hope he may be preserved on every hand he broug^h^t back a very satisfactory and encouraging testimonial of his character as companion from Rachel and Marie with a desire expressed that he would show it to his friends he however feels to [sic] delicate to show it excep^t^ to his most particular one's I hope James Haviland will not extend any of his influence over Rachel on the subject of slavery think she feels too deeply for the slave to be easily turned aside from duty and this has often caused her to plead for the oppressed where her lot has been cast Aunt Rachel has been quite poorly is now better has quite smart this summer she thinks more so for taking pills frequ^enty^ [sic] there has been much of dysentery about our E had a pretty smart turn and Catharine has been poorly most of the summer with bowe[l?] complaint E came very near being badly burned her clothes caught fire under the furnace yesterday and blazed so that it singed her eye bro[ws] and lashes I was in the cellar Wellington screamed that E was on fire I ran and was exceedingly frightened to see it blazing succeede[d] in putting it out without burning her scarcely at all my han[ds?] some burnt It is now ^near^ 12 o clock and as my paper is nearly full [obliterated] suppose I may as well conclude which I may suppose you [obliterated] may be glad of so I remain as heretofore your affectionate sis[ter] if you can do write J Hicks remains the same on abolition ^no improvment [sic]^ Mary [Text about J Hicks continues across top margin of page 1, beginning "which I very much regret"]
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 12<sup>th</sup> mo 13<sup>th</sup> 1837<br /> Your joint letter has at last been received <br /> but not untill [sic] we had thought it very long and knowing how <br /> apt we are to put off writing until we have more leisure and <br /> waiting for something more interesting than we are at preasnt [sic]<br /> possessed of often [desired?] us from engaging in writing but I<br /> at present feel neither interesting facts or time but a <br /> wish to have Joseph answer the letter and if I should<br /> commence perhaps he may feel like finishing but I <br /> have a preface of sufficient length The information <br /> you gave respecting Pricilla was satisfactory to some others<br /> besides Rachel Hicks but why did you not tell us she was sent<br /> for by her Indiana friends? we have heard of her arrival <br /> at home also that she did not feel satisfied with having<br /> been recalled I thought you could not have known it or you would<br /> informed us of it if it was so perhaps she will write to you <br /> if so do inform how and when she is report which is a <br /> for famed tongue will still be busy for season at least. I do <br /> still hope she may come from the furnace of trial of proving <br /> and know their remainder of her sojourn here to be peacefuly [sic] <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">happy</span><br /> and her appasers [sic] to be at peace with her also<br /> Phebe I Merritt has returned from her southern visit and has <br /> [proured?] a minute to visit the meetings of Purchase and there away<br /> I do not know the extent of her prospect Rachel Hicks is at<br /> home she also accomplished her visit was from home 3 week<br /> had Q meetings with the colord [sic] people one at Baltimore<br /> which was very satisfactory she spoke in the monthly meetn [sic] <br /> on the subject of slavery and informed friends how it had seeme [sic]<br /> in the part of the country she had been in where the laws<br /> permitted man to hold property in man that the ground<br /> was barren and in many places very thinly inhabited causd [sic[<br /> by the injustice of the system which gives such unjustifa [sic]<br /> power over others What an alarming time it is mobs trium<br /> =phing over the laws so much so that it appears like slavery<br /> at the North of greater magnitude than at the South . the<br /> Alton riot and murder is much spoken against by some of <br /> the papers but too many are disposed to blame the tenerey [sic]<br /> of abolitionist as they call it I think it is very much to <br /> be regretted they used defensive means to protect their lives or <br /> [Continues on Page 2 with line beginning “poperty [sic] it would then have shown”]<br /><br /> [Text written upwards, overlaying main text, continued from page 3 with line ending “J Plumer and H Willis has been to *”]<br /><br /> attend the quartly [sic] meeting of Bucks they were at the 3 meetings <br /> on first day in Philadelphia Lucretia is better but feeble suppose you<br /> have heard of the [stared?] monthly meeting looks in regard to ^not^ giving [Ardo?]<br /> leave to travel . James Haviland spoke at our meeting and I thought very good too<br /> Stephen and Matilda are quite swited [sic] with the land around Rochester and with their trip<br /> generally they have not visited much yet M has been at [Cedar?] I want considerable Edmund<br /> has been [illegible] [illegible] but how for a little while has had a cold aunt<br /> Sarah has been quite feeble most of the time since you left she has been a <br /> little better now for a week or two Jane Titus has a son a pleasing<br /> additon [sic] to their family Sally Carle is quite poorly not likely she<br /> will remain a great while so that she so that she does not leave her room this<br /> winter cough and other symptons [sic]of decline my dear mother has been<br /> and now is very poorly with severe pain in her side so much so as to <br /> be unable to lie in bed much some nights sets up nearly all the time probably<br /> the effect of over exertion and cold I fear we shall not have her many years<br /> pain and disease will undermine the frail tabernacle but oh how often have<br /> I desired the restoration of her health but I fear I shall not have [obliterated]<br /> this wish granted I desire to acquire our Elizabeth is quite poorly<br /> [Continues on page 2 with line beginning “with a cold we have administerd [sic]”]<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> [Continued from page 1 with line beginning “means to protect their lives or”] <br /><br /> poperty [sic] it would then have shown to the world the principl [sic]<br /> which very many are advocating of peace and then these could <br /> not have been blame attached to him I have not the<br /> least doubt it will advance the cause of abolition<br /> one paper says it will more than Lovejoy could had <br /> he lived, by his press in a thousand years it is a sub<br /> ject which it seems to me all might be interested in but<br /> indifference prevails in very many to that degree that they <br /> can coolly say this is not time for us to do or act on this<br /> agitating subject we were pained to hear a few evenings<br /> past some of our friends declaiming against the abolition<br /> as acting only in their own will saying this great evil mus^t^<br /> be removed by a power superior to ours and that we have<br /> nothing to do with slavery here for by our interfering with <br /> it has prevented many of the philanthropists of the south<br /> from doing so hat [sic] might be the means of removing this<br /> great evil from the land Joseph remarked that it was his<br /> opinion if friends had kept their places slavery would have<br /> been abolished . The orthodox feel very silent as respects appro<br /> ving the active part taken by the Grimkes and inform they<br /> will probably be disowned our cousin Maria cannot [appear?]<br /> of their proceeding PPW told her (at our house)that she thought<br /> they would hurt their cause very much if they did disown<br /> them we thought . Maria was not pleased with all of the conver<br /> =sation on this subject there has been a great deal said in <br /> the paper’s against Garrison respecting his religious views<br /> not considering one day more holy than others and many<br /> of the outward forms which he has seen for beyond in one of the <br /> Liberators was the explanation and vindication of his chara<br /> cter ^and his religious opinions^ which we thought was very excellent and might convin [sic]<br /> all who read it of the greatness of his mind which was read <br /> for the company ti did not produce apparently the impre<br /> -sion [sic] it seemed calculated to and at the conclusion silence<br /> seemed to pervade Maria cannot go such great lengths as<br /> some caution seems to constitute a part of her nature I must<br /> leave this subject for if I do not take care the paper will be <br /> full before I say anything Have you heard of George Whitts<br /> mistake I fear you have not so I will relate a very short <br /> way he set out to attend some quarterly meeting [Ferrisburg?]<br /><br /> [Text written upward, overlaying main text, continued from page 1 with line ending “our Elizabeth is quite poorly”]<br /><br /> with a cold we have administerd [sic] our favourite medicine freely for<br /> three days but she remains quite [hoarst?] Mary goes to school at Jericho<br /> we miss her very much Mother is at house now has been at Henry’s 2<br /> weeks since you left [Well?] are you like to succeed in getting Sarah<br /> nearer to you . I suppose you will be suited to have her [illegible] but<br /> I feel sorry to part with her we may both feel self interest [sic] to <br /> [illegible] our inclination I understand [illegible] Jacob has fixed the price of<br /> farm at 12 thousand dollars which I think will be quite too much<br /> for Matthew and Hannah I was only going to begin this and<br /> to bed and have not left much room for him and have had to hold<br /> [illegible] [illegible] my loss 20 that if you cannot [illegible] and this you<br /> need not think very strange Henry Willis says for ought to have hay<br /> for recording PP letters and I do not know but your father will be<br /> exhausted if it should be send me would and I will remember it <br /> in future <br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> and on leaving the conveyance he inquired if ^it^ was the select meetin^g^<br /> that day and was answered in the affirmative and observing some<br /> friends going in the direction of the meeting house he proceeded<br /> on and took his seat in the gallery he soon observed some young<br /> people come in whome [sic] he thought did not look like either <br /> ministers or elders however after a time he had something to <br /> communicate and after a while of Friend proposed closing the shutter <br /> knowing that was not the case inquired if that was not the select <br /> quarterly but was told it was the orthodox monthly mee [sic]<br /> he then apologized for his intrusion and offered to go in the <br /> womens room to do the same but was told that they hoped he <br /> would not by his apologys [sic] take the weight off the meeting<br /> which his communication had produced it is said that one<br /> woman told that the Hicksite’s said they had all of the promising<br /> young preachers but she thought they had one Jacob L Mott<br /> attended our meeting also Matinicock the day James Willets and <br /> AnnaTitus was married which was very large he had some preac<br /> hing to do also J Philmmer we look a little for J Loll to our <br /> next montly but it is very uncertain we feel as tho we were <br /> in need of some help as things remain in a pretty low state<br /> with us our Timothy attends meeting but has not spoken in [obliterated]<br /> yet and I fear this way for him has becom [sic] closed (by his<br /> injudicious conduct) as respects his usefulness I mean as a <br /> minister of the gospel Rachel is very much in her place and is<br /> one of the great I wished one day that our IP had been there she wa [sic]<br /> speaking of the peculiarities of our society and altho we could<br /> not always give so good a reason as we might desire yet she bele<br /> -ieved they originated in the truth and if we were concerned<br /> to live near this preserving regulating principle we should not <br /> wish to leave any of these testimonys [sic] which our predecessors suffer <br /> so much for but I cannot now do justice to her remarks by this hin <br /> do not think I fear thy leaving any of these littler things but<br /> thy conversation with mother which I hoped was only for talk<br /> seemed to bring thee to mind J Plumer and H Willis has been to *<br /> [Text continues on page 1 with line beginning “attend the quartly [sic] meeting of Bucks”] <br /><br /> [Remainder of page and letter written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and is transcribed as 496_12_13_1837]
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 12th mo 13th 1837 Your joint letter has at last been received but not untill [sic] we had thought it very long and knowing how apt we are to put off writing until we have more leisure and waiting for something more interesting than we are at preasnt [sic] possessed of often [desired?] us from engaging in writing but I at present feel neither interesting facts or time but a wish to have Joseph answer the letter and if I should commence perhaps he may feel like finishing but I have a preface of sufficient length The information you gave respecting Pricilla was satisfactory to some others besides Rachel Hicks but why did you not tell us she was sent for by her Indiana friends? we have heard of her arrival at home also that she did not feel satisfied with having been recalled I thought you could not have known it or you would informed us of it if it was so perhaps she will write to you if so do inform how and when she is report which is a for famed tongue will still be busy for season at least. I do still hope she may come from the furnace of trial of proving and know their remainder of her sojourn here to be peacefuly [sic] happy and her appasers [sic] to be at peace with her also Phebe I Merritt has returned from her southern visit and has [proured?] a minute to visit the meetings of Purchase and there away I do not know the extent of her prospect Rachel Hicks is at home she also accomplished her visit was from home 3 week had Q meetings with the colord [sic] people one at Baltimore which was very satisfactory she spoke in the monthly meetn [sic] on the subject of slavery and informed friends how it had seeme [sic] in the part of the country she had been in where the laws permitted man to hold property in man that the ground was barren and in many places very thinly inhabited causd [sic[ by the injustice of the system which gives such unjustifa [sic] power over others What an alarming time it is mobs trium =phing over the laws so much so that it appears like slavery at the North of greater magnitude than at the South . the Alton riot and murder is much spoken against by some of the papers but too many are disposed to blame the tenerey [sic] of abolitionist as they call it I think it is very much to be regretted they used defensive means to protect their lives or [Continues on Page 2 with line beginning "poperty [sic] it would then have shown"] [Text written upwards, overlaying main text, continued from page 3 with line ending "J Plumer and H Willis has been to *"] attend the quartly [sic] meeting of Bucks they were at the 3 meetings on first day in Philadelphia Lucretia is better but feeble suppose you have heard of the [stared?] monthly meeting looks in regard to ^not^ giving [Ardo?] leave to travel . James Haviland spoke at our meeting and I thought very good too Stephen and Matilda are quite swited [sic] with the land around Rochester and with their trip generally they have not visited much yet M has been at [Cedar?] I want considerable Edmund has been [illegible] [illegible] but how for a little while has had a cold aunt Sarah has been quite feeble most of the time since you left she has been a little better now for a week or two Jane Titus has a son a pleasing additon [sic] to their family Sally Carle is quite poorly not likely she will remain a great while so that she so that she does not leave her room this winter cough and other symptons [sic]of decline my dear mother has been and now is very poorly with severe pain in her side so much so as to be unable to lie in bed much some nights sets up nearly all the time probably the effect of over exertion and cold I fear we shall not have her many years pain and disease will undermine the frail tabernacle but oh how often have I desired the restoration of her health but I fear I shall not have [obliterated] this wish granted I desire to acquire our Elizabeth is quite poorly [Continues on page 2 with line beginning "with a cold we have administerd [sic]"] [Continued from page 1 with line beginning "means to protect their lives or"] poperty [sic] it would then have shown to the world the principl [sic] which very many are advocating of peace and then these could not have been blame attached to him I have not the least doubt it will advance the cause of abolition one paper says it will more than Lovejoy could had he lived, by his press in a thousand years it is a sub ject which it seems to me all might be interested in but indifference prevails in very many to that degree that they can coolly say this is not time for us to do or act on this agitating subject we were pained to hear a few evenings past some of our friends declaiming against the abolition as acting only in their own will saying this great evil mus^t^ be removed by a power superior to ours and that we have nothing to do with slavery here for by our interfering with it has prevented many of the philanthropists of the south from doing so hat [sic] might be the means of removing this great evil from the land Joseph remarked that it was his opinion if friends had kept their places slavery would have been abolished . The orthodox feel very silent as respects appro ving the active part taken by the Grimkes and inform they will probably be disowned our cousin Maria cannot [appear?] of their proceeding PPW told her (at our house)that she thought they would hurt their cause very much if they did disown them we thought . Maria was not pleased with all of the conver =sation on this subject there has been a great deal said in the paper's against Garrison respecting his religious views not considering one day more holy than others and many of the outward forms which he has seen for beyond in one of the Liberators was the explanation and vindication of his chara cter ^and his religious opinions^ which we thought was very excellent and might convin [sic] all who read it of the greatness of his mind which was read for the company ti did not produce apparently the impre -sion [sic] it seemed calculated to and at the conclusion silence seemed to pervade Maria cannot go such great lengths as some caution seems to constitute a part of her nature I must leave this subject for if I do not take care the paper will be full before I say anything Have you heard of George Whitts mistake I fear you have not so I will relate a very short way he set out to attend some quarterly meeting [Ferrisburg?] [Text written upward, overlaying main text, continued from page 1 with line ending "our Elizabeth is quite poorly"] with a cold we have administerd [sic] our favourite medicine freely for three days but she remains quite [hoarst?] Mary goes to school at Jericho we miss her very much Mother is at house now has been at Henry's 2 weeks since you left [Well?] are you like to succeed in getting Sarah nearer to you . I suppose you will be suited to have her [illegible] but I feel sorry to part with her we may both feel self interest [sic] to [illegible] our inclination I understand [illegible] Jacob has fixed the price of farm at 12 thousand dollars which I think will be quite too much for Matthew and Hannah I was only going to begin this and to bed and have not left much room for him and have had to hold [illegible] [illegible] my loss 20 that if you cannot [illegible] and this you need not think very strange Henry Willis says for ought to have hay for recording PP letters and I do not know but your father will be exhausted if it should be send me would and I will remember it in future and on leaving the conveyance he inquired if ^it^ was the select meetin^g^ that day and was answered in the affirmative and observing some friends going in the direction of the meeting house he proceeded on and took his seat in the gallery he soon observed some young people come in whome [sic] he thought did not look like either ministers or elders however after a time he had something to communicate and after a while of Friend proposed closing the shutter knowing that was not the case inquired if that was not the select quarterly but was told it was the orthodox monthly mee [sic] he then apologized for his intrusion and offered to go in the womens room to do the same but was told that they hoped he would not by his apologys [sic] take the weight off the meeting which his communication had produced it is said that one woman told that the Hicksite's said they had all of the promising young preachers but she thought they had one Jacob L Mott attended our meeting also Matinicock the day James Willets and AnnaTitus was married which was very large he had some preac hing to do also J Philmmer we look a little for J Loll to our next montly but it is very uncertain we feel as tho we were in need of some help as things remain in a pretty low state with us our Timothy attends meeting but has not spoken in [obliterated] yet and I fear this way for him has becom [sic] closed (by his injudicious conduct) as respects his usefulness I mean as a minister of the gospel Rachel is very much in her place and is one of the great I wished one day that our IP had been there she wa [sic] speaking of the peculiarities of our society and altho we could not always give so good a reason as we might desire yet she bele -ieved they originated in the truth and if we were concerned to live near this preserving regulating principle we should not wish to leave any of these testimonys [sic] which our predecessors suffer so much for but I cannot now do justice to her remarks by this hin do not think I fear thy leaving any of these littler things but thy conversation with mother which I hoped was only for talk seemed to bring thee to mind J Plumer and H Willis has been to * [Text continues on page 1 with line beginning "attend the quartly [sic] meeting of Bucks"] [Remainder of page and letter written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and is transcribed as 496_12_13_1837]
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<p>(Page 1)<br /> Westbury 4 mon<span style="text-decoration:underline;">th</span> 12<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> <br /> My Brother & Sister <br /><br /> It is dearly beloved with feelings of humiliation and regret that <br /> I remember how long a time has elapsed since we receive brother’s letter which <br /> gladdened our hearts so greatly and yet no attempt to reply to it has been <br /> made I have no good excuse to plead for this neglect except that I have <br /> been like Martha “cumbered and careful about many things” 16 I wrote thus far <br /> when company came in and of course I laid it aside since which any <br /> leisure interval in has been occupied in sewing for a dear invalid friend<br /> I have also spent two days at Isaac’s assisting them which with some <br /> company has kept me from writing have just now returned from Jericho <br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">where</span> Joseph girls and self spent the [evening?] at father’s while Cynthia <br /> attended a wedding party at Samuel Smiths The young people of <br /> the [orthodox?] meeting were generally invited at ½ past [7?] but it is <br /> so exceedingly stormy don’t know how many of them will get <br /> there Joseph went after Cynthia at ½ 9 but Samuel said they<br /> had not had any refreshments yet and she would not be ready <br /> in an hour, so he left her to come with Mary & children I <br /> feel ^in^ quite a hurry to hear all the little particulars of this <br /> novel system. tomorrow they are to have a meeting at the <br /> meeting house at 9 O clock when they are to proceed directly<br /> in carriages to Jamaca [sic] then take cars for N York dine <br /> at Dr. Woods and at evening proceed on their way <br /> This marriage and its acompanements [sic] outfits [etc?] has<br /> furnished quite a topic for gossip and more especially <br /> because the family Deborah in particular could scarcely talk <br /> on any other subject for a long time past then the great <br /> abundance of clothing linens quilts etc. ^that^ has been made up<br /> for the last year and a half has been a matter of astonish<br /> -ment to all for having failed in business all supposed money was not <br /> (Page 2)<br /> very plenty but a [truce?] to such gossip until the morrow when <br /> I shall very likely resume this subject - Matilda has been at Dr.<br /> Nicols water cure in N. York a few weeks and the last week began<br /> to improve some we very much regret her comming [sic] home just <br /> now for the weather is so cold and raw the change seems very <br /> great and then it would be so much better for her to be {in?] away <br /> from the care of providing for the people assisting them and then <br /> too it is Quarterly Meeting next week and they have a great deal <br /> of company and she desires to have things nice and good E [Willis?] <br /> and self will assist in the baking but with our assistance fear <br /> she will get quite overdone for she is very feeble and ought not <br /> to be cumbered with cares or company – Phebe Hoyt has a nice <br /> babe which is a great treasure to them But here comes Cynthia <br /> so I must stop and talk a little before I go to bed <br /> 17 It still storms severely and looks drear and comfortless and is just <br /> the kind of a day I should not want to be married on altho [sic] I am <br /> not a believer in omens or special providences I should so wish <br /> for a bright sunshiny day to cheer the mind through the conflicts <br /> of feeling which generally attend a wedding day Joseph and family <br /> are all gone to witness the consumation [sic] Mary Smith is quite unwell <br /> probably caused by care and the prospect of Deborah’s departure <br /> Jacob was here seventh and first days and said he should come up <br /> to the marriage the school closes today but it is so stormy don’t know <br /> whether he will succeed in getting up. We were very much interest<br /> ed in hearing all about George Thompson also in reading his lectures<br /> & letters and I could rejoice with you in the favorable termination <br /> of his visit to your city I thought of you anxiously at the time <br /> of the meeting fearing you were passing through a fiery ordeal<br /> instead of triumphantly welcoming the friend of humanity to your <br /> city and bearing aloft the banner of freedom. </p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Westbury 4 month 12th My Brother & Sister It is dearly beloved with feelings of humiliation and regret that I remember how long a time has elapsed since we receive brother's letter which gladdened our hearts so greatly and yet no attempt to reply to it has been made I have no good excuse to plead for this neglect except that I have been like Martha "cumbered and careful about many things" 16 I wrote thus far when company came in and of course I laid it aside since which any leisure interval in has been occupied in sewing for a dear invalid friend I have also spent two days at Isaac's assisting them which with some company has kept me from writing have just now returned from Jericho where Joseph girls and self spent the [evening?] at father's while Cynthia attended a wedding party at Samuel Smiths The young people of the [orthodox?] meeting were generally invited at 1/2 past [7?] but it is so exceedingly stormy don't know how many of them will get there Joseph went after Cynthia at 1/2 9 but Samuel said they had not had any refreshments yet and she would not be ready in an hour, so he left her to come with Mary & children I feel ^in^ quite a hurry to hear all the little particulars of this novel system. tomorrow they are to have a meeting at the meeting house at 9 O clock when they are to proceed directly in carriages to Jamaca [sic] then take cars for N York dine at Dr. Woods and at evening proceed on their way This marriage and its acompanements [sic] outfits [etc?] has furnished quite a topic for gossip and more especially because the family Deborah in particular could scarcely talk on any other subject for a long time past then the great abundance of clothing linens quilts etc. ^that^ has been made up for the last year and a half has been a matter of astonish -ment to all for having failed in business all supposed money was not very plenty but a [truce?] to such gossip until the morrow when I shall very likely resume this subject - Matilda has been at Dr. Nicols water cure in N. York a few weeks and the last week began to improve some we very much regret her comming [sic] home just now for the weather is so cold and raw the change seems very great and then it would be so much better for her to be {in?] away from the care of providing for the people assisting them and then too it is Quarterly Meeting next week and they have a great deal of company and she desires to have things nice and good E [Willis?] and self will assist in the baking but with our assistance fear she will get quite overdone for she is very feeble and ought not to be cumbered with cares or company - Phebe Hoyt has a nice babe which is a great treasure to them But here comes Cynthia so I must stop and talk a little before I go to bed 17 It still storms severely and looks drear and comfortless and is just the kind of a day I should not want to be married on altho [sic] I am not a believer in omens or special providences I should so wish for a bright sunshiny day to cheer the mind through the conflicts of feeling which generally attend a wedding day Joseph and family are all gone to witness the consumation [sic] Mary Smith is quite unwell probably caused by care and the prospect of Deborah's departure Jacob was here seventh and first days and said he should come up to the marriage the school closes today but it is so stormy don't know whether he will succeed in getting up. We were very much interest ed in hearing all about George Thompson also in reading his lectures & letters and I could rejoice with you in the favorable termination of his visit to your city I thought of you anxiously at the time of the meeting fearing you were passing through a fiery ordeal instead of triumphantly welcoming the friend of humanity to your city and bearing aloft the banner of freedom.
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 10<sup>th</sup> Mo<sup>th</sup><br /> Dear Amy<br /> Edward Willets has informed of his<br /> intended visit to your parts I felt something like a wish<br /> to write but my domestic affairs seem rather to forbid<br /> the indulgence, I cannot suppose the same cause prevents<br /> your writing as your retirement from the business of a farm<br /> must leave you much leisure and it seems as tho [sic] inclina<br /> tion must be the greatest obstacle to your frequently writing<br /> not one line from you since Isaac returned it seems as<br /> tho [sic] we were forgotten and others more fortunate engross<br /> your thoughts and attention Joseph has gone to market <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">whe is</span><br /> has occasioned considerable work Rosetta has been drinking <br /> and not able to assist at all Mary goes to school she is now<br /> complaining with stiff neck Elizabeth has been quite poorly<br /> summer complaint and teeth she is now better but [worming?]<br /> and is now in my lap pulling the paper so that this apology<br /> may be sufficient for the many errors which appear<br /> We were quite supprised [sic] to hear of Isaac’s long tarry in New<br /> York &c we felt as tho [sic] it was lost time to be so near and<br /> yet separate from us, Phebe I Merrit and Rachel are again<br /> employ’d in visiting family’s in NY they hope to finish<br /> before long this is the 3<sup>rd</sup> week they call on those that have<br /> been disowned and friendly people which adds very much to<br /> the number<br /> Phebe Johnson is at Westbury she has attended but one meet<br /> ing soon after it was settled she rose and said she attended that<br /> meeting not so much from an impression of duty but the<br /> invitation of a friend she then alluded to her having made<br /> the application she had of becoming and that it was after<br /> mature deliberation that she was willing to submit her case<br /> to friends without anxiety as to the result that she had<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> peace in having made the request and tho [sic] we did not admit<br /> her as one yet she was one in spirit with the true church<br /> she then desired she might have a little time to relieve<br /> her mind and as far as I was capable of judging spoke<br /> the truth she seemed unwilling to take much time spok [sic]<br /> very fast and after a while rose again on the subject of <br /> slavery which was excellent indeed Sarah Hicks was<br /> very uneasy while she was speaking did not evince that<br /> her mind was in the quiet P has made us a visit she<br /> is a very sensible woman, expects to spend the winter<br /> with [Jr?] Robert Moore and wife William Johnson became a very<br /> great trouble to them from his extravagant use of alcohol<br /> and opium he was confined in the court House two weeks<br /> and Phebe thinks he is quite reformed that if it was<br /> offered to him he would not accept any stimulants<br /> says he feels grateful to them for doing as they did altho [sic]<br /> it was trying to them at the time<br /> We have wanted to hear from Pricilla [sic] where she is<br /> and what are her prospects and whether you know any<br /> thing about aunt Phebe and her companion it seems<br /> as though she might have lived as comfortably with<br /> some of her relatives this marring [marrying?]for convenience<br /> as for money are both attended with many<strong> </strong>unp<strong><br /></strong>leasant reflections nothing but pure affection<br /> can render <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Abby</span> married life what it should be <br /> I think with Rhoda (tho [sic] some thought it a contradiction)<br /> that many are joined in wedloc [sic] that are not ma<br /> rried in the true sense of the thing Isaac heard some<br /> thing of the uneasyness [sic] of some of the Elders with Rhoda<br /> it is not talked of so much we plainly felt and saw<br /> that there was a party feeling getting up in the<br /> minds of very many which was manifested in the <br /> monthly meeting while Lucretia was with us it was<br /><br /> [Continues on page 1 with overlapping text running upward, beginning “proposed to make”]<br /><br /><br /> proposed to make an endorsement on her minute (and a like<br /> proposal in the quarterly meeting for Rhoda when it was remarked<br /> by Samuel Mott she had not finished her visit) a friend rose and said as<br /> the friend had not finished her visit among us he would rather it was left he<br /> had unity with both the friends but wished all to be used alike<br /> this caused much to be said and many expresed [sic] their unity with Rhoda<br /> and her having made so general a visit in these parts seemed to demand<br /> something it was finally left in both the cases for the quarterly mee [sic]<br /> but I do not expect any thing will be sent from that meeting the proceeding<br /> of the Elders seem to be condemned very generaly [sic] in the case of R we have<br /> understood that she stands fair in her own meeting and what is so remarka[ble?]<br /> almost all of the common people felt unity with her and some say they perfer [sic]<br /> her to Lucretia they are very different women Lucretia has the advan^tage^<br /> of a good education and easy delivery while Rhoda has very little and in<br /> conversation a very great impediment in her speech. We only had<br /> a morning call from Lucretia her time very much taken up in meeting<br /> she had a very large meeting in New York for colord [sic] people which was<br /> very satisfactory Phebe has had one letter from her since her return<br /> home the contents of which she will probably impart to you I<br /> am thinking this had all probably been related to you and more<br /> particularly than this is my thoughts do not present alway [sic] soon enough<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> [Text sideways and upward, overlapping original text]<br /> to keep all in the right order Edmund Rushmore is gaining<br /> again a little they will probably write by Edward believe the rest<br /> of our friends are in usual health Richard [Weeks?] has a daughter<br /> has been very ill fourteen weeks many complaints she appears<br /> to have lost her reason now which makes it difficult to do<br /> for her she takes no nourishment the come for ill for her to hold in<br /> her mouth Joseph has just returned and I will now leave to<br /> let him write as I think he will like to<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">o</span> do answer<br /> this poor as it is I think sometimes it is not worth<br /> while for me to write as my letters are so seldom answer^d^ [sic]<br /> in love to all I am as heretofore affectionately thy<br /> sister M. W. P.<br /><br /> [Remainder of letter transcribed as letter 460 by Joseph Post]</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 10th Moth Dear Amy Edward Willets has informed of his intended visit to your parts I felt something like a wish to write but my domestic affairs seem rather to forbid the indulgence, I cannot suppose the same cause prevents your writing as your retirement from the business of a farm must leave you much leisure and it seems as tho [sic] inclina tion must be the greatest obstacle to your frequently writing not one line from you since Isaac returned it seems as tho [sic] we were forgotten and others more fortunate engross your thoughts and attention Joseph has gone to market whe is has occasioned considerable work Rosetta has been drinking and not able to assist at all Mary goes to school she is now complaining with stiff neck Elizabeth has been quite poorly summer complaint and teeth she is now better but [worming?] and is now in my lap pulling the paper so that this apology may be sufficient for the many errors which appear We were quite supprised [sic] to hear of Isaac's long tarry in New York &c we felt as tho [sic] it was lost time to be so near and yet separate from us, Phebe I Merrit and Rachel are again employ'd in visiting family's in NY they hope to finish before long this is the 3rd week they call on those that have been disowned and friendly people which adds very much to the number Phebe Johnson is at Westbury she has attended but one meet ing soon after it was settled she rose and said she attended that meeting not so much from an impression of duty but the invitation of a friend she then alluded to her having made the application she had of becoming and that it was after mature deliberation that she was willing to submit her case to friends without anxiety as to the result that she had peace in having made the request and tho [sic] we did not admit her as one yet she was one in spirit with the true church she then desired she might have a little time to relieve her mind and as far as I was capable of judging spoke the truth she seemed unwilling to take much time spok [sic] very fast and after a while rose again on the subject of slavery which was excellent indeed Sarah Hicks was very uneasy while she was speaking did not evince that her mind was in the quiet P has made us a visit she is a very sensible woman, expects to spend the winter with [Jr?] Robert Moore and wife William Johnson became a very great trouble to them from his extravagant use of alcohol and opium he was confined in the court House two weeks and Phebe thinks he is quite reformed that if it was offered to him he would not accept any stimulants says he feels grateful to them for doing as they did altho [sic] it was trying to them at the time We have wanted to hear from Pricilla [sic] where she is and what are her prospects and whether you know any thing about aunt Phebe and her companion it seems as though she might have lived as comfortably with some of her relatives this marring [marrying?]for convenience as for money are both attended with many unpleasant reflections nothing but pure affection can render Abby married life what it should be I think with Rhoda (tho [sic] some thought it a contradiction) that many are joined in wedloc [sic] that are not ma rried in the true sense of the thing Isaac heard some thing of the uneasyness [sic] of some of the Elders with Rhoda it is not talked of so much we plainly felt and saw that there was a party feeling getting up in the minds of very many which was manifested in the monthly meeting while Lucretia was with us it was [Continues on page 1 with overlapping text running upward, beginning "proposed to make"] proposed to make an endorsement on her minute (and a like proposal in the quarterly meeting for Rhoda when it was remarked by Samuel Mott she had not finished her visit) a friend rose and said as the friend had not finished her visit among us he would rather it was left he had unity with both the friends but wished all to be used alike this caused much to be said and many expresed [sic] their unity with Rhoda and her having made so general a visit in these parts seemed to demand something it was finally left in both the cases for the quarterly mee [sic] but I do not expect any thing will be sent from that meeting the proceeding of the Elders seem to be condemned very generaly [sic] in the case of R we have understood that she stands fair in her own meeting and what is so remarka[ble?] almost all of the common people felt unity with her and some say they perfer [sic] her to Lucretia they are very different women Lucretia has the advan^tage^ of a good education and easy delivery while Rhoda has very little and in conversation a very great impediment in her speech. We only had a morning call from Lucretia her time very much taken up in meeting she had a very large meeting in New York for colord [sic] people which was very satisfactory Phebe has had one letter from her since her return home the contents of which she will probably impart to you I am thinking this had all probably been related to you and more particularly than this is my thoughts do not present alway [sic] soon enough [Text sideways and upward, overlapping original text] to keep all in the right order Edmund Rushmore is gaining again a little they will probably write by Edward believe the rest of our friends are in usual health Richard [Weeks?] has a daughter has been very ill fourteen weeks many complaints she appears to have lost her reason now which makes it difficult to do for her she takes no nourishment the come for ill for her to hold in her mouth Joseph has just returned and I will now leave to let him write as I think he will like too do answer this poor as it is I think sometimes it is not worth while for me to write as my letters are so seldom answer^d^ [sic] in love to all I am as heretofore affectionately thy sister M. W. P. [Remainder of letter transcribed as letter 460 by Joseph Post]
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Dear Issac and Amy your remembrance was duly <br /> received and as heretofore was truly a welcome messenger<br /> bearing to us much of interest and our only regret was that <br /> it was so soon read but I know full well the many claims<br /> on your time to wonder at your not filling several sheets at <br /> a time although you could do it so <span style="text-decoration:underline;">very</span> acceptably to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">us</span> <br /> many things you wrote of we so wanted to hear in detail<br /> do not take it for granted that we know because it is <br /> familiar to yourselves but remember we are “<span style="text-decoration:underline;">away</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">down</span>” on L.I.<br /> where we need the sympathy and love of the more favored and <br /> as the friends say in reference to their members who are separated<br /> from their sect they are in a very tired scituation[sic] no friends near<br /> so with us but somehow we feel far very far from being alone<br /> and can rejoice in the enlargement of feeling which is our <br /> portion and greatly prefer being as we are to standing where <br /> we might have stood high in the estimation of our neighbors<br /> promoted by sect and perchance looking down on reforms with<br /> a holy honor and join in pesecuting [sic] veryly [sic] believing we were<br /> doing right I see continually the need there is of charity<br /> and I also see those who say the most of excellence of <br /> charity to be (in my opinion) <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">the</span> wanting in the commodity<br /> The Quarterly Meeting has recently passed<br /> and was called an interesting one by some but my interest<br /> has declined so that I could not see much of it We had<br /> company many of whom I suppose cry out against use but<br /> we cease not to speak and that plainly our disapproval of acts<br /> which are sanctioned cousin Joseph Willets did not see why we<br /> remained members with a sect we could not unite with<br /> why we did not withdraw I told him we had been advised both<br /> publickly [sic] and privately to do so he could not see why we did<br /> not &c &c Rowland Johnson one month ago sent in his resig<br /> –nation and believing it would not be read by the clerk read<br /> it himself and spoke to them I suppose with great plainness<br /> as they seem greatly irritated by something which transpired <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> They would not grant his request but has this week brought<br /> charges against him for the <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">great</span> neglect of attending meeting<br /> and communicating unsound doctrine when he did attend <br /> also with having joined another society and I don’t know <br /> but other charges We have heard but little and that from <br /> his opponents and they were quite cautious about speaking<br /> any thing which would ruminate themselves but they cannot<br /> conceal the spirit which is too apparent to all observers that<br /> is a persecuting intolerant spirit else why not grant his<br /> request without trying to find a charge against him sufficient <br /> to cast him from them as unworthy a few years ago they would <br /> I doubt not have said as some one ^in former time^ said is thy servant a dog that<br /> he should do this thing but it needs not this to prove that the<br /> sect has departed far from the principles it professes to venerate <br /> the thoughts to which they are giving utterance will communicate<br /> themselves to others and like the expanding circles on the placid <br /> surface of some quite lake will spread more and more widely <br /> and the effect will not cease until it is beyond their power to<br /> stay or even to trace the evil <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">^and^ resulting from</span> such a<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">n</span> movement<br /> Rowland is one of those of whom the world is not worthy his <br /> while life is unselfishly devoted to doing good <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> he has many<br /> friends in whose hearts he is enshrined I will now turn to a <br /> subject far brighter and one I love to think of for the joy it <br /> gave me at the time and since our Flushing meeting<br /> The weather was quite unfavorable and I feared we should<br /> be disappointed but it broke away and we set out had a <br /> beautiful ride as the earth had just washed her face and pres<br /> ented a [scene?] of freshness and beauty not often seen at this seas^on^<br /> the trees were laden with foliage <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">so</span> green and shining and as <br /> we passed from hill to valley the variety of scenery was as <br /> varied catching glimpses of the bright and sparkling water <br /> then some lordly dwelling then the cottage with its modest<br /> vines trained over the door and around the window with the<br /> children at the door looking happy and contented all these<br /> made my ride a pleasant one and then the thought of meeting<br /> [continues on page 3 with line beginning “the great pioneer threw”]<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> [text in top margin, written upward]<br /> the differents <br /> of getting <br /> help to <br /> do the <br /> necessary <br /> work and<br /> W sick so<br /> that she <br /> has had <br /> to go out<br /> and work <br /> I hope he<br /> is better<br /> J is waiting<br /> so farew^el^[sic]<br /> write<br /> very soon<br /> it is the<br /> 9<br /><br /> [text normal, continued from page 2 with line ending “thought of meeting”]<br /> the great pioneer threw a charm over all and now for the<br /> meeting but my description will be brief as the reporters<br /> were there and will convey the language of each speaker<br /> but then the feeling of hope and confidence in the rightful<br /> lness of emancipation and interest as manifested by the people<br /> awakened the hope that the apathy was passing away and a <br /> new era was about to dawn on this modern Babylon the grove<br /> was a beautiful one but we were soon obliged to take shelter<br /> from a heavy shower in a large shed designed for an emer<br /> gencey of the kind and glad we were to avail ourselves of<br /> it Garrison did not arrive until noon he looked worn and<br /> weary but seemed bright and willing to be spent in this <br /> holy cause he could not accompany us home greatly as we<br /> wished it he returned the next day to Boston We think<br /> we had a good celebration altho most were strangers to each <br /> other there were very many colored people and many<br /> appeared like a superior class both in appearance and <br /> conduct I don’t know but we were almost the only represen^tatives^ <br /> there from LI or from the country east and very few that <br /> we knew from Flushing The ride home was not as <br /> pleasant twice and dark it was but then every pleasure<br /> has some alloy. First day afternoon no it is now Third day<br /> afternoon and our poor scrawl lies here yet company came<br /> on first day and then I thought I would get it off next morning<br /> but Catharine Willis came quite early Henry was going to the <br /> [Branch?] about his teeth in the afternoon others came and<br /> Sarah Beaill and Samuel Chapman are now here so<br /> that I have not had the opportunity and now I will not<br /> wait any longer but send it off by J who is going to <br /> the shop Elizabeth does not get very strong has missed<br /> her chills two weeks but quite drooping to day<br /> Samuel I Titus is quite feeble cough &c giving cause for<br /> uneasiness to his friends Stephens wife and sister at<br /> at fathers have not been to see us this time want to go there<br /> W Kirby has been quite poorly was better Matilda has a very trying time<br /><br /> [Subsequent page written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and transcribed as letter 257]
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Dear Issac and Amy your remembrance was duly received and as heretofore was truly a welcome messenger bearing to us much of interest and our only regret was that it was so soon read but I know full well the many claims on your time to wonder at your not filling several sheets at a time although you could do it so very acceptably to us many things you wrote of we so wanted to hear in detail do not take it for granted that we know because it is familiar to yourselves but remember we are "awaydown" on L.I. where we need the sympathy and love of the more favored and as the friends say in reference to their members who are separated from their sect they are in a very tired scituation[sic] no friends near so with us but somehow we feel far very far from being alone and can rejoice in the enlargement of feeling which is our portion and greatly prefer being as we are to standing where we might have stood high in the estimation of our neighbors promoted by sect and perchance looking down on reforms with a holy honor and join in pesecuting [sic] veryly [sic] believing we were doing right I see continually the need there is of charity and I also see those who say the most of excellence of charity to be (in my opinion) the wanting in the commodity The Quarterly Meeting has recently passed and was called an interesting one by some but my interest has declined so that I could not see much of it We had company many of whom I suppose cry out against use but we cease not to speak and that plainly our disapproval of acts which are sanctioned cousin Joseph Willets did not see why we remained members with a sect we could not unite with why we did not withdraw I told him we had been advised both publickly [sic] and privately to do so he could not see why we did not &c &c Rowland Johnson one month ago sent in his resig -nation and believing it would not be read by the clerk read it himself and spoke to them I suppose with great plainness as they seem greatly irritated by something which transpired They would not grant his request but has this week brought charges against him for the great neglect of attending meeting and communicating unsound doctrine when he did attend also with having joined another society and I don't know but other charges We have heard but little and that from his opponents and they were quite cautious about speaking any thing which would ruminate themselves but they cannot conceal the spirit which is too apparent to all observers that is a persecuting intolerant spirit else why not grant his request without trying to find a charge against him sufficient to cast him from them as unworthy a few years ago they would I doubt not have said as some one ^in former time^ said is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing but it needs not this to prove that the sect has departed far from the principles it professes to venerate the thoughts to which they are giving utterance will communicate themselves to others and like the expanding circles on the placid surface of some quite lake will spread more and more widely and the effect will not cease until it is beyond their power to stay or even to trace the evil ^and^ resulting from such an movement Rowland is one of those of whom the world is not worthy his while life is unselfishly devoted to doing good and he has many friends in whose hearts he is enshrined I will now turn to a subject far brighter and one I love to think of for the joy it gave me at the time and since our Flushing meeting The weather was quite unfavorable and I feared we should be disappointed but it broke away and we set out had a beautiful ride as the earth had just washed her face and pres ented a [scene?] of freshness and beauty not often seen at this seas^on^ the trees were laden with foliage so green and shining and as we passed from hill to valley the variety of scenery was as varied catching glimpses of the bright and sparkling water then some lordly dwelling then the cottage with its modest vines trained over the door and around the window with the children at the door looking happy and contented all these made my ride a pleasant one and then the thought of meeting [continues on page 3 with line beginning "the great pioneer threw"] [text in top margin, written upward] the differents of getting help to do the necessary work and W sick so that she has had to go out and work I hope he is better J is waiting so farew^el^[sic] write very soon it is the 9 [text normal, continued from page 2 with line ending "thought of meeting"] the great pioneer threw a charm over all and now for the meeting but my description will be brief as the reporters were there and will convey the language of each speaker but then the feeling of hope and confidence in the rightful lness of emancipation and interest as manifested by the people awakened the hope that the apathy was passing away and a new era was about to dawn on this modern Babylon the grove was a beautiful one but we were soon obliged to take shelter from a heavy shower in a large shed designed for an emer gencey of the kind and glad we were to avail ourselves of it Garrison did not arrive until noon he looked worn and weary but seemed bright and willing to be spent in this holy cause he could not accompany us home greatly as we wished it he returned the next day to Boston We think we had a good celebration altho most were strangers to each other there were very many colored people and many appeared like a superior class both in appearance and conduct I don't know but we were almost the only represen^tatives^ there from LI or from the country east and very few that we knew from Flushing The ride home was not as pleasant twice and dark it was but then every pleasure has some alloy. First day afternoon no it is now Third day afternoon and our poor scrawl lies here yet company came on first day and then I thought I would get it off next morning but Catharine Willis came quite early Henry was going to the [Branch?] about his teeth in the afternoon others came and Sarah Beaill and Samuel Chapman are now here so that I have not had the opportunity and now I will not wait any longer but send it off by J who is going to the shop Elizabeth does not get very strong has missed her chills two weeks but quite drooping to day Samuel I Titus is quite feeble cough &c giving cause for uneasiness to his friends Stephens wife and sister at at fathers have not been to see us this time want to go there W Kirby has been quite poorly was better Matilda has a very trying time [Subsequent page written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and transcribed as letter 257]
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> First day afternoon I have just got pen and paper for Joseph to put some of<br /> his <span style="text-decoration:underline;">idea</span>s on but he entirely declines as there is such a barrenness of incident<br /> so he cannot write I am eaqually [sic] destitute abut rather than the wrapper<br /> should go blank will scribble on John and Mary are at Westbury been <br /> here several days expect them to soend the day with us tomorrow perhaps<br /> I had better not said any thing about them in the forgiving letter don’t let<br /> it do any harm Robert wife and some company came up in the mor<br /> =ning train ^on seventh day^ they concluded not to have any wedding they said but wished<br /> us to come soon and make them a visit after this they were here and <br /> told us to come next day – but seventh day evening after 6 oclock Stephen <br /> came up and invited us to come down that evening – but that invite<br /> was rather <span style="text-decoration:underline;"> too lat</span>e however they had quite a little company I su<br /> =pose they had had some kind of an invitation we shall go ere long<br /> How is Susan Doty do not hear any thing from her hope her health<br /> is improving You speak of George Willets and family we are truly <br /> glad he has got employment have sympathised with him in hi[s?]<br /> difficulties sickness &c but you did not inform whether the rapp[ers?]<br /> told him what to do or whether some other agency procured the sit=<br /> uation – you speak of a skeptic visiting the rappers and thought<br /> they made the noise ^now^ supposing they and all others ^present^ should take<br /> off their shoes as it appears the sound comes from beneath<br /> it could then be known whether it was caused by boot or shoe<br /> I would like to help you seek out this mystery for it still<br /> feels to me that there is a natural cause which will finally <br /> come to light until which time give us all the facts which <br /> interest you on this and other subjects we are particularly<br /> interested hearing of mesmerism clairvoyance &c not forge<br /> =tting Ben Renough his course I am somewhat like Amy in judging<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> his motives perhaps he will go back to society a wiser if not a better<br /> man – if they take him back – their hope of your return must be faint <br /> if I may Judge from Amys expressions relative to meeting going<br /> yesterday was bright and beautiful snow _disappearing birds beginni<br /> =ng to sing but the scene is changed again it is snowing and the<br /> appearance of winter has come back – but I wish you could look<br /> into our sitting room it looks as cheerful as can be Joseph and self sitting<br /> by a beautiful coal fire and by the windows over thirty pots of various<br /> kinds of plants some of which reach to the ceiling very green and beauti<br /> ful quite a number of things in bloom and sent [sic] the air with their<br /> fragrance – as to visiting you however much we desire to ^do so we^ <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">visit</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and see</span><br /> see no way for it at present but hope we may enjoy that privilege some day<br /> [Continues below with line beginning “aunt Jane Valentines”]<br /><br /> [Text halfway down page on left side, written downwards]<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Spirit world it be well for </span>him <br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">to investigate. The scene we witnessed<br /></span>Last summerwith Mr Davis<br /> They can not come<br /> [sit?] [satterday?] <br /> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">monday</span> not untill [sic]<br /> you unless<br /><br /> [Text halfway down page in center, written upwards]<br /><br /> North Hempstead <span style="text-decoration:underline;">104</span><br /> Feb 27<br /><br /><br /> Isaac Post<br /> Rochester<br /> NY<br /><br /> [Text written in pencil, upside down in center of page]<br /><br /> Post at not you<br /> ma<br /> he may come<br /> Joe Butts they<br /> may come<br /><br /> [Text at bottom of page, written normal]<br /> aunt Jane Valentines health is improving her facutlies also they have been very much<br /> impaired James W Mott Lydia Townsends husband was buried to day Willet Seaman went<br /> to New York a fortnight ago to be a clerk in a dry goods store he was terribly home <br /> sick and has returned back satisfied with N York at least for the present Valentine Hick<br /> seems more comfortable the Dr Seaman has been quite unwell feared a fistula but<br /> believe they have decided otherwise is better They have had a great deal of difficulty<br /> in the boys monthly beeting school in New York – it has been in quite a flourishing<br /> condition until this winter David Griscome has been head teacher some time he left<br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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First day afternoon I have just got pen and paper for Joseph to put some of his ideas on but he entirely declines as there is such a barrenness of incident so he cannot write I am eaqually [sic] destitute abut rather than the wrapper should go blank will scribble on John and Mary are at Westbury been here several days expect them to soend the day with us tomorrow perhaps I had better not said any thing about them in the forgiving letter don't let it do any harm Robert wife and some company came up in the mor =ning train ^on seventh day^ they concluded not to have any wedding they said but wished us to come soon and make them a visit after this they were here and told us to come next day - but seventh day evening after 6 oclock Stephen came up and invited us to come down that evening - but that invite was rather too late however they had quite a little company I su =pose they had had some kind of an invitation we shall go ere long How is Susan Doty do not hear any thing from her hope her health is improving You speak of George Willets and family we are truly glad he has got employment have sympathised with him in hi[s?] difficulties sickness &c but you did not inform whether the rapp[ers?] told him what to do or whether some other agency procured the sit= uation - you speak of a skeptic visiting the rappers and thought they made the noise ^now^ supposing they and all others ^present^ should take off their shoes as it appears the sound comes from beneath it could then be known whether it was caused by boot or shoe I would like to help you seek out this mystery for it still feels to me that there is a natural cause which will finally come to light until which time give us all the facts which interest you on this and other subjects we are particularly interested hearing of mesmerism clairvoyance &c not forge =tting Ben Renough his course I am somewhat like Amy in judging his motives perhaps he will go back to society a wiser if not a better man - if they take him back - their hope of your return must be faint if I may Judge from Amys expressions relative to meeting going yesterday was bright and beautiful snow _disappearing birds beginni =ng to sing but the scene is changed again it is snowing and the appearance of winter has come back - but I wish you could look into our sitting room it looks as cheerful as can be Joseph and self sitting by a beautiful coal fire and by the windows over thirty pots of various kinds of plants some of which reach to the ceiling very green and beauti ful quite a number of things in bloom and sent [sic] the air with their fragrance - as to visiting you however much we desire to ^do so we^ visitand see see no way for it at present but hope we may enjoy that privilege some day [Continues below with line beginning "aunt Jane Valentines"] [Text halfway down page on left side, written downwards]Spirit world it be well for him to investigate. The scene we witnessedLast summerwith Mr Davis They can not come [sit?] [satterday?] monday not untill [sic] you unless [Text halfway down page in center, written upwards] North Hempstead 104 Feb 27 Isaac Post Rochester NY [Text written in pencil, upside down in center of page] Post at not you ma he may come Joe Butts they may come [Text at bottom of page, written normal] aunt Jane Valentines health is improving her facutlies also they have been very much impaired James W Mott Lydia Townsends husband was buried to day Willet Seaman went to New York a fortnight ago to be a clerk in a dry goods store he was terribly home sick and has returned back satisfied with N York at least for the present Valentine Hick seems more comfortable the Dr Seaman has been quite unwell feared a fistula but believe they have decided otherwise is better They have had a great deal of difficulty in the boys monthly beeting school in New York - it has been in quite a flourishing condition until this winter David Griscome has been head teacher some time he left
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Westbury 6 mo<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> 2 <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><sup>nd</sup></span><br /> Dearly Beloved<br /><br /> Blessed be [him?] that it continues to cheer and encourage the<br />drooping [ene?]rgys and spirit that is almost ready to sink at times unde [sic]<br />a sense of delinquency from duty I have felt thus this beautiful and<br />quiet evening when I remembered the length of time which had elapsed<br />since there had been any interchange of feeling between us who are<br />so intimately connected and ^with^ so many additional attractions to each<br />arising from a similarity of views on the great reformatory movements of<br />the age progressive improvement &c &c that with all thise [sic] cementing<br />bonds I feel somewhat sad to review the very limited communication<br />between us until hope sprang up like a beautiful oasis in a desirt [sic]<br />and dispeled [sic] the gloom which was gathering around<br /> I had great expectation of being with you at Syracuse and<br />did not quite give up the hope until the last and very probably<br />should have been had we not been so bereaved that I felt far less<br />like leaving home I was with you in spirit and have rejoiced at <br />the favorable reception extended to the society as well as at the faithful<br />utterance of truth at the meeting we have however been to Boston and<br />been afresh baptized into the cause we had a “f<span style="text-decoration: underline;">avored</span> m<span style="text-decoration: underline;">eeti</span>ng <span style="text-decoration: underline;">truth</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">reigned</span><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">over al</span>l “ you have [seene?] they were held in the hall first consecrated to liberty<br />in the very cradle of Antislavery it was not a desirable place on account of<br />the noise and size but it inspired the veterans in the cause with a kind<br />of double inspiration the meetings were very much crowded it was very closely<br />seated and all the aisles packed with standee’s Of course we heard George Thomps [sic]<br />and the first evening he spoke I was disappointed he did not at all come up<br />to my ideas of him but I heard him under very unfavorable circumstan<br />-ces having the sick headache pretty seveirly [sic] but at the subsequent meet<br />ings I saw him in his true character and was prepared to appreciate his<br />soul stirring eloquence but I may confess greate [sic] and powerful as he is
I cannot place him higher than all others he was speaking of the desire of
all to claim the nave of abolitionist that they said they were as much of an abolitionis [sic]
as any body that he was disposed to doubt their soundness unless they could
swallow Garrison down whole &c whenever he came in the meeting [up?] on
the stand he was greeted with tremendous applause but you will see a
much better sketch of the meeting than I can give so I will pass on to
other subjects we attended one sitting of the yearly meeting before going
and I doubt not the evidences of our unsoundness are now unmistaka
bly proven and I have not hesitated to say to those I have been with
that one hour spent in the court of Antislavery was worth a thousand in
a sectarian organization there were a great number of ministers Elders
and &c with minutes and we hear it remarked what a good meeting they
had so much unity good feeling &c prevailed but I cannot find they said
or done any thing on the subjects which ought to claim the attention of such
a body but I will bear the society to John and Mary who can picture it
out much more beautiful than I wish to as it seems to me to be too much
like a “whited s^e^pulchure [sic] beautiful without” &c Elizabeth Newport was
there and wanted a meeting with the young preachers other ministers and
Elders were at liberty to go or not as they chose and we hear the Elders
had a pretty strong dose of some kind of tea probably not more palata
-ble than the kind they administer to the unsound and our zealous
while the young speakers were treated to a savory dish Elizabeth
and also Pricilla are in the borders having meetings Abigail E
Thurston was buried last seventh day Pricilla was at the funeral and
we hear preached a long sermon on doctrinal points and strong
too that it seem peculiarly inappropriate to the occasion and as
^there^ was many orthodox present rather unpleasant For my part I do
not appreciate a doctrinal sermon it seems so cold and useless or
in other words it does not supply any want in my soul but I know
I am very often alone in this sentiment but so it is and I do not know as I
shall ever change
We went in to see Edmund he is quite feeble rather goes back though
his countenance seemed to look rather cleaner than it had done but his
symptoms I should think unfavorable he seemed quite cheerful and I
should judge not discouraged Matilda is in Philadelphia and is quite as
comfortable am hopeing [sic] to hear she is more so if she does not improve it will
seem like lost time having her away from us We feel a great void that can
not be filled but I am feeling much more comfortable under it than I could
have done before my views changed or rather became enlarged and I now strive
to diminish my sorrow knowing “it is not all of life to live nor all of death to die”
and the reading of A J Davis’s works has contributed greatly to change the views I once
held and to look on death with much less fear and regret viewing ^it^ now as the gate
or entrance into an infinitely higher order of life where progression in goodness and
purity will be experienced by each I love to dwell on some of these beautiful ideas
(or it may be speculations) some tell me it is a dangerous train of thinking but
to me it is much more pleasant than the old that “as the tree falleth so it lies” I
actually fainted once a long time ago from the contemplation of the awfulness of dying
in an unprepared state, but I need not recapitulate all the changes which have
occurred you know many of them Elias has for the last two weeks taken his meals
in his father’s part of the house Mary had a nice Irish girl to work for them he
keeps her to assist his Aunt Patty but the change for him is very great they lived
very nicely together each anticipating their wants he loves to come up and while
away a lovely hour with us, may it every remain so Isaac and Catharine were
here first day a short time but we had other company and did not hear from C all
we would like to relative to you had hoped Edmund had recoverd [sic] faster than it appeared
he had I have felt much sympathy for him during this long season of great weak
-ness and physical prostration give our united love to him with our earnest wishes
for his recovery and happiness I have been writing while all save me sunk
in forgetfulness and that the morrow may be enjoyed I too will seek
repose as the clock is about to strike the hour of 12 but I feel as thoug^h^
I could scribble on an hour longer very comfortably but now good night
16th I expected to have sent this off and took it in hand but company came
in before I had written a word and we have had a succession of company
each day since our return home Cynthia’s sister and aunt and Ezera Willets and
Jane ^&^ Pricilla & companion ^were^ among the number of strangers besides neighbors &
friends more than usual Pricilla holds you in the most affectionate remembran^ce^
says I shall ever remember their great kindness to me ^with^ gratitude wants to see
you very much gave me some kisses for you and desired a great deal of love I
said a whole heart full yes she said a whole heart full I think she loved us
a great deal better for your sakes at any rate she seemed to take a great fancy
to us and I could account for it in no other way after being in the house
a few minutes I said I did not tell you how very welcom [sic] you are she
replyed [sic] that is not necessary for as soon as I entered the door I felt
that which renders the expression unnecessary &c &c she was pleasant and
affable very different from what she is at some places I hear she only made two
visits in NY and one was at cousin Amos’s she went in a chamber and remained
there all the time not even going down to dinner the day she was there
Cousin Edmund is taking them around and is going with ^her^ to attend the meetings or
the East side of the river her companion is from Cincinnati and is a very inte
-resting woman her sister [Cala?] Allen attended the Syracuse meeting
I asked Edmund about her sermon at A Thurstons funeral he did not think it
a doctrinal one at all and thought her favored She preached as close an
one at Westbury as I almost ever heard said there was a great lack of
charity judging and condemning for opinion and if there was not a change
there would be a scattering of the body that you have no right to judge if the
conduct is blameless that you have nothing to do with the opinions of others
that each was responsible to God that he had given to each reasoning
faculties to judge and decide for himself what was true and what false
come and let us reason together reason with God why my friends you can al^most^
reason yourselves into Heaven if you think a brother or sister has done
wrong go to them privately and cease to this censorious uncharitable spirit
which would condemn because there is not a uniformity in opinion religion
does not consist in opinion but in Obedience in being filled with love to
God and man that God was not partial to us but his love was universal
to all said much on the love principle how much easier it was to do
good than evil that it was the way of the transgressor was hard and
if we only done the best we knew we should receive the welcome salutation
of well done this is the merest sketch and does not do justice to her or
her subject The next day they were at Jericho she spoke in an entirely differ [sic]
strain thought there were those present who had fallen asleep on their
beds of ease that there was danger of their sleeping the sleep of death it
seemed to her that the time called loudly for them to exert all there [sic]
energys [sic] to arise for it seemed to her to be the eleventh hour and their
danger was great in trifling away their precious time that a name would not avail
them any more than it did the foolish virgins they it appeared had lamps
and were to appearance ready to go forth to meet the bridegroom &c &c I think
her mission seems to be to encourage all to live up to the light they have to
try to be good for it is very easy The Jericho friends though her very tedious too
long by half somehow I did not get tired Aidon & Eliza Joseph & self were the only
persons from other meetings so you can judge who liked and who did not
it really seemed very strange to me to go there to meeting as I could not
remember the time we had gone to hear any stranger I guess I have spun this
out long enough and will ask your pardon if I have been too tedious
Uncle and Aunt Kirby were at meeting and inquired if I was writing to you they
are about as usual Aunt was at Yearly Meeting also Elizabeth Mott
Uncle Robert has finished his earthy course without being confined to his bed
more than a few hours was out to the barn in the for part of the day
in the forenoon taken with a chill and declined steadily untill [sic] about 3 in
afternoon he quietly passed away We recivd [sic] those pamphlets by H C Wright from
you I suppose he read it to us in manuscript we are much obliged to you
when shall we hear from you I hope we may ere long as E is gaining you will
have more opportunity for I will know what a great addition to the work of a family
to have an invalid boarder is I think you will recieve [sic] a rich reward not only
in this world but also in ^the^ spirit world for your kindness to our dear Edmund I feel
to thank you for it I wish I could give more substantial proofs of it by assisting you when he
comes to L I I will add my mite love to all farewell I very often
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think of our delightful visit to you all
Yesterday went up to Henrys do not find as they examined into the rappings much and
od not hear as they are any more convinced of their being from the Spirit land
George Doughty and family are very firm beleivers [sic] they had not witnessed
until they were in Boston they went with Thompson Garrison and others to Sunder
-lands and say many wonderful things but George’s sister in law ^Sarah Taylor^ living in Pittsburg
had written them particulars of a similar character so that he was prepared to
believe without seeing She has a Dutch girl living in her family who has become
a very good medium In her letter to George she complains severely of Mrs
[Swishelman’s?] conduct she come and had an interview and professed herself satisf
-ied and also to be a candid inquirer after truth She afterwards proved she was
not for she wrote an abusive article against ^them^ and inserted in it her paper
Sarah felt she had much to contend with the friends of the girl very much apposed
to her sitting for circles & Sarah’s husband so nervous about what was said altho
deeply interested and believing she felt that a great deal rested on her said there
was another medium just coming into notice so that she hoped to be somewhat
relieved There were some messages purporting to be from Beny Doughty which to
George were very interesting and convincing George cares nothing about seeing
things move that is of the most doubtful character but any thing which can
read his thoughts and tell of things not know to any except himself must be true
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> First day I hoped ere this my sheet would have reached <br /> its destination but sixth and seventh days were occupied <br /> so fully that I failed to send it to the office company <br /> each day until evening when reading and conversation usualy [sic] <br /> prevents writing I prepared for meeting this morning but <br /> felt so little energy I concluded to remain at home and <br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">medit</span>ate I then remembered my two letters laying unfinished <br /> (one to Cynthia) and resolved to say a word and pass them <br /> on with my good wishes The weather remains very mild so soft <br /> and balmy <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> nature is indeed very beautiful in her autumnal <br /> garb the woods which bound our northern view are now varied <br /> in color presenting the appearance of a grand kalldescope [sic] <br /> ever changing ever new and charming the eye by the delicate <br /> blending of tints which none other than the great limner <br /> can paint I will not tell you much about flower's this time <br /> only of the beautiful boquets [sic] friendships offering from <br /> Sarah A Willets of Bay Side which the girls brought on their <br /> return I will not attempt a description for I should fail to <br /> portray the exquisite loveliness of roses verbernas artimecias <br /> and many other autumnal flowers which composed the boquets [sic]<br /> Matilda can imagine how very beautiful they are They have <br /> not moved in their new house which in replete with convenience <br /> may they enjoy all blessings which health and wealth can <br /> give few are more deserving than Sarah Edward Post rather <br /> improving I do not find as there was any thing of interest <br /> at the 2 M no strangers present John Roberts has appealed <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> to the quarterly meeting there is very little doubt but <br /> the judgment will be sustained I think many who are <br /> opposed to music regret its being carried through as <br /> they do not see the end I have heard friends are <br /> known to have them and probably many others secretly <br /> then others have other instruments and the friends of <br /> music tell them if one is a crime the other is also <br /> I think they are in a fix I sometimes pity those who seem <br /> to look to the society as the ark of safety from evil how <br /> discouraging their hope is no vitality left an observan^ce^ <br /> of some of the forms but even these gradually passing <br /> away I was quite supprised [sic] to hear Lydia Post speak of reading <br /> a sermon by H W Beecher and then extolled it a [sic] much as <br /> ourself truly the world moves Maria Willets is from <br /> home with Deborah Hinsdale attended Baltimore Y M &c <br /> J D Wright has gone to Baltimore. he was at the Q M and <br /> Joseph said come out against spiritualism as usual for him or I <br /> often hear of his doing so Jane Willets is still very poorly and has <br /> got back to Dr Wright Caroline Willets is with Rachel I am glad for <br /> her to be there she needs her sympathy in this hour of trial Abraham <br /> is at the entrance of the spirit home and this fact causes all <br /> things to seem more solemn to me to day than usual<br /> We should love to hear from Matilda I trust she has <br /> some leisure hours when she might retire from your <br /> generous hospitality to give us a word of cheer our love <br /> to her most affectionately as also to all our friends truly <br /> your sister<br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. First day I hoped ere this my sheet would have reached its destination but sixth and seventh days were occupied so fully that I failed to send it to the office company each day until evening when reading and conversation usualy [sic] prevents writing I prepared for meeting this morning but felt so little energy I concluded to remain at home and meditate I then remembered my two letters laying unfinished (one to Cynthia) and resolved to say a word and pass them on with my good wishes The weather remains very mild so soft and balmy and nature is indeed very beautiful in her autumnal garb the woods which bound our northern view are now varied in color presenting the appearance of a grand kalldescope [sic] ever changing ever new and charming the eye by the delicate blending of tints which none other than the great limner can paint I will not tell you much about flower's this time only of the beautiful boquets [sic] friendships offering from Sarah A Willets of Bay Side which the girls brought on their return I will not attempt a description for I should fail to portray the exquisite loveliness of roses verbernas artimecias and many other autumnal flowers which composed the boquets [sic] Matilda can imagine how very beautiful they are They have not moved in their new house which in replete with convenience may they enjoy all blessings which health and wealth can give few are more deserving than Sarah Edward Post rather improving I do not find as there was any thing of interest at the 2 M no strangers present John Roberts has appealed to the quarterly meeting there is very little doubt but the judgment will be sustained I think many who are opposed to music regret its being carried through as they do not see the end I have heard friends are known to have them and probably many others secretly then others have other instruments and the friends of music tell them if one is a crime the other is also I think they are in a fix I sometimes pity those who seem to look to the society as the ark of safety from evil how discouraging their hope is no vitality left an observan^ce^ of some of the forms but even these gradually passing away I was quite supprised [sic] to hear Lydia Post speak of reading a sermon by H W Beecher and then extolled it a [sic] much as ourself truly the world moves Maria Willets is from home with Deborah Hinsdale attended Baltimore Y M &c J D Wright has gone to Baltimore. he was at the Q M and Joseph said come out against spiritualism as usual for him or I often hear of his doing so Jane Willets is still very poorly and has got back to Dr Wright Caroline Willets is with Rachel I am glad for her to be there she needs her sympathy in this hour of trial Abraham is at the entrance of the spirit home and this fact causes all things to seem more solemn to me to day than usual We should love to hear from Matilda I trust she has some leisure hours when she might retire from your generous hospitality to give us a word of cheer our love to her most affectionately as also to all our friends truly your sister
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> This aside very often [Am?] boiling some raspberry and<br /> it needs care so my story is somewhat disconnected<br /> it is altogether made up of scraps and shreds I can<br /> not boast of much news and what little there is<br /> Sarah can convey in much better than I can in<br /> this way – I hope Isaac will come as soon as he <br /> feels like it and then what a nice time we will <br /> have discussing mysterys [sic] revelations &c &c Will<br /> iam and Mary too we would be very glad to<br /> see cant W make some business our way and <br /> give us a nice visit with Mary I went down<br /> to Uncle Johns a --- while ago to see aunt<br /> Sarah she had a sick turn?] last night she was<br /> better she mentioned the death of Anabella <br /> King with cholera she was giving in Philadel<br /> phia kept a small store there<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> *and every where treated with contempt &c &c but we<br /> hope better things of you one thing we are certain of <br /> if you come and listen to us you cannot fail to be con<br /> vinced and now I warn you unless you are prepared <br /> to be abolitionists you have better leave the meeting <br /> unless you are ready to suffer the spoiling of your <br /> goods and ^be^ called all manner of evil names you had<br /> better not listen perhaps they did not speak in that <br /> way more than once but I was sorry Stephen said we<br /> must make them angry first I think differently but<br /> of course they know better than I what cause is best<br /> I admire their devotion and sincerity but differ<br /> from them somewhat in carrying out their views<br /> just naked assertion will not convince proof is al<br /> ways needed and the position Stephan takes relative<br /> to free produce is inconsistent – I hope their visit <br /> will produce some good altho there is little appe<br /> arance yet – I am under the necessity of laying
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. This aside very often [Am?] boiling some raspberry and it needs care so my story is somewhat disconnected it is altogether made up of scraps and shreds I can not boast of much news and what little there is Sarah can convey in much better than I can in this way - I hope Isaac will come as soon as he feels like it and then what a nice time we will have discussing mysterys [sic] revelations &c &c Will iam and Mary too we would be very glad to see cant W make some business our way and give us a nice visit with Mary I went down to Uncle Johns a --- while ago to see aunt Sarah she had a sick turn?] last night she was better she mentioned the death of Anabella King with cholera she was giving in Philadel phia kept a small store there *and every where treated with contempt &c &c but we hope better things of you one thing we are certain of if you come and listen to us you cannot fail to be con vinced and now I warn you unless you are prepared to be abolitionists you have better leave the meeting unless you are ready to suffer the spoiling of your goods and ^be^ called all manner of evil names you had better not listen perhaps they did not speak in that way more than once but I was sorry Stephen said we must make them angry first I think differently but of course they know better than I what cause is best I admire their devotion and sincerity but differ from them somewhat in carrying out their views just naked assertion will not convince proof is al ways needed and the position Stephan takes relative to free produce is inconsistent - I hope their visit will produce some good altho there is little appe arance yet - I am under the necessity of laying
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> My dear friends at Corn Hill Rochester<br /><br /> It appears to me that those who have large consentrative<br /> ness [sic] are better qualified to write an interesting letter than those<br /> whose mindes seem to encircle so many subjects that the dif<br /> ficulty is to know where to begin altho when that organ is to [linger?]<br /> there may be a want of variety Mother Henry and self are now sitting<br /> by the fire indeed there has been such a change in the weathe [sic] that I<br /> hardly feel prepared for the sudden transition from the necessity<br /> of the use of the fan to that of a seat by the fire I hope ^however^ we shall have<br /> more warm weather yet Mother seems mostly comfortable has<br /> turns of coughing mornings and sometimes through the day but not<br /> often she calls her appetite good. she with Catharine and self went<br /> to the barn the other day to see them thresh and while there were<br /> weighed Mother’s weight 143 mine 122 and Catharine 95— Samuel<br /> is preparing to visit you but the east wind and storm retards the<br /> progress of getting the grain in the ground 2<sup>nd</sup> morning since writing<br /> the foregoing lines (which was some days since) the weather has<br /> changed and become close and warm, and this is the day that Samuel<br /> has fixed on for leaving for Rochester ^but^ not being ready concludes to<br /> postpone until the latter part of the week, we were much interested<br /> with ^[<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">interesting was</span>?]^ brother Isaac’s account of your Antislabey [sic] Meetings proceed<br /> ings and she aches having seen so much of Bradbum Remon^d^<br /> and Duglass [sic] gives us a double interest and qualifies us for<br /> understanding in a way that we could not if we had not<br /> seen and heard them whether their voices will even be heard on<br /> Long Island I know not but I really wish there could be an im-<br /> pression mad [sic] in some of the strong holds here it really seems<br /> as if this was to be the last place that would be Abolitionized<br /> what has become of Collins I have last track of him it was quite<br /> a pity you could not pay all the attention you wished to John<br /> D Wright and wife or that you would have done under other<br /> circumstances however it gave you good neighbours oppor-<br /> tunity to enjoy them all to themselves I hope they gave them<br /> a kind appolog [sic] for y<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ou</span>r a<span style="text-decoration:underline;">bs</span>ence and previous engagement did<br /> they stay all night or ^did^ they proceed east the same evening<br /> W is two weeks since I sat up with Cousin David in compa<br /> ny with Mary W. he seemed very much concerned that kind<br /> feelings should again be restored between friends and Ortho<br /> dox thought we might acknowledge there had been error on<br /> both sides said cousin Stephan Rushmore said all<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> partition wall was broken down on his part he spoke of<br /> having had a very satisfactory visit with Uncle John and <br /> Aunt Sarah Titus told me I might ask them when I saw<br /> them whether it was not so to them. <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">of</span> vists [sic]from William<br /> Willis too <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">be</span> seemed to dwell upon with much satisfaction<br /> said he William ^said he^ was never more willing to be united to<br /> gether as heretofore than at the present time, but with Henry <br /> Willis all on that subject seems of small moment compared <br /> with our Society dis-owning valuable friends and when I<br /> spoke of cousin Ds concern rellative [sic] to orthodox guard his<br /> query is what does he say about disarming Charles Marriott<br /> and can it be so that he Charles is now numbered with those<br /> who are gone to be seen of men no more and at a time to when he was<br /> so needed but how do we know but the solemn event may tend to open<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">the or</span> some blind eyes and unstop the deaf ears. I have heard him say<br /> not long since that he thought he was in the right place and that<br /> all things would work together for good and that under and through<br /> all he felt peace and quietness of mind I believe his sisters think how-<br /> ever that persecution has sortened his days how can it be other<br /> than the secret wish of every individual that they had washed<br /> their hands <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">then</span> ^in^ innosence [sic] from the blood of this man, but Oh!<br /> he had many true sympathizing friends and many mani-<br /> festations of it by visits and letters, and one of his warm and <br /> fast friends was the great and good Stephen Treadwell for such<br /> I think he might truly be termed and Oh! how sad it makes one<br /> feel to think his powerful appeals will no more be heard in<br /> favour of suffering humanity, that he will no more stand forth<br /> she faithful advocate for the spread of the truth and righteous in the<br /> earth, how natural is the enquiry why should it be so that one so<br /> eminently qualified for usefulness should this early in the prime<br /> and vigor of activity be removed from works to reward, I think<br /> it is said in scripture better is the day of mans death than the<br /> day of his birth and in reality there is no doubt more cause<br /> of joy than sorrow in that he is reaping the reward of a truly [sic]<br /> devoted and dedicated life, on hearing of his sudden death by<br /> a fit how forcibly was brought to mind a remark of dear Sister<br /> Lydia on her death bed which <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">a favour</span> was “what a favour to be<br /> taken off with a fit” it may not be so considered but ^with^ how much<br /> [Text partially in right margin, partially in left margin of Page 2, written upwards]<br /> less suffering<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> such pass away, and to one so prepared <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">only</span> ^might^ it not be so while<br /> it holds forth this impressive language be ye also ready<br /> We have had the perusal of a letter from Simeon Loins’s<br /> daughter to her cousin Hannah Willets giving the particulars <br /> of her fathers sickness and death she says little of her aunt<br /> Anna except that she was sent for because she was near her<br /> end and that when she got there she found ^or^ heard of her father was<br /> sick, it appears he suffered with an extreme sore throad great in-<br /> flamation and high fever was several times bled that he became<br /> or was entirely resigned that when her mother and self were taken<br /> with the same symptoms they could not think of being bleed<br /> as by it they thought her father had been so injured so they<br /> sent for Elisabeth Prior under whs [sic] treatment they were<br /> soon relived it appears her sister Abigail died with the same<br /> disease [sic] but does not say particularly how she was treated only<br /> that when the Dr came he said he could do nothing for her that<br /> is to help her she mentions that her grandmother attended <br /> both funerals and after three weeks illness she also died but<br /> not one word about poor aunt Hannah who it seems to me<br /> must feel wonderfully striped [sic]. Edmund Willis has been very<br /> poorly lately and has tried to get well enough to go Dr [Browders?] NY<br /> he with his Mother were expecting to go this week and I suppose<br /> have gone I called last fist [sic] day to see Anna Willis who is also<br /> very feeble <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">L</span> stoped [sic] <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">there</span> first day after meeting and she want<br /> ed me to come in and see her said it was the first day<br /> she had felt as if she could see company since she had<br /> been such – Samuel thought it not worth while <br /> for me to write this time as he could tell all the news<br /> and as so many of your and our friends will write <br /> by him I felt too that it was unnecessary but I<br /> wanted to commun [sic] a little with you and to ac-<br /> knowledge the reception of your last very accepable [sic]<br /> letter as they always are it is now so dark that I <br /> cannot see to read a word for the last three or four<br /> lines Samuel goes early tomorrow morning your ever<br /> affectionate Sister<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> we are glad to find William and Mary are coming this fall<br /> and should rejoice to to see you also. Mother and all join<br /> in love to you all. last first day Samuel Catherine and I went to<br /> Richard Willis where were Mary and Sarah little girls they have<br /> staying there some months and as they go not out I felt<br /> duty bound to go there the little girl is a beautiful child, we <br /> had a very nice visit stoped on the way back to get Sally Hicks<br /> to come and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">spin</span> some worsted and when we got home found<br /> Townsend ^&^ Amy Rushmore had been here and Joseph & Mary<br /> with their children and Mary Underwood waiting out return<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upwards]<br /><br /> Isaac Post<br /><br /> Rochester<br /><br /> Monroe Co<br /> N York<br /><br /> [Text in bottom third of page, written upside down]<br /> I was very sorry <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">too</span> to be gone from home when we<br /> had company but as we have company allmost [sic] every<br /> day I ought to have staied [sic] at home I suppose, we shall<br /> ^have^ a fammin [sic] after so long a feast for it is very pleasant to<br /> have the company of our friends. We are invited to attend <br /> the wedding of our cousin Henry Post at Westbury I [mene?] they <br /> are to be married at New York on the 11<sup>th</sup> of next Month what <br /> do you think of my going down to attend said meeting in<br /> orchid street house, we have attended a meeting in our ^meeting^ house<br /> appointed by Joseph Barne he commented well but becam [sic]<br /> very Orthodox before he got through but we did not regret going</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. My dear friends at Corn Hill Rochester It appears to me that those who have large consentrative ness [sic] are better qualified to write an interesting letter than those whose mindes seem to encircle so many subjects that the dif ficulty is to know where to begin altho when that organ is to [linger?] there may be a want of variety Mother Henry and self are now sitting by the fire indeed there has been such a change in the weathe [sic] that I hardly feel prepared for the sudden transition from the necessity of the use of the fan to that of a seat by the fire I hope ^however^ we shall have more warm weather yet Mother seems mostly comfortable has turns of coughing mornings and sometimes through the day but not often she calls her appetite good. she with Catharine and self went to the barn the other day to see them thresh and while there were weighed Mother's weight 143 mine 122 and Catharine 95-- Samuel is preparing to visit you but the east wind and storm retards the progress of getting the grain in the ground 2nd morning since writing the foregoing lines (which was some days since) the weather has changed and become close and warm, and this is the day that Samuel has fixed on for leaving for Rochester ^but^ not being ready concludes to postpone until the latter part of the week, we were much interested with ^[interesting was?]^ brother Isaac's account of your Antislabey [sic] Meetings proceed ings and she aches having seen so much of Bradbum Remon^d^ and Duglass [sic] gives us a double interest and qualifies us for understanding in a way that we could not if we had not seen and heard them whether their voices will even be heard on Long Island I know not but I really wish there could be an im- pression mad [sic] in some of the strong holds here it really seems as if this was to be the last place that would be Abolitionized what has become of Collins I have last track of him it was quite a pity you could not pay all the attention you wished to John D Wright and wife or that you would have done under other circumstances however it gave you good neighbours oppor- tunity to enjoy them all to themselves I hope they gave them a kind appolog [sic] for your absence and previous engagement did they stay all night or ^did^ they proceed east the same evening W is two weeks since I sat up with Cousin David in compa ny with Mary W. he seemed very much concerned that kind feelings should again be restored between friends and Ortho dox thought we might acknowledge there had been error on both sides said cousin Stephan Rushmore said all partition wall was broken down on his part he spoke of having had a very satisfactory visit with Uncle John and Aunt Sarah Titus told me I might ask them when I saw them whether it was not so to them. of vists [sic]from William Willis too be seemed to dwell upon with much satisfaction said he William ^said he^ was never more willing to be united to gether as heretofore than at the present time, but with Henry Willis all on that subject seems of small moment compared with our Society dis-owning valuable friends and when I spoke of cousin Ds concern rellative [sic] to orthodox guard his query is what does he say about disarming Charles Marriott and can it be so that he Charles is now numbered with those who are gone to be seen of men no more and at a time to when he was so needed but how do we know but the solemn event may tend to openthe or some blind eyes and unstop the deaf ears. I have heard him say not long since that he thought he was in the right place and that all things would work together for good and that under and through all he felt peace and quietness of mind I believe his sisters think how- ever that persecution has sortened his days how can it be other than the secret wish of every individual that they had washed their hands then ^in^ innosence [sic] from the blood of this man, but Oh! he had many true sympathizing friends and many mani- festations of it by visits and letters, and one of his warm and fast friends was the great and good Stephen Treadwell for such I think he might truly be termed and Oh! how sad it makes one feel to think his powerful appeals will no more be heard in favour of suffering humanity, that he will no more stand forth she faithful advocate for the spread of the truth and righteous in the earth, how natural is the enquiry why should it be so that one so eminently qualified for usefulness should this early in the prime and vigor of activity be removed from works to reward, I think it is said in scripture better is the day of mans death than the day of his birth and in reality there is no doubt more cause of joy than sorrow in that he is reaping the reward of a truly [sic] devoted and dedicated life, on hearing of his sudden death by a fit how forcibly was brought to mind a remark of dear Sister Lydia on her death bed which a favour was "what a favour to be taken off with a fit" it may not be so considered but ^with^ how much [Text partially in right margin, partially in left margin of Page 2, written upwards] less suffering such pass away, and to one so prepared only ^might^ it not be so while it holds forth this impressive language be ye also ready We have had the perusal of a letter from Simeon Loins's daughter to her cousin Hannah Willets giving the particulars of her fathers sickness and death she says little of her aunt Anna except that she was sent for because she was near her end and that when she got there she found ^or^ heard of her father was sick, it appears he suffered with an extreme sore throad great in- flamation and high fever was several times bled that he became or was entirely resigned that when her mother and self were taken with the same symptoms they could not think of being bleed as by it they thought her father had been so injured so they sent for Elisabeth Prior under whs [sic] treatment they were soon relived it appears her sister Abigail died with the same disease [sic] but does not say particularly how she was treated only that when the Dr came he said he could do nothing for her that is to help her she mentions that her grandmother attended both funerals and after three weeks illness she also died but not one word about poor aunt Hannah who it seems to me must feel wonderfully striped [sic]. Edmund Willis has been very poorly lately and has tried to get well enough to go Dr [Browders?] NY he with his Mother were expecting to go this week and I suppose have gone I called last fist [sic] day to see Anna Willis who is also very feeble L stoped [sic] there first day after meeting and she want ed me to come in and see her said it was the first day she had felt as if she could see company since she had been such - Samuel thought it not worth while for me to write this time as he could tell all the news and as so many of your and our friends will write by him I felt too that it was unnecessary but I wanted to commun [sic] a little with you and to ac- knowledge the reception of your last very accepable [sic] letter as they always are it is now so dark that I cannot see to read a word for the last three or four lines Samuel goes early tomorrow morning your ever affectionate Sister (Page 4) we are glad to find William and Mary are coming this fall and should rejoice to to see you also. Mother and all join in love to you all. last first day Samuel Catherine and I went to Richard Willis where were Mary and Sarah little girls they have staying there some months and as they go not out I felt duty bound to go there the little girl is a beautiful child, we had a very nice visit stoped on the way back to get Sally Hicks to come and spin some worsted and when we got home found Townsend ^&^ Amy Rushmore had been here and Joseph & Mary with their children and Mary Underwood waiting out return [Text in center of page, written upwards] Isaac Post Rochester Monroe Co N York [Text in bottom third of page, written upside down] I was very sorry too to be gone from home when we had company but as we have company allmost [sic] every day I ought to have staied [sic] at home I suppose, we shall ^have^ a fammin [sic] after so long a feast for it is very pleasant to have the company of our friends. We are invited to attend the wedding of our cousin Henry Post at Westbury I [mene?] they are to be married at New York on the 11th of next Month what do you think of my going down to attend said meeting in orchid street house, we have attended a meeting in our ^meeting^ house appointed by Joseph Barne he commented well but becam [sic] very Orthodox before he got through but we did not regret going
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<p>(Page 1)<br /> <br /> Westbury 12 mo 19<br /> Dear Brother Sister &c Joseph has gone to Uncle Jamess[sic]<br />and although I have much reading around me neglected duty<br />presented itself so forcibly that I have taken up my cuffs so<br />far as to commence this task writing has become quite irksome<br />to me I think incompetency is the cause but perhaps it is partly<br />indolence but here is William P Titus and as I am alone<br />must lay this aside It is now twilight and cloudy with <br />appearance of storm the past week has been quite stormy<br />but very mild until yesterday it was very cold it is<br />still cold but not as piercing The reading circle met here<br />last evening to the enjoyment pleasure and edification of <br />all concerned so far as I know the minutes of last m<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>t</sup></span> were<br />read and for miscelaneous [sic] reading Miles Standish courtship <br />was very excellently read by a young lady teacher at [Saint?]<br />Tabors giving each word and sentence it [sic] time and beautiful<br /> application I thought those who had not read the book<br />were indeed lucky to hear it read so excellently then<br />came the social offering read by Mary Titus who was <br />[?] Isaac Hicks read an original and W E Hawxhurst<br />an [address?] intersperced [sic] with conversation at 10 all prepard [sic]<br />to go forth into the clear cold air and then we were <br />alone Second day I will take my pen for a few minutes while waiting<br />for Joseph to come in to dinner after which we expect to go to<br />Hempstead I have been talking occasionally of going I guess<br />for the last 6 months there is a great change as regards trading<br />there by the Westbury people we can ^get^ nearly every thing at our Westbury<br />store and quite as good then the people have business ad Roslyn and<br /><br />(Page 2)<br /><br />often go there for any missing article Third day True it is time<br />and tide wait for no man it will soon be night and my several attempts<br />at writing have proved almost failures I intended to have written this fore<br />noon but thing after thing presented to be mended and now the day <br />is nearly over and my sheet not full and altho it seems like the eleventh<br />hour I will enter into the labor and perhaps will in due time recive [sic]<br />my penney [sic] yesterday was a damp day but to day is very rainy muddy<br />and the aspect out of doors is disagreeable enough bad as it is Joseph <br />has gone to Roslyn to pay taxes else I would have insisted on his taking<br />the pen monthly meeting is just past Rachel got liberty to visit the<br />families constituting the 3 monthly meetings in Phil<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>a</sup></span> many or perhaps<br />several of us felt less like her going on their [sic] than almost any other <br />place but no one expressed it except Edmund who remarked it seemed<br />to him the time was not yet Mary W was at meeting and said she <br />thought we might more of us spoke as R was <span style="text-decoration:underline;">so</span> qualified for such<br />service I beleive [sic] if R could be withdrawn from party influence<br />she would be truly serviceable in every way but so long as she is<br />influenced by such as R Crumwell Amos Willets Silas Carle and John<br />Hunt the good she might do is very much lessened as she is helping<br />to increase the illiberal spirit which prevails too much among<br />all classes she left home yestermorn I have not heard who her armor<br />bearers are but think likely some of the staunchest must go to<br />encourage her in meeting this disorganising [sic] spirit the fact<br />that any part of the Bible should be questioned arouses all<br />her feelings to activity in its defence [sic] and I fear love and har<br />-mony will not be increased thereby Cousin Hannah Frost was<br />buried last 5<sup>th</sup> day sick near a week her daughter Amy in her <br />childlike dependance [sic] feels her loss very much The same day<br />Anna Hawxhurst Rebeccas daughter a good girl of whome good report<br /><br />(Page 3)<br /><br />has been borne by those acquainted and Matilda has lost her babe<br />a disappointment they felt keenly She has been quite feeble but<br />now is around her room some Isaac went as I suppose we have<br />told you with Edmund Willet in Jersey and Penn<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>sa</sup></span> he was very much<br />pleased with the visit and particularly with the Antislavery friend<br />they met were at Robert Penvis’s and he was much pleased with<br />him said if he ever came to L J he hoped he would come to his <br />house they were taken there by J<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ohn</span> C<span style="text-decoration:underline;">omley</span>s <span style="text-decoration:underline;">son</span> who told them<br />he had never been in R company without being instructed Robert<br />told us last spring the world moved that then was a great change <br />in his neighborhood and among the freinds [sic] too in relation to<br />his family and the slavery subject generally I suppose you<br />made but it appears by their own testimony they believe in the<br />reality of some cases so that to me it does not prove any thing<br />against the truth of it as we know invitations and courtships<br />are proof of reality We were very much interested in the act brother<br />gave of what you witnessed how gladly would we share<br />with you in the examination developement [sic] &c of this great<br />subject some there are who still laugh at try to ridicule<br />it but very few in comparison to the past opposers are<br />generally willing (with us) to let it rest What a man<br />Dr Hatch must be he always looked repulsive and<br />my first impressions were unfavorable to him he has<br />shown himself to be an unprincipled man but the dar<br />kness is coming and I must lay this aside awhile perhaps<br />it will be so I can write again this evening I have succeed<br />-ed in interesting Joseph so much that he is scribling [sic] away<br />in good earnest but louder than the scratching of his pen is the<br /><br />(Page 4)<br /><br />patter of the rain and the solemn moaning of the wind<br />exacting sympathy for any luckless wanderer and above all<br />for the poor ocean tossed mariner on our sea girt shore<br /> Hannah Arnold and children are at present at [?]<br />the question is asked among relations and acquaintances <br />what are they going to do the chances of Miltons getting any<br />thing to do is not very promising and they are such strong<br />advocates of slavery on account of its benefits to the slaves<br />very little work good farm and plenty of money Hannah<br />said she would rather be a slave than go to the poor house<br />I said thee had rather be a slave liable to be sold and sep<br />-arated from children and under the control of an unrespon<br />sible master than go to the poor house no she would not<br />like to be sold from freinds [sic] but in Virginia they were not separ<br />ated much alas how few live in the midst of the system <br />without becoming contaminated therby almost unconsciously<br />too for they seem to think they see things with an unbiased vision<br />they too beleived [sic] exagerated [sic] storys [sic] before they went south<br />and saw for themselves Hannah never say any <span style="text-decoration:underline;">cruelty</span> and <br />a happier class she never had seen dressed many of them<br />better than she could her children they hired a woman and when <br />they had company she would dress in silk to wait on table & a gold<br />watch &c but I cannot tell you half the advantages arrising [sic]<br />from the system which is much better than working classes<br />at the North or in Europe Milton says there is as much slav<br />ery here as at the South We all wish they might find something<br />to do George we hear talks pretty plainly about Milton but enough<br />Hannah Carpenter continues to gain is about her room Valentine<br />also but last week was still on the bed Mother about as usual<br />also Uncle Jacob poor old folks how much they have to feel<br />infirmities of body and dependance [sic] on others for every comfort<br />renders mothers condition especially a trying one I fear this<br />will be almost illegible The girls will in N Y and found Dr Hurly<br />away hope he is not about leaving N Y if it answers [?] it would<br />be very desirable to us to have him remain love to all the branches of your<br /><br />[Written facing right margin at the bottom of Page 4]<br />household</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 12 mo 19 Dear Brother Sister &c Joseph has gone to Uncle Jamess[sic] and although I have much reading around me neglected duty presented itself so forcibly that I have taken up my cuffs so far as to commence this task writing has become quite irksome to me I think incompetency is the cause but perhaps it is partly indolence but here is William P Titus and as I am alone must lay this aside It is now twilight and cloudy with appearance of storm the past week has been quite stormy but very mild until yesterday it was very cold it is still cold but not as piercing The reading circle met here last evening to the enjoyment pleasure and edification of all concerned so far as I know the minutes of last mt were read and for miscelaneous [sic] reading Miles Standish courtship was very excellently read by a young lady teacher at [Saint?] Tabors giving each word and sentence it [sic] time and beautiful application I thought those who had not read the book were indeed lucky to hear it read so excellently then came the social offering read by Mary Titus who was [?] Isaac Hicks read an original and W E Hawxhurst an [address?] intersperced [sic] with conversation at 10 all prepard [sic] to go forth into the clear cold air and then we were alone Second day I will take my pen for a few minutes while waiting for Joseph to come in to dinner after which we expect to go to Hempstead I have been talking occasionally of going I guess for the last 6 months there is a great change as regards trading there by the Westbury people we can ^get^ nearly every thing at our Westbury store and quite as good then the people have business ad Roslyn and often go there for any missing article Third day True it is time and tide wait for no man it will soon be night and my several attempts at writing have proved almost failures I intended to have written this fore noon but thing after thing presented to be mended and now the day is nearly over and my sheet not full and altho it seems like the eleventh hour I will enter into the labor and perhaps will in due time recive [sic] my penney [sic] yesterday was a damp day but to day is very rainy muddy and the aspect out of doors is disagreeable enough bad as it is Joseph has gone to Roslyn to pay taxes else I would have insisted on his taking the pen monthly meeting is just past Rachel got liberty to visit the families constituting the 3 monthly meetings in Phila many or perhaps several of us felt less like her going on their [sic] than almost any other place but no one expressed it except Edmund who remarked it seemed to him the time was not yet Mary W was at meeting and said she thought we might more of us spoke as R was so qualified for such service I beleive [sic] if R could be withdrawn from party influence she would be truly serviceable in every way but so long as she is influenced by such as R Crumwell Amos Willets Silas Carle and John Hunt the good she might do is very much lessened as she is helping to increase the illiberal spirit which prevails too much among all classes she left home yestermorn I have not heard who her armor bearers are but think likely some of the staunchest must go to encourage her in meeting this disorganising [sic] spirit the fact that any part of the Bible should be questioned arouses all her feelings to activity in its defence [sic] and I fear love and har -mony will not be increased thereby Cousin Hannah Frost was buried last 5th day sick near a week her daughter Amy in her childlike dependance [sic] feels her loss very much The same day Anna Hawxhurst Rebeccas daughter a good girl of whome good report has been borne by those acquainted and Matilda has lost her babe a disappointment they felt keenly She has been quite feeble but now is around her room some Isaac went as I suppose we have told you with Edmund Willet in Jersey and Pennsa he was very much pleased with the visit and particularly with the Antislavery friend they met were at Robert Penvis's and he was much pleased with him said if he ever came to L J he hoped he would come to his house they were taken there by John Comleys son who told them he had never been in R company without being instructed Robert told us last spring the world moved that then was a great change in his neighborhood and among the freinds [sic] too in relation to his family and the slavery subject generally I suppose you made but it appears by their own testimony they believe in the reality of some cases so that to me it does not prove any thing against the truth of it as we know invitations and courtships are proof of reality We were very much interested in the act brother gave of what you witnessed how gladly would we share with you in the examination developement [sic] &c of this great subject some there are who still laugh at try to ridicule it but very few in comparison to the past opposers are generally willing (with us) to let it rest What a man Dr Hatch must be he always looked repulsive and my first impressions were unfavorable to him he has shown himself to be an unprincipled man but the dar kness is coming and I must lay this aside awhile perhaps it will be so I can write again this evening I have succeed -ed in interesting Joseph so much that he is scribling [sic] away in good earnest but louder than the scratching of his pen is the patter of the rain and the solemn moaning of the wind exacting sympathy for any luckless wanderer and above all for the poor ocean tossed mariner on our sea girt shore Hannah Arnold and children are at present at [?] the question is asked among relations and acquaintances what are they going to do the chances of Miltons getting any thing to do is not very promising and they are such strong advocates of slavery on account of its benefits to the slaves very little work good farm and plenty of money Hannah said she would rather be a slave than go to the poor house I said thee had rather be a slave liable to be sold and sep -arated from children and under the control of an unrespon sible master than go to the poor house no she would not like to be sold from freinds [sic] but in Virginia they were not separ ated much alas how few live in the midst of the system without becoming contaminated therby almost unconsciously too for they seem to think they see things with an unbiased vision they too beleived [sic] exagerated [sic] storys [sic] before they went south and saw for themselves Hannah never say any cruelty and a happier class she never had seen dressed many of them better than she could her children they hired a woman and when they had company she would dress in silk to wait on table & a gold watch &c but I cannot tell you half the advantages arrising [sic] from the system which is much better than working classes at the North or in Europe Milton says there is as much slav ery here as at the South We all wish they might find something to do George we hear talks pretty plainly about Milton but enough Hannah Carpenter continues to gain is about her room Valentine also but last week was still on the bed Mother about as usual also Uncle Jacob poor old folks how much they have to feel infirmities of body and dependance [sic] on others for every comfort renders mothers condition especially a trying one I fear this will be almost illegible The girls will in N Y and found Dr Hurly away hope he is not about leaving N Y if it answers [?] it would be very desirable to us to have him remain love to all the branches of your [Written facing right margin at the bottom of Page 4] household
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Joseph has gone to Uncle James so that I have failed in <br /> having him fill my letter with news We have been quite excited<br /> for some two weeks in relation to RRWs selling W Henrys<br /> farm to Jacob Conklin and it was understood to be bought<br /> by the direction of Ann Titus for them to occupy and that<br /> W P had not concented [sic] to tis purchase She and child<br /> -ren seem quite determined to have the new place their <br /> house is unfit to live in and her health is poor in <br /> consequence low ceilings &c &c I told her I thought it<br /> would have been better to build Oh it is expensive build<br /> -ing now and there is some land to that she thought<br /> it would cost nearly as much J C gave 20 000 $ They<br /> have talked very independent J could buy it his son<br /> thought he would like to have a farm and business was<br /> dull and likely to be for some time yet but to day [sic] we hear Jacob<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> has owned that he cannot buy it __ and what will be done<br /> whether they will compel William to take it for peace & harmony<br /> we dont know Ann talks about moving next week The sympa<br /> -thy of all are for W and many hope he will not yield<br /> to this wild and unheard of procedure Jacob has said<br /> many very strange things and done <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">m</span>a<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">l</span>ny stronge acts in rel<br /> -ation to things __ Ws marriage has proved a blank for<br /> domestic happiness Mary F said she thought you would com [sic]<br /> some time this fall or Winter we shall be glad to see you<br /> dont let the right time pass We are talking of going over<br /> to Purchase QM have been expecting to go to visit some of <br /> our cousins there for sometime but have wanted an act of Jab and<br /> Hannah Carpenters illness they are better but Aunt Mary Rob<br /> -bins was burned cast first day she was very much imparred [sic]<br /> in mind and it is no cause for sorrow her removal <br /><br /> [Remainder of letter written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and transcribed as 249_nd]<br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Joseph has gone to Uncle James so that I have failed in having him fill my letter with news We have been quite excited for some two weeks in relation to RRWs selling W Henrys farm to Jacob Conklin and it was understood to be bought by the direction of Ann Titus for them to occupy and that W P had not concented [sic] to tis purchase She and child -ren seem quite determined to have the new place their house is unfit to live in and her health is poor in consequence low ceilings &c &c I told her I thought it would have been better to build Oh it is expensive build -ing now and there is some land to that she thought it would cost nearly as much J C gave 20 000 $ They have talked very independent J could buy it his son thought he would like to have a farm and business was dull and likely to be for some time yet but to day [sic] we hear Jacob has owned that he cannot buy it __ and what will be done whether they will compel William to take it for peace & harmony we dont know Ann talks about moving next week The sympa -thy of all are for W and many hope he will not yield to this wild and unheard of procedure Jacob has said many very strange things and done malny stronge acts in rel -ation to things __ Ws marriage has proved a blank for domestic happiness Mary F said she thought you would com [sic] some time this fall or Winter we shall be glad to see you dont let the right time pass We are talking of going over to Purchase QM have been expecting to go to visit some of our cousins there for sometime but have wanted an act of Jab and Hannah Carpenters illness they are better but Aunt Mary Rob -bins was burned cast first day she was very much imparred [sic] in mind and it is no cause for sorrow her removal [Remainder of letter written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and transcribed as 249_nd]
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<p>(Page 1)<br /> 4 of 7 month<br />Dear Brother and Sister<br /> Another week of painful suffering has <br />passed <span style="text-decoration:underline;">slowly</span> away with our dear sister who still lingers amid her <br />accumulated weaknesses <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">to</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">feel</span> a sufferer here and very contrary to <br />our expectations ^at^ Several times she seemed as if the termination of <br />all things here to her was very nearly arrived. The next day after I <br />wrote that hasty letter we were sent for with this information that <br />she was failing very fast Mary R. Joseph and self went as quickly <br />as possible and find her apparently very near her end her breath^ings^ very <br />short and difficult and remained in that state a considerable of <br />the night but gradually seemed to become less difficult and toward<br />morning got several short naps but the obstruction in the breathing <br />continued though the next day and night when it nearly ceased she <br />declined taking any nourishment whatever and for ^more than^ 3 days took nothing <br />but cold water had a high fever and occasional sinking turns ^the^ <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">of such</span> <br />Dr gave her medicine which removed the obstruction I spoke of before <br />but gave no other medicine said it was too late to do any thing <br />We all stand nearly all the time supposing the change would very <br />shortly take place but (this forenoon Joseph and self have come house<br />[obliterated] and take care of our family) she may continue a number <br />[of days?] [lo?]nger she often desires to be released from the pains and <br />sorrows of this life I commenced this on 1<sup>st</sup> day last feeling it <br />to be a duty to reform you how sister L was but I was too much <br />fatigued to write and felt so little like it too that I left it until<br />now which is the 8 come from there last evening promising <br />to return to day but family cares and some indisposition <br />have prevented Joseph has been there this afternoon says <br />she is nearly the same so when I left she has revived <br />some what since I commenced this takes some nourishment <br />now, ^has^ some fever her bowels and back very much swollen but <br />we hope not quite as much so as they have been complaining <br />of pain and distress there takes frequent injections which <br />seems to give a little releif [sic], they have also helped to nourish <br />her She sleeps better than she did and we feel at times a <br />hope that she may recover but her very great debility almost <br />makes it appear like rashness to indulge <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">in</span> it a moment <br />She has had her senses perfectly all the time except ^a part of^ one <br />night she seemed a little confused – manifested the same <br />care for all around her which has so very strikingly marked <br />her character though life She is in a sweet State nothing <br />but love and that for all She is very chilly and sweatty too <br /><br />(Page 2)<br /><br />the Dr says he never see any one as She is he thinks the liver <br />is very much swelled the last time he was up which was last 7 <br />day he said her symptoms were not any more unfavorable than <br />they were the 1<sup>st</sup> day before when he see her She however did not give <br />us much encouragement but said as long as there was life there <br />was hope Sister Phebe has gone home this afternoon has been there <br />almost 2 weeks will come back in a few days mother was sent for <br />from Henry's but as she could not be of much service to L and could not <br />stay in the room much she has gone back Mary R is there and I expect <br />to go again tomorrow Lydia is very desirous some of us who have been with <br /> ^says I cannot bear to be left^<br />her so much should stay all the time says she cannot have any others <br />which ^makes^ it very difficult for <span style="text-decoration:underline;">us</span> particularly at this time it seem's almost <br />impossible a large family no steady help and quarterly meeting <br />so near adds to an embarressment [sic] but I would much rather neglect all <br /><br />[Text in center of page, written downward]<br /> Isaac Post<br /><br /> Rochester<br /><br /> NY<br /><br />[Text in bottom third of page, upside down]<br />her Isaac has been poorly but is better we received our letter from [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">illegible</span>] you <br />the contents were satisfactory to us but it was a gloomy time with us <br />we could not quite so well as at some other times rejoice that that spirit <br />which desires to rule was in degree brought into subjection to a higher power <br />which seems to have been the case in your yearly meeting this week is <br />monthly meeting in N Y but we have heard nothing as yet from there <br />Jessey Kersey was here some little time ago and very satisfactory so to all <br />believe tho some of his communication at our m was exceedingly close <br />said much an the doctrine of forgiveness nonresistance &c most excellently touch <br />on several subjects which are promulged [sic] in these days from our gallerys [sic] (GFW <br />RH.V.) among other things said I lament I deplore in the evening of my life that ther [sic]<br />are those among us professing to be the successors of G Fox and his associates those <br />son's of the morning but who have so far left the principles promulged [sic] by <br />them as to set the scriptures above the word of god But I have not time <br />to give any further sketch as my eyes are very weak and sleepy too all of <br />our folks have returned long ago but knowing the anxiety you would feel <br />to hear made me willing to forgo the luxury I am as ever your <br /> affectionate sister M<br />[Text to the left and below salutation]<br />I dont know but our repairs are progressing <br />as fast as we could expect our men have commenced <br />moving this week <br /><br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. 4 of 7 month Dear Brother and Sister Another week of painful suffering has passed slowly away with our dear sister who still lingers amid her accumulated weaknesses tofeel a sufferer here and very contrary to our expectations ^at^ Several times she seemed as if the termination of all things here to her was very nearly arrived. The next day after I wrote that hasty letter we were sent for with this information that she was failing very fast Mary R. Joseph and self went as quickly as possible and find her apparently very near her end her breath^ings^ very short and difficult and remained in that state a considerable of the night but gradually seemed to become less difficult and toward morning got several short naps but the obstruction in the breathing continued though the next day and night when it nearly ceased she declined taking any nourishment whatever and for ^more than^ 3 days took nothing but cold water had a high fever and occasional sinking turns ^the^ of such Dr gave her medicine which removed the obstruction I spoke of before but gave no other medicine said it was too late to do any thing We all stand nearly all the time supposing the change would very shortly take place but (this forenoon Joseph and self have come house [obliterated] and take care of our family) she may continue a number [of days?] [lo?]nger she often desires to be released from the pains and sorrows of this life I commenced this on 1st day last feeling it to be a duty to reform you how sister L was but I was too much fatigued to write and felt so little like it too that I left it until now which is the 8 come from there last evening promising to return to day but family cares and some indisposition have prevented Joseph has been there this afternoon says she is nearly the same so when I left she has revived some what since I commenced this takes some nourishment now, ^has^ some fever her bowels and back very much swollen but we hope not quite as much so as they have been complaining of pain and distress there takes frequent injections which seems to give a little releif [sic], they have also helped to nourish her She sleeps better than she did and we feel at times a hope that she may recover but her very great debility almost makes it appear like rashness to indulge in it a moment She has had her senses perfectly all the time except ^a part of^ one night she seemed a little confused - manifested the same care for all around her which has so very strikingly marked her character though life She is in a sweet State nothing but love and that for all She is very chilly and sweatty too the Dr says he never see any one as She is he thinks the liver is very much swelled the last time he was up which was last 7 day he said her symptoms were not any more unfavorable than they were the 1st day before when he see her She however did not give us much encouragement but said as long as there was life there was hope Sister Phebe has gone home this afternoon has been there almost 2 weeks will come back in a few days mother was sent for from Henry's but as she could not be of much service to L and could not stay in the room much she has gone back Mary R is there and I expect to go again tomorrow Lydia is very desirous some of us who have been with ^says I cannot bear to be left^ her so much should stay all the time says she cannot have any others which ^makes^ it very difficult for us particularly at this time it seem's almost impossible a large family no steady help and quarterly meeting so near adds to an embarressment [sic] but I would much rather neglect all [Text in center of page, written downward] Isaac Post Rochester NY [Text in bottom third of page, upside down] her Isaac has been poorly but is better we received our letter from [illegible] you the contents were satisfactory to us but it was a gloomy time with us we could not quite so well as at some other times rejoice that that spirit which desires to rule was in degree brought into subjection to a higher power which seems to have been the case in your yearly meeting this week is monthly meeting in N Y but we have heard nothing as yet from there Jessey Kersey was here some little time ago and very satisfactory so to all believe tho some of his communication at our m was exceedingly close said much an the doctrine of forgiveness nonresistance &c most excellently touch on several subjects which are promulged [sic] in these days from our gallerys [sic] (GFW RH.V.) among other things said I lament I deplore in the evening of my life that ther [sic] are those among us professing to be the successors of G Fox and his associates those son's of the morning but who have so far left the principles promulged [sic] by them as to set the scriptures above the word of god But I have not time to give any further sketch as my eyes are very weak and sleepy too all of our folks have returned long ago but knowing the anxiety you would feel to hear made me willing to forgo the luxury I am as ever your affectionate sister M [Text to the left and below salutation] I dont know but our repairs are progressing as fast as we could expect our men have commenced moving this week
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(Page 1)<br /><br />neighborhood items<br />[Oliver?] Titus has been quite ill with mumps Joseph and Jane Willets have<br />come up to cousin Phebe Powels to board Richard Willets [Dea?] came have and <br />lodged seventh day night – was there to tee said they were exceedingly<br />strong in their views against – abolitionists condemning & judging<br />Mother and Hannah both been quite ^sick a few days^ Hannah fever and Ague she has<br />broken has chills now the cholera alarms many about staying<br />in the city but several deaths have occurred on our Island tho<br />none nearer than Brushville that I have heard of — Joseph is carting<br />from the Harbor has a large wagon and three houses and accomplishs<br />much ^more^ at every trip than before - our Island home is very beautiful
(Page 2) <br /><br />and green flowers too of various kinds fill the air with sweetness<br />and birds with their melody and each succeeding day new beau<br />=ties are developed around us inciting in the mind feelings of grat<br />itude and adoration to the great supreme for all these [illegible]<br />gifts which makes this transient home of man so beautiful<br />write soon and particularly of matters and things about the<br />Junvius meeting of Boston and all other incidents which occur <br />and give our loves to all our Rochester funds the girls ass theirs<br />to the general stock — Poor Fredrick how much he has to bear I pity<br />him for it must be grievous to him sensitive mind but I tryst the<br />time is not for distant when he will be received as a man and a <br />brother most affectionately farewell The weather is cool and cloudy<br />to day has been fine yesterday rainy <br />[continues upward into right margin]<br />the [illegible]
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neighborhood items
[Oliver?] Titus has been quite ill with mumps Joseph and Jane Willets have
come up to cousin Phebe Powels to board Richard Willets [Dea?] came have and
lodged seventh day night – was there to tee said they were exceedingly
strong in their views against – abolitionists condemning & judging
Mother and Hannah both been quite ^sick a few days^ Hannah fever and Ague she has
broken has chills now the cholera alarms many about staying
in the city but several deaths have occurred on our Island tho
none nearer than Brushville that I have heard of — Joseph is carting
from the Harbor has a large wagon and three houses and accomplishs
much ^more^ at every trip than before - our Island home is very beautiful
(Page 2)
and green flowers too of various kinds fill the air with sweetness
and birds with their melody and each succeeding day new beau
=ties are developed around us inciting in the mind feelings of grat
itude and adoration to the great supreme for all these [illegible]
gifts which makes this transient home of man so beautiful
write soon and particularly of matters and things about the
Junvius meeting of Boston and all other incidents which occur
and give our loves to all our Rochester funds the girls ass theirs
to the general stock — Poor Fredrick how much he has to bear I pity
him for it must be grievous to him sensitive mind but I tryst the
time is not for distant when he will be received as a man and a
brother most affectionately farewell The weather is cool and cloudy
to day has been fine yesterday rainy
[continues upward into right margin]
the [illegible]
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> it makes a wide difference in people’s feelings when their actions<br /> and beliefs are condemned but we can sit quite composedly and hear <br /> others condemning with unconcern or only with a degree of regret<br /> Cousins Valentine and Abigail Hicks are both ill Abby has been<br /> for weeks very worring [sic] and comfortable in mind much worse than<br /> ever before she is now very ill with dysentery very little prospect<br /> of her recovery Caroline too is sick with dysentery cousin Valentine<br /> has been failing some mouths last sixth day had a slight – paralasis [sic]<br /> they have their trails but they are not alone in suffering <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">for</span> few <br /> are example from similar and many much deeper and more poig<br /> =nant even then theirs in a pecuniary point they are free from anxiety <br /> Susan Wilis has returned and uncle R was much pleased to have<br /> her back again he is quit[sic] comfortable was it meeting to day his is<br /> a beautiful old age so quiet and peaceful kind and loving to all<br /> Lydia Willets has a little girl of 6 weeks old Stephan Willets is quite<br /> sick <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> Catharine Wilis is improving wonderfully it seems strange to see her using<br /> her needle and strange too to see her walking as far as uncle Jacobs<br /> and Cark Matilda is trying the same with good results <br /> We very much regrete [sic] to hear William and Mary are doubtful about<br /> our visit this Spring I do not see that the purchasing a house need<br /> interfere with visiting <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">but</span> I dont know but the increase of wealth<br /> dors[sic] sometimes we should be rejoiced to see them and will<br /> continue to hope we may see them as proposed cousin Edmund<br /> has given <span style="text-decoration:underline;">two</span> dollars to us to pay for his Star Joseph says Isaac<br /> will please pay and peace to his act I hope there is a <br /> letter on its way in reply to Joseph – it was such a rarity<br /> for him to make up a whole letter it almost deserves two in<br /> return I hope you will inform of H Bush’s prospect when you hear<br /> from his I Nelson’s son one of them has returned said he could<br /> come home as cheaply as to remain there though the winter<br /> intends returning uncle John has been to NY to have something done<br /> to his eye something over the sight Joseph says say that the star to<br /> our office has missed two paper in there weeks perhaps the<br /> direction not distinct enough it is necessary to stop in <br /> love to all I am as <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ever</span> I and Mary please write very <br /> soon I hope all mystery will be unveiled and <br /> John Sean and wife and here about<br /> [continues upward into right margin]<br /> on a [rest?] <br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. it makes a wide difference in people's feelings when their actions and beliefs are condemned but we can sit quite composedly and hear others condemning with unconcern or only with a degree of regret Cousins Valentine and Abigail Hicks are both ill Abby has been for weeks very worring [sic] and comfortable in mind much worse than ever before she is now very ill with dysentery very little prospect of her recovery Caroline too is sick with dysentery cousin Valentine has been failing some mouths last sixth day had a slight - paralasis [sic] they have their trails but they are not alone in suffering for few are example from similar and many much deeper and more poig =nant even then theirs in a pecuniary point they are free from anxiety Susan Wilis has returned and uncle R was much pleased to have her back again he is quit[sic] comfortable was it meeting to day his is a beautiful old age so quiet and peaceful kind and loving to all Lydia Willets has a little girl of 6 weeks old Stephan Willets is quite sick Catharine Wilis is improving wonderfully it seems strange to see her using her needle and strange too to see her walking as far as uncle Jacobs and Cark Matilda is trying the same with good results We very much regrete [sic] to hear William and Mary are doubtful about our visit this Spring I do not see that the purchasing a house need interfere with visiting but I dont know but the increase of wealth dors[sic] sometimes we should be rejoiced to see them and will continue to hope we may see them as proposed cousin Edmund has given two dollars to us to pay for his Star Joseph says Isaac will please pay and peace to his act I hope there is a letter on its way in reply to Joseph - it was such a rarity for him to make up a whole letter it almost deserves two in return I hope you will inform of H Bush's prospect when you hear from his I Nelson's son one of them has returned said he could come home as cheaply as to remain there though the winter intends returning uncle John has been to NY to have something done to his eye something over the sight Joseph says say that the star to our office has missed two paper in there weeks perhaps the direction not distinct enough it is necessary to stop in love to all I am as ever I and Mary please write very soon I hope all mystery will be unveiled and John Sean and wife and here about [continues upward into right margin] on a [rest?]
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 4 Mo<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> 13<br /> Dear All <br /> I came home last evening and strange as <br /> it was found Joseph had been writing to you but company<br /> came and prevented his [contminance?] and now fearing his <br /> letter may not be full I will add my mite and make<br /> some inquiry relative to your long silence I have been looking <br /> for weeks for the paper messinger[sic] from you and doubtless<br /> you can guess the cause better than I for my disappointment<br /> I almost expect to see you at our door at any hour and suppr<br /> =ise us as you once did in time long since past I trust we<br /> [obliterated] not be disappointed in this too<br /> [obliterated] are now at home it is vacation I find a great<br /> [obliterated] stillness which pervaded the house in their <br /> [obliterated] [illegible] we shall probably conclude to send<br /> [obliterated] [illegible] them<br /> [obliterated] was here a few days ago total<br /> [obliterated] [illegible] had come to and had<br /> [obliterated] [illegible] and yearly [illegible] <br /> [obliterated]orough[sic] friends<br /> [obliterated] bus – I<br /> [obliterated] [illegible]<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> Robert Titus has deceased been sick some time was taken to Stephen Willet<br /> a few days before his death was pretty rational – at his funeral we had an opportunity of hearing Lindy [Hoag?] the high priest of orthodox quakerism <br /> I may say I was disappointed he did not eaqual [sic] my expectations I did<br /> not mean in his doctrine for that was the same we have almost<br /> allways[sic] heard the depravity of man, the atonement, faith, & were<br /> dwelt an largely it seems strange to me they do not become<br /> wearied in hearing this same subject forever dwell on — but <br /> probably they tire hearing as quickly practical Christianity preac[obliterated]<br /> as I do their dogma - he is engaged in the Free labor star<br /> in New York<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written downward] <br /> M[obliterated]
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Westbury 4 Moth 13 Dear All I came home last evening and strange as it was found Joseph had been writing to you but company came and prevented his [contminance?] and now fearing his letter may not be full I will add my mite and make some inquiry relative to your long silence I have been looking for weeks for the paper messinger[sic] from you and doubtless you can guess the cause better than I for my disappointment I almost expect to see you at our door at any hour and suppr =ise us as you once did in time long since past I trust we [obliterated] not be disappointed in this too [obliterated] are now at home it is vacation I find a great [obliterated] stillness which pervaded the house in their [obliterated] [illegible] we shall probably conclude to send [obliterated] [illegible] them [obliterated] was here a few days ago total [obliterated] [illegible] had come to and had [obliterated] [illegible] and yearly [illegible] [obliterated]orough[sic] friends [obliterated] bus - I [obliterated] [illegible] Robert Titus has deceased been sick some time was taken to Stephen Willet a few days before his death was pretty rational - at his funeral we had an opportunity of hearing Lindy [Hoag?] the high priest of orthodox quakerism I may say I was disappointed he did not eaqual [sic] my expectations I did not mean in his doctrine for that was the same we have almost allways[sic] heard the depravity of man, the atonement, faith, & were dwelt an largely it seems strange to me they do not become wearied in hearing this same subject forever dwell on -- but probably they tire hearing as quickly practical Christianity preac[obliterated] as I do their dogma - he is engaged in the Free labor star in New York [Text in center of page, written downward] M[obliterated]
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dear All, Write soon if you are not on the eve of<br />coming<br />Libbie has just invited me to enclose a slip<br />to you but as she is to go with her ^letter^ to the office in a<br />short time I must hasten. It has been so very long since<br />we have heard a word from you I really looked for you<br />to [stop?] in and as I was preparing our Christmas dinner<br />I almost came to think you would arrive in time<br />to share it with us as it was we were alone except<br />[E.?] Rushmore (Thomas daughter) but perhaps you will<br />be with us ere the new Year else why are you so<br />forgetful of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">old friends</span> but I ought to remember<br />how much I am absorbed and possibly you<br />are as much so ^as^ [I?] [I?] almost to neglect all except my<br />work for the poor suffering contraband There are<br />many bright scenes brought out by this terible [sic] war<br />many who had been apparently engrossed in the gra<br />-tification of self are now nobly giving themselves<br />for the good ^relief^ of some branch of suffering some for<br />the hospitals some for the soldier some for their families<br />and some for the contraband and there is more<br />than all can do I am glad our friends of both<br />are arroused [sic] to some activity it will do a good<br />not only ^to the recipients but^ to themselves the orthodox ^of NY^ have done a<br />great deal we forwarded one box through them some
time ago and have by the aid received from a<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">few</span> friends bought goods which we have made up<br />and our neighbor Phebe Titus has cooperated with us<br />so that we shall soon send another box we also meet<br />to with the society once a week There is but little<br />to claim attention except the state of the country<br />the hope’s and fear’s which attenuate with the<br />changeing [sic] phases of success or defeat and the spec<br />-ulation as to the first of January what that will<br />bring out I fear we shall be disappointed but per<br />-haps not we shall soon see Matilda has been<br />not quite as well latterly about some They have<br />taken W Johnson to Flatbush asylum he had become<br />quite more troublesome traveling about the neig<br />-hborhood and difficult to manage whether he will<br />stay is doubtful and they thought him not quite<br />crazy enough to compel Phebe is in NY this winter<br />at Dr. Tralls There is quite great complaint of<br />[thieves?] taking all manner of things Oliver Titus<br />has been visited repeatly [sic] the last time entered<br />their bed room and took 31 $ from his pants they<br />think some noise in going out wakened them<br />got a light looked at the cellar doors found them<br />fast and saw the dining room window up put it<br />down but did not see his pants wh lay under the<br />window went to bed without discovering his loss<br />many others have lost we all know and poultry is<br />taken I mean the neighbors Well this is I am sure<br />not worth the sending but as it will cost nothing<br />but my credit for so poor a contribution will pass it<br />on Do some of you come we are not too busy to see you W and<br />[Continues in right margin, written upward]<br />Mary Jacob or Jennie or some of you
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upside down, continued from Page 4]<br /> so will try to write farther to some <br /> of you soon good night – Baby has<br /> had a turn of crying since writing I took her<br /><br /> [Continues downward into left margin]<br /> awhile she is releived [sic] of the turns of pain and is asleep I guess<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /><br /> Syossett 4 mo 2<sup>nd</sup><br /> Dear All I felt it in my spirit to <br /> have scribbled a word yesterday to have<br /> forwarded this morning but there was <br /> so much to tell of our pleasant visit &<br /> so much to hear of family joys & cares that<br /> the morning hours passed until meeting<br /> time after wh [sic] we came to Syosset found<br /> them better than when we left Joseph &<br /> Lizzie returned and I staid [sic] to help [Hatie?]<br /> through the dreaded ordeal of changing <br /> help which proceds [sic] has commenced Hannah<br /> & Harriett left after dinner Saml went<br /> to mill and brought the new woman ^also^ and<br /> greatly to our supprize [sic] a baby a little over<br /> a year old as an accompaniament [sic] how<br /> it will answer we dont [sic] know Have had<br /> word from our Savannah girl that she can<br /> -not come until Cornelia Drake comes wh [sic] will <br /> be 2 months so we have been on the alert to find <br /> a substitute & after several disappointments<br /> have one a sister in law of the woman quite <br /> young engaged to come in a few days Saml <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> had his 4 new men this morning so that<br /> we have quite strange people in the kitchen<br /> the entire family have gone to bed and I<br /> will not remain long I expeced [sic] to tell of our <br /> safe arrival home and as Thomas [Doxy?] who<br /> Amy remembers used to say the first guests<br /> comes the last After you left us in that <br /> very comfortable car feeling so well <br /> pleased with the ample room I wondered<br /> as I looked around that while it was<br /> filling up with men I was the only female<br /> just before the train started some one [sic] said <br /> this is the smoking car and ladies would be<br /> better accommodated in the others accordi<br /> -ngly we picked up our things and found<br /> a seat which a man wished to appropriate<br /> to the accommodation of his best and wh [sic?]<br /> he very unwillingly relinquished Joseph <br /> soon found another vacant so that <br /> we had seats to ourselves he soon<br /> had little naps while I thanks to Amys [sic]<br /> tea and the pleasant memories of the<br /> past week <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">I</span> felt very much awake &<br /> rather enjoyed the hours sometimes in<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> looking at the would be sleepers trying to<br /> arrange their shawls or coats in some way<br /> for a comfortable nap but all attempts <br /> were failures I should judge from <br /> the frequent changes in position Along<br /> in the small hours I thought I would<br /> try to make [illegible] one with the compa<br /> -ny instead of sitting upright I suceeded [sic]<br /> finally in getting sundry little naps<br /> but conscious of the unsatisfactory <br /> position nearly all the time but was<br /> less sick than usual and enjoyed<br /> much of the way the beautiful scene<br /> -ry along which we passed reached<br /> Albany at 6 and N York ½ past 12<br /> or one I forget which came home in<br /> the ½ past 3 train had a little<br /> time to wait but not enough to<br /> be very burdensome Lizzie came<br /> for us she had had quite a lone<br /> -some time with a great deal <br /> too much work Mary had been<br /> away nearly three days her<br /><br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> had come from Ireland and<br /> she had to go to New York for<br /> her and having left the vessel <br /> it was sometime before she found <br /> her Franklin went home so Eliza<br /> -beth looked up some body to stay <br /> nights while Mary was gone as<br /> there was only Thomas Hughs and herse<br /> -lf in the house (the other men went<br /> home) but she made the best of it<br /> and gave us a good welcome when<br /> we came It seems much more<br /> spring like here the snow gone<br /> some were plowing a few had<br /> sown oats and the grass begins<br /> to freshen up but looks bare and<br /> brown generally much of the way<br /> we saw snow the Highlands were<br /> white and considerable ice along<br /> the river and large icicles from the<br /> rocks where the water poured over giving <br /> it a wintry aspect – yesterday was the<br /> warmest day we have had bright & sunny<br /> this forenoon rainy but clear now & colder<br /> the keepers have been heard some days I have<br /> not told you all I would but I am sleepy <br /> [Continues in Top margin of Page 1 with line beginning “so will try”]<br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text in top margin, written upside down, continued from Page 4] so will try to write farther to some of you soon good night - Baby has had a turn of crying since writing I took her [Continues downward into left margin] awhile she is releived [sic] of the turns of pain and is asleep I guess [Text normal] Syossett 4 mo 2nd Dear All I felt it in my spirit to have scribbled a word yesterday to have forwarded this morning but there was so much to tell of our pleasant visit & so much to hear of family joys & cares that the morning hours passed until meeting time after wh [sic] we came to Syosset found them better than when we left Joseph & Lizzie returned and I staid [sic] to help [Hatie?] through the dreaded ordeal of changing help which proceds [sic] has commenced Hannah & Harriett left after dinner Saml went to mill and brought the new woman ^also^ and greatly to our supprize [sic] a baby a little over a year old as an accompaniament [sic] how it will answer we dont [sic] know Have had word from our Savannah girl that she can -not come until Cornelia Drake comes wh [sic] will be 2 months so we have been on the alert to find a substitute & after several disappointments have one a sister in law of the woman quite young engaged to come in a few days Saml had his 4 new men this morning so that we have quite strange people in the kitchen the entire family have gone to bed and I will not remain long I expeced [sic] to tell of our safe arrival home and as Thomas [Doxy?] who Amy remembers used to say the first guests comes the last After you left us in that very comfortable car feeling so well pleased with the ample room I wondered as I looked around that while it was filling up with men I was the only female just before the train started some one [sic] said this is the smoking car and ladies would be better accommodated in the others accordi -ngly we picked up our things and found a seat which a man wished to appropriate to the accommodation of his best and wh [sic?] he very unwillingly relinquished Joseph soon found another vacant so that we had seats to ourselves he soon had little naps while I thanks to Amys [sic] tea and the pleasant memories of the past week I felt very much awake & rather enjoyed the hours sometimes in looking at the would be sleepers trying to arrange their shawls or coats in some way for a comfortable nap but all attempts were failures I should judge from the frequent changes in position Along in the small hours I thought I would try to make [illegible] one with the compa -ny instead of sitting upright I suceeded [sic] finally in getting sundry little naps but conscious of the unsatisfactory position nearly all the time but was less sick than usual and enjoyed much of the way the beautiful scene -ry along which we passed reached Albany at 6 and N York 1/2 past 12 or one I forget which came home in the 1/2 past 3 train had a little time to wait but not enough to be very burdensome Lizzie came for us she had had quite a lone -some time with a great deal too much work Mary had been away nearly three days her had come from Ireland and she had to go to New York for her and having left the vessel it was sometime before she found her Franklin went home so Eliza -beth looked up some body to stay nights while Mary was gone as there was only Thomas Hughs and herse -lf in the house (the other men went home) but she made the best of it and gave us a good welcome when we came It seems much more spring like here the snow gone some were plowing a few had sown oats and the grass begins to freshen up but looks bare and brown generally much of the way we saw snow the Highlands were white and considerable ice along the river and large icicles from the rocks where the water poured over giving it a wintry aspect - yesterday was the warmest day we have had bright & sunny this forenoon rainy but clear now & colder the keepers have been heard some days I have not told you all I would but I am sleepy [Continues in Top margin of Page 1 with line beginning "so will try"]
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Dearly Beloved we have been looking for inteligence [sic]<br /> from you daily for some weeks but as we hear nothing <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">still</span> am <br /> ready to think it must have miscarried and I see Elizabeth has <br /> a letter commenced to Jacob will put a few lines in her envelope to <br /> you as I find but little time to devote to writing and perchance my <br /> anxiety would nearly disqualify me for it had I the time Willet S <br /> is I suppose in a very critical condition if appearances are true <br /> and suffering very much with his head such extreme pain by turns <br /> and considerable all the time so much as nearly to prevent his <br /> enjoying any conversation or indeed any thing and the last two <br /> weeks has been more poorly we feel ourselves very much straighter <br /> ^after a^<br /> to know what course to pursue he had an Alopathic [sic] and Homopath [sic] <br /> Dr in N Y and did not find their treatment to do much for him <br /> perhaps some of our Spirit Dr friends can direct in what way to <br /> proceed I am very much discouraged but occasionally feel a little <br /> hope that he may be restored by the simple remedys [sic] used blessed be <br /> ^ragement^<br /> hope if it were not for it were not for it I should long ago have sunk with discou <br /> Drora and children have been up 2 weeks on a visit it made me <br /> sad at their return home to know he was so diseased and quite <br /> unable to do any thing or even to return with them but I thought <br /> they bore it admirably but I must not fill all my little space with <br /> my sad feelings Father has his chills again and William and 2 or 3 children <br /> Elizabeth the asthma so that she had not lain in bed for some weeks but I have <br /> not heard in some days so it is we are having trials of one kind and another <br /> without thinking any thing new or strange in happening unto us Matilda <br /> is not very smart but busies herself in her household affairs as tho she was <br /> I wish she could leave all the nice fixings and arrangements & take care of ^herself^<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> 10<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> – 4 A week has passed and this lays here unfinished <br /> and still no letter from you hope you have not forgotten <br /> us entirely and I see Joseph scribbled a word to you some <br /> days ago so I will claim a wifes privilege of his envelope <br /> W S has been a little smarter for the last week but <br /> whether it is any thing permanent I have my fears but <br /> try to hope he is on the gain Joseph and self went <br /> to Henrys yesterday to see Edmund and Sarah but they <br /> had gone to Oyster bay so we have not seen them yet Henry <br /> said Edmund was improving fast Cousin Lydia Seaman is <br /> up on a visit called due to day looks very smart more <br /> fleshey [sic] and as usual cheerful Rhuamy Healy is released from <br /> her trials and I dont know but all are satisfied her particu<br /> -lar friends feel she had little to make life desirable and are <br /> satisfied that it is great gain for her some others felt her <br /> I fear a burden and treated her harshly hence her life <br /> was filled with trails and crosses enough to make a christi^an^ <br /> and some think them necessary to perfect us in all <br /> that is pure and lovely At the funeral Elizabeth Leedon <br /> said a little James Haviland and Rachel and we thought <br /> Rachel done well not lengthy and I thought she was carefu^l^ <br /> in not expressing any thing that would offend but I was <br /> mistaken for Hannah was in great pertubation told Rachel <br /> how very much she had hurt her feelings Hannah rode <br /> to the meeting house with us and talked very fast some <br /> times would almost think it might be William preaching <br /> the tone and sentiments were almost identical but how <br /> sad it is to feel that the life may be made so discorden^t^ [sic] <br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> and sorrowful but <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">un</span> governd [sic] passions strengthened by <br /> begotted sectarianism when there is so much around <br /> indeed all in nature would teach harmony and <br /> progress I must leave to get supper the girls have gone <br /> to uncle Jamess and our woman is away being doctored <br /> I fear for a cancer but we have a little hope it may be <br /> a scrofulous nature she wishes us to wait she hopes she <br /> can come back soon but I begin to tire so much <br /> requires attention that we cannot wait long poor thing <br /> she feels very badly and I can scarcely ask her to do any <br /> thing when here Evening The labors of the day are nearly <br /> ended and several have sought their beds while my eyes admoni^sh^ <br /> me from trying to write as I have been at work on dark mate<br /> -rial and they feel the effect The girls say Phebe Rushmore <br /> is pleased with the attentions shown by Isaac & Jacob they wer [sic] <br /> so kind in taking them around William Ketcham has <br /> made his visit shorter than they hoped John & Rebecca hoped <br /> he would accompany them to Canarada [sic] but he cannot spare <br /> the time Phebe will be much disappointed I am glad <br /> for John and Rebecca to go to see Phebe again though <br /> mother will miss her or them I might say they are so kind <br /> to step in and while away a tedious hour I feel very <br /> grateful to them for many other acts of genuine <br /> benevolence which sparkle very brightly small thoug^h^ <br /> they may be in themselves yet they manifest so <br /> genial and loving a spirit that they are very beautiful <br /> truly we have a sphere in which to move and <br /> happy are we if we can move in it without obstruct^ion^ <br /> not only blessing others but enriching our own spirits by such me^ans^<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> Henrietta Willets is making a visit to kindred and <br /> friends has not been here yet Have lately had a visit <br /> from Aidon and Elisa he feels somewhat encouraged with <br /> society from what he saw and felt in <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Penn<sup>a </sup></span> and N Jersey <br /> Rachel is in N Y attended M M and suppose other meetings <br /> Abraham son of E S Willets is going out with W Ketcham to <br /> Wisconsin to seek a home Isaac E Haviland they think <br /> is improving some Have lately had a visit from Lydia Cox <br /> she is a lovely girl and I should think ^might^ make some of our <br /> nephews an agreeable wife but I dont know but Nicholas <br /> Hallock may think she might suit him (it is suppositius [sic]) <br /> Have just got a letter from Cynthia she wished to be remem<br /> -bered to you affectionately she has lost a sister lately the one <br /> that had moved out to Ioway leaving 7 little ones to battle <br /> with life Oh the battle is often a hard one to the motherless <br /> especially when a step mother ^comes in and^ is every thing a mother should <br /> not be it is truly deplorable then Jacob Conklin has <br /> got comfortable and returned home Ann looks <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">very</span> feeble <br /> has been to her fathers awhile to recruit Aunt Sarah <br /> is stepping around - Morning I dont know whether <br /> there will be any chance to send this over to the store <br /> but will stop so that it may be ready if there is <br /> I see Joseph has expressed a wish to visit you I see <br /> no way for it and so long as W S is as he is I <br /> feel my place is to try to care for him duty <br /> before pleasure he is not quite as well <br /> this morning poor night so it is one day <br /> more comfortable then not as well but I will <br /> tire you with the repetition with a fullness <br /> of sisterly affection your Mary love to all W and <br /> M I visit is remembered with satisfaction tho far too short <br /> [Text upward from bottom right 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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Dearly Beloved we have been looking for inteligence [sic] from you daily for some weeks but as we hear nothing still am ready to think it must have miscarried and I see Elizabeth has a letter commenced to Jacob will put a few lines in her envelope to you as I find but little time to devote to writing and perchance my anxiety would nearly disqualify me for it had I the time Willet S is I suppose in a very critical condition if appearances are true and suffering very much with his head such extreme pain by turns and considerable all the time so much as nearly to prevent his enjoying any conversation or indeed any thing and the last two weeks has been more poorly we feel ourselves very much straighter ^after a^ to know what course to pursue he had an Alopathic [sic] and Homopath [sic] Dr in N Y and did not find their treatment to do much for him perhaps some of our Spirit Dr friends can direct in what way to proceed I am very much discouraged but occasionally feel a little hope that he may be restored by the simple remedys [sic] used blessed be ^ragement^ hope if it were not for it were not for it I should long ago have sunk with discou Drora and children have been up 2 weeks on a visit it made me sad at their return home to know he was so diseased and quite unable to do any thing or even to return with them but I thought they bore it admirably but I must not fill all my little space with my sad feelings Father has his chills again and William and 2 or 3 children Elizabeth the asthma so that she had not lain in bed for some weeks but I have not heard in some days so it is we are having trials of one kind and another without thinking any thing new or strange in happening unto us Matilda is not very smart but busies herself in her household affairs as tho she was I wish she could leave all the nice fixings and arrangements & take care of ^herself^ 10th - 4 A week has passed and this lays here unfinished and still no letter from you hope you have not forgotten us entirely and I see Joseph scribbled a word to you some days ago so I will claim a wifes privilege of his envelope W S has been a little smarter for the last week but whether it is any thing permanent I have my fears but try to hope he is on the gain Joseph and self went to Henrys yesterday to see Edmund and Sarah but they had gone to Oyster bay so we have not seen them yet Henry said Edmund was improving fast Cousin Lydia Seaman is up on a visit called due to day looks very smart more fleshey [sic] and as usual cheerful Rhuamy Healy is released from her trials and I dont know but all are satisfied her particu -lar friends feel she had little to make life desirable and are satisfied that it is great gain for her some others felt her I fear a burden and treated her harshly hence her life was filled with trails and crosses enough to make a christi^an^ and some think them necessary to perfect us in all that is pure and lovely At the funeral Elizabeth Leedon said a little James Haviland and Rachel and we thought Rachel done well not lengthy and I thought she was carefu^l^ in not expressing any thing that would offend but I was mistaken for Hannah was in great pertubation told Rachel how very much she had hurt her feelings Hannah rode to the meeting house with us and talked very fast some times would almost think it might be William preaching the tone and sentiments were almost identical but how sad it is to feel that the life may be made so discorden^t^ [sic] and sorrowful but un governd [sic] passions strengthened by begotted sectarianism when there is so much around indeed all in nature would teach harmony and progress I must leave to get supper the girls have gone to uncle Jamess and our woman is away being doctored I fear for a cancer but we have a little hope it may be a scrofulous nature she wishes us to wait she hopes she can come back soon but I begin to tire so much requires attention that we cannot wait long poor thing she feels very badly and I can scarcely ask her to do any thing when here Evening The labors of the day are nearly ended and several have sought their beds while my eyes admoni^sh^ me from trying to write as I have been at work on dark mate -rial and they feel the effect The girls say Phebe Rushmore is pleased with the attentions shown by Isaac & Jacob they wer [sic] so kind in taking them around William Ketcham has made his visit shorter than they hoped John & Rebecca hoped he would accompany them to Canarada [sic] but he cannot spare the time Phebe will be much disappointed I am glad for John and Rebecca to go to see Phebe again though mother will miss her or them I might say they are so kind to step in and while away a tedious hour I feel very grateful to them for many other acts of genuine benevolence which sparkle very brightly small thoug^h^ they may be in themselves yet they manifest so genial and loving a spirit that they are very beautiful truly we have a sphere in which to move and happy are we if we can move in it without obstruct^ion^ not only blessing others but enriching our own spirits by such me^ans^ Henrietta Willets is making a visit to kindred and friends has not been here yet Have lately had a visit from Aidon and Elisa he feels somewhat encouraged with society from what he saw and felt in Penna and N Jersey Rachel is in N Y attended M M and suppose other meetings Abraham son of E S Willets is going out with W Ketcham to Wisconsin to seek a home Isaac E Haviland they think is improving some Have lately had a visit from Lydia Cox she is a lovely girl and I should think ^might^ make some of our nephews an agreeable wife but I dont know but Nicholas Hallock may think she might suit him (it is suppositius [sic]) Have just got a letter from Cynthia she wished to be remem -bered to you affectionately she has lost a sister lately the one that had moved out to Ioway leaving 7 little ones to battle with life Oh the battle is often a hard one to the motherless especially when a step mother ^comes in and^ is every thing a mother should not be it is truly deplorable then Jacob Conklin has got comfortable and returned home Ann looks very feeble has been to her fathers awhile to recruit Aunt Sarah is stepping around - Morning I dont know whether there will be any chance to send this over to the store but will stop so that it may be ready if there is I see Joseph has expressed a wish to visit you I see no way for it and so long as W S is as he is I feel my place is to try to care for him duty before pleasure he is not quite as well this morning poor night so it is one day more comfortable then not as well but I will tire you with the repetition with a fullness of sisterly affection your Mary love to all W and M I visit is remembered with satisfaction tho far too short [Text upward from bottom right corner] now and then a pleasant reunion long a coming soon away
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(Page 1)<br /> <br /> Dear All Westbury 6<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> Month 4<br /> Again and again has the query arise what can<br /> be the matter that we hear nothing from our Rochester friends are<br /> they sick or are they on their way to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">visit</span> us. I have just prepared<br /> to retire for the night when you came so sweetly before me that<br /> I resolved to sit a few moments altho [sic] all save me sink in<br /> forgetfulness of life its care’s and pleasure’s its vexations<br /> and ^its^ triumphs of right over wrong but at present I need<br /> my faith to be increased for at this time the wrong is<br /> in the ascendency and I confess it is very difficult – to con=<br /> =quer the evil of others <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">by </span>^for^ the same kind of feeling is so<br /> prone ^to arise^ and unless constantly on the watch . we fall how after<br /> for the last few weeks have I striven to comply with that<br /> scripture which admonishes against “fretting because of evil<br /> doer’s [sic]” you will wonder what is the matter well it is nothing<br /> more than this our ^Irish^ help three men and a woman have devised<br /> all kind of provocations I have just dismissed the woman<br /> but whether we can get rid of the men is doubtful it seems<br /> almost too much but my eyes are dim so I too will seek repose<br /> Many day’s [sic] have elapsed since the foregoing was written<br /> and I feel very much better in spirit have no assistance yet – <br /> but in a few days expect to have that necessary evil have had<br /> a weeks [sic] visit 27 again I take my pen after a lapse of a week company<br /> has twice compelled me after taking up my pen and I almost despair<br /> of writing any thing I had just began to speak of cousin Anna Chapman –<br /> and grandson’s visit to us they only visited us and Joseph Hicks’s [sic] expects<br /> to come again in a few weeks poor thing she has had trial upon trial yet<br /> yet blesses God for all as she beleives [sic] it has been designed for good and for her refin<br /> -nement [sic] , I look back now on some such ideas I used to hold with astonishment <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> a few days ago we received a letter bearing tidings from you it was welcom [sic]<br /> indeed and it was comforting to hear that Edmund was recovering hope ere<br /> this reaches you he will be restored to his usual health was glad too for his<br /> comfort that he was at your hospitable home where loving friends could ministe [sic]<br /> to his wants these boarding home’s [sic] are sorry places for the sick generally<br /> Uncle Samuel Willets was buried last third day been failing a long<br /> time John Plummer officiated and I should judge very much to the diss-<br /> atisfaction of every body [sic] it was ill timed Joseph gave John one of H C Wrights [sic]<br /> books Anthropology (suppose you have read it) well his whole sermon was intend<br /> ed to refute the sentiments of said book and perhaps there were not more than<br /> three or four there who knew what was amiss he made sad work of it<br /> contradicting himself continually and making such great profession<br /> of being rightly authorized to say what he did. Next day Anna Ross<br /> was brought up to Westbury and buried aunt Phebe came up sat meeting<br /> made us a visit and returned the same day she looks much better<br /> than she did when I saw her before Uncle and aunt Kirby also came home<br /> with us said I might say they had received Sarah’s letter and would ans<br /> -wer it before long but as I had one commenced would wait a little time<br /> first else we might both relate the same we had a pleasant visit from<br /> them Amy Hull is also gone about a week since I hardly know what<br /> to day [sic] to the meeting which you propose holding there does not seem to be<br /> a want in our nature for an association of some such basis but whet^her^<br /> it can be carried out so as to satisfy this want under your present<br /> circumstances I am rather doubtful true if JA [Dugdall?] could be<br /> there I should not hesitate or if Frederick was steadily at home and [does?]<br /> he take an interest in it I think a greater difficulty will be in the supera<br /> =bundance of speakers than in a deficiency I hope if you attempt it<br /> it will be all you anticipate and great good result from it to you<br /> =rselves and the world at large, how does G M Cooper get along<br /> does he meet with the society and preach as in former times or has <br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> he left them altogether? We had a delightful visit from our friends<br /> William Mary Edmund and Frederick only it was quite too short to<br /> satisfy us it was truly a treat which we shall hold in remembrance<br /> I oftimes [sic] fancy I hear Frederick and William’s voice’s [sic] still ringing<br /> in my ear’s [sic] so perfectly charmed was I that I fear we almost imposed<br /> upon their kindness in complying with our wishes <span style="text-decoration:underline;">to sin</span>g for truly<br /> there seemed to be ^no^ satisfying us many thanks to them for it<br /> I should have written immediately after our attempted meeting<br /> in New York had not or friends been there but forbore knowing<br /> it would only be as a twice told tale I will just say the calm<br /> christian and dignified conduct of our antislavery friends especialy [sic]<br /> Frederick and Garrison raised them if possible still higher in my <br /> admiration and esteem you cannot imagine the bitter hate to the<br /> one and ^the^ rude ^&^ violent attacks on the other by such a wicked set<br /> without appreciating the great moral grandure [sic] of their position<br /> I have named these two but <span style="text-decoration:underline;">all</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">don</span>e <span style="text-decoration:underline;">nobl</span>y Wendel [sic] Phillips was<br /> not behind the very best I wish you could have heard his last speech<br /> before the mob it was uncompromising and fearless he concluded<br /> with saying we were prepared to sacrific [sic] our lives but our <span style="text-decoration:underline;">prin</span><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">=ciples</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">never </span>We had a most profitable and pleasant visit from<br /> our dear H G Wright after the meeting and he promised us a weeks [sic]<br /> visit on his return from Boston if practicable but he came not<br /> suppose some unforseen [sic] circumstance prevented I think he migh^t^<br /> do considerable good here many have become quite iterested [sic] in his<br /> writings some others would be shocked greatly to listen to some <br /> of his views even tho [sic] they could not controvert them our young<br /> folks were delighted with him We have been to Edmund Willet<br /> since his return he does not come back any more in favor of slavery<br /> but on the contrary feels more deeply the great wrong it inflicts on<br /> the slave he feels very sorry Oliver Johnson does as he does for it<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> is making such bad work with friends he was at a [qr?] meeting<br /> where Oliver and others had much to say each in their own way<br /> and he thought it was a poor meeting enough, he said his pregd<br /> ice [sic] was very great against him I told him we had had accounts<br /> from there which were very different that he was doing a great<br /> work and that he was evidently in his peace and much good<br /> might be expected from his labors I also told him of our long<br /> and intimate acquaintance that I loved him as a brother and<br /> had found him to be worthy of respect and confidence<br /> Have you seen Catharine Truman we had that pleasure in<br /> New York which made me feel satisfied in being there a short<br /> time I have very little inclination and had it not been for a<br /> few friends I wished to see and some purchases it was necessary <br /> to make I should have remained at home Our cherries are just<br /> begining [sic] to ripen I wish you could share them with us the birds<br /> have helped themselves first and very abundantly too but then<br /> they sing so sweetly we can afford to raise cherries for them<br /> every morning I am cheered by their songs and through the whole <br /> day there is a constant strain of music assending [sic] from them<br /> to the great Father of all What lovely nights we have had <br /> have been too beautiful to sleep the country is very [beautiful?]<br /> green and fresh our garden looks very fine vegatables [sic] and flowers<br /> are very abundant and very beautiful I have been out and work<br /> several hours in it I did not think I had expressed so many <br /> b<span style="text-decoration:underline;">eautifu</span>l’s [sic] as I have nevertheless if all as <span style="text-decoration:underline;">beautiful</span> as I can<br /> represent it yes and much more so I often think we do not<br /> enjoy enough of nature <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> ^but^ by our having become acustomed [sic] to it<br /> expect it and are oftimes [sic] repining when drouth [sic] or any other<br /> circumstance prevents the abundance we wish . this would<br /> would be truly a paradise if mankind would not prevent <br /> the order and destroy the harmony which was designed to<br /> reign making it a “vale of tears” Well I have scratched along<br /> at a great rate but I fear it will be time lost to us both for <br /> it is a jumbled up mess Joseph has written a little but compa<br /> ny prevented him from writing much and he is now very <br /> busy preparing to mow next week we have Wellington and <br /> wife and am glad to have some help again as we have had a family of 12<br /><br /> [Continues upward into right margin] <br /> which was rather too many to do for <br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Dear All Westbury 6th Month 4 Again and again has the query arise what can be the matter that we hear nothing from our Rochester friends are they sick or are they on their way to visit us. I have just prepared to retire for the night when you came so sweetly before me that I resolved to sit a few moments altho [sic] all save me sink in forgetfulness of life its care's and pleasure's its vexations and ^its^ triumphs of right over wrong but at present I need my faith to be increased for at this time the wrong is in the ascendency and I confess it is very difficult - to con= =quer the evil of others by ^for^ the same kind of feeling is so prone ^to arise^ and unless constantly on the watch . we fall how after for the last few weeks have I striven to comply with that scripture which admonishes against "fretting because of evil doer's [sic]" you will wonder what is the matter well it is nothing more than this our ^Irish^ help three men and a woman have devised all kind of provocations I have just dismissed the woman but whether we can get rid of the men is doubtful it seems almost too much but my eyes are dim so I too will seek repose Many day's [sic] have elapsed since the foregoing was written and I feel very much better in spirit have no assistance yet - but in a few days expect to have that necessary evil have had a weeks [sic] visit 27 again I take my pen after a lapse of a week company has twice compelled me after taking up my pen and I almost despair of writing any thing I had just began to speak of cousin Anna Chapman - and grandson's visit to us they only visited us and Joseph Hicks's [sic] expects to come again in a few weeks poor thing she has had trial upon trial yet yet blesses God for all as she beleives [sic] it has been designed for good and for her refin -nement [sic], I look back now on some such ideas I used to hold with astonishment a few days ago we received a letter bearing tidings from you it was welcom [sic] indeed and it was comforting to hear that Edmund was recovering hope ere this reaches you he will be restored to his usual health was glad too for his comfort that he was at your hospitable home where loving friends could ministe [sic] to his wants these boarding home's [sic] are sorry places for the sick generally Uncle Samuel Willets was buried last third day been failing a long time John Plummer officiated and I should judge very much to the diss- atisfaction of every body [sic] it was ill timed Joseph gave John one of H C Wrights [sic] books Anthropology (suppose you have read it) well his whole sermon was intend ed to refute the sentiments of said book and perhaps there were not more than three or four there who knew what was amiss he made sad work of it contradicting himself continually and making such great profession of being rightly authorized to say what he did. Next day Anna Ross was brought up to Westbury and buried aunt Phebe came up sat meeting made us a visit and returned the same day she looks much better than she did when I saw her before Uncle and aunt Kirby also came home with us said I might say they had received Sarah's letter and would ans -wer it before long but as I had one commenced would wait a little time first else we might both relate the same we had a pleasant visit from them Amy Hull is also gone about a week since I hardly know what to day [sic] to the meeting which you propose holding there does not seem to be a want in our nature for an association of some such basis but whet^her^ it can be carried out so as to satisfy this want under your present circumstances I am rather doubtful true if JA [Dugdall?] could be there I should not hesitate or if Frederick was steadily at home and [does?] he take an interest in it I think a greater difficulty will be in the supera =bundance of speakers than in a deficiency I hope if you attempt it it will be all you anticipate and great good result from it to you =rselves and the world at large, how does G M Cooper get along does he meet with the society and preach as in former times or has he left them altogether? We had a delightful visit from our friends William Mary Edmund and Frederick only it was quite too short to satisfy us it was truly a treat which we shall hold in remembrance I oftimes [sic] fancy I hear Frederick and William's voice's [sic] still ringing in my ear's [sic] so perfectly charmed was I that I fear we almost imposed upon their kindness in complying with our wishes to sing for truly there seemed to be ^no^ satisfying us many thanks to them for it I should have written immediately after our attempted meeting in New York had not or friends been there but forbore knowing it would only be as a twice told tale I will just say the calm christian and dignified conduct of our antislavery friends especialy [sic] Frederick and Garrison raised them if possible still higher in my admiration and esteem you cannot imagine the bitter hate to the one and ^the^ rude ^&^ violent attacks on the other by such a wicked set without appreciating the great moral grandure [sic] of their position I have named these two but alldone nobly Wendel [sic] Phillips was not behind the very best I wish you could have heard his last speech before the mob it was uncompromising and fearless he concluded with saying we were prepared to sacrific [sic] our lives but our prin=ciplesnever We had a most profitable and pleasant visit from our dear H G Wright after the meeting and he promised us a weeks [sic] visit on his return from Boston if practicable but he came not suppose some unforseen [sic] circumstance prevented I think he migh^t^ do considerable good here many have become quite iterested [sic] in his writings some others would be shocked greatly to listen to some of his views even tho [sic] they could not controvert them our young folks were delighted with him We have been to Edmund Willet since his return he does not come back any more in favor of slavery but on the contrary feels more deeply the great wrong it inflicts on the slave he feels very sorry Oliver Johnson does as he does for it is making such bad work with friends he was at a [qr?] meeting where Oliver and others had much to say each in their own way and he thought it was a poor meeting enough, he said his pregd ice [sic] was very great against him I told him we had had accounts from there which were very different that he was doing a great work and that he was evidently in his peace and much good might be expected from his labors I also told him of our long and intimate acquaintance that I loved him as a brother and had found him to be worthy of respect and confidence Have you seen Catharine Truman we had that pleasure in New York which made me feel satisfied in being there a short time I have very little inclination and had it not been for a few friends I wished to see and some purchases it was necessary to make I should have remained at home Our cherries are just begining [sic] to ripen I wish you could share them with us the birds have helped themselves first and very abundantly too but then they sing so sweetly we can afford to raise cherries for them every morning I am cheered by their songs and through the whole day there is a constant strain of music assending [sic] from them to the great Father of all What lovely nights we have had have been too beautiful to sleep the country is very [beautiful?] green and fresh our garden looks very fine vegatables [sic] and flowers are very abundant and very beautiful I have been out and work several hours in it I did not think I had expressed so many beautiful's [sic] as I have nevertheless if all as beautiful as I can represent it yes and much more so I often think we do not enjoy enough of nature and ^but^ by our having become acustomed [sic] to it expect it and are oftimes [sic] repining when drouth [sic] or any other circumstance prevents the abundance we wish . this would would be truly a paradise if mankind would not prevent the order and destroy the harmony which was designed to reign making it a "vale of tears" Well I have scratched along at a great rate but I fear it will be time lost to us both for it is a jumbled up mess Joseph has written a little but compa ny prevented him from writing much and he is now very busy preparing to mow next week we have Wellington and wife and am glad to have some help again as we have had a family of 12 [Continues upward into right margin] which was rather too many to do for
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, upside down]<br /> wife are at the home I wanted to have <br /> gone this eve to see them but we do not<br /> do much visiting nowadays I am <br /> sorry but am looking ahead to more <br /> leisure but storms are more unpleasant <br /> to encounter than formerly or home more<br /> [Text along left margin, downward from corner]<br /> [illegible] <br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> Dearly Beloved It is evening Lizzie <br /> has gone to Jacob Hickss my J has been <br /> reading while I knit but the restorer of <br /> tired nature has for a little while taken <br /> possession and paper and light are neg<br /> -leted [sic] In this quiet time I have reme<br /> -mbered many of our far off friends and <br /> you of course came in for a share of <br /> kindly feeling how the spirit [ener?]<br /> -[lis?] all distance is annihilated <br /> in this loving communion The wea<br /> -ther generally is a theme to be <br /> noticed it has been ve<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ry</span> v<span style="text-decoration:underline;">er</span>y severe <br /> the poor must have suffered terribly <br /> I thought it was almost a sin for us <br /> to complain with one abundant comf<br /> -orts of cold or storm It has been M. M. <br /> to day rather smaller than sometimes <br /> travelling very bad a great amount <br /> of snow in some places and long bare <br /> spots so that some go in sleighs some <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> in wagons we went to sleigh W Hawx<br /> -hurst in wagon Charity fell out she <br /> thought the wagon would upset if she <br /> had not fallen Eleanor Edmund and <br /> Rachel all spoke At the close we were <br /> informed of Dr Philemon Prior’s death <br /> the funeral tomorrow at Westbury M hou^se^<br /> Martha Coles or Gideon had neither <br /> of them heard of it died in a fit in <br /> his sleigh I believe have not heard <br /> particulars had been unusually <br /> well the past Autumn Rachel Coc^k^ <br /> died at Isaac Hicks a week ago <br /> also suddenly very frequent admonitio [sic]<br /> for each survivor to be in readiness for <br /> a similar event is occurring but if <br /> we judge from appearance it makes <br /> little impress on the mind perhaps <br /> counting on long year's as their portion <br /> ere they attain the sumit [sic] of earth <br /> life We had Henry Willets and Sophia <br /> almost the first visit they had made <br /> they went to Boston &c vicinity for their <br /> wedding trip got home the night before<br /> <br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> the great storm Their reception was <br /> the stormy day we thought no one <br /> would brave it but sympathized with <br /> them in the disappointment of pre<br /> -paring for the entertainment and <br /> having it a blank Quite a number <br /> I dont know but their Mankasset <br /> ^friends^ generally got there had a very nice <br /> time with the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">most</span> c<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ordia</span>l w<span style="text-decoration:underline;">elcom</span> [sic]<br /> They seem very suitable & I trust she <br /> is the right one I have understood the <br /> sisters are willing to continue to be <br /> the housekeepers which Sophy is glad <br /> for them to be as she has no experi<br /> _ence in that line We had considera<br /> _ble other company so that I did <br /> not hear any of the plan's from her<br /> Our neighbor Ann has gone to <br /> Dr Ingersols I doubt if it will <br /> suit her she likes her way too well <br /> to yeild [sic] readily to the will of other <br /> She does not give up the law but <br /> is searching for some one to comme<br /> nce again William does not fur<br /><br /> (Page 4) <br /><br /> _nish her mony [sic] for this purpose <br /> and what she gets is taken without <br /> his knowledge a few weeks ago a <br /> lawyer handed him money she gav^ e^ <br /> to commence anew Dickens reading<br /> is very much applauded some I think <br /> who never really enjoyed his works <br /> are all alive to their great merit<br /> Jacob & Mary went down to one reading <br /> Lizzie will tell what they think when <br /> she comes home Matilda does not<br /> get very smart her head troubles her <br /> she thought you looked remarkably <br /> well all of you Aunt Amy & Mary <br /> Willis not quite as well as the list <br /> she said perhaps the pleasure of see<br /> -ing you made all rose color I <br /> wish Catharine could see Mary with <br /> her warm draws so nicely fitting <br /> except rather large for the present and <br /> the little creature so pleased to have <br /> then put on with all the others wr<br /> -aps making her very [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">illegible</span>] [<span style="text-decoration:underline;">dand</span>y?]<br /> she will sit in chair patiently <br /> waiting to go they have not been <br /> here in 2 weeks heard they were <br /> at meeting which was something to <br /> satisfy us that they were well E P Will <br /> is still with Isaac & Mary Cock at <br /> Bethlehem Mary very smart William & <br /> [Continues in top margin of Page 1 with “wife are at”]<br /><br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text in top margin, upside down] wife are at the home I wanted to have gone this eve to see them but we do not do much visiting nowadays I am sorry but am looking ahead to more leisure but storms are more unpleasant to encounter than formerly or home more [Text along left margin, downward from corner] [illegible] [Text normal] Dearly Beloved It is evening Lizzie has gone to Jacob Hickss my J has been reading while I knit but the restorer of tired nature has for a little while taken possession and paper and light are neg -leted [sic] In this quiet time I have reme -mbered many of our far off friends and you of course came in for a share of kindly feeling how the spirit [ener?] -[lis?] all distance is annihilated in this loving communion The wea -ther generally is a theme to be noticed it has been very very severe the poor must have suffered terribly I thought it was almost a sin for us to complain with one abundant comf -orts of cold or storm It has been M. M. to day rather smaller than sometimes travelling very bad a great amount of snow in some places and long bare spots so that some go in sleighs some in wagons we went to sleigh W Hawx -hurst in wagon Charity fell out she thought the wagon would upset if she had not fallen Eleanor Edmund and Rachel all spoke At the close we were informed of Dr Philemon Prior's death the funeral tomorrow at Westbury M hou^se^ Martha Coles or Gideon had neither of them heard of it died in a fit in his sleigh I believe have not heard particulars had been unusually well the past Autumn Rachel Coc^k^ died at Isaac Hicks a week ago also suddenly very frequent admonitio [sic] for each survivor to be in readiness for a similar event is occurring but if we judge from appearance it makes little impress on the mind perhaps counting on long year's as their portion ere they attain the sumit [sic] of earth life We had Henry Willets and Sophia almost the first visit they had made they went to Boston &c vicinity for their wedding trip got home the night before the great storm Their reception was the stormy day we thought no one would brave it but sympathized with them in the disappointment of pre -paring for the entertainment and having it a blank Quite a number I dont know but their Mankasset ^friends^ generally got there had a very nice time with the most cordial welcom [sic] They seem very suitable & I trust she is the right one I have understood the sisters are willing to continue to be the housekeepers which Sophy is glad for them to be as she has no experi _ence in that line We had considera _ble other company so that I did not hear any of the plan's from her Our neighbor Ann has gone to Dr Ingersols I doubt if it will suit her she likes her way too well to yeild [sic] readily to the will of other She does not give up the law but is searching for some one to comme nce again William does not fur _nish her mony [sic] for this purpose and what she gets is taken without his knowledge a few weeks ago a lawyer handed him money she gav^ e^ to commence anew Dickens reading is very much applauded some I think who never really enjoyed his works are all alive to their great merit Jacob & Mary went down to one reading Lizzie will tell what they think when she comes home Matilda does not get very smart her head troubles her she thought you looked remarkably well all of you Aunt Amy & Mary Willis not quite as well as the list she said perhaps the pleasure of see -ing you made all rose color I wish Catharine could see Mary with her warm draws so nicely fitting except rather large for the present and the little creature so pleased to have then put on with all the others wr -aps making her very [illegible] [dandy?] she will sit in chair patiently waiting to go they have not been here in 2 weeks heard they were at meeting which was something to satisfy us that they were well E P Will is still with Isaac & Mary Cock at Bethlehem Mary very smart William & [Continues in top margin of Page 1 with "wife are at"]
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<p>(Page 1)<br /> 7<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span><br /> Dearly Beloved<br /> Repeatedly have I thought of taking up my <br /> pen but as often have deferred it for a more convenient season, in this <br /> way time has passed on until the present still there are claims upon <br /> me which almost tempt me to forego the pleasure I feel in addressing <br /> absent loved one's to perform the duties of my own little sphere <br /> It is a most lovely day and all things are rejoicing in it and I too have <br /> felt it influence upon my spirits <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> calmning [sic] and elevating above <br /> the many discords which surround me and which have hindered I <br /> now resolve to go cheerfully and hopefully forward doing what I can to <br /> oppose error and encourage others to come to a higher standard of <br /> right [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">illegible</span>] I have been saddened by the consciousness that a <br /> great obstacle is in the way of progress so long as the would be <br /> expounders of holy things teach unsound doctrines as immediate <br /> revelation doctrine too <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">it</span> opposition to the plainest precepts of <br /> christianity for example I will give a sketch of a sermon delivered <br /> last first day and the worst of all is the fact very many can <br /> swallow all down without even a thought of the inconsistency [sic] <br /> or wickedness of such doctrine I wish I had the sermon but as I have <br /> not I will proceed she commenced by telling us she had been made <br /> to rejoice in beleiving [sic] that we could all meet together in this way <br /> and worship the Father of spirits however much we might differ in <br /> relation to other views and as Jesus told the woman of Samaria that <br /> worship was not confined to any place so I believe it can be perform^ed^ <br /> not only in the manner in which we are assembled to worship in <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">the</span> <br /> silence but in other forms also the mind can worship amidst boreal <br /> and instrumental sound both harmonious and discordant and I beleive [sic] <br /> minds have worshiped the father in the thunder's of heaven in the <br /> vibration of the earthquake and in the overflowing of the volcano <br /> and on the battle field and ^I dare^ not say but it may be performed with <br /> the finger on the trigger or with the lighted match ready to apply to <br /> the cannon the Lord only is judge and I believe he may permit <br /> a nation to chastise a weaker one which may be broken up into <br /> factions or parties shedding each others blood and bringing up <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> their children in the same practices and I dare not say but he may <br /> even command a nation to go against them to stop the effusion <br /> of blood Let none of y<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ou</span> say I am advocating war for I can not but <br /> of peace which I would advocate from the rising of the sun to the <br /> going down of the same and from the rivers to the very ends of the <br /> earth if the ability was afforded and the command given to do so <br /> after saying considerable not as objectionable she said she could <br /> not feel easy without again alluding to the subject she did not <br /> know why it was so for the first subject which impressed her mind <br /> was worship as I said before I dare not call in question what is perm<br /> -itted to take place I believe he may raise up a nation to chast<br /> ise another and even command them to do so to stop the effusion <br /> of blood as in the case of the Cannanites [sic] I believe it was a mercy <br /> for them to be cut off they were sacrificing their children to Idols <br /> by hundreds and thousands and educating their children <br /> in the same practice and I believe that Moses Joshua Samuel <br /> and the Jews were divinely authorized to destroy those <br /> Idolatrous nations &c &c she did not beleive [sic] peace would <br /> be promoted by <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">calling</span> ^condemning^ or the calling hard names nor the <br /> oppressor made to relent by such means after the above she <br /> said much which was in direct opposition to these views <br /> alass [sic] alass [sic] it is sorrowful to contemplate the change from <br /> what she once was, when she was an advocate of peace abolition <br /> and temperance _ Joseph sent Wellington with a <br /> long note stating dissatisfaction and objections to such <br /> doctrine which was at varience [sic] with all the practice and <br /> preepts [sic] of Jesus who emphatically forbid a resort to all such <br /> means to reform mankind and the utter impossibility then <br /> was in being prepared to worshp [sic] acceptably while engaged in <br /> the diabolical work of butchering his fellow creatures touched <br /> on the bad effect of such sentiments on a community and told <br /> her he sent (with the note) a paper with a piece marked which <br /> he thought placed the soldier in his true light &c &c<br /> The piece marked was Henry C Wright Dick Crowningsheeld and <br /> Zachary Taylor------have not heard from her yet and I do not <br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> expect we shall have the good luck to do so for she is very <br /> cautious and keeps as distant as possible it is only in the gallery <br /> that we hear such views from her _<br /> Suppose you have heard the school house has been burnt well a <br /> meeting was called of the <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">inhabitants</span> ^of the neighborhood^ to consult relative to<br /> getting up another Joseph and a few others prefered [sic] having it a destrict [sic] <br /> school to divide the Westbury and North Side and make three of the two <br /> but that was no go - after much planning William T Cock offers to <br /> build the house and for others who have subscribed money to furnish <br /> maps globes &c &c the orthodox friends are to join in the concern I <br /> have but little faith in ^the^ plan each in their sectarian zeal engages <br /> in it they have engaged Emma and Esther Post for teachers we do <br /> not feel very much pleased with the arrangement do not know what <br /> we shall do 8<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> I left this yesterday to attend to family duties and <br /> before I could resume it we were sent for to Timothy's he had had another attack <br /> of paralasis [sic] and he wished to see us we went and found him in a very <br /> tranquil easy state of mind one side nearly helpless both leg's considerably <br /> affected tho one he could move his intellectual faculties uninjured he <br /> was as much interested as ever in the great reforms of the day spoke <br /> freely on slavery and war of their horrible attrocities [sic] said he had just the <br /> day before been reading the memore [sic] of Clarkson dwelt on his persevering <br /> labors in the cause and encouragement there was for others to suffer and <br /> sacrifice their powers in this great work of humanity said I want friends <br /> to know that I feel in reviewing my life and ^in^ expectation of soon passing <br /> away the greatest consolation and peace for having home my testimony <br /> before the people against war slavery and intemperance encouraged us <br /> to faithfulness gave much good advice and we felt it was a privilege <br /> to be with him spoke too of the prevalence of sectarian religion among <br /> all sects and the great inquiry it was the more they had the worse they were <br /> off not so with pure christianity read the sermon of the mount and live in <br /> accordance therewith &c ---This afternoon Rebecca Baldwin is to be interred <br /> she has suffered much physically for the last year or two has had <br /> to be opperated [sic] on as often as every two weeks and sometimes oftener <br /> a similar case is not known often taking from 8 to 15 quarts at a <br /> time I must lay this asside [sic] until our return<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> 9<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span>Phebe Johnson and E P Willets came home with us yesterday so I could not fill <br /> this and send it on its way Phebe is expecting to leave for Pennsylvania soon <br /> Joseph and Anne Shotwell have bought a place at Jericho near Matthews owned <br /> formerly by Dr Rodgers Joshua Titus is putting up an addition to the west end <br /> of his house to accommodate two families Oliver is to have the east part <br /> Elizabeth Mott was at the funeral I inquired if she had any message to you <br /> she desired her love and wished you would write oftener to her I told her <br /> perhaps she did not do her part of it she said her letters were not worth <br /> sending, why dont you write to her? I think Sarah might often The sketch <br /> of your family arrangements and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">de</span>p<span style="text-decoration:underline;">en</span>^d^en<span style="text-decoration:underline;">cy</span>s [sic] was very interesting I can fancy <br /> you at those stated times gathered together receiving and confirming high <br /> social and intellectual enjoyment you have many advantages and priveleges [sic]<br /> which some of have not so I conclude it is your indispensable duty to dissipate <br /> and enlighten your less fortunate relatives who are generally very ignorant <br /> on the great subjects which claim your attention and which makes <br /> it a blessing to live to live for others and nobler purposes than merely to <br /> toil and eat and die, but now seriously we are expecting you this spring <br /> and summer to make us a first rate visit, tho there are many changes <br /> in our circle of dear one's and time <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> the leveler of all mutable <br /> things is continually at work therefore put not off what I think you <br /> ought certainly to do and that soon Have you seen the Blackstone <br /> Chronicle we think it will be a most interesting paper we rejoice ^that^ Oliver <br /> will have some chance of taking better care of his health than he has had <br /> while in the service of the Tribune in his own words he "was killing himself <br /> by being up nearly all night half the time and the great responsibility <br /> of his position in Greelys absence I fancy he will be missed he gave much <br /> antislavery information which would not otherwise have found its way in <br /> the Tribune we feel quite lonely without him his frequent visits were like <br /> an oasis in a desert to us - still I would not keep him from leav^ing^ <br /> for our gratification I have been pleased with the notices of the Chronicles <br /> in various papers especially from Garrison and Greely _ Joseph <br /> wants you to have the direction of the North Star changed from <br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Westbury</span> to North Hempstead as there is <span style="text-decoration:underline;">n</span>o <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Westbur</span>y <span style="text-decoration:underline;">P O</span> it does <br /> not get along as punctually as we would like and Joseph thinks <br /> that may probably be the cause as all our papers come direct <br /> when directed poperly [sic] we lost the practical Christian nearly one year <br /> by mispelling [sic] Heampstead do you see the Christian we prize it <br /> highly How do you get on with your reading room I think<br /> <br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. 7th Dearly Beloved Repeatedly have I thought of taking up my pen but as often have deferred it for a more convenient season, in this way time has passed on until the present still there are claims upon me which almost tempt me to forego the pleasure I feel in addressing absent loved one's to perform the duties of my own little sphere It is a most lovely day and all things are rejoicing in it and I too have felt it influence upon my spirits and calmning [sic] and elevating above the many discords which surround me and which have hindered I now resolve to go cheerfully and hopefully forward doing what I can to oppose error and encourage others to come to a higher standard of right [illegible] I have been saddened by the consciousness that a great obstacle is in the way of progress so long as the would be expounders of holy things teach unsound doctrines as immediate revelation doctrine too it opposition to the plainest precepts of christianity for example I will give a sketch of a sermon delivered last first day and the worst of all is the fact very many can swallow all down without even a thought of the inconsistency [sic] or wickedness of such doctrine I wish I had the sermon but as I have not I will proceed she commenced by telling us she had been made to rejoice in beleiving [sic] that we could all meet together in this way and worship the Father of spirits however much we might differ in relation to other views and as Jesus told the woman of Samaria that worship was not confined to any place so I believe it can be perform^ed^ not only in the manner in which we are assembled to worship in the silence but in other forms also the mind can worship amidst boreal and instrumental sound both harmonious and discordant and I beleive [sic] minds have worshiped the father in the thunder's of heaven in the vibration of the earthquake and in the overflowing of the volcano and on the battle field and ^I dare^ not say but it may be performed with the finger on the trigger or with the lighted match ready to apply to the cannon the Lord only is judge and I believe he may permit a nation to chastise a weaker one which may be broken up into factions or parties shedding each others blood and bringing up their children in the same practices and I dare not say but he may even command a nation to go against them to stop the effusion of blood Let none of you say I am advocating war for I can not but of peace which I would advocate from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same and from the rivers to the very ends of the earth if the ability was afforded and the command given to do so after saying considerable not as objectionable she said she could not feel easy without again alluding to the subject she did not know why it was so for the first subject which impressed her mind was worship as I said before I dare not call in question what is perm -itted to take place I believe he may raise up a nation to chast ise another and even command them to do so to stop the effusion of blood as in the case of the Cannanites [sic] I believe it was a mercy for them to be cut off they were sacrificing their children to Idols by hundreds and thousands and educating their children in the same practice and I believe that Moses Joshua Samuel and the Jews were divinely authorized to destroy those Idolatrous nations &c &c she did not beleive [sic] peace would be promoted by calling ^condemning^ or the calling hard names nor the oppressor made to relent by such means after the above she said much which was in direct opposition to these views alass [sic] alass [sic] it is sorrowful to contemplate the change from what she once was, when she was an advocate of peace abolition and temperance _ Joseph sent Wellington with a long note stating dissatisfaction and objections to such doctrine which was at varience [sic] with all the practice and preepts [sic] of Jesus who emphatically forbid a resort to all such means to reform mankind and the utter impossibility then was in being prepared to worshp [sic] acceptably while engaged in the diabolical work of butchering his fellow creatures touched on the bad effect of such sentiments on a community and told her he sent (with the note) a paper with a piece marked which he thought placed the soldier in his true light &c &c The piece marked was Henry C Wright Dick Crowningsheeld and Zachary Taylor------have not heard from her yet and I do not expect we shall have the good luck to do so for she is very cautious and keeps as distant as possible it is only in the gallery that we hear such views from her _ Suppose you have heard the school house has been burnt well a meeting was called of the inhabitants ^of the neighborhood^ to consult relative to getting up another Joseph and a few others prefered [sic] having it a destrict [sic] school to divide the Westbury and North Side and make three of the two but that was no go - after much planning William T Cock offers to build the house and for others who have subscribed money to furnish maps globes &c &c the orthodox friends are to join in the concern I have but little faith in ^the^ plan each in their sectarian zeal engages in it they have engaged Emma and Esther Post for teachers we do not feel very much pleased with the arrangement do not know what we shall do 8th I left this yesterday to attend to family duties and before I could resume it we were sent for to Timothy's he had had another attack of paralasis [sic] and he wished to see us we went and found him in a very tranquil easy state of mind one side nearly helpless both leg's considerably affected tho one he could move his intellectual faculties uninjured he was as much interested as ever in the great reforms of the day spoke freely on slavery and war of their horrible attrocities [sic] said he had just the day before been reading the memore [sic] of Clarkson dwelt on his persevering labors in the cause and encouragement there was for others to suffer and sacrifice their powers in this great work of humanity said I want friends to know that I feel in reviewing my life and ^in^ expectation of soon passing away the greatest consolation and peace for having home my testimony before the people against war slavery and intemperance encouraged us to faithfulness gave much good advice and we felt it was a privilege to be with him spoke too of the prevalence of sectarian religion among all sects and the great inquiry it was the more they had the worse they were off not so with pure christianity read the sermon of the mount and live in accordance therewith &c ---This afternoon Rebecca Baldwin is to be interred she has suffered much physically for the last year or two has had to be opperated [sic] on as often as every two weeks and sometimes oftener a similar case is not known often taking from 8 to 15 quarts at a time I must lay this asside [sic] until our return 9thPhebe Johnson and E P Willets came home with us yesterday so I could not fill this and send it on its way Phebe is expecting to leave for Pennsylvania soon Joseph and Anne Shotwell have bought a place at Jericho near Matthews owned formerly by Dr Rodgers Joshua Titus is putting up an addition to the west end of his house to accommodate two families Oliver is to have the east part Elizabeth Mott was at the funeral I inquired if she had any message to you she desired her love and wished you would write oftener to her I told her perhaps she did not do her part of it she said her letters were not worth sending, why dont you write to her? I think Sarah might often The sketch of your family arrangements and depen^d^encys [sic] was very interesting I can fancy you at those stated times gathered together receiving and confirming high social and intellectual enjoyment you have many advantages and priveleges [sic] which some of have not so I conclude it is your indispensable duty to dissipate and enlighten your less fortunate relatives who are generally very ignorant on the great subjects which claim your attention and which makes it a blessing to live to live for others and nobler purposes than merely to toil and eat and die, but now seriously we are expecting you this spring and summer to make us a first rate visit, tho there are many changes in our circle of dear one's and time and the leveler of all mutable things is continually at work therefore put not off what I think you ought certainly to do and that soon Have you seen the Blackstone Chronicle we think it will be a most interesting paper we rejoice ^that^ Oliver will have some chance of taking better care of his health than he has had while in the service of the Tribune in his own words he "was killing himself by being up nearly all night half the time and the great responsibility of his position in Greelys absence I fancy he will be missed he gave much antislavery information which would not otherwise have found its way in the Tribune we feel quite lonely without him his frequent visits were like an oasis in a desert to us - still I would not keep him from leav^ing^ for our gratification I have been pleased with the notices of the Chronicles in various papers especially from Garrison and Greely _ Joseph wants you to have the direction of the North Star changed from Westbury to North Hempstead as there is no Westbury P O it does not get along as punctually as we would like and Joseph thinks that may probably be the cause as all our papers come direct when directed poperly [sic] we lost the practical Christian nearly one year by mispelling [sic] Heampstead do you see the Christian we prize it highly How do you get on with your reading room I think
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 23<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>rd</sup></span> 12 moth [sic]<br /> Dearly Beloved I have a few moments before tea of leisure<br />I will commence a greeting to you hoping I can get Joseph when<br />he comes in to write so that I may be excused from doing it all<br />I am sorry you are so much occupied that we are necessarily left so<br />long without a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">lon</span>g letter from you which always meets a cordial welcome<br />even a short one is hailed with great pleasure Brothers last was duly recie<br />ved [sic] also the package and truly that lecture What will people say was<br />a treat indeed I dont know when I have read a lecture that has given <br />me more pleasure many thanks to thee for sending it we will endeavor <br />to preserve it there are many other beautiful things in the paper<br /> Thee is mistaken in supposing my want of confidence attributable to<br />our friend Balous [sic] writings on the contrary his writings have had a<br />different effect and I have read with pleasure and beleivingly [sic] his<br />writings generally (those works read were not his which I mentioned)<br />But I dont know but I have got back again where I was before<br />Last week was M.M there was an Epistle read from Ohio which spoke<br />of trials and difficulties they had passed through but so blindly had<br />I not suspected the cause Rachel then remarked the reading had brough [sic]<br />to mind her recent visit to that meeting and those constituting it &c & then<br />stated if there were any who doubted ^the^ bad effects of what was called modern<br />reform let them go and see as she had the desolating effects commencing in<br />abolitionism the fruitful source of all the isms down to that most ridiculous<br />delusion the spirit rappings or communications with departed spirits<br />these various causes had broken up some meetings others had set up a<br />new Y M but amidst all these discouragements she rejoiced that then<br />is a remnant who are valient for the truth &c &c I thought as Gariso^n^ [sic]<br />said the Society has done its mission but its vitality is spreading I <br />oftimes think what a discouraging prospect the conservative portion must<br />have these objectionable isms spreading in all portions of the land and their<br />idol sect decreasing and becoming more and more a form without life<br />Benjamin and Martha are to be married a week from this even ^on the 30^ and they<br />^each family^ as is common on such occasions are busy preparing the nice things<br />for the occasion I have been in this afternoon at Joshua’s (by request<br />to aid by my advice in some little matters Phebe Everit and Mary <br />Valentine were both there They do not expect a large company but<br /><br />(Page 2)<br /><br />strange to say our family are among the invited guests (to Joshua)<br />Ben and Martha have spent an evening with us I shall not be disapoin [sic]<br />if some think they are slighted in not being invited as Martha does not<br />want it to be confined within a range of relationships I should like the<br />custom to be changed too to invite such as we want<br />Cousin Sarah Bedill has been here near a week I have just waited<br />on her down to Uncle Johns she has received two letters from Hannah<br />since their arrival at their new home Hannah finds things very<br />different from what she has been accustomed their diet is very unlike<br />houses without any conveniences apparently made to keep stoves busy <br />and she thinks the mistress must have a great task to govern such<br />a domicil [sic] she says they will build a home probably when it will <br />be different the free blacks she describes as being lazy and worthless<br />she is very desirous Sarah should come to them she never wanted her<br />as much they have hired a house and are living after their own <br />fashon [sic] which must be a great deal pleasanter than the Virginia plan<br /> We have not seen Sarah except at her fathers a part of an<br />afternoon mother continues to improve I hope we shall have a <br />good visit from her soon she has confined herself their [sic] very steady<br /> The weather is damp and foggy has rained through the<br />day some we have had very little cold weather this morning saw<br />the boys on the ice for the first time but it will pass off again <br />if it remains so warm 24 Were sorry to hear Lewis is so poorly<br />hope ere this he has recovered our love to him and Sarah<br /> What has become of Frederick is he at home and does he attend your<br />morning meetings and minister for you occasionally Not taking<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">the</span> ^his^ paper we do not hear any thing about him he has passed<br />into the shade since his change When will the people learn<br />it is never right to give up principle for expediency this has been<br />the sache [sic] on which multitudes have sunk on this the Friends have<br />founded we heard a friend of whome we expected better things advocat^e^<br />this doctrine a few days ago that if the majority were not willing to hear<br />it was better not to urge our views upon them Our cousin Edmund was<br /> present I asked whether he would advise E to consult in his communication<br />the popular wish yes was the reply E looked astonished I said I could not go that<br />for I believed it was best on all occasions to do right leaving concequences [sic], Yes was<br />E emphatic response E is becoming more and more liberal and of course more<br />and more unwelcome he gave us a first rate sermon that is I thought<br /><br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 23rd 12 moth [sic] Dearly Beloved I have a few moments before tea of leisureI will commence a greeting to you hoping I can get Joseph whenhe comes in to write so that I may be excused from doing it allI am sorry you are so much occupied that we are necessarily left solong without a long letter from you which always meets a cordial welcomeeven a short one is hailed with great pleasure Brothers last was duly recieved [sic] also the package and truly that lecture What will people say wasa treat indeed I dont know when I have read a lecture that has given me more pleasure many thanks to thee for sending it we will endeavor to preserve it there are many other beautiful things in the paper Thee is mistaken in supposing my want of confidence attributable toour friend Balous [sic] writings on the contrary his writings have had adifferent effect and I have read with pleasure and beleivingly [sic] hiswritings generally (those works read were not his which I mentioned)But I dont know but I have got back again where I was beforeLast week was M.M there was an Epistle read from Ohio which spokeof trials and difficulties they had passed through but so blindly hadI not suspected the cause Rachel then remarked the reading had brough [sic]to mind her recent visit to that meeting and those constituting it &c & thenstated if there were any who doubted ^the^ bad effects of what was called modernreform let them go and see as she had the desolating effects commencing inabolitionism the fruitful source of all the isms down to that most ridiculousdelusion the spirit rappings or communications with departed spiritsthese various causes had broken up some meetings others had set up anew Y M but amidst all these discouragements she rejoiced that thenis a remnant who are valient for the truth &c &c I thought as Gariso^n^ [sic]said the Society has done its mission but its vitality is spreading I oftimes think what a discouraging prospect the conservative portion musthave these objectionable isms spreading in all portions of the land and theiridol sect decreasing and becoming more and more a form without lifeBenjamin and Martha are to be married a week from this even ^on the 30^ and they^each family^ as is common on such occasions are busy preparing the nice thingsfor the occasion I have been in this afternoon at Joshua's (by requestto aid by my advice in some little matters Phebe Everit and Mary Valentine were both there They do not expect a large company butstrange to say our family are among the invited guests (to Joshua)Ben and Martha have spent an evening with us I shall not be disapoin [sic]if some think they are slighted in not being invited as Martha does notwant it to be confined within a range of relationships I should like thecustom to be changed too to invite such as we wantCousin Sarah Bedill has been here near a week I have just waitedon her down to Uncle Johns she has received two letters from Hannahsince their arrival at their new home Hannah finds things verydifferent from what she has been accustomed their diet is very unlikehouses without any conveniences apparently made to keep stoves busy and she thinks the mistress must have a great task to govern sucha domicil [sic] she says they will build a home probably when it will be different the free blacks she describes as being lazy and worthlessshe is very desirous Sarah should come to them she never wanted heras much they have hired a house and are living after their own fashon [sic] which must be a great deal pleasanter than the Virginia plan We have not seen Sarah except at her fathers a part of anafternoon mother continues to improve I hope we shall have a good visit from her soon she has confined herself their [sic] very steady The weather is damp and foggy has rained through theday some we have had very little cold weather this morning sawthe boys on the ice for the first time but it will pass off again if it remains so warm 24 Were sorry to hear Lewis is so poorlyhope ere this he has recovered our love to him and Sarah What has become of Frederick is he at home and does he attend yourmorning meetings and minister for you occasionally Not takingthe ^his^ paper we do not hear any thing about him he has passedinto the shade since his change When will the people learnit is never right to give up principle for expediency this has beenthe sache [sic] on which multitudes have sunk on this the Friends havefounded we heard a friend of whome we expected better things advocat^e^this doctrine a few days ago that if the majority were not willing to hearit was better not to urge our views upon them Our cousin Edmund was present I asked whether he would advise E to consult in his communicationthe popular wish yes was the reply E looked astonished I said I could not go thatfor I believed it was best on all occasions to do right leaving concequences [sic], Yes wasE emphatic response E is becoming more and more liberal and of course moreand more unwelcome he gave us a first rate sermon that is I thought
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin]<br /> The girls are very much obliged for the kind invitations<br /> given by your family to visit you and it seems to be looked<br /> forward to as one of the great pleasures in reserve for them<br /> which will be accepted the first opportunity with much joy<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> Dear Brother & Sister Westbury 6 mo<sup>th</sup> 22<br /> Your recent letter came to hand in <br /> ^course^ brother’s to day and altho sister’s was not designed for us<br /> originally it made no difference as the contents were so intere<br /> -sting and it was such a treat to read a letter from Amy<br /> that I should have replied to it sooner had I not been <br /> so much engaged as to prevent the acknowledgment of it is<br /> very easy to oftimes to resolve to write or do any act impulsively<br /> and on the spur of an occasion and it may be right to <br /> improve that impulse as I shall attempt to do without<br /> having any thing of especial interest to communicate<br /> The thoughts to which we give utterance the impulses<br /> under which we act communicate themselves to others then<br /> how gladly would I utter that which may impart an<br /> influence of refreshment and peace on all the circle<br /> of loved and loving one’s to whome this may come<br /> the weather has been yesterday and to day <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ver</span>y warm alm<br /> -ost insuportably [sic] so but now 5 PM the South wind is blow<br /> -ing gently and it is quite pleasant but it is quite dry as<br /> yet the grass and flowers maintain their greenness and<br /> beauty undiminished First day eve I wrote this far several<br /> days ago when Joseph came in and proposed making a<br /> call at Isaac Rushmores since which I have been occupied<br /> with company and duties which I could not consistently <br /> defer until the present and it is quite bed time now<br /> all have gone and I only wait for our girl to come in to <br /> join the sleepers the weather from being very hot is now<br /> almost uncomfortably cool even with windows all shut<br /> it seems to me unusually so in the bright sunshine<br /> too Uncle James has spent the afternoon with us and<br /> I read him the communication sent a short time since <br /> from his father he listened respectfully which is more<br /> than he would do once we were pleased to hear<br /> there was some degree of freedom with aunt Sarah and<br /> Maria they have left so inclined to hear nothing and<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> still inclined to judge without knowledge that it was a delus^ion^<br /> We suppose from what Isaac wrote that you have the sounds<br /> now without other mediums being present were we mistaken?<br /> We have sat a few times around the stand have gener<br /> ally had some tipping but failed to get sentences suppose we <br /> are not competent yet to ask properly at present there seems<br /> to be no time to devote to it or when there is Joseph is too<br /> tired to sit he has commenced hay making and compa<br /> -ritively speaking alone Patrick not able to work last week<br /> much J Townsend very complaining with pain in side &c<br /> other help almost impossible to get Joseph has one or two<br /> engaged but will not be supprised [sic] if they dissapoint him<br /> so that he with Patricks two boys were the only reliable stren<br /> gth the grass is pretty light so that I have said under the<br /> circumstances <span style="text-decoration:underline;">blessed</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">be littl</span>e and now good night<br /> Second day again I take my pen for a brief period would<br /> that it may be long enough to despach [sic] this on its way as I feel<br /> it is quite time worthless as it is The weather is quite dull<br /> with very light showers which are very much needed as it is <br /> getting quite dry I was really sorry to hear J A Dugdale <br /> did not merit the approval of his friends I supposed he<br /> was accustomed to rebuke and censure and could receive it<br /> with christain forbearance there things go to show us that<br /> the gifted with many virtues and great excellence of character<br /> s<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ometim</span>es err were it not so we might be in danger of placing<br /> them where <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">it</span> mortal should not be placed I wondered at<br /> his not attending the afternoon meeting as he is somewhat inte<br /> rested in the development of these new things but I beleive<br /> he is more interested in clairvoyances than any other branch<br /> of spiritualism It was with regret we heard of Rachel<br /> Robinson’s state of health and I greatly desire she may be<br /> restored to health and usefulness again for such as she can<br /> not well be spared from this sphere where sin and misery abound<br /> to such a sad and desolating degree she seems designed for<br /> the holy work of binding up the broken hearted of ministering <br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> to the wants of those around whome no kindly sympathy is shed<br /> I am not intimately acquainted with Rachel except through<br /> Huldah who was very dear to her and through whome I have<br /> learned to look at <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Rachel</span> ^her^ as one of those beautiful characters<br /> sheding [sic] an influence of happiness and peace along the common<br /> est waysides of life around such grow all beautiful associa<br /> -tions and grateful memories, Why then may we not all be just<br /> such friends to others? if not as naturally may we not all aquire<br /> the habit of thoughtful affectionate kindness thereby making<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">our</span> life beautiful Probably you have noticed I T Hoppers<br /> life by L M Child is mearly ready to come out I think it<br /> will be a great book and look for it with much pleasure <br /> few could narrate the many touching incidents of his<br /> evetful life more graphically than she or make a more<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">just</span> ^wise^ selection or write it in so beautiful or attractive <br /> stile [sic] hence I doubt not it will be read with great interest<br /> by the world genearlly even his persecutors will desire its<br /> perusal and perchance may read their condemnation for<br /> the unchristian treatment awardedto uncompromising<br /> ffidelity to principle Speaking of writers reminds me<br /> of poor Horace Mann how sadly he has written for his <br /> reputation and Quincy must make him feel still worse<br /> And Mrs Bloomer is feeling bad too that Fowler and Wells have<br /> made her likeness so unlike her indeed she never saw any woma^n^<br /> that looked like it &c but suppose you have seen her article<br /> What a wonderful outcry there has been against the <br /> Hartford meeting Indignation meeting &c &c suppose you<br /> have seen the proceedings of Kennet meeting of Progressive<br /> Friends we have them but have not got through with the<br /> reading yet Lucretia appears not to have taken any active<br /> part in the conference<br /> Matilda is at home and regretted very much<br /> not seeing thee Phebe said I wish I had kept his<br /> carpet bag then he would have come Matilda<br /> is pretty smart I wish she could be with Dr<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> Ingersol if it would restore her to health but <br /> really she has tried so many different kinds of<br /> treatment with so little benefit that I should wonder<br /> if her courage held out to try any new method<br /> We have become a little acquainted with<br /> our new sister but not as much so as we should<br /> had I not been taken up with nursing Willet S who<br /> came up and was very sick through the night and next <br /> day requiring much of my time and all my skill to <br /> cure him they spent a day with us with several<br /> others of the family circle have been around among the <br /> near relatives were at Uncle Stephens Seventh day last<br /> suppose they would get up quite a party we were<br /> invited but have remained at home generally<br /> I wished to have gone to Jericho to day but have not<br /> made it out John Ketchum said he did not perceive our<br /> stopping near their house and regretted not seeing Isaac<br /> Post never do so again I explained which seemed to convince<br /> him thy will was good but circumstances draw thee <br /> homeward so that all thy visits were very short<br /> Joseph wishes thee to pay 12 shillings to Fredrick <br /> for his paper for Perry Jefferson and thee will make<br /> account of the same against Joseph<br /> Our men are both at work and the prospect<br /> looks brighter altho the weather is quite unpromis<br /> -ing for hay making they have had Joshua’s mowing <br /> machine this afternoon I feel in great hopes<br /> Amy is nearly well it is so pleasant to have<br /> health to enjoy all the good things of this life<br /> and also hope Caroline Keese will be restored <br /> she has been so long an invalid it will probalby<br /> require longer time to regain helath Samuel J Titus<br /> is unwell with hard cough we feel quite anxious<br /> about him the appearance is quite unfavourable<br /> in much love to all the branches of the family<br /> I am yours affectionatly [sic] Mary</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text in top margin] The girls are very much obliged for the kind invitations given by your family to visit you and it seems to be looked forward to as one of the great pleasures in reserve for them which will be accepted the first opportunity with much joy [Text normal] Dear Brother & Sister Westbury 6 moth 22 Your recent letter came to hand in ^course^ brother's to day and altho sister's was not designed for us originally it made no difference as the contents were so intere -sting and it was such a treat to read a letter from Amy that I should have replied to it sooner had I not been so much engaged as to prevent the acknowledgment of it is very easy to oftimes to resolve to write or do any act impulsively and on the spur of an occasion and it may be right to improve that impulse as I shall attempt to do without having any thing of especial interest to communicate The thoughts to which we give utterance the impulses under which we act communicate themselves to others then how gladly would I utter that which may impart an influence of refreshment and peace on all the circle of loved and loving one's to whome this may come the weather has been yesterday and to day very warm alm -ost insuportably [sic] so but now 5 PM the South wind is blow -ing gently and it is quite pleasant but it is quite dry as yet the grass and flowers maintain their greenness and beauty undiminished First day eve I wrote this far several days ago when Joseph came in and proposed making a call at Isaac Rushmores since which I have been occupied with company and duties which I could not consistently defer until the present and it is quite bed time now all have gone and I only wait for our girl to come in to join the sleepers the weather from being very hot is now almost uncomfortably cool even with windows all shut it seems to me unusually so in the bright sunshine too Uncle James has spent the afternoon with us and I read him the communication sent a short time since from his father he listened respectfully which is more than he would do once we were pleased to hear there was some degree of freedom with aunt Sarah and Maria they have left so inclined to hear nothing and still inclined to judge without knowledge that it was a delus^ion^ We suppose from what Isaac wrote that you have the sounds now without other mediums being present were we mistaken? We have sat a few times around the stand have gener ally had some tipping but failed to get sentences suppose we are not competent yet to ask properly at present there seems to be no time to devote to it or when there is Joseph is too tired to sit he has commenced hay making and compa -ritively speaking alone Patrick not able to work last week much J Townsend very complaining with pain in side &c other help almost impossible to get Joseph has one or two engaged but will not be supprised [sic] if they dissapoint him so that he with Patricks two boys were the only reliable stren gth the grass is pretty light so that I have said under the circumstances blessedbe little and now good night Second day again I take my pen for a brief period would that it may be long enough to despach [sic] this on its way as I feel it is quite time worthless as it is The weather is quite dull with very light showers which are very much needed as it is getting quite dry I was really sorry to hear J A Dugdale did not merit the approval of his friends I supposed he was accustomed to rebuke and censure and could receive it with christain forbearance there things go to show us that the gifted with many virtues and great excellence of character sometimes err were it not so we might be in danger of placing them where it mortal should not be placed I wondered at his not attending the afternoon meeting as he is somewhat inte rested in the development of these new things but I beleive he is more interested in clairvoyances than any other branch of spiritualism It was with regret we heard of Rachel Robinson's state of health and I greatly desire she may be restored to health and usefulness again for such as she can not well be spared from this sphere where sin and misery abound to such a sad and desolating degree she seems designed for the holy work of binding up the broken hearted of ministering to the wants of those around whome no kindly sympathy is shed I am not intimately acquainted with Rachel except through Huldah who was very dear to her and through whome I have learned to look at Rachel ^her^ as one of those beautiful characters sheding [sic] an influence of happiness and peace along the common est waysides of life around such grow all beautiful associa -tions and grateful memories, Why then may we not all be just such friends to others? if not as naturally may we not all aquire the habit of thoughtful affectionate kindness thereby makingour life beautiful Probably you have noticed I T Hoppers life by L M Child is mearly ready to come out I think it will be a great book and look for it with much pleasure few could narrate the many touching incidents of his evetful life more graphically than she or make a morejust ^wise^ selection or write it in so beautiful or attractive stile [sic] hence I doubt not it will be read with great interest by the world genearlly even his persecutors will desire its perusal and perchance may read their condemnation for the unchristian treatment awardedto uncompromising ffidelity to principle Speaking of writers reminds me of poor Horace Mann how sadly he has written for his reputation and Quincy must make him feel still worse And Mrs Bloomer is feeling bad too that Fowler and Wells have made her likeness so unlike her indeed she never saw any woma^n^ that looked like it &c but suppose you have seen her article What a wonderful outcry there has been against the Hartford meeting Indignation meeting &c &c suppose you have seen the proceedings of Kennet meeting of Progressive Friends we have them but have not got through with the reading yet Lucretia appears not to have taken any active part in the conference Matilda is at home and regretted very much not seeing thee Phebe said I wish I had kept his carpet bag then he would have come Matilda is pretty smart I wish she could be with Dr Ingersol if it would restore her to health but really she has tried so many different kinds of treatment with so little benefit that I should wonder if her courage held out to try any new method We have become a little acquainted with our new sister but not as much so as we should had I not been taken up with nursing Willet S who came up and was very sick through the night and next day requiring much of my time and all my skill to cure him they spent a day with us with several others of the family circle have been around among the near relatives were at Uncle Stephens Seventh day last suppose they would get up quite a party we were invited but have remained at home generally I wished to have gone to Jericho to day but have not made it out John Ketchum said he did not perceive our stopping near their house and regretted not seeing Isaac Post never do so again I explained which seemed to convince him thy will was good but circumstances draw thee homeward so that all thy visits were very short Joseph wishes thee to pay 12 shillings to Fredrick for his paper for Perry Jefferson and thee will make account of the same against Joseph Our men are both at work and the prospect looks brighter altho the weather is quite unpromis -ing for hay making they have had Joshua's mowing machine this afternoon I feel in great hopes Amy is nearly well it is so pleasant to have health to enjoy all the good things of this life and also hope Caroline Keese will be restored she has been so long an invalid it will probalby require longer time to regain helath Samuel J Titus is unwell with hard cough we feel quite anxious about him the appearance is quite unfavourable in much love to all the branches of the family I am yours affectionatly [sic] Mary
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 1<sup>st</sup><span style="text-decoration:underline;">month</span> 13<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> <br /> <br /> Dear Brother thy ever welcom [sic] letter has not reached us<br /> but as I think it must be on its way I will commence this sheet<br /> expecting to announce its reception before its close but the<br /> North Star has reached us and we welcom [sic] it among our list<br /> of papers will a hearty good will we are much pleased with it<br /> and hope it will be liberally patronized by the community<br /> but <span style="text-decoration:underline;">we</span> ^are^ not fortunate enough to procure subscribers to it altho<br /> we have labored faithfully in “season and out of season” for <span style="text-decoration:underline;">it</span><br /> and the cause sake and greatly to the annoyance of many if<br /> we can judge from the manifestations we have witnessed <br /> I have felt greatly indignant at the poor and frivilous [sic]<br /> excuses make to taking the Star underneath which was in some<br /> cases discirnable [sic] that wicked prejudice against color so cons<br /> -picuous among us Robert Purvis said last summer that quaker<br /> hate was worse than all other and I can say <span style="text-decoration:underline;">amen</span> to it<br /> there are a few who are considering the subject Timothy Titus<br /> is very much interested in all the reforms but cannot read<br /> much now, the girls are engaged in school and their mother<br /> discourages their taking any more paper’s says it hurts Timothy<br /> reading so much _ Long Island is a dark place I almost dispair [sic]<br /> of its enlightenment if the people would read or attend lecture’s<br /> there would be ground for hope but they will not ^Joseph has furnished quite a number of family s with paper’s for several years but <span style="text-decoration:underline;">on</span> no first yet^ even<br /> some who take antislavery papers do not read them but I <br /> will leave this painful subject I spent some days at<br /> Henrys last week he cut his ancle[sic] the morning I went on the<br /> third day after it became exceedingly painful and swolen [sic] he has<br /> suffered very much he thinks it is the rheumatism he was <br /> better yesterday but walks only with crutches Cathrine quite smart<br /> There has been quite a time of weddings and parties which have<br /> finished a topic of conversation the first of whome [sic] were Oliver Titus<br /> and Elizabeth Willits who have caused much remark and some offence<br /> to their Westburg associates some of whome[sic] wished to see the marriage<br /> ceremony and asked of there was any objection and more appearing they<br /> inquired the time and were told 6 oclock The guests were invited<br /> at five they heard so to be in season they (that is Joseph and Annie [Shotward?]<br /> Daniel Titus and his cousin ^who is Oliver’s cousin too^ Elizabeth Henery’s daughter) went earlier <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> they said it was ¼ past five when they got there when lo they were<br /> already married (and to make it worse they say it was done designedly) <br /> I think they will deeply reject the circumstance so dishonorable to themse<br /> selves [sic] and disrespectful to those who had been among Oliver’s most chosen<br /> friends who have no idea but what they were willing they should be presen^t^<br /> they say it has taught them a lesson they will not soon forget how<br /> much better to have said they did not wish spectators than act in <br /> so mean a way truly Honestly is the best policy” Since which Robert<br /> Willets and sister Amelia have been married one on second the other<br /> on third day last they went on to Washington the same day or rather <br /> to Phladilphia [sic] from what we hear the wedding and fixtures were<br /> very expensive Naty Merrits influence is perceptibl [sic] already our<br /> Samuel and Sarah and I think not for <span style="text-decoration:underline;">good</span> Robert was married ½ <br /> past six at Fushing quite a number of his family left about 11<br /> to return to New York the boat had stoped[sic] and they were obliged to<br /> stay the remainder of the night in the ferry house ––Mary Jane<br /> Anderson too has at last changed her name but it is time to change<br /> my subject as the remainder may be strangers to you but connected <br /> therewith is an incident painful to the family in which it occurred <br /> Thomas Underhills son Henry becomes deeply in love with Ann Kirk<br /> who has married, Henrys mind report says has given way certain<br /> it is the beloved very strangely left home for New York they become <br /> uneasy about him found he has engaged his passage to New Orleans<br /> tried in all ways to persuade him to return to his home and friend<br /> but without effect gone to seek his fortune Joseph is at uncle James’s to<br /> day assisting him it is a damp gloomy day (I love a rainy one)<br /> and I think it has an effect on my spirit if I am not mistake<br /> NY is very dull but ^we^ do not have much to cheer us on our way <br /> do come and try to help rouse up the people Have you<br /> read six months in Graffenburg [sic] we are delighted with it<br /> 25 Two weeks have passed and thy letter to which this was to<br /> be an answer has not come to hence and alltho I feel that the<br /> above is very lifting and stale and not worth sensing but as<br /> I do not feel in writing mood I think I will pass it on worthless<br /> tho it is, perhaps Joseph will fill the remainder of the sheet at present<br /> I cannot I will see until I have some idea so farewell<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> 26 As Joseph has been engaged with company and business and I <br /> see no prospect of his filling this blank I conclude to make another<br /> attempt altho I am still rather short of interesting material <br /> Samuel Willis has been here this morning Henry remains very lame<br /> the wound is nearly well but the swelling remains Catharine is<br /> very weak in her arms and shoulders to go to New York tomorrow to <br /> be at the yesterday meeting how strong is habit he goes more form <br /> it than from any other motive he is discouraged and indigna^nt^<br /> at the pretensions ^made^ and the visitation of all the testimonys [sic] they<br /> would claim as their own even John D Wright says we are the<br /> chosen people compares the society to Gidion’s army when they first<br /> came together was quite to numerous and all who were fearful were<br /> permitted to return even their there was too many <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">The</span> then there <br /> was another test and with that remnant see the wonderful victory<br /> over their enemys[sic] the Lords hand was seen in it and man could<br /> not boast – so <span style="text-decoration:underline;">our</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">society</span> altho it might be small yet it was<br /> designed to be the light of the world holding up the standard before<br /> the people not running with the popular associations of the day to<br /> do good but minding the Light which was the greatest testimony<br /> of all and next to it was that against priestcraft then come altho<br /> Henry was intemperance &c Timothy placed things in a very differ<br /> -rent view the minor were greater for than priestcraft and we<br /> were not the chosen any further than we were faithful to the tenth<br /> that [atheis?] had carried out in practice testimonys [sic] which we were<br /> neglecting to bear &c&c judging and disowning our numbers for<br /> acting up to their connections of right in regard to these matters<br /> Timothy frequently comes out nobly he publickly [sic] repudiates<br /> this wicked government —— There is quite a stir among the<br /> Hicks’s relative to some money of Sally Hicks several year’s <br /> ago she let Robert have 6000$ took his note there has never<br /> been any intense paid on it and it is now $8000 Robert claims <br /> it as a gift while some of the heirs claim it as belonging to them<br /> it has been left to arbitrators who have given it in favor of Robert <br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> there is quite a feeling of unkindness existing between some of<br /> the parties William and Elizabeth Coch are strongly in favor or Roberts<br /> claim they say if it had been dicided [sic] against Robert they would have paid<br /> it for him Robert it is said has lost his property I cannot go into<br /> particulars Joseph is going down this afternoon which has made me<br /> scribble as fast I could for him to take it with him Rach and and [sic] Phebe <br /> Albertson were here a day or two since there first visit we hoped to<br /> persuade them to take an antislavery paper but failed –— they<br /> seemed pleased with the star but did not have much time to read – <br /> what an excuse these long evenings but I must stop to<br /> get dinner so Farewell I am truly sorry to send so poor a letter as <br /> this love to all write soon and often Mary <br /><br /> [Text at bottom center of page, written downward]<br /> Isaac Post <br /> Rochester<br /> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">NY</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><br /><br /></span>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 1stmonth 13th Dear Brother thy ever welcom [sic] letter has not reached us but as I think it must be on its way I will commence this sheet expecting to announce its reception before its close but the North Star has reached us and we welcom [sic] it among our list of papers will a hearty good will we are much pleased with it and hope it will be liberally patronized by the community but we ^are^ not fortunate enough to procure subscribers to it altho we have labored faithfully in "season and out of season" for it and the cause sake and greatly to the annoyance of many if we can judge from the manifestations we have witnessed I have felt greatly indignant at the poor and frivilous [sic] excuses make to taking the Star underneath which was in some cases discirnable [sic] that wicked prejudice against color so cons -picuous among us Robert Purvis said last summer that quaker hate was worse than all other and I can say amen to it there are a few who are considering the subject Timothy Titus is very much interested in all the reforms but cannot read much now, the girls are engaged in school and their mother discourages their taking any more paper's says it hurts Timothy reading so much _ Long Island is a dark place I almost dispair [sic] of its enlightenment if the people would read or attend lecture's there would be ground for hope but they will not ^Joseph has furnished quite a number of family s with paper's for several years but on no first yet^ even some who take antislavery papers do not read them but I will leave this painful subject I spent some days at Henrys last week he cut his ancle[sic] the morning I went on the third day after it became exceedingly painful and swolen [sic] he has suffered very much he thinks it is the rheumatism he was better yesterday but walks only with crutches Cathrine quite smart There has been quite a time of weddings and parties which have finished a topic of conversation the first of whome [sic] were Oliver Titus and Elizabeth Willits who have caused much remark and some offence to their Westburg associates some of whome[sic] wished to see the marriage ceremony and asked of there was any objection and more appearing they inquired the time and were told 6 oclock The guests were invited at five they heard so to be in season they (that is Joseph and Annie [Shotward?] Daniel Titus and his cousin ^who is Oliver's cousin too^ Elizabeth Henery's daughter) went earlier they said it was 1/4 past five when they got there when lo they were already married (and to make it worse they say it was done designedly) I think they will deeply reject the circumstance so dishonorable to themse selves [sic] and disrespectful to those who had been among Oliver's most chosen friends who have no idea but what they were willing they should be presen^t^ they say it has taught them a lesson they will not soon forget how much better to have said they did not wish spectators than act in so mean a way truly Honestly is the best policy" Since which Robert Willets and sister Amelia have been married one on second the other on third day last they went on to Washington the same day or rather to Phladilphia [sic] from what we hear the wedding and fixtures were very expensive Naty Merrits influence is perceptibl [sic] already our Samuel and Sarah and I think not for good Robert was married 1/2 past six at Fushing quite a number of his family left about 11 to return to New York the boat had stoped[sic] and they were obliged to stay the remainder of the night in the ferry house --Mary Jane Anderson too has at last changed her name but it is time to change my subject as the remainder may be strangers to you but connected therewith is an incident painful to the family in which it occurred Thomas Underhills son Henry becomes deeply in love with Ann Kirk who has married, Henrys mind report says has given way certain it is the beloved very strangely left home for New York they become uneasy about him found he has engaged his passage to New Orleans tried in all ways to persuade him to return to his home and friend but without effect gone to seek his fortune Joseph is at uncle James's to day assisting him it is a damp gloomy day (I love a rainy one) and I think it has an effect on my spirit if I am not mistake NY is very dull but ^we^ do not have much to cheer us on our way do come and try to help rouse up the people Have you read six months in Graffenburg [sic] we are delighted with it 25 Two weeks have passed and thy letter to which this was to be an answer has not come to hence and alltho I feel that the above is very lifting and stale and not worth sensing but as I do not feel in writing mood I think I will pass it on worthless tho it is, perhaps Joseph will fill the remainder of the sheet at present I cannot I will see until I have some idea so farewell 26 As Joseph has been engaged with company and business and I see no prospect of his filling this blank I conclude to make another attempt altho I am still rather short of interesting material Samuel Willis has been here this morning Henry remains very lame the wound is nearly well but the swelling remains Catharine is very weak in her arms and shoulders to go to New York tomorrow to be at the yesterday meeting how strong is habit he goes more form it than from any other motive he is discouraged and indigna^nt^ at the pretensions ^made^ and the visitation of all the testimonys [sic] they would claim as their own even John D Wright says we are the chosen people compares the society to Gidion's army when they first came together was quite to numerous and all who were fearful were permitted to return even their there was too many The then there was another test and with that remnant see the wonderful victory over their enemys[sic] the Lords hand was seen in it and man could not boast - so oursociety altho it might be small yet it was designed to be the light of the world holding up the standard before the people not running with the popular associations of the day to do good but minding the Light which was the greatest testimony of all and next to it was that against priestcraft then come altho Henry was intemperance &c Timothy placed things in a very differ -rent view the minor were greater for than priestcraft and we were not the chosen any further than we were faithful to the tenth that [atheis?] had carried out in practice testimonys [sic] which we were neglecting to bear &c&c judging and disowning our numbers for acting up to their connections of right in regard to these matters Timothy frequently comes out nobly he publickly [sic] repudiates this wicked government ---- There is quite a stir among the Hicks's relative to some money of Sally Hicks several year's ago she let Robert have 6000$ took his note there has never been any intense paid on it and it is now $8000 Robert claims it as a gift while some of the heirs claim it as belonging to them it has been left to arbitrators who have given it in favor of Robert there is quite a feeling of unkindness existing between some of the parties William and Elizabeth Coch are strongly in favor or Roberts claim they say if it had been dicided [sic] against Robert they would have paid it for him Robert it is said has lost his property I cannot go into particulars Joseph is going down this afternoon which has made me scribble as fast I could for him to take it with him Rach and and [sic] Phebe Albertson were here a day or two since there first visit we hoped to persuade them to take an antislavery paper but failed --- they seemed pleased with the star but did not have much time to read - what an excuse these long evenings but I must stop to get dinner so Farewell I am truly sorry to send so poor a letter as this love to all write soon and often Mary [Text at bottom center of page, written downward] Isaac Post RochesterNY
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 4 mo<sup>th</sup> 1<sup>st<br /><br /></sup> Dear Isaac and Amy<br /> I have taken up my pen on the eve of the first of april but with <br /> no wish to deceive but rather because I felt the need of communion <br /> with a friend. this has been a lovely day and I have enjoyed it great ^by^ <br /> yet pensively I was wakened by the song of birds in the early morning <br /> long ere the sun brightened the earth by his presence and I gave them <br /> audience for half an hour blessings on the little songsters how many <br /> hours have they made joyful I have been out this afternoon triming [sic]<br /> some vines and bushes and walked into the garden and gathered quite <br /> a bunch of violets and polyanthus and with the addition from my <br /> house plants have made a beautiful collection they stand on the <br /> table beside me and then silent greeting is a refreshment to my <br /> soul Oh how much there is to love and enjoy and if man only lived <br /> in agreement with God and the laws of his being what a paradise <br /> this earth would be the consiousness [sic] that this is not the case ofttimes [sic]<br /> oppresses me sadly, almost all seems to come short of ^that^ perfectness which <br /> we desire At other times I felt so different I remember so many who are <br /> examples so worthy ^to^ be known and honored but to day this view has <br /> not been present with me God and nature have harmonized in my soul <br /> man has not been in harmony Isaacs letter was duly received and <br /> should have been replyed [sic] to ere this but other engagements have prevented <br /> Elizabeth has had a very ill turn for a few days some fever but as we had <br /> no Dr cannot tell you the name it bore but thanks to the Hygeans and [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">M</span>?]<br /> cold water we soon conquered the enemy and she is again in school <br /> but still looks pale __ then my old companion (<span style="text-decoration:underline;">work</span>) has been here and <br /> last week I invited some of my neighbors to assist me in sewing rags <br /> and we had quite a social time of it two afternoon's were taken up <br /> in this way then there are constant wants and dutys [sic]which visit to must be ate<br /><br /> [Page 2]<br /><br /> nded to probably I have said enough on this and will now pass on to other<br /> things You may have heard from others the particulars of our last Monthly M <br /> but lest you should not I feel it my privelege [sic] as a faithful correspondent to <br /> give a little just a little sketch of it Cousin Edmund spoke on the excellency of <br /> true rest Christ said "Come unto me all ye who labor and heavy laden and I will <br /> give you rest" after speaking sometime he said he had felt a fear some were laboring <br /> and were truly heavy laden but who failed to attain this rest they were laboring <br /> hard to support the society and he desired them to examine well and see whether <br /> this was right for he was persuaded it could not produce peace - he spoke twice <br /> and we thought excellently after a little time L Mott proposed closing the <br /> partitions when Rachel rose and said "look before you leap" this short maxim <br /> contained a great deal and she desired some present might do so especially <br /> some of our young friends who were wavering and almost ready to be <br /> drawn away by the plausible reasoning of modern abolition & modern <br /> reforms this subject had lived with her for months and she desired that <br /> before they were prevailed on to subscribe for their papers they might <br /> examine them they contained sentiments which were very objectionable <br /> they openly spoke against <span style="text-decoration:underline;">our</span> government and friends had allways [sic] ack-<br /> nowledged the rightfulness of human government and considered it wrong <br /> to plot against it yet these done so and for friends to have each publication <br /> laying where their children and domestics could see them and destroy <br /> their respect for it was quite too much we were protected in our family <br /> relations in our property and in our religious feelings & observances she <br /> come to the conclusion that modern abolition was the entrance to all <br /> that was wrong that the openly wicked were for less dangerous than <br /> they Friends had ever had a testimony against priest craft yet those could <br /> pay agents and lectures to speak at any time on any subject they chose <br /> and she thought the two were very much alike she condemned keeping editors<br /> in idleness some of our colored people had been persuaded to give <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">of</span> their <br /> hard earnings for a paper and some of them after getting it were so tired that<br /> <br /> [Page 3]<br /><br /> they were unable to read it &c &c I have just given some of the ideas not in her words altogether it is quite but of my power to do so Edmund rose instantly and made<br /> additional remarks said slavery was the greatest wrong which could be perpetrated <br /> and advised an examination into it that friends had had a testimony in <br /> ^and done much to clear themselves from^<br /> former years against this great evil [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">illegible</span>] <br /> ^it and he^<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">for slavery</span> would that we were more alive to it &c &c after this Gideon rose<br /> and went into it fully said he felt it his duty to speak that probably many <br /> of our young friends were ignorant of the active labors of friends in this <br /> cause that they did not confine themselves to members of society was composed of part<br /> who were not members that they employed agents and he had no doubt they <br /> were paid that they endeavored to enlist editors of newspapers in this <br /> cause said John Woolman labored in a ministerial way for years Anthony <br /> Benezet wrote published tracts and sent them all ours the country Warner Mif<br /> -flin went to congress and to several legislatures with petitions and remons<br /> -trances against slavery he named others and gave date's both in England <br /> ^for Friends to join with others^<br /> and America that it was no new thing which had happened the evil <br /> still remained in all its enormity that abolitionists see it in this <br /> light and were doing what they could for its abolition We must have cha<br /> -rity for one another some are engaged in pleading the cause of the slave <br /> others for the aboriginese of our country others to reclaim the inebriate <br /> some for the maintanance [sic] of society attendance of meetings &c &c he <br /> had of latter time heard from our gallerys apologys [sic] for slaveholding <br /> and thought when excuses could be made for them our feeling for the <br /> slave was no great that between the two extremes there was an alm<br /> -ost impossible gulph [sic] spoke of the horrors of the slave trade that it <br /> still continued unabated &c &c during Gideons speech four of <br /> our women friends left the house E H Cock was one Silas Carle <br /> too requested him to be seated none of these things moved him <br /> from saying what he wished Rachel could not let it go so but <br /><br /> [Page 4]<br /><br /> addressed the young and besought them to wait for God to put Forth<br /> and if ever they should see her in prison in toiling on the cotton fields <br /> of the south under the lash of the slave driver they would not raise a finger <br /> for her deliverance unless they were commanded to do so she would <br /> much rather suffer than they should do so for God in his own time would <br /> deliver I have made out but poorly giving an idea of these several <br /> speeches they have done good to the cause many who would have <br /> justified Rachel see that if she had kept quiet there would have been <br /> nothing said We are encouraged to hold on a while longer we rejoice <br /> in the commotion for it gives signs of vitality but adieu<br /> 4 Three days have passed away had some company which was an interrup<br /> to my writing it is a quiet rainy morning but the birds continue their songs <br /> several flocks of wild geese have flown over in a few days the farmers are <br /> busy ploughing [sic] and spring with all its activity and beauty is advancing<br /> Isaac Rushmore has been with [Stinons?] on up the river to attend two or three <br /> monthly meetings such encouragement is not thought well of by some of <br /> our leading friends there is they think more need of his being discouraged <br /> from going about he has been attending the meetings belonging to this <br /> qc and where ever I have heard friends were satisfied with what he had <br /> to declare to them I am very sory [sic] he has not a better education he could <br /> do so much better but he will I trust improve his mind is active and <br /> inquiring and comes out fully against all war either ancient or modern <br /> Edmund has gone South perhaps as far as New Orleans relative to debt <br /> expects to be absent two months it seems to us very inconsistent with their <br /> opposition to slavery to deal so abundantly with such and then at <br /> home be scrupulously careful not to partake of the produce of slaves <br /> as Stephen is Oh consistency how few of us are truly so in every thing <br /> if Edmund should come back an apologist for slavery as so many have <br /> done I shall conclude it is as fatal to the mind as the upas tree is <br /> to the life of the body but I hope he will see more clearly than ever the <br /> enormity of the evil and work more abundantly for its extirpation J <br /> says he has not seen any acknowledgement of Es two dollars in the Star per<br /> -haps you have forgotten it we want no interruption in his paper – it may<br /> have been acknowledged and we not see it - We are much pleased in prospect <br /> at W and M visit shall we not see Sarah with them and you too this Spring how <br /> delighted we should be is not possible for me to put on this small share <br /> I have not said half what I would like on many subjects but as we want a <br /> letter and fear we shall not get any will send this off as it is hope you have got [those?]<br /> taking that inventory for it must be quite a task when the people <span style="text-decoration:underline;">co</span>me to know cold<br /><br /> [Page 5]<br /><br /> water is the best remedial agent you will not be necessitated to do it The interest <br /> in water is increasing Catharine and Matilda are charmed with its effects on them <br /> this with a careful diet is doing wonders Catharine is now in New York on a <br /> visit when at home she is able to take walks daily sweep their common sitting <br /> room rub the brasses - sew knit &c it is really wonderful she has lost some flesh <br /> but to see her so active and useful is supprising [sic] as well as delightful time <br /> she says passes so pleasantly now Since we last wrote Cousin Valentine has <br /> gone home at the funeral as usual much was said of his virtues William <br /><br /> [Page 6]<br /><br /> Healy was up and was as orthodox as the most J is going <br /> to the office so Farewell write soon all particulars <br /> and believe us as ever yours affectionately love <br /> to all our relatives also to Frederic hope his prospects <br /> are favorable we hope to see him ere long [Edmund?] <br /> too we begin to anticipate a pleasant visit from <br /> soon <span style="text-decoration:underline;">write</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">write</span> Mary </p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 4 moth 1st Dear Isaac and Amy I have taken up my pen on the eve of the first of april but with no wish to deceive but rather because I felt the need of communion with a friend. this has been a lovely day and I have enjoyed it great ^by^ yet pensively I was wakened by the song of birds in the early morning long ere the sun brightened the earth by his presence and I gave them audience for half an hour blessings on the little songsters how many hours have they made joyful I have been out this afternoon triming [sic] some vines and bushes and walked into the garden and gathered quite a bunch of violets and polyanthus and with the addition from my house plants have made a beautiful collection they stand on the table beside me and then silent greeting is a refreshment to my soul Oh how much there is to love and enjoy and if man only lived in agreement with God and the laws of his being what a paradise this earth would be the consiousness [sic] that this is not the case ofttimes [sic] oppresses me sadly, almost all seems to come short of ^that^ perfectness which we desire At other times I felt so different I remember so many who are examples so worthy ^to^ be known and honored but to day this view has not been present with me God and nature have harmonized in my soul man has not been in harmony Isaacs letter was duly received and should have been replyed [sic] to ere this but other engagements have prevented Elizabeth has had a very ill turn for a few days some fever but as we had no Dr cannot tell you the name it bore but thanks to the Hygeans and [M?] cold water we soon conquered the enemy and she is again in school but still looks pale __ then my old companion (work) has been here and last week I invited some of my neighbors to assist me in sewing rags and we had quite a social time of it two afternoon's were taken up in this way then there are constant wants and dutys [sic]which visit to must be ate [Page 2] nded to probably I have said enough on this and will now pass on to other things You may have heard from others the particulars of our last Monthly M but lest you should not I feel it my privelege [sic] as a faithful correspondent to give a little just a little sketch of it Cousin Edmund spoke on the excellency of true rest Christ said "Come unto me all ye who labor and heavy laden and I will give you rest" after speaking sometime he said he had felt a fear some were laboring and were truly heavy laden but who failed to attain this rest they were laboring hard to support the society and he desired them to examine well and see whether this was right for he was persuaded it could not produce peace - he spoke twice and we thought excellently after a little time L Mott proposed closing the partitions when Rachel rose and said "look before you leap" this short maxim contained a great deal and she desired some present might do so especially some of our young friends who were wavering and almost ready to be drawn away by the plausible reasoning of modern abolition & modern reforms this subject had lived with her for months and she desired that before they were prevailed on to subscribe for their papers they might examine them they contained sentiments which were very objectionable they openly spoke against our government and friends had allways [sic] ack- nowledged the rightfulness of human government and considered it wrong to plot against it yet these done so and for friends to have each publication laying where their children and domestics could see them and destroy their respect for it was quite too much we were protected in our family relations in our property and in our religious feelings & observances she come to the conclusion that modern abolition was the entrance to all that was wrong that the openly wicked were for less dangerous than they Friends had ever had a testimony against priest craft yet those could pay agents and lectures to speak at any time on any subject they chose and she thought the two were very much alike she condemned keeping editors in idleness some of our colored people had been persuaded to give of their hard earnings for a paper and some of them after getting it were so tired that [Page 3] they were unable to read it &c &c I have just given some of the ideas not in her words altogether it is quite but of my power to do so Edmund rose instantly and made additional remarks said slavery was the greatest wrong which could be perpetrated and advised an examination into it that friends had had a testimony in ^and done much to clear themselves from^ former years against this great evil [illegible] ^it and he^for slavery would that we were more alive to it &c &c after this Gideon rose and went into it fully said he felt it his duty to speak that probably many of our young friends were ignorant of the active labors of friends in this cause that they did not confine themselves to members of society was composed of part who were not members that they employed agents and he had no doubt they were paid that they endeavored to enlist editors of newspapers in this cause said John Woolman labored in a ministerial way for years Anthony Benezet wrote published tracts and sent them all ours the country Warner Mif -flin went to congress and to several legislatures with petitions and remons -trances against slavery he named others and gave date's both in England ^for Friends to join with others^ and America that it was no new thing which had happened the evil still remained in all its enormity that abolitionists see it in this light and were doing what they could for its abolition We must have cha -rity for one another some are engaged in pleading the cause of the slave others for the aboriginese of our country others to reclaim the inebriate some for the maintanance [sic] of society attendance of meetings &c &c he had of latter time heard from our gallerys apologys [sic] for slaveholding and thought when excuses could be made for them our feeling for the slave was no great that between the two extremes there was an alm -ost impossible gulph [sic] spoke of the horrors of the slave trade that it still continued unabated &c &c during Gideons speech four of our women friends left the house E H Cock was one Silas Carle too requested him to be seated none of these things moved him from saying what he wished Rachel could not let it go so but [Page 4] addressed the young and besought them to wait for God to put Forth and if ever they should see her in prison in toiling on the cotton fields of the south under the lash of the slave driver they would not raise a finger for her deliverance unless they were commanded to do so she would much rather suffer than they should do so for God in his own time would deliver I have made out but poorly giving an idea of these several speeches they have done good to the cause many who would have justified Rachel see that if she had kept quiet there would have been nothing said We are encouraged to hold on a while longer we rejoice in the commotion for it gives signs of vitality but adieu 4 Three days have passed away had some company which was an interrup to my writing it is a quiet rainy morning but the birds continue their songs several flocks of wild geese have flown over in a few days the farmers are busy ploughing [sic] and spring with all its activity and beauty is advancing Isaac Rushmore has been with [Stinons?] on up the river to attend two or three monthly meetings such encouragement is not thought well of by some of our leading friends there is they think more need of his being discouraged from going about he has been attending the meetings belonging to this qc and where ever I have heard friends were satisfied with what he had to declare to them I am very sory [sic] he has not a better education he could do so much better but he will I trust improve his mind is active and inquiring and comes out fully against all war either ancient or modern Edmund has gone South perhaps as far as New Orleans relative to debt expects to be absent two months it seems to us very inconsistent with their opposition to slavery to deal so abundantly with such and then at home be scrupulously careful not to partake of the produce of slaves as Stephen is Oh consistency how few of us are truly so in every thing if Edmund should come back an apologist for slavery as so many have done I shall conclude it is as fatal to the mind as the upas tree is to the life of the body but I hope he will see more clearly than ever the enormity of the evil and work more abundantly for its extirpation J says he has not seen any acknowledgement of Es two dollars in the Star per -haps you have forgotten it we want no interruption in his paper - it may have been acknowledged and we not see it - We are much pleased in prospect at W and M visit shall we not see Sarah with them and you too this Spring how delighted we should be is not possible for me to put on this small share I have not said half what I would like on many subjects but as we want a letter and fear we shall not get any will send this off as it is hope you have got [those?] taking that inventory for it must be quite a task when the people come to know cold water is the best remedial agent you will not be necessitated to do it The interest in water is increasing Catharine and Matilda are charmed with its effects on them this with a careful diet is doing wonders Catharine is now in New York on a visit when at home she is able to take walks daily sweep their common sitting room rub the brasses - sew knit &c it is really wonderful she has lost some flesh but to see her so active and useful is supprising [sic] as well as delightful time she says passes so pleasantly now Since we last wrote Cousin Valentine has gone home at the funeral as usual much was said of his virtues William Healy was up and was as orthodox as the most J is going to the office so Farewell write soon all particulars and believe us as ever yours affectionately love to all our relatives also to Frederic hope his prospects are favorable we hope to see him ere long [Edmund?] too we begin to anticipate a pleasant visit from soon writewrite Mary
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(Page 1)<br /> <br /> Westbury 12 mon<span style="text-decoration:underline;">th</span><br /> <br /><br /> Dearly Beloved<br /> We have recently received brother’s<br /> welcom [sic] messenger and as is my wont hasten to reply to ^it^ not<br /> that I have any thing [sic] worth communicating but simply that <br /> I may fulfill my part of the agreement relative to corre-<br /> -spondence and also to while away lonely evening my Joseph<br /> is at New York the girls are from home at school – (at<br /> Mary J Mott’s school) been there a month today and it really<br /> seems more like three we have not seen them or heard direct<br /> from them in the time we miss them exceedingly I am almost <br /> lost without their evening kiss their morning greeting and the sound<br /> of their joyous and happy voices, for the house seemed as lone and<br /> desolate as my heart <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">for </span>I was scarcely aware how much they<br /> contributed to our happiness – notwithstanding all this Joseph<br /> and self have first rate times seated by a good coal fire (but wh<br /> =ich by the by has not been all the time very comfortable) Joseph reads<br /> some interesting paper or book while I sew makeing [sic] our remarks<br /> and observation’s [sic] on what ever [sic] comes before us occasionally this<br /> is changed a little by some kindly neighbor few however escape<br /> without having to listen to some (to them unpalaleable [sic]) truth’s [sic]<br /> read from some of our valued papers but apparently with small<br /> success for they remain as heretofore opposed to our movements <br /> and sentiments bound up in their sectarian bigotry intolerance<br /> and holy horror of all reforms in the present day – <br /> occasionally we are cheered by /some of the few whose hearts beat<br /> measureably [sic] in unison with our own but we are f<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ew</span> indeed when<br /> contrasted with the brother’s [sic] <span style="text-decoration:underline;">lon</span>g list of friends and which has since<br /> had such a valued addition I almost envy you your good fort<br /> =une I trust you will “provoke one another to love and good works”<br /> which it appears you are striving for by the Fair how gladly would I be<br /> one of your number but here isolated and alone I am physically<br /> unable to do for the cause what my interest in it would prompt me<br /> to do our bereaved brother Henry s [sic] family have a claim on me<br /> too [sic] which I feel <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">great</span> ^bound^ to assist all in my power which has been<br /> quite limited lately on account of my asthmatic complaint and<br /> pain in my side and shoulder I am somewhat better now<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> Brother spoke of having sent the North Star they do not arrive I fear<br /> they were not directed to North Hempstead Pt but perhaps they may<br /> come ere long we are in haste to see the Star but I greatly fear whether<br /> those sent to thy other friends will have the desired effect of procuring<br /> subscribers to it possibly the paper may do more than its friends can<br /> for it I will try to hope it may we have been ^for^ sometime presenting<br /> the claim of the North Star to patronage among our acquaintances <br /> but have not received any encouragement not even from John<br /> Ketcham he takes so <span style="text-decoration:underline;">man</span>y the Standard Practical Christian and<br /> Prisoners [sic] Friend – (and some of the family take several others) that<br /> he is not certain it is best for Frederic to publish a paper &c<br /> may be [sic] he will do what <span style="text-decoration:underline;">we</span> think right after all about this, he stoped [sic]<br /> the Liberator a year ago after having taken it a long time which<br /> almost made me doubt the strength of his antislavery feeling<br /> and interest for of all others <span style="text-decoration:underline;">men</span> and<span style="text-decoration:underline;"> paper’s</span> [sic] Garrison and the<br /> Liberator should be sustained by abolitionists Most heartily…<br /> shall we do what we can for the paper and I rejoice in the change <br /> of its location it will I doubt not do a great work for human<br /> =ity if it can be circulated far and wide it ought to find a<br /> place in every family – whereas in our vicinity instead of it preference<br /> will I beleive [sic] be given to the Hempstead Inquirer Jamaica papers<br /> and others of the kind trifling and insignificant tho they be<br /> but stop I will try to hope we may get some subscribers y<span style="text-decoration:underline;">et____<br /></span> I hope thy letter may aid us in this good work it has gone out<br /> on its mission now Suppose you have read Polks [sic] message what a<br /> mean diabolical thing it is I scarcely could hear it patiently <br /> John Ketcham has lately had a letter from James Mott giving<br /> a statement of their treatment while in Indiana similar<br /> to that in the standard also that White Water meeting have<br /> sent on a complaint against her for attending meetings out of<br /> the order of society refusing to see the overseers of said meeting<br /> and that she had both publickly [sic] and privetely [sic] used language<br /> calculated to bring reproach on the Society (this is the substanc)e<br /> the clerk informed that there was a paper on the table containing charges<br /> against a member of that meeting which she considered improper to be<br /> read and proposed it should be given to the overseers to do what they deemed best <br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> a few wished it read it was given to the overseers – it gives James and Lucretia<br /> no uneasiness whatever Did you ever see more intolerance or sectarian<br /> hate than Da Plummer exhibited I am glad when they reval [sic] their <br /> true characters – and at Byberry too in Rowland Johnson’s case I<br /> had discovered some time ago that the would be expounders of divine<br /> and holy things might with great acceptance preach in favor of this<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">highl</span>y f<span style="text-decoration:underline;">avored</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">land where toleration</span> and f<span style="text-decoration:underline;">reedom</span> p<span style="text-decoration:underline;">revailed</span> and<br /> I have with shame ^and^ deep indignation of feeling seen the self<br /> complaisant look when listening denumerations [sic] <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">of </span>against<br /> abolitionists nonresistance &c giving the clearest evidence<br /> that they were on the side of the oppressor – but I did not mean <br /> to go <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">on</span> at this rate We went to see Mary Frost on seventh day<br /> found her very low very much oppressed for breath and spoke with<br /> great difficulty was gratified in seeing us said but it will doubtless<br /> be the last time admonished us to be faithful to our duty if so we<br /> should find as she had that there was much enjoyment even on a sick<br /> bed all was bright and beautiful in the prospect before her desired us<br /> to give her love most affectionately to all her friends I feel that I love all<br /> and hope to meet in the world of spirits I felt it was good to be there <br /> we have not heard since she may have revived a little – but how lone and<br /> desolate they will feel when she is summoned from them my heart bleeds <br /> for them in veiw [sic] of it Mary has been one of the meek and quiet one’s [sic] who<br /> has contributed her share towards rendering happy those with whome [sic] she <br /> has mingled Joseph and Jane came up to our house last fourth day<br /> staid [sic] that night at Gideon’s the next day they returned to our house<br /> he had the remains of his six children brought up and reinterred at<br /> Westbury they said Jacob looked as natural as he did when interred and<br /> the two children which were burried [sic] in one coffin 18 years ago were so too<br /> but on coming to the air all crumbled to peices [sic] – they were all placed in<br /> one – the corporation of Brooklyn have forbid internments in their enclosure<br /> after a short time and it is the prospect that those interred will be removed<br /> from it Have I told you of our visit to Greenwood it is a lovely spot I<br /> enjoyed the ride and walk too it is a fitting place for a cemetery I guess<br /> I have spoken of it before so I will not describe but I must stop for my<br /> eyes are getting very dim as you may see without alluding to it Joseph<br /> may bring some news from the city or at any rate he may wish to thank<br /> ther [sic] for favor’s [sic] conferred so good night all How I wish we could <br /> step in and enjoy your family circle it would I imagine add very <br /> much even to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">our</span> enjoyment I congratulate you on your good luck in having <br /> such interesting boarder’s [sic] Frederic has promised to come and rest at our house I hope<br /><br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> he will not forget it Farewell for to night, 4<sup>th</sup> day evening Edmund & Martha Willets<br /> has just left here , our monthly meeting today Jacob L Mott in attendence [sic] long<br /> sermon much concerned for the honor our sect he beleived [sic] we were raised<br /> up to be peculiar people that if we were faithful we should be as a city<br /> set on a hill said many good things but on the whole I did not think much of <br /> it, o how I wanted him set right on some points I was almost tempted to try myself<br /> for I believe any other people <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">will be the</span> has as good right to claim to be the peculiar<br /> people of God as we have , and a better right if they are more faithful , in the last<br /> meeting after Jacobs [sic] minute was read a minute was made speaking of the sat=<br /> =isfaction of this company and labours I could not sit still but told them I thought <br /> the meeting had better return to the conclusion it came to soon after <br /> the separation in 1828 not to say any thing about the services of those who visite [sic]<br /> us, there were enough said to have the minute altered. I was at the Post Office<br /> this afternoon a number of copys [sic] of the North Star but noone [sic] for me but I brought <br /> one home have not read much, <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">but</span> Edmund Willets paid me one dollar<br /> for the North Star six month directed Roslyn Queens County L.J. he was<br /> very particular to have it stope [sic] at the end of six months please remember<br /> and direct the publisher to note it, being as thee took the liberty to appoint<br /> agent I shall take the liberty to call on thee to pass over the money<br /> untill [sic] spring or some other time. I will try to get more subscribers <br /> but think prospect looks very dull of course you will send one to<br /> us it may be if we do not have time to read all our papers we can<br /> give some away we take seven now E Willets has taken<br /> the star to please [illegible] with the expectation of not liking it Martha <br /> does not read news papers<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upward]<br /><br /> North Hempstead<br /> Dec 11<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">10____<br /> <br /></span> Isaac Post<br /><br /> Rochester<br /> New York<br /><br /> [Text at bottom of page, written upside down]<br /><br /> 5 day we have seen a letter from Edmund speaking of a<br /> kind of lamp which was superior if it is suitable for family<br /> use please inform where it may be procured and the name of it we<br /> want some kind – we heard yesterday from M Frost not expected <br /> to live through the day The girls came home for a few hours<br /> yesterday and they are as happy as need be We have<br /> had for some considerable time warm damp weather<br /> scarcely need any fire – it is colder this morning and every<br /> appearance of a storm I must close as Joseph is ready to<br /> go to the office with a heart filled with affection to all I am<br /> as ever your sister Mary write frequently as you can – Farewell <br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 12 month Dearly Beloved We have recently received brother's welcom [sic] messenger and as is my wont hasten to reply to ^it^ not that I have any thing [sic] worth communicating but simply that I may fulfill my part of the agreement relative to corre- -spondence and also to while away lonely evening my Joseph is at New York the girls are from home at school - (at Mary J Mott's school) been there a month today and it really seems more like three we have not seen them or heard direct from them in the time we miss them exceedingly I am almost lost without their evening kiss their morning greeting and the sound of their joyous and happy voices, for the house seemed as lone and desolate as my heart for I was scarcely aware how much they contributed to our happiness - notwithstanding all this Joseph and self have first rate times seated by a good coal fire (but wh =ich by the by has not been all the time very comfortable) Joseph reads some interesting paper or book while I sew makeing [sic] our remarks and observation's [sic] on what ever [sic] comes before us occasionally this is changed a little by some kindly neighbor few however escape without having to listen to some (to them unpalaleable [sic]) truth's [sic] read from some of our valued papers but apparently with small success for they remain as heretofore opposed to our movements and sentiments bound up in their sectarian bigotry intolerance and holy horror of all reforms in the present day - occasionally we are cheered by /some of the few whose hearts beat measureably [sic] in unison with our own but we are few indeed when contrasted with the brother's [sic] long list of friends and which has since had such a valued addition I almost envy you your good fort =une I trust you will "provoke one another to love and good works" which it appears you are striving for by the Fair how gladly would I be one of your number but here isolated and alone I am physically unable to do for the cause what my interest in it would prompt me to do our bereaved brother Henry s [sic] family have a claim on me too [sic] which I feel great ^bound^ to assist all in my power which has been quite limited lately on account of my asthmatic complaint and pain in my side and shoulder I am somewhat better now Brother spoke of having sent the North Star they do not arrive I fear they were not directed to North Hempstead Pt but perhaps they may come ere long we are in haste to see the Star but I greatly fear whether those sent to thy other friends will have the desired effect of procuring subscribers to it possibly the paper may do more than its friends can for it I will try to hope it may we have been ^for^ sometime presenting the claim of the North Star to patronage among our acquaintances but have not received any encouragement not even from John Ketcham he takes so many the Standard Practical Christian and Prisoners [sic] Friend - (and some of the family take several others) that he is not certain it is best for Frederic to publish a paper &c may be [sic] he will do what we think right after all about this, he stoped [sic] the Liberator a year ago after having taken it a long time which almost made me doubt the strength of his antislavery feeling and interest for of all others men and paper's [sic] Garrison and the Liberator should be sustained by abolitionists Most heartily... shall we do what we can for the paper and I rejoice in the change of its location it will I doubt not do a great work for human =ity if it can be circulated far and wide it ought to find a place in every family - whereas in our vicinity instead of it preference will I beleive [sic] be given to the Hempstead Inquirer Jamaica papers and others of the kind trifling and insignificant tho they be but stop I will try to hope we may get some subscribers yet____ I hope thy letter may aid us in this good work it has gone out on its mission now Suppose you have read Polks [sic] message what a mean diabolical thing it is I scarcely could hear it patiently John Ketcham has lately had a letter from James Mott giving a statement of their treatment while in Indiana similar to that in the standard also that White Water meeting have sent on a complaint against her for attending meetings out of the order of society refusing to see the overseers of said meeting and that she had both publickly [sic] and privetely [sic] used language calculated to bring reproach on the Society (this is the substanc)e the clerk informed that there was a paper on the table containing charges against a member of that meeting which she considered improper to be read and proposed it should be given to the overseers to do what they deemed best a few wished it read it was given to the overseers - it gives James and Lucretia no uneasiness whatever Did you ever see more intolerance or sectarian hate than Da Plummer exhibited I am glad when they reval [sic] their true characters - and at Byberry too in Rowland Johnson's case I had discovered some time ago that the would be expounders of divine and holy things might with great acceptance preach in favor of thishighly favoredland where toleration and freedom prevailed and I have with shame ^and^ deep indignation of feeling seen the self complaisant look when listening denumerations [sic] of against abolitionists nonresistance &c giving the clearest evidence that they were on the side of the oppressor - but I did not mean to go on at this rate We went to see Mary Frost on seventh day found her very low very much oppressed for breath and spoke with great difficulty was gratified in seeing us said but it will doubtless be the last time admonished us to be faithful to our duty if so we should find as she had that there was much enjoyment even on a sick bed all was bright and beautiful in the prospect before her desired us to give her love most affectionately to all her friends I feel that I love all and hope to meet in the world of spirits I felt it was good to be there we have not heard since she may have revived a little - but how lone and desolate they will feel when she is summoned from them my heart bleeds for them in veiw [sic] of it Mary has been one of the meek and quiet one's [sic] who has contributed her share towards rendering happy those with whome [sic] she has mingled Joseph and Jane came up to our house last fourth day staid [sic] that night at Gideon's the next day they returned to our house he had the remains of his six children brought up and reinterred at Westbury they said Jacob looked as natural as he did when interred and the two children which were burried [sic] in one coffin 18 years ago were so too but on coming to the air all crumbled to peices [sic] - they were all placed in one - the corporation of Brooklyn have forbid internments in their enclosure after a short time and it is the prospect that those interred will be removed from it Have I told you of our visit to Greenwood it is a lovely spot I enjoyed the ride and walk too it is a fitting place for a cemetery I guess I have spoken of it before so I will not describe but I must stop for my eyes are getting very dim as you may see without alluding to it Joseph may bring some news from the city or at any rate he may wish to thank ther [sic] for favor's [sic] conferred so good night all How I wish we could step in and enjoy your family circle it would I imagine add very much even to our enjoyment I congratulate you on your good luck in having such interesting boarder's [sic] Frederic has promised to come and rest at our house I hope (Page 4) he will not forget it Farewell for to night, 4th day evening Edmund & Martha Willets has just left here , our monthly meeting today Jacob L Mott in attendence [sic] long sermon much concerned for the honor our sect he beleived [sic] we were raised up to be peculiar people that if we were faithful we should be as a city set on a hill said many good things but on the whole I did not think much of it, o how I wanted him set right on some points I was almost tempted to try myself for I believe any other people will be the has as good right to claim to be the peculiar people of God as we have , and a better right if they are more faithful , in the last meeting after Jacobs [sic] minute was read a minute was made speaking of the sat= =isfaction of this company and labours I could not sit still but told them I thought the meeting had better return to the conclusion it came to soon after the separation in 1828 not to say any thing about the services of those who visite [sic] us, there were enough said to have the minute altered. I was at the Post Office this afternoon a number of copys [sic] of the North Star but noone [sic] for me but I brought one home have not read much, but Edmund Willets paid me one dollar for the North Star six month directed Roslyn Queens County L.J. he was very particular to have it stope [sic] at the end of six months please remember and direct the publisher to note it, being as thee took the liberty to appoint agent I shall take the liberty to call on thee to pass over the money untill [sic] spring or some other time. I will try to get more subscribers but think prospect looks very dull of course you will send one to us it may be if we do not have time to read all our papers we can give some away we take seven now E Willets has taken the star to please [illegible] with the expectation of not liking it Martha does not read news papers [Text in center of page, written upward] North Hempstead Dec 1110____ Isaac Post Rochester New York [Text at bottom of page, written upside down] 5 day we have seen a letter from Edmund speaking of a kind of lamp which was superior if it is suitable for family use please inform where it may be procured and the name of it we want some kind - we heard yesterday from M Frost not expected to live through the day The girls came home for a few hours yesterday and they are as happy as need be We have had for some considerable time warm damp weather scarcely need any fire - it is colder this morning and every appearance of a storm I must close as Joseph is ready to go to the office with a heart filled with affection to all I am as ever your sister Mary write frequently as you can - Farewell
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Dear Brother & Sister <br /> Your long expected letter came duly to hand and<br /> I should have hasted to answer it were it not that I waited for an oppor<br /> =tunity by E P Willis therefore I put off writing and now I know not whether <br /> I shall make out to write much for I feel almost too much fatigued now<br /> to attempt it being to day [sic] without help we concluded to make a change <br /> but the woman we engaged has disappointed us we went for her last evening<br /> she had gone away on a visit for two weeks whether we shall try to wait in<br /> the patience that long is doubtful Oh this toiling how burdensome it is how<br /> pleasant it would be could we live with less care ^and^ work how they fetter<br /> and bind to the earth all our energies but I will leave this and proceed to<br /> tell you of other matters and things first of all our great disappointment<br /> in not seeing Julia here with Edmund it was most too bad to disappoint so<br /> many but we will hope she will be her in the Spring Sarah too has failed to <br /> come we should have been very glad to have given her a welcom [sic] may we not look<br /> for her <span style="text-decoration:underline;">be</span>f<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ore</span> Spring. The mention of Mary Underwood s being in Rochester <br /> and her intention of accompanying Matthew and Elizabeth to Soway [sic] was quite<br /> astonishing what does it mean? I cannot understand it why she should leave her<br /> mother’s comfortable home in her present tried situation I feel great sympa<br /> -thy for her , how did she seem to be ? was she cheerful ? or sad I fear they may ^all^ <br /> regret there [sic] understanding when too late DO give us some information relative to <br /> Mary all that you know __ It is now beautiful weather Indian summer but<br /> very dry last evening we felt quite a shock of an earthquake a loud rumbling noi<br /> se and windows rattled considerably the tremor was very perceptible<br /> We went last 7 day to Richard Albertson’s to see Elizabeth Prior she seems to be<br /> enjoying herself her every much expects to set out for home next week she<br /> read us some of her letter’s from John by which it appeared he thought the time<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">ver</span>y <span style="text-decoration:underline;">lon</span>g he really seemed to be quite impatient for her to return ___ poor fellow<br /> I was quite sorry for him __ but never mind the doctrine now if troubles and trials<br /> are all for our good he gave quite an interesting account of Lucretia’s visit <br /> or rather of her communications at several meetings in their vicinity<br /> I am glad for you that you have got moved it must ^have^ been quite a job it will be<br /> more convenient f or your f<span style="text-decoration:underline;">riend</span>s to find you now as well as more handy to the<br /> store William & Mary Edmund & Julia will all rejoice I think to have you so near<br /> them I wish it was near enough for us to step in once and a while and chat away she<br /> twilight hour as Amy and self have done so oft in by gone days <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> I laid this down to fold clothe’s [sic] after which I made a neighbourly call at u<br /> John’s then came supper to be got and cleared and now Joseph is sitting here talking <br /> so that I shall make but slow progress Ann [Siters?] has gone to her father’s was poorly<br /> before she went and does not get well yet but is gaining Stephen Willets Sarah<br /> is in Philadelphia attending school Edmund’s family have nearly all been<br /> sick with chills and fever _ are better now Uncle Robert has had 3 poor<br /> turns kind of fits the 2 last no doctor being on hand was not bled<br /> and has got about quite soon Aunt Phebe Post has also had a fainting <br /> or some other kind of fit in meeting fell off her seat was some time or<br /> we got her out she pretty soon came to __ in now as well as usual __<br /> Mother has been exceedingly feeble this Fall she seemed a little better<br /> so that we brought her here last week she staid with us several days<br /> we hope she gained some __ sufferd [sic] very much with pain in her side<br /> breast and shoulder and sickness at the stomach Ann Lewis s canc^er^<br /> is increasing is becoming quite offensive and so extremely sore she can<br /> scarcely bear any thing [sic] to touch it however she has not suffered so much<br /> as is often the lot of those who have this ever to be dreaded disease<br /> Well here is quite a catalogue of infirmities our Catharine has had<br /> a severe turn of ear ache last week several of us have been indisposed<br /> with cold’s we find the wet sheet very useful have applied it to<br /> nearly all the family with excellent results Do you apply it?<br /> Joseph has got sleepy he is very tired been gathering corn all day <br /> so I will lay this away for the night and retire to our chamber<br /> hoping to add some more tomorrow this is a gloomy concern so far<br /> but you much excuse it for life is made up of change and I sometimes<br /> think the painful exceeds the joyous but farewell for to night<br /> Instead of resuming my pen in the morning as I hoped<br /> it is again evening and I feel too dull to hold much converse with<br /> you to night [sic] Phebe Catharine and Edmund have been with us to day<br /> very pleasantly Do you know Paulina Wright is to spend the<br /> winter at Sing Sing she will be near enough to our prison friends<br /> to mingle much with them and ^will^ contribute doubtless very much<br /> to their enjoyment I suppose you are not working for the Boston<br /> Fair I am really ashamed not to labor in this way but to work all<br /> alone and ignorantly too discourages me from the attempt I fear<br /> I shall allways [sic] be a slothful servant in antislavery effort __ would<br /> not you like to be in Boston during the Fair I think it ^might^ incite<br /> even me to try to help the cause along Joseph has commenced readin [sic]<br /> aloud so I will lay this aside again<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> [Separate Page]<br /><br /> It is now fourth day afternoon and a most lovely one it is oh that we<br /> ^could^ spend it together instead of the way I am about to our late visit <br /> seems almost like a dream there is so much unsaid which we<br /> should have said and now I will not attempt to on paper<br /> it is ever thus when with dearly loved ones, I seem to forget <br /> in the joy their presence affords every thing [sic] else after our<br /> return home Joseph remarked “I want to see them now more<br /> than ever” __ you hold so many visitor’s we had very little quiet com =<br /> =munion such as I love when are you coming? <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">while</span><span style="text-decoration:underline;"> Edward Hicks</span><br /> was at the quarterly meeting held forth each day 6 day he quoted <br /> this passage for his text Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and<br /> persecute you and say all manner of evil against you falsely &c __ spoke<br /> on it very feelingly (Joseph said (I was not there) but mingled <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">there</span><br /> =with the good was considerable which was objectionable ___ but <br /> I suppose some could swallow all let it be as it might<br /> for <span style="text-decoration:underline;">gospel</span> truth’s ___ Joseph is one appointed to get<br /> money subscribed for the Boarding School he and William T Cook<br /> Joseph has been to his part and not <span style="text-decoration:underline;">one</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">cent </span>has he got<br /> subscribed I conclude some will think he is the wrong<br /> one but I am right glad if they do not succeed in building <br /> up this sectarian scheme __ there are many good schools <br /> now which need patronage and individuals can manage . <br /> such an institution better than a yearly meeting I was<br /> really disgusted last spring when this subject was before the<br /> meeting with the sectarian seal manifested by some they<br /> seemed to think a school under the care of thair [sic] august body<br /> might almost make the society what it had been __ for the<br /> declension was traced by many mothers to their having <br /> sent <span style="text-decoration:underline;">their</span> c<span style="text-decoration:underline;">hildren</span> to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">other </span>s<span style="text-decoration:underline;">chool</span>s where they had lost their <br /> love for the society and its important testimonies __ but <br /> the cause lay’s deeper still and all the schools ill not alone<br /> effect the work home education is needed thus should be instructed <br /> in their duty to their fellow creatures and &c I will not now go on<br /> to enumerate all the particulars in which they should be instructed <br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> [First paragraph written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and is transcribed as 230_nd]<br /><br /> You will have a real patchwork letter and I fear you<br /> will find it uninteresting as it will necessarily be from<br /> us but one good thing it will not cost much you inquired<br /> about Joseph and Ruth we have no very late account from them<br /> they were attending some of the meetings I think in Bucks Joseph<br /> was so unwell he had to lay by after which they went to the shore<br /> where they staid [sic] a week they then turned their faces homeward<br /> but had to return and attend some meeting in Pennsylvania<br /> had to give up getting to the yearly meetings as they hoped when<br /> we parted from them We expect they are at home a little before<br /> this we have been hopeing [sic] to hear from them but suppose it is not<br /> probable we shall Joseph met with a woman at Flushing from<br /> Trenton an intimate friend of Rush and Rebecca Plumbly he<br /> took a seat by her and commenced conversation relative to <br /> them and made some inquiries about Joseph and Ruth ment<br /> -ioned having been with them out in Western New York she <br /><br /> (Page 5)<br /><br /> said is it possible this is Joseph Post said she had read all<br /> Rebecca’s letters and ^she^ felt quite acquainted after this <br /> Timothy and Isaac have been up the <br /> river as far as Hudson had a number and attended a number <br /> of meetings were gone two weeks come home before Quarterly <br /> meeting they have gone again over to Purchase they had <br /> a satisfactory time Isaac said there seemed to be considerable<br /> prejudice against Timothy in some minds he has spoken excellen<br /> =tly since he got back Rachel has been up to Cornwall Qr Meet<br /> =ing she is faithful in settling the diffrently [sic] or rather triing [sic] to do <br /> it her way ___ we have listened to several remarkable communicat ^ions^<br /> but it is now some weeks since I will just let it go but in the <br /> time of it they were worthy to ^be^ questioned and examined <br /> Phebe Johnson is at Isaac’s generally silent Matilda <br /> babe grows finely they fail anxious William Titus little<br /> Mary is quite sick tho better to day Amy is quite a bell has<br /> considerable company among the number are Benj Albertson<br /> Valentine Hicks Daniel Underhill &c some of whome [sic] are rather<br /> burdensome sometimes I guess Don’t you want to hear what<br /> great things the English deputation have accomplished I rather<br /> guess it will not amount to much I hope I may be mistaken<br /> We as well as yourselves are exceedingly interested<br /> in all which relates to Frederick Douglass and others in England<br /> also in the English [corresponder?]. how cheering to Garrison<br /> to receive such tokens of approval from tried friends distant<br /> tho they be I think this generation unworthy of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">him</span> I often<br /> find myself breathing the desire that his future course may cont<br /> =inue to be “upward and onward untrameled [sic] and free”<br /> Have you noticed Sydney, remarks are getting up an<br /> Antislavery society in New York the very few they are and<br /> the great amount of proslavery by which they are surrounded<br /> well they commencd [sic] and altho it is said as thy day is so<br /> shall thy strength be yet I greatly fear they will grow weary<br /> but I will not dwell on this “but hope on hope ever” that it may <br /> not be The Third party have been in and ^commenced a^ discussion ^on^ the constitu<br /> tion this will sure to interest some minds<br /><br /> (Page 6)<br /><br /> Sydney will be married soon I expect ___ We better get acquainted <br /> with him the better we like him<br /> I have been up to see Elizabeth Mott quite lately they seem to get along<br /> a great deal better than once she calles [sic] herself very well now ____<br /> affectionately your sister Mary <br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Love</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">to</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">al</span>l dont forget to write<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upward]<br /><br /> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Issac Post<br /><br /></span>Attention of Rochester<br /><span 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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Dear Brother & Sister Your long expected letter came duly to hand and I should have hasted to answer it were it not that I waited for an oppor =tunity by E P Willis therefore I put off writing and now I know not whether I shall make out to write much for I feel almost too much fatigued now to attempt it being to day [sic] without help we concluded to make a change but the woman we engaged has disappointed us we went for her last evening she had gone away on a visit for two weeks whether we shall try to wait in the patience that long is doubtful Oh this toiling how burdensome it is how pleasant it would be could we live with less care ^and^ work how they fetter and bind to the earth all our energies but I will leave this and proceed to tell you of other matters and things first of all our great disappointment in not seeing Julia here with Edmund it was most too bad to disappoint so many but we will hope she will be her in the Spring Sarah too has failed to come we should have been very glad to have given her a welcom [sic] may we not look for her before Spring. The mention of Mary Underwood s being in Rochester and her intention of accompanying Matthew and Elizabeth to Soway [sic] was quite astonishing what does it mean? I cannot understand it why she should leave her mother's comfortable home in her present tried situation I feel great sympa -thy for her, how did she seem to be ? was she cheerful ? or sad I fear they may ^all^ regret there [sic] understanding when too late DO give us some information relative to Mary all that you know __ It is now beautiful weather Indian summer but very dry last evening we felt quite a shock of an earthquake a loud rumbling noi se and windows rattled considerably the tremor was very perceptible We went last 7 day to Richard Albertson's to see Elizabeth Prior she seems to be enjoying herself her every much expects to set out for home next week she read us some of her letter's from John by which it appeared he thought the timevery long he really seemed to be quite impatient for her to return ___ poor fellow I was quite sorry for him __ but never mind the doctrine now if troubles and trials are all for our good he gave quite an interesting account of Lucretia's visit or rather of her communications at several meetings in their vicinity I am glad for you that you have got moved it must ^have^ been quite a job it will be more convenient f or your friends to find you now as well as more handy to the store William & Mary Edmund & Julia will all rejoice I think to have you so near them I wish it was near enough for us to step in once and a while and chat away she twilight hour as Amy and self have done so oft in by gone days I laid this down to fold clothe's [sic] after which I made a neighbourly call at u John's then came supper to be got and cleared and now Joseph is sitting here talking so that I shall make but slow progress Ann [Siters?] has gone to her father's was poorly before she went and does not get well yet but is gaining Stephen Willets Sarah is in Philadelphia attending school Edmund's family have nearly all been sick with chills and fever _ are better now Uncle Robert has had 3 poor turns kind of fits the 2 last no doctor being on hand was not bled and has got about quite soon Aunt Phebe Post has also had a fainting or some other kind of fit in meeting fell off her seat was some time or we got her out she pretty soon came to __ in now as well as usual __ Mother has been exceedingly feeble this Fall she seemed a little better so that we brought her here last week she staid with us several days we hope she gained some __ sufferd [sic] very much with pain in her side breast and shoulder and sickness at the stomach Ann Lewis s canc^er^ is increasing is becoming quite offensive and so extremely sore she can scarcely bear any thing [sic] to touch it however she has not suffered so much as is often the lot of those who have this ever to be dreaded disease Well here is quite a catalogue of infirmities our Catharine has had a severe turn of ear ache last week several of us have been indisposed with cold's we find the wet sheet very useful have applied it to nearly all the family with excellent results Do you apply it? Joseph has got sleepy he is very tired been gathering corn all day so I will lay this away for the night and retire to our chamber hoping to add some more tomorrow this is a gloomy concern so far but you much excuse it for life is made up of change and I sometimes think the painful exceeds the joyous but farewell for to night Instead of resuming my pen in the morning as I hoped it is again evening and I feel too dull to hold much converse with you to night [sic] Phebe Catharine and Edmund have been with us to day very pleasantly Do you know Paulina Wright is to spend the winter at Sing Sing she will be near enough to our prison friends to mingle much with them and ^will^ contribute doubtless very much to their enjoyment I suppose you are not working for the Boston Fair I am really ashamed not to labor in this way but to work all alone and ignorantly too discourages me from the attempt I fear I shall allways [sic] be a slothful servant in antislavery effort __ would not you like to be in Boston during the Fair I think it ^might^ incite even me to try to help the cause along Joseph has commenced readin [sic] aloud so I will lay this aside again [Separate Page] It is now fourth day afternoon and a most lovely one it is oh that we ^could^ spend it together instead of the way I am about to our late visit seems almost like a dream there is so much unsaid which we should have said and now I will not attempt to on paper it is ever thus when with dearly loved ones, I seem to forget in the joy their presence affords every thing [sic] else after our return home Joseph remarked "I want to see them now more than ever" __ you hold so many visitor's we had very little quiet com = =munion such as I love when are you coming? while Edward Hicks was at the quarterly meeting held forth each day 6 day he quoted this passage for his text Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and say all manner of evil against you falsely &c __ spoke on it very feelingly (Joseph said (I was not there) but mingled there =with the good was considerable which was objectionable ___ but I suppose some could swallow all let it be as it might for gospel truth's ___ Joseph is one appointed to get money subscribed for the Boarding School he and William T Cook Joseph has been to his part and not onecent has he got subscribed I conclude some will think he is the wrong one but I am right glad if they do not succeed in building up this sectarian scheme __ there are many good schools now which need patronage and individuals can manage . such an institution better than a yearly meeting I was really disgusted last spring when this subject was before the meeting with the sectarian seal manifested by some they seemed to think a school under the care of thair [sic] august body might almost make the society what it had been __ for the declension was traced by many mothers to their having sent their children to other schools where they had lost their love for the society and its important testimonies __ but the cause lay's deeper still and all the schools ill not alone effect the work home education is needed thus should be instructed in their duty to their fellow creatures and &c I will not now go on to enumerate all the particulars in which they should be instructed (Page 4) [First paragraph written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and is transcribed as 230_nd] You will have a real patchwork letter and I fear you will find it uninteresting as it will necessarily be from us but one good thing it will not cost much you inquired about Joseph and Ruth we have no very late account from them they were attending some of the meetings I think in Bucks Joseph was so unwell he had to lay by after which they went to the shore where they staid [sic] a week they then turned their faces homeward but had to return and attend some meeting in Pennsylvania had to give up getting to the yearly meetings as they hoped when we parted from them We expect they are at home a little before this we have been hopeing [sic] to hear from them but suppose it is not probable we shall Joseph met with a woman at Flushing from Trenton an intimate friend of Rush and Rebecca Plumbly he took a seat by her and commenced conversation relative to them and made some inquiries about Joseph and Ruth ment -ioned having been with them out in Western New York she lb/> said is it possible this is Joseph Post said she had read all Rebecca's letters and ^she^ felt quite acquainted after this Timothy and Isaac have been up the river as far as Hudson had a number and attended a number of meetings were gone two weeks come home before Quarterly meeting they have gone again over to Purchase they had a satisfactory time Isaac said there seemed to be considerable prejudice against Timothy in some minds he has spoken excellen =tly since he got back Rachel has been up to Cornwall Qr Meet =ing she is faithful in settling the diffrently [sic] or rather triing [sic] to do it her way ___ we have listened to several remarkable communicat ^ions^ but it is now some weeks since I will just let it go but in the time of it they were worthy to ^be^ questioned and examined Phebe Johnson is at Isaac's generally silent Matilda babe grows finely they fail anxious William Titus little Mary is quite sick tho better to day Amy is quite a bell has considerable company among the number are Benj Albertson Valentine Hicks Daniel Underhill &c some of whome [sic] are rather burdensome sometimes I guess Don't you want to hear what great things the English deputation have accomplished I rather guess it will not amount to much I hope I may be mistaken We as well as yourselves are exceedingly interested in all which relates to Frederick Douglass and others in England also in the English [corresponder?]. how cheering to Garrison to receive such tokens of approval from tried friends distant tho they be I think this generation unworthy of him I often find myself breathing the desire that his future course may cont =inue to be "upward and onward untrameled [sic] and free" Have you noticed Sydney, remarks are getting up an Antislavery society in New York the very few they are and the great amount of proslavery by which they are surrounded well they commencd [sic] and altho it is said as thy day is so shall thy strength be yet I greatly fear they will grow weary but I will not dwell on this "but hope on hope ever" that it may not be The Third party have been in and ^commenced a^ discussion ^on^ the constitu tion this will sure to interest some minds Sydney will be married soon I expect ___ We better get acquainted with him the better we like him I have been up to see Elizabeth Mott quite lately they seem to get along a great deal better than once she calles [sic] herself very well now ____ affectionately your sister Mary Lovetoall dont forget to write [Text in center of page, written upward]Issac PostAttention of RochesterEP Willis [Text in bottom left corner, written upwards] 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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> My dear Relatives Westbury 4 month 25<br /> Altho I have just written a long <br /> letter ^but^ on receiving Amys I felt impelled to sit down imme=<br /> diately and answer some parts of it but as it was just Qua<br /> =rterly meeting time or rather just in the midst of prepa<br /> =ration for it I found it impossible and now I feel much <br /> less like it and somehow have forgotten exactly what I <br /> wished to say So I will write of something else the meeting <br /> is over no strangers George F was up 5 day preached a p<span style="text-decoration:underline;">oor</span> sermon <br /> 6th day his friends think a great one addessed [sic] himself to the dear <br /> youth it was not so denunciatory as common but pathetic still we <br /> could not approve it as a whole at all I suppose our friends think <br /> we will not receive good from him his idea seems to be we must <br /> necessarily suffer much weep scalding tears our heart be wrung <br /> with anguish before we can become prepared to enjoy God that all things <br /> which come upon us are necessary to our salvation _ While he was spea <br /> king I thought this sermon will do much harm more tenfold than <br /> his bitter denunciations and so it is I fear. Isaac Rushmore though [sic] <br /> him unobjectionable There was two documents sent to Joseph from <br /> the Marlborough Conference directed to the men's and women's quar<br /> =terly meeting which we laid on the table the women's clerks broke <br /> the seal and whispered and cooked as tho [sic] they hardly knew what to <br /> do in the case however Deborah informed the meeting there was <br /> a communication on he table from Friends of Marlborough Chester <br /> Co and proposed a committee be appointed to examine it Rachel <br /> rose and said she thought we had nothing to do with it was it from <br /> any meeting in subordination to Philadelphia yearly Meeting? Deborah <br /> then read the minute or rather a part of it stating it to be from a <br /> large number of friends met in conference Rachel said the meeting <br /> probably were all aware that meeting was not held in the order of <br /> society she thought we had nothing to do with it but if friends must <br /> have a committee it must be so _ very few if any knew any thing <br /> of the conference so of course they decided it best to have a commu<br /> =ter to examine it for in the multitude of council there was <br /> wisdom so Amy Hull Rachel Abigail Thurston and aunt Rachel Willis <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> were named to examine it A Thurston gave in the decision that its <br /> contents were objectionable and not at all suitable on proper to be <br /> read _ it created quite a desire among the people to know what it <br /> was, perhaps you have seen one they sent one to all the Quarterly <br /> and yearly meetings in America the one which came here was ren<br /> =ewing the position of society in regard to the movements of the day<br /> shutting of meeting houses to lecturers the disownment by New York <br /> yearly quarterly and monthly meeting of Isaac T Hopper and other for <br /> their advocacy of antislavery and no remonstrances from any meeting <br /> against the doings of said meetings &c &c had less company <br /> than sometimes which I did not regret as there is no great satisfac<br /> =tion in it I think there is rather less hostility to us than has <br /> sometimes been but why I know not have had several to labour with <br /> us ^saying^ that there is ^very^ little feeling against us and desiring us to feel <br /> more interested in the affairs of the dicipline [sic] and try to con<br /> =form thereto so that they cannot have reason to judge us to have <br /> lost our interest in friends by uniting with others Matilda <br /> has felt quite desirous that we might do differently such a little <br /> while we are here it is so desirable to live in unity and be doing <br /> all we can to bind together. I felt like defining our position <br /> pretty fully I admitted all she said about time being short and <br /> how desirable it was to live in peace and harmony to have then good <br /> opinions but I esteemed it of greater importance to do right and <br /> so regarded society I cared not to sustain it and if it were not for <br /> some of my friends I should long ago ^have^ withdrawn and I feared I <br /> was countanancing [sic] wrong by the position I now occupied ^I think^ [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">illegible</span>]<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">said</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">we are</span> <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">all antislavery</span> ^she was hardly prepared for^ some things I said, Stephen sees more <br /> clearly the inconsistencys [sic] of preacher's than Matilda<br /> Amy inquires what we think of the Standard Well to be frank <br /> the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Liberator</span> has ever been <span style="text-decoration:underline;">our</span> favourite paper and I trust will <br /> remain to be so as long as <span style="text-decoration:underline;">William</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">L Garriso</span>n is the Editor still <br /> we love the Standard and esteem it a good antislavery paper <br /> and can but regret you feel so little interested in it perhaps <br /> you are prejudiced against Sydney a little I know nothing abo<br /> =ut the views of others in relation to it when I was at Henrys Samuel<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> inquired whether we thought it as good as it had been Henry remarks <br /> that that speech of Culver's was glory enough for one number if there <br /> were nothing else good in it ^and worth the money^ (that number happened to be the last one) <br /> did you read that speech? And as the Massachusetts people do <br /> nearly all towards supporting it I could scarcely say a word in <br /> opposition to its continuation even tho I <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">am</span> not as much inte<br /> rested in it as in the Liberator _ Oliver I believe gave even less <br /> satisfaction than Sydney and more he is doing much in getti<br /> ng antislavery news in the Tribune which has a wide circu<br /> =lation and is read by many who would not take any antislavery <br /> paper Perhaps we are too much prejudiced against Capron <br /> but somehow we cannot like his Circumstance we have not<br /> seen any lately but those we have seemed to us not calcul<br /> =ated to do good but on the contrary _ It is indeed dish=<br /> =eartening to meet opposition in our own camp but Garrison <br /> said last spring our numbers would become smaller than <br /> they then were for few could stand the ordeal through <br /> which we must pass so be not discouraged tho some fall <br /> on the right hand and on the left but let us strive to maintain <br /> our integrity to our principles I wish you could attend the <br /> annual meeting perhaps we shall be supprised [sic] by meeting you <br /> there We have not seen Isaac at all and I have seen Edmund <br /> only a few minutes Joseph ^has^ not at all but is going to the cars <br /> hoping to find him there Mary Jane has been at Westbury has <br /> not given us much of her company she is gaining a good name among <br /> the people Uncle James says she is an honour [sic] to the name of Post <br /> Aunt Rosetta and Edward were here they feel much but are pretty <br /> comfortable aunt Rosetta said time will and has blunted in <br /> degree the feelings which well nigh overwhelmed them <br /> they expect boarders but not Henry Grinelles family they are going <br /> traveling either to Europe or somewhere ^1<sup>st</sup> day at Henry's^ I expected to have had plenty of time to write but Edmund has come and thinks of mak<br /> ing a short tarry and as we may not see him again suppose I had best<br /> finish this and leave it for fear he will not get it Catharine and <br /> Isaac wish me to stay a few days but scarcely know how to how <br /> &c &c &c<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> miserably Isaac looks I would scarcely keep my eyes off him he<br /> was so attired it really looked as tho the Thompsonian medicine<br /> had not done much for him Rachel is going to Philadelphia on<br /> a "religious concern to attend" Yearly Meeting whether to bind togeth<br /> er or help to separate What times you do have trying to make<br /> all bow to <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">a</span> certain views of the world be expounders of div<br /> =ine and holy things when will the people learn to tolerate each<br /> other with out precribing and condenming [sic] them I must stop<br /> Isaac and Edmund Rushmore and John Willis are all here<br /> and are talking around me so I will join them so Edmund can<br /> tell you somewhat of our condition hereaway I want Amy to<br /> [Continues at bottom of page with line beginning "remember the golden"]<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upward]<br /> Isaac Post<br /> Rochester<br /> N Y<br /><br /> [Text at bottom of page, written normal]<br /> remember the golden rule of doing unto others as we would they<br /> should they unto us as respects writing much and often<br /> Farewell Mary<br /> How glad we would be to hear from William and Mary<br /> by letter I have tried to beg some for your fair<br /> but do not succeed</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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My dear Relatives Westbury 4 month 25 Altho I have just written a long letter ^but^ on receiving Amys I felt impelled to sit down imme= diately and answer some parts of it but as it was just Qua =rterly meeting time or rather just in the midst of prepa =ration for it I found it impossible and now I feel much less like it and somehow have forgotten exactly what I wished to say So I will write of something else the meeting is over no strangers George F was up 5 day preached a poor sermon 6th day his friends think a great one addessed [sic] himself to the dear youth it was not so denunciatory as common but pathetic still we could not approve it as a whole at all I suppose our friends think we will not receive good from him his idea seems to be we must necessarily suffer much weep scalding tears our heart be wrung with anguish before we can become prepared to enjoy God that all things which come upon us are necessary to our salvation _ While he was spea king I thought this sermon will do much harm more tenfold than his bitter denunciations and so it is I fear. Isaac Rushmore though [sic] him unobjectionable There was two documents sent to Joseph from the Marlborough Conference directed to the men's and women's quar =terly meeting which we laid on the table the women's clerks broke the seal and whispered and cooked as tho [sic] they hardly knew what to do in the case however Deborah informed the meeting there was a communication on he table from Friends of Marlborough Chester Co and proposed a committee be appointed to examine it Rachel rose and said she thought we had nothing to do with it was it from any meeting in subordination to Philadelphia yearly Meeting? Deborah then read the minute or rather a part of it stating it to be from a large number of friends met in conference Rachel said the meeting probably were all aware that meeting was not held in the order of society she thought we had nothing to do with it but if friends must have a committee it must be so _ very few if any knew any thing of the conference so of course they decided it best to have a commu =ter to examine it for in the multitude of council there was wisdom so Amy Hull Rachel Abigail Thurston and aunt Rachel Willis were named to examine it A Thurston gave in the decision that its contents were objectionable and not at all suitable on proper to be read _ it created quite a desire among the people to know what it was, perhaps you have seen one they sent one to all the Quarterly and yearly meetings in America the one which came here was ren =ewing the position of society in regard to the movements of the day shutting of meeting houses to lecturers the disownment by New York yearly quarterly and monthly meeting of Isaac T Hopper and other for their advocacy of antislavery and no remonstrances from any meeting against the doings of said meetings &c &c had less company than sometimes which I did not regret as there is no great satisfac =tion in it I think there is rather less hostility to us than has sometimes been but why I know not have had several to labour with us ^saying^ that there is ^very^ little feeling against us and desiring us to feel more interested in the affairs of the dicipline [sic] and try to con =form thereto so that they cannot have reason to judge us to have lost our interest in friends by uniting with others Matilda has felt quite desirous that we might do differently such a little while we are here it is so desirable to live in unity and be doing all we can to bind together. I felt like defining our position pretty fully I admitted all she said about time being short and how desirable it was to live in peace and harmony to have then good opinions but I esteemed it of greater importance to do right and so regarded society I cared not to sustain it and if it were not for some of my friends I should long ago ^have^ withdrawn and I feared I was countanancing [sic] wrong by the position I now occupied ^I think^ [illegible]saidwe areall antislavery ^she was hardly prepared for^ some things I said, Stephen sees more clearly the inconsistencys [sic] of preacher's than Matilda Amy inquires what we think of the Standard Well to be frank the Liberator has ever been our favourite paper and I trust will remain to be so as long as WilliamL Garrison is the Editor still we love the Standard and esteem it a good antislavery paper and can but regret you feel so little interested in it perhaps you are prejudiced against Sydney a little I know nothing abo =ut the views of others in relation to it when I was at Henrys Samuel inquired whether we thought it as good as it had been Henry remarks that that speech of Culver's was glory enough for one number if there were nothing else good in it ^and worth the money^ (that number happened to be the last one) did you read that speech? And as the Massachusetts people do nearly all towards supporting it I could scarcely say a word in opposition to its continuation even tho I am not as much inte rested in it as in the Liberator _ Oliver I believe gave even less satisfaction than Sydney and more he is doing much in getti ng antislavery news in the Tribune which has a wide circu =lation and is read by many who would not take any antislavery paper Perhaps we are too much prejudiced against Capron but somehow we cannot like his Circumstance we have not seen any lately but those we have seemed to us not calcul =ated to do good but on the contrary _ It is indeed dish= =eartening to meet opposition in our own camp but Garrison said last spring our numbers would become smaller than they then were for few could stand the ordeal through which we must pass so be not discouraged tho some fall on the right hand and on the left but let us strive to maintain our integrity to our principles I wish you could attend the annual meeting perhaps we shall be supprised [sic] by meeting you there We have not seen Isaac at all and I have seen Edmund only a few minutes Joseph ^has^ not at all but is going to the cars hoping to find him there Mary Jane has been at Westbury has not given us much of her company she is gaining a good name among the people Uncle James says she is an honour [sic] to the name of Post Aunt Rosetta and Edward were here they feel much but are pretty comfortable aunt Rosetta said time will and has blunted in degree the feelings which well nigh overwhelmed them they expect boarders but not Henry Grinelles family they are going traveling either to Europe or somewhere ^1st day at Henry's^ I expected to have had plenty of time to write but Edmund has come and thinks of mak ing a short tarry and as we may not see him again suppose I had best finish this and leave it for fear he will not get it Catharine and Isaac wish me to stay a few days but scarcely know how to how &c &c &c miserably Isaac looks I would scarcely keep my eyes off him he was so attired it really looked as tho the Thompsonian medicine had not done much for him Rachel is going to Philadelphia on a "religious concern to attend" Yearly Meeting whether to bind togeth er or help to separate What times you do have trying to make all bow to a certain views of the world be expounders of div =ine and holy things when will the people learn to tolerate each other with out precribing and condenming [sic] them I must stop Isaac and Edmund Rushmore and John Willis are all here and are talking around me so I will join them so Edmund can tell you somewhat of our condition hereaway I want Amy to [Continues at bottom of page with line beginning "remember the golden"] [Text in center of page, written upward] Isaac Post Rochester N Y [Text at bottom of page, written normal] remember the golden rule of doing unto others as we would they should they unto us as respects writing much and often Farewell Mary How glad we would be to hear from William and Mary by letter I have tried to beg some for your fair but do not succeed
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin]<br /> so love to hear from you but give our love all the various<br /> branches of your family from any of whome a line would be<br /> acceptable Joseph &c is carting sand at the RR Depot to day<br /> else he might say some word <br /> affectionatly [sic] your sister Mary <br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> Westbury 11 mo 12 <br /><br /> Dear brother sister &c<br /> Elisabeth has a letter just ready for the<br /> mail and as it has been such a very long time since you have sent us<br /> a word of greeting I thought I would enclose a line inquiring into<br /> the cause of such manifest neglect I should have made the enquiry<br /> sooner had not many cares sprung up betwixt inclinations & duty<br /> we are getting more into our old routine and trust to move on<br /> the quiet tenor of our way but then I am admonished that health<br /> is very uncertain and it is the height of folly to anticipate the<br /> coming winter without some alloy I have not been at Jericho this<br /> week (horses busy) H Carpenter improving just behgan to sit up a little<br /> Esther very lame from a slight hurt on her shin very much swelled<br /> and painful the necessity of being on it to wait on Hannah greatly<br /> agravated [sic] it Mother had a turn I guess of erisipelas as in her legs<br /> with which she suffered very much from the itching and burning<br /> also badly swelled Caroline Sprague the complaint is undoubtly [sic]<br /> increasing but her health is pretty good sits up a good appetite and<br /> is really more comfortable than months ago but a dreadful looking<br /> face there can be no chance for her recovery Uncle James has<br /> been to the same r and had an application to his lip (which<br /> had increased much) the Dr thought likely it would be necess<br /> ary to apply the remedy again and I suppose they have<br /> gone down for the purpose it was very severe and the other<br /> application or tine was nearly 2 hours it has been very sore<br /> and run a great deal but aunt P says he has slept a great<br /> deal better since even the first night after than [sic] he had done<br /> in a long time the Dr called it a cancer [sic] wart said let it be what it<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> might it was a very bad thing it seems to run down deep and the<br /> lip is a sensitive part I hope it may do well George Valentine<br /> is very ill with I believe inflamation [sic] of the bowels very little<br /> hope of his recover can get <span style="text-decoration:underline;">no</span> medicine to operate very sick at<br /> stomach &c but I will not dwell longer on the ailments which are<br /> abounding but tell you of the beautiful autumn weather we are<br /> having tho it is quite cool now but our late flowers are as fresh<br /> as ever and even more beautiful from contrast with some of the<br /> naked branches of trees and shrubbery artimetias [sic] verbenas flax<br /> Esculapius and roses ar[e] as perfect as can be and we have just<br /> got through house clean[in]g and have got our house plants in coal<br /> stove up and it looks real cosy with 5 large bouquets of flowers<br /> ^has gone to N Y but will be back^<br /> to make it cheerful Milton or Hannah Arnold and 4 children are aroun^d^<br /> visiting they are all broken up sold many of their things off and moved<br /> on hoping to find something to do hereaway they have some hope of<br /> Milton getting some thing in the Erie R R I feel very sorry for them so<br /> large a family and so dependant and I think they are considerably Sout<br /> hernised in feeling in many ways possibly as regards the dignity of labor<br /> and as ^to^ the cruelty practised they never have seen any they have<br /> much time to earn for themselves they always have money<br /> plenty and most of them will not leave their masters abolitioni^ts^<br /> coax them away and incite them to violence and the Abolit^ionists^ has put<br /> back the cause a great many years It is sad to see how soon norther^n^<br /> people look with approbation on this great sin Stephen Post said<br /> when they were there he noticed in speaking it was at first the negro^es^<br /> soon it was the niggers &c &c Margretta Willets has gone in Maryla^nd^<br /> to teach a family school they said George was much opposed at first<br /> but he went with her and now he see things just as we do they are<br /> so happy and so little to do more intelligent than the free and <br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> altogether superior to them Esther Osgood husband & Child<br /> aree stillnorth I inquired of Aunt Rosetta about her home<br /> affairs I dont know any thing about it I have never asked<br /> her any thing in relation to it I have nothing to say about<br /> it she ought never to have gone there I have no unity with <br /> it she knew better her idea is they are not the easy kind of<br /> master & mistress says the cook even does not have any of the<br /> nice things prepared for their table but fares as the other<br /> slaves fare she then told me of much cruelty as witnessed<br /> by Mary Parson’s ^in Florida^ some years ago which tho not at all new to me<br /> I was glad to find she gave entire belief [sic] to and that the<br /> system was wrong I felt convinced she and Edward see<br /> things in a different light from former years and that<br /> they were secretly more opposed to the system than I had<br /> believed [sic] Well it seems Leah is married again suppose<br /> you know it was in progress when they were here I am as blind<br /> that I seldom suspect any thing until it is forced upon me<br /> the girls saw the symptoms and were not at all supprised [sic]<br /> at the result Suppose Jacob and Jenny are settled in their<br /> new domicile you must miss them very much but they will<br /> feel I should judge really lonely without seeing the familiar<br /> factes who congregate around your domestic board <br /> We have not heard any thing from E S and Mary since the<br /> arrival home E looked so feeble I feared he would not rally<br /> we saw very little of them much less than we would liked to<br /> and had it not been ^[illegible] health^ could hardly submitted to have it so<br /> however it is best to let people stay where they choose altho<br /> we may prefer to have a share acquiescince [sic] is almost <br /> a virtue then I was taken up so as not to go to see them<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> The quarterly has passed nothing of note to record R Crown<br /> unwell James & P Haviland and others went to Baltimore Y M<br /> Lucretia Mott too she had a minute without any opposition too<br /> all the elders and ministers uniting except one and she silent<br /> R Grinnell opposed R Moore in N Y and then to give him a<br /> minute when he was [a?] transgressor of that discipline they are<br /> so zealous in enforcing is a mystery to the uniniated [sic] who try<br /> not to see partly lines Mary N Post has been to the Purchace Nine<br /> Partners and Stanford Q Meetings Henry & Phebe Titus accompanied him<br /> she said Mary Hallowell hone home and not come and see us was <br /> very unexpected she an[d] Mary Jane used to be so intimate<br /> Isaac Rushmore and Edmund Willets have been in Jericho and<br /> Pennsylvania attending Monthly Meetings & other[s?] [for?] about 3<br /> weeks have not seen either of them since their return<br /> Matilda not very smart does not leave her room days<br /> on her bed mostly Phebe has gone with Dr Ingersol to<br /> Corning where he has several [patents?] Lydia Post and Esther<br /> Post have gone to Roberts on a visit Aunt Sarah has been at <br /> Stephens some weeks quite poorly came to N Y and was there some <br /> time is now at home and smart Ann has had to change<br /> help and been disappointed occasionally so that she feels<br /> that she has a share of trouble in that respect John Willets<br /> and bride have gone on their bridal tour perhaps to Mammoth<br /> Cave Baltimore Washington &c they send out a quantity of <br /> cards which is the fashion it seems Our men have just <br /> got through their corn many not done yet have had two nice<br /> rains lately before quite dry have not <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">buy</span> ^any^ apples <br /> gather never so entire a failure have not had a single<br /> baked apple this year sweet potatoes are plenty but we can<br /> not get them as hearty as usual well here I am at<br /> the bottom of my sheet and as David Arnold said after reading E Hicks<br /> Journal what is it what do I care for all the particulars given so<br /> I feel about this it will hardly pay for the trouble of perusing I wish <br /> you could feel it in your hearts to write to us we would<br /> [Continues in top margin of Page 1 with line beginning “so love to hear”]<br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text in top margin] so love to hear from you but give our love all the various branches of your family from any of whome a line would be acceptable Joseph &c is carting sand at the RR Depot to day else he might say some word affectionatly [sic] your sister Mary [Text normal] Westbury 11 mo 12 Dear brother sister &c Elisabeth has a letter just ready for the mail and as it has been such a very long time since you have sent us a word of greeting I thought I would enclose a line inquiring into the cause of such manifest neglect I should have made the enquiry sooner had not many cares sprung up betwixt inclinations & duty we are getting more into our old routine and trust to move on the quiet tenor of our way but then I am admonished that health is very uncertain and it is the height of folly to anticipate the coming winter without some alloy I have not been at Jericho this week (horses busy) H Carpenter improving just behgan to sit up a little Esther very lame from a slight hurt on her shin very much swelled and painful the necessity of being on it to wait on Hannah greatly agravated [sic] it Mother had a turn I guess of erisipelas as in her legs with which she suffered very much from the itching and burning also badly swelled Caroline Sprague the complaint is undoubtly [sic] increasing but her health is pretty good sits up a good appetite and is really more comfortable than months ago but a dreadful looking face there can be no chance for her recovery Uncle James has been to the same r and had an application to his lip (which had increased much) the Dr thought likely it would be necess ary to apply the remedy again and I suppose they have gone down for the purpose it was very severe and the other application or tine was nearly 2 hours it has been very sore and run a great deal but aunt P says he has slept a great deal better since even the first night after than [sic] he had done in a long time the Dr called it a cancer [sic] wart said let it be what it might it was a very bad thing it seems to run down deep and the lip is a sensitive part I hope it may do well George Valentine is very ill with I believe inflamation [sic] of the bowels very little hope of his recover can get no medicine to operate very sick at stomach &c but I will not dwell longer on the ailments which are abounding but tell you of the beautiful autumn weather we are having tho it is quite cool now but our late flowers are as fresh as ever and even more beautiful from contrast with some of the naked branches of trees and shrubbery artimetias [sic] verbenas flax Esculapius and roses ar[e] as perfect as can be and we have just got through house clean[in]g and have got our house plants in coal stove up and it looks real cosy with 5 large bouquets of flowers ^has gone to N Y but will be back^ to make it cheerful Milton or Hannah Arnold and 4 children are aroun^d^ visiting they are all broken up sold many of their things off and moved on hoping to find something to do hereaway they have some hope of Milton getting some thing in the Erie R R I feel very sorry for them so large a family and so dependant and I think they are considerably Sout hernised in feeling in many ways possibly as regards the dignity of labor and as ^to^ the cruelty practised they never have seen any they have much time to earn for themselves they always have money plenty and most of them will not leave their masters abolitioni^ts^ coax them away and incite them to violence and the Abolit^ionists^ has put back the cause a great many years It is sad to see how soon norther^n^ people look with approbation on this great sin Stephen Post said when they were there he noticed in speaking it was at first the negro^es^ soon it was the niggers &c &c Margretta Willets has gone in Maryla^nd^ to teach a family school they said George was much opposed at first but he went with her and now he see things just as we do they are so happy and so little to do more intelligent than the free and altogether superior to them Esther Osgood husband & Child aree stillnorth I inquired of Aunt Rosetta about her home affairs I dont know any thing about it I have never asked her any thing in relation to it I have nothing to say about it she ought never to have gone there I have no unity with it she knew better her idea is they are not the easy kind of master & mistress says the cook even does not have any of the nice things prepared for their table but fares as the other slaves fare she then told me of much cruelty as witnessed by Mary Parson's ^in Florida^ some years ago which tho not at all new to me I was glad to find she gave entire belief [sic] to and that the system was wrong I felt convinced she and Edward see things in a different light from former years and that they were secretly more opposed to the system than I had believed [sic] Well it seems Leah is married again suppose you know it was in progress when they were here I am as blind that I seldom suspect any thing until it is forced upon me the girls saw the symptoms and were not at all supprised [sic] at the result Suppose Jacob and Jenny are settled in their new domicile you must miss them very much but they will feel I should judge really lonely without seeing the familiar factes who congregate around your domestic board We have not heard any thing from E S and Mary since the arrival home E looked so feeble I feared he would not rally we saw very little of them much less than we would liked to and had it not been ^[illegible] health^ could hardly submitted to have it so however it is best to let people stay where they choose altho we may prefer to have a share acquiescince [sic] is almost a virtue then I was taken up so as not to go to see them The quarterly has passed nothing of note to record R Crown unwell James & P Haviland and others went to Baltimore Y M Lucretia Mott too she had a minute without any opposition too all the elders and ministers uniting except one and she silent R Grinnell opposed R Moore in N Y and then to give him a minute when he was [a?] transgressor of that discipline they are so zealous in enforcing is a mystery to the uniniated [sic] who try not to see partly lines Mary N Post has been to the Purchace Nine Partners and Stanford Q Meetings Henry & Phebe Titus accompanied him she said Mary Hallowell hone home and not come and see us was very unexpected she an[d] Mary Jane used to be so intimate Isaac Rushmore and Edmund Willets have been in Jericho and Pennsylvania attending Monthly Meetings & other[s?] [for?] about 3 weeks have not seen either of them since their return Matilda not very smart does not leave her room days on her bed mostly Phebe has gone with Dr Ingersol to Corning where he has several [patents?] Lydia Post and Esther Post have gone to Roberts on a visit Aunt Sarah has been at Stephens some weeks quite poorly came to N Y and was there some time is now at home and smart Ann has had to change help and been disappointed occasionally so that she feels that she has a share of trouble in that respect John Willets and bride have gone on their bridal tour perhaps to Mammoth Cave Baltimore Washington &c they send out a quantity of cards which is the fashion it seems Our men have just got through their corn many not done yet have had two nice rains lately before quite dry have not buy ^any^ apples gather never so entire a failure have not had a single baked apple this year sweet potatoes are plenty but we can not get them as hearty as usual well here I am at the bottom of my sheet and as David Arnold said after reading E Hicks Journal what is it what do I care for all the particulars given so I feel about this it will hardly pay for the trouble of perusing I wish you could feel it in your hearts to write to us we would [Continues in top margin of Page 1 with line beginning "so love to hear"]
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> First day evening<br /> Dearly Beloved<br /> I have taken almost the first spare <br /> moment to give to you so fully has my time been occu<br /> pied by the various duties which have presented <br /> since leaving you. Joseph said he notified you of our <br /> safe arrival in New York and of my intention of rema<br /> ining a day or two which seemed to be the best but after<br /> he left I felt most easy to go home and of course supprised [sic] <br /> him by meeting him at the cars Found W S very much as <br /> when we left to visit you^but probably not quite as well^ the day before that is fifth day he<br /> was very suffering and probably his being so was the cause <br /> of my extreme dejection anxiety &c I have at different times <br /> been conscious of the same influence and for the time wholly <br /> unable to rise above it ^this^ <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">was</span> the case at Edmunds and it<br /> was with great effort that I repressed my feelings in <br /> degree at least but why should I herald my hearts deep <br /> sympathy enough have each to bear unknown perchance <br /> to all save the allseeing [sic] Found our home circle well <br /> and pleased to welcome us back on first day morning <br /> Joseph Elisabeth and self called for E P Willets to go to N York <br /> to hear Lucretia E was not very well so concluded not to accom<br /> pany us and we all rejoiced she did not for that night her <br /> William and Henry Titus son returning from R Titus (N. Side) <br /> W. horse stumbled they suppose just as they went up on the <br /> plank and was starting on a trot it appears as though the <br /> horse must have stuck him someway either his head or neck <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> there are mark each side of his head one side probably grazed <br /> the other looks more like being caused by a buckle or bits Robert <br /> son opened the gate for them and hearing the noise called to <br /> his father who ran to W found him insensible took him to <br /> the house and thought him about gone used all restorat<br /> ives finally found some pulse and ^after^ vomited freely but remained <br /> unconscious it is a week now and his improvement has been <br /> very slow he has spoken no once, but appears to understand <br /> will sometimes motion his head for no we have felt very <br /> much discouraged but think there are favorable symptoms <br /> having no fever and the gradual improvement gives hope for <br /> his recovery they are at R Titus the family are as kind as it <br /> is possible for any to be still it is very desirable to be at home <br /> but they and the Dr think it would be very imprudent to make <br /> the attempt others who have less regard for Drs opinions think it <br /> might be done but under the circumstances we encourage E to <br /> be as comfortable as she can and remain there yesterday Oliver <br /> Titus little girl had 2 fits they sent up for me to come we had <br /> a little before come from sitting up with W so that in one <br /> way and another I have been very fully occupied Mother <br /> too is rather more lame and feeble so that I have not been <br /> yet to see your father Willet was at fathers said he was as usual <br /> Samuel and Catharine spent the day here today very pleasanty [sic] <br /> I did not go to meeting feeling dull and was at home ready to receive<br /> them I said we went to NY first day found W J had had a suffering <br /> night and was very poorly but a little passing off so we went on to <br /> meeting and found a great multitude gathering many standing <br /> through the entire meeting Lucretia spoke with great ease earn<br /> estness and power riveting the multitude in almost breathless <br /> attention for I should think full 1 1/2 hours I think she was greater <br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> than either at Rochester said much on the intuitive perception <br /> of right of the necessity of judging for ourselves what is right of the <br /> error of professors <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">of</span> in speaking of reason also in separating good <br /> works from religion of the great proneness to retrograde of the <br /> Bible of the beautiful character of Jesus of Paul and very <br /> many of the reformers in the church and now in our day W L <br /> Garrison come out alone and proclaimed the right of the slave <br /> to liberty and that he would be heard I love to honor these noble <br /> utterances let them come from whome [sic] they may dwelt at length<br /> on the evidences of progress all around us in the growing interes <br /> manifest in man not submitting to be let but investigating <br /> and judging what was right but I will not say more as the <br /> Times gives quite a good idea much better than I can if <br /> I try and the Standard has copies most of it but really Richard <br /> done himself great discredit and I think his friends could not fail <br /> to be mortified with him to say the least We went to James Havilands to <br /> dinner from there to meeting found the house more than full people <br /> leaving but I contrived to crowd in and finally succeded [sic] in standing in the <br /> aisle I saw me and altho [sic] the gallery was full there was an effort <br /> to accommodate I sat on my feet mostly and kneeling board but was only <br /> too happy to hear Joseph got in the lobby and heard some there were <br /> enough probably to have filed Rose st and it was too bad that <br /> all could not hear, you see too that Richard spoke both before <br /> and after her and I was glad she deigned not the slightest <br /> notice of anything he said making him feel <span style="text-decoration:underline;">very</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">small</span> <br /> I doubt not. This appearance was excited and the extreme<br /> opposite to her quiet dignity showing to beholdens [sic] bigotry <br /> and sectarian intolerance and christain [sic] toleration on the other <br /> hand making one look very beautifully attractive while the other <br /> was the opposite in all its most repulsive features put enving [sic]<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> Secondary I have but a few minutes that I can spare now <br /> before Joseph goes to the office but will not keep this <br /> longer We have had most lovely weather since being at <br /> home this morning it is some cooler but bright sunshini<br /> =ng Benj [sic] Treadwell is to be buried to day been declin<br /> -ing sometime thus it is generations succeed generation <br /> in rapid succession leaving many desolate hearts but time <br /> will heal the wound that at the moment of bereavement <br /> it appears can never be healed Our visit to you is <br /> past and I can scarcely realise [sic] it I think going and <br /> returning in the night may be one cause not seeing<br /> any thing comparatively between your home and our's [sic]<br /> I thought when we arrived at Pokeepsie [sic] that I had never <br /> traveled the distance with so much ease but was soon <br /> taken with sick headache so that the taller part of the way <br /> was very uncomfortable I felt ashamed to complain <br /> of fatigue when so many had come long distances <br /> a woman and little child from St Louis 4 days and nights<br /> on the road another from Wisconsin 2 aged women from <br /> Cleavland [sic] and so on Kesia [Carrey?] has spent a day <br /> with us since we got home still wishes to return <br /> for the winter she wants to be among those who knew <br /> and loved her Charles Matilda has been very smart <br /> until a few days she has been more poorly they have <br /> their hall stove up she did not know but it might <br /> affect her some but I must stop very hastily yours <br /> in affectionate remembrance of all your great kindness <br /> and hospitality Many Love [sic] to all our dear friends <br /> in your midst<br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. First day evening Dearly Beloved I have taken almost the first spare moment to give to you so fully has my time been occu pied by the various duties which have presented since leaving you. Joseph said he notified you of our safe arrival in New York and of my intention of rema ining a day or two which seemed to be the best but after he left I felt most easy to go home and of course supprised [sic] him by meeting him at the cars Found W S very much as when we left to visit you^but probably not quite as well^ the day before that is fifth day he was very suffering and probably his being so was the cause of my extreme dejection anxiety &c I have at different times been conscious of the same influence and for the time wholly unable to rise above it ^this^ was the case at Edmunds and it was with great effort that I repressed my feelings in degree at least but why should I herald my hearts deep sympathy enough have each to bear unknown perchance to all save the allseeing [sic] Found our home circle well and pleased to welcome us back on first day morning Joseph Elisabeth and self called for E P Willets to go to N York to hear Lucretia E was not very well so concluded not to accom pany us and we all rejoiced she did not for that night her William and Henry Titus son returning from R Titus (N. Side) W. horse stumbled they suppose just as they went up on the plank and was starting on a trot it appears as though the horse must have stuck him someway either his head or neck there are mark each side of his head one side probably grazed the other looks more like being caused by a buckle or bits Robert son opened the gate for them and hearing the noise called to his father who ran to W found him insensible took him to the house and thought him about gone used all restorat ives finally found some pulse and ^after^ vomited freely but remained unconscious it is a week now and his improvement has been very slow he has spoken no once, but appears to understand will sometimes motion his head for no we have felt very much discouraged but think there are favorable symptoms having no fever and the gradual improvement gives hope for his recovery they are at R Titus the family are as kind as it is possible for any to be still it is very desirable to be at home but they and the Dr think it would be very imprudent to make the attempt others who have less regard for Drs opinions think it might be done but under the circumstances we encourage E to be as comfortable as she can and remain there yesterday Oliver Titus little girl had 2 fits they sent up for me to come we had a little before come from sitting up with W so that in one way and another I have been very fully occupied Mother too is rather more lame and feeble so that I have not been yet to see your father Willet was at fathers said he was as usual Samuel and Catharine spent the day here today very pleasanty [sic] I did not go to meeting feeling dull and was at home ready to receive them I said we went to NY first day found W J had had a suffering night and was very poorly but a little passing off so we went on to meeting and found a great multitude gathering many standing through the entire meeting Lucretia spoke with great ease earn estness and power riveting the multitude in almost breathless attention for I should think full 1 1/2 hours I think she was greater than either at Rochester said much on the intuitive perception of right of the necessity of judging for ourselves what is right of the error of professors of in speaking of reason also in separating good works from religion of the great proneness to retrograde of the Bible of the beautiful character of Jesus of Paul and very many of the reformers in the church and now in our day W L Garrison come out alone and proclaimed the right of the slave to liberty and that he would be heard I love to honor these noble utterances let them come from whome [sic] they may dwelt at length on the evidences of progress all around us in the growing interes manifest in man not submitting to be let but investigating and judging what was right but I will not say more as the Times gives quite a good idea much better than I can if I try and the Standard has copies most of it but really Richard done himself great discredit and I think his friends could not fail to be mortified with him to say the least We went to James Havilands to dinner from there to meeting found the house more than full people leaving but I contrived to crowd in and finally succeded [sic] in standing in the aisle I saw me and altho [sic] the gallery was full there was an effort to accommodate I sat on my feet mostly and kneeling board but was only too happy to hear Joseph got in the lobby and heard some there were enough probably to have filed Rose st and it was too bad that all could not hear, you see too that Richard spoke both before and after her and I was glad she deigned not the slightest notice of anything he said making him feel verysmall I doubt not. This appearance was excited and the extreme opposite to her quiet dignity showing to beholdens [sic] bigotry and sectarian intolerance and christain [sic] toleration on the other hand making one look very beautifully attractive while the other was the opposite in all its most repulsive features put enving [sic] Secondary I have but a few minutes that I can spare now before Joseph goes to the office but will not keep this longer We have had most lovely weather since being at home this morning it is some cooler but bright sunshini =ng Benj [sic] Treadwell is to be buried to day been declin -ing sometime thus it is generations succeed generation in rapid succession leaving many desolate hearts but time will heal the wound that at the moment of bereavement it appears can never be healed Our visit to you is past and I can scarcely realise [sic] it I think going and returning in the night may be one cause not seeing any thing comparatively between your home and our's [sic] I thought when we arrived at Pokeepsie [sic] that I had never traveled the distance with so much ease but was soon taken with sick headache so that the taller part of the way was very uncomfortable I felt ashamed to complain of fatigue when so many had come long distances a woman and little child from St Louis 4 days and nights on the road another from Wisconsin 2 aged women from Cleavland [sic] and so on Kesia [Carrey?] has spent a day with us since we got home still wishes to return for the winter she wants to be among those who knew and loved her Charles Matilda has been very smart until a few days she has been more poorly they have their hall stove up she did not know but it might affect her some but I must stop very hastily yours in affectionate remembrance of all your great kindness and hospitality Many Love [sic] to all our dear friends in your midst
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(Page 1) <br /> <br /> Westbury 11 of 11 month 1<sup>st</sup> of day evening <br /><br /> My very dear relatives I have very unexpectedly to take<br /> my pen to inform you of our mutual <span style="text-decoration:underline;">bereavement</span> and <br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">loss</span> of <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">the</span> our dear mother who ^is^ now no longer with us<br /> She returned home on 5 day evening we thought she was<br /> not quite as well as common but she called herself so – We think<br /> she was rather more dull but seemed very much pleased with getting<br /> home said “ I was not willing to stay another day” first day morning<br /> complained of pain in her stomach when she drew a long breath<br /> we all went to meeting except Huldah and the children when we<br /> got home found her sick at her stomach that passed off and she<br /> came out to dinner with us she seemed after it to be a little<br /> lost and rather dull but toward bed time appeared better had<br /> a pretty comfortable night but found she was very feeble in the<br /> morning some fever no appetite sat up all day in her great<br /> chair got her work I told her she had better not go to work<br /> she said “well I don’t feel much like it “I will leave “it” that night<br /> Joseph kept the fire burning though the night said she rested with<br /> the exception of one or two turns of coughing very well but I found<br /> her much weaker in the morning could scarcly [sic] do anything for <br /> herself without my assistance got her dressed and she sat up<br /> more than half the day did not cough or raise any all day<br /> breathed very easy complained of no pain except her back which <br /> she said ached slept most of the time she remarked at evening<br /> how exceedingly weak she was and I don’t know as I was ever more<br /> so I told her I had never seen her so weak before Joseph did not<br /> sleep much 3 day night she seemed so very feeble but did not coug^h^<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> until morning scarcely any, after which it was considerably<br /> troublesome 4 day morning she again wished to be dressed which <br /> I dont with some difficulty Joseph and self got her in the<br /> easy chair in which she sat perhaps 2 hours we then saw<br /> family that her time was very short as she was weakening very<br /> rapidly her strength occurred all gone aunt Sarah came up and<br /> staid [sic] with us meeting time she said Joseph told her the day before<br /> how very poorly she was but she did not expect to find her so entirely<br /> prostrated her breathing was short but pretty easy lay entirely still<br /> and in a does considerable of the time We had been expecting<br /> Phebe all the week but she did not come, we sent for them ^4 day morning [Continues upward into right margin]<br /> by cousin Thomas Willis^ they come<br /> 4 day afternoon as well as very many of our other friends<br /> she remained very quiet complaining of no distress but breathed<br /> shorter and shorter until about 11 on 5 day morning her purified <br /> spirit left its frail tenement and entered into rest and during<br /> this solemn scene the prayer of my spirit was that we might<br /> all be prepared as she was to leave this changeable scene with<br /> joy Oh that we may all die the death of the righteous and that<br /> our last end may be like her’s there was such a sweet evid<br /> -ence that all was well that it was cause for gratitude –—<br /> every thing appeared to ^be^ hushed into stillness and a solemn gratitude <br /> pervaded all nature she was buried an 7 day morning not<br /> at the meeting house at 11 oclock a large and to me an exce<br /> -edingly solemn meeting was held Timothy and John Plummer<br /> very excellent __ We shall exceedingly miss her ^her^ company her<br /> care and her affectionate solicitude for our everlasting well<br /> being will long I trust be remembered by us –— I wished you <br /> could have mingled with us for there is such an inexpressible <br /> desire in me at all such season s to sympathize together I rather<br /><br /> (Page3)<br /><br /> think others do not feel as I do — but yes I know it is almost<br /> universal we feel so lonely would that you were have why<br /> must we be so far separated from those we love cant<br /> you come — uncle Henry and Aunt Mary were up at the funeral<br /> uncle John and aunt Sarah did not go to the meeting house but<br /> the younger part of orthodoxy all attended even Mary R<br /> went she did not go to the funeral of dear Lydia as you<br /> may remember __it seems very strange aunt Sarah cannot go<br /> she seems so different so kind so feeling and so <span style="text-decoration:underline;">good</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">too</span><br /> that it is irreconcilable that her religion does not break<br /> down all the partition walls of sectarian feeling She has<br /> her trails many and bitter I feel much for her poor Robert has<br /> failed considerably of late and they have deemed it necessary<br /> to confine him in the west kitchen which is exceeding by<br /> painful to aunt Sarah but she say’s he appears quite as<br /> comfortable as he did before — cousin’s Samuel Edmund and<br /> Robert R all came up to the funeral Edmund and Elizab<br /> have spent this evening with us and it recalled to Elizabeth<br /> very forcibly the many happy evenings we have passed together<br /> in time’s which are gone by forever poor dear she feels very little<br /> inclination to visit much and then only some of her particular<br /> friends how I hope her pathway may become more bright it is<br /> gloomy and dark now she bears her many afflictive allotmen^ts^<br /> with much firmness but I think I will not even be telling<br /> you of my sympathy for her – Aunt Rachel feels much had not<br /> seen mother in a little more than 5 months was looking<br /> for her up there when she heard of her extreme weakness — how<br /> frail is man how quickly cut down in so few days from cour-<br /> poration [sic] health laid low does it not call loudly on all to <br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> to be prepared for the solemn event but joyful to the <br /> redeemed and purified spirit – I have written particularly <br /> relative to mother’s illness I hope sister Phebe P or Joseph<br /> will feel like writing to you Joseph said he could not<br /> now and I have not felt like it either only necessity comp<br /> -elled me to it – it is now getting late and as Powell is going<br /> to New York early in the morning I must close I hope how our <br /> you will try to write soon to us with much love <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">fa</span> all your hous<br /> -ehold I am as ever your attached sister Mary <br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upward]<br /> Single<br /> Isaac Post<br /> <br /> Rochester<br /> NY
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Westbury 11 of 11 month 1st of day evening My very dear relatives I have very unexpectedly to take my pen to inform you of our mutual bereavement and loss of the our dear mother who ^is^ now no longer with us She returned home on 5 day evening we thought she was not quite as well as common but she called herself so - We think she was rather more dull but seemed very much pleased with getting home said " I was not willing to stay another day" first day morning complained of pain in her stomach when she drew a long breath we all went to meeting except Huldah and the children when we got home found her sick at her stomach that passed off and she came out to dinner with us she seemed after it to be a little lost and rather dull but toward bed time appeared better had a pretty comfortable night but found she was very feeble in the morning some fever no appetite sat up all day in her great chair got her work I told her she had better not go to work she said "well I don't feel much like it "I will leave "it" that night Joseph kept the fire burning though the night said she rested with the exception of one or two turns of coughing very well but I found her much weaker in the morning could scarcly [sic] do anything for herself without my assistance got her dressed and she sat up more than half the day did not cough or raise any all day breathed very easy complained of no pain except her back which she said ached slept most of the time she remarked at evening how exceedingly weak she was and I don't know as I was ever more so I told her I had never seen her so weak before Joseph did not sleep much 3 day night she seemed so very feeble but did not coug^h^ until morning scarcely any, after which it was considerably troublesome 4 day morning she again wished to be dressed which I dont with some difficulty Joseph and self got her in the easy chair in which she sat perhaps 2 hours we then saw family that her time was very short as she was weakening very rapidly her strength occurred all gone aunt Sarah came up and staid [sic] with us meeting time she said Joseph told her the day before how very poorly she was but she did not expect to find her so entirely prostrated her breathing was short but pretty easy lay entirely still and in a does considerable of the time We had been expecting Phebe all the week but she did not come, we sent for them ^4 day morning [Continues upward into right margin] by cousin Thomas Willis^ they come 4 day afternoon as well as very many of our other friends she remained very quiet complaining of no distress but breathed shorter and shorter until about 11 on 5 day morning her purified spirit left its frail tenement and entered into rest and during this solemn scene the prayer of my spirit was that we might all be prepared as she was to leave this changeable scene with joy Oh that we may all die the death of the righteous and that our last end may be like her's there was such a sweet evid -ence that all was well that it was cause for gratitude --- every thing appeared to ^be^ hushed into stillness and a solemn gratitude pervaded all nature she was buried an 7 day morning not at the meeting house at 11 oclock a large and to me an exce -edingly solemn meeting was held Timothy and John Plummer very excellent __ We shall exceedingly miss her ^her^ company her care and her affectionate solicitude for our everlasting well being will long I trust be remembered by us --- I wished you could have mingled with us for there is such an inexpressible desire in me at all such season s to sympathize together I rather (Page3) think others do not feel as I do -- but yes I know it is almost universal we feel so lonely would that you were have why must we be so far separated from those we love cant you come -- uncle Henry and Aunt Mary were up at the funeral uncle John and aunt Sarah did not go to the meeting house but the younger part of orthodoxy all attended even Mary R went she did not go to the funeral of dear Lydia as you may remember __it seems very strange aunt Sarah cannot go she seems so different so kind so feeling and so goodtoo that it is irreconcilable that her religion does not break down all the partition walls of sectarian feeling She has her trails many and bitter I feel much for her poor Robert has failed considerably of late and they have deemed it necessary to confine him in the west kitchen which is exceeding by painful to aunt Sarah but she say's he appears quite as comfortable as he did before -- cousin's Samuel Edmund and Robert R all came up to the funeral Edmund and Elizab have spent this evening with us and it recalled to Elizabeth very forcibly the many happy evenings we have passed together in time's which are gone by forever poor dear she feels very little inclination to visit much and then only some of her particular friends how I hope her pathway may become more bright it is gloomy and dark now she bears her many afflictive allotmen^ts^ with much firmness but I think I will not even be telling you of my sympathy for her - Aunt Rachel feels much had not seen mother in a little more than 5 months was looking for her up there when she heard of her extreme weakness -- how frail is man how quickly cut down in so few days from cour- poration [sic] health laid low does it not call loudly on all to to be prepared for the solemn event but joyful to the redeemed and purified spirit - I have written particularly relative to mother's illness I hope sister Phebe P or Joseph will feel like writing to you Joseph said he could not now and I have not felt like it either only necessity comp -elled me to it - it is now getting late and as Powell is going to New York early in the morning I must close I hope how our you will try to write soon to us with much love fa all your hous -ehold I am as ever your attached sister Mary [Text in center of page, written upward] Single Isaac Post Rochester NY
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<p>(Page 1)<br /> [Text in top margin, written upward]<br /> It appears by<br /> the Standard<br /> that C Marriots<br /> is gone to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">rest</span><br /> how he will<br /> be missed I<br /> think the NY<br /> friends must<br /> regret the course<br /> they have<br /> taken toward<br /> him I think<br /> their concinces [sic]<br /> must become<br /> heardened [sic] if<br /> they are not <br /> condemned<br /> How do you<br /> like S M Jann^ey^<br /> review <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">in the</span><br /> We hear that<br /> Martha Hopper<br /> is teaching scho^ol^<br /> in Penn and<br /> we also<br /> hear that<br /> application<br /> was made<br /> to the Chan<br /> =celor [sic] for<br /> a certificate<br /> of clearance<br /> from him<br /> which is<br /> probably<br /> granted<br /> I am glad<br /> C Colt has <br /> found a<br /> place of<br /> refuge we<br /> had heard<br /> [Continues in top margin of page 2 with line beginning "she was desirous"]<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> Dearly Beloved Westbury 9 month 14<br /> As our kindsman [sic] Samuel Willis<br /> has found it in his heart to visit you I send this Epistle to you<br /> greeting wishing above all things that ye may prosper, and be in<br /> health, and that ye receive, him, as becometh you, for truly ye have<br /> been helpers unto many and unto myself also And touching<br /> your last epistle it was very cordial to our feelings as also the<br /> one sent to aunt Mary which we had the perusal of and I have<br /> desired long ago to have answered ours but giving way to procrastinati^on^<br /> I have felt less and less ability to do it which is ever the case when<br /> yielded to so that ye may expect a meager scrawl at this time<br /> I have but little that is new that is worth communicating but<br /> if you were only <span style="text-decoration:underline;">here</span> enough to occupy many days<br /> Rachel has returned from her visit to the North I have<br /> not seen her except at meeting and have heard very little relative to<br /> it I inquired of a friend who had seen her what report she made<br /> of her visit he said rather significantly the committee thought it best<br /> not to say much about that now before Y M. We have heard there<br /> was no public opposition that there was a person went to meeting with<br /> intention to oppose them but did not, I think it was at Perue [sic] or Ferrisburg<br /> one, Abraham Orvis and wife sent in their resignations to the monthly<br /> meeting the committee was at I suppose they would like it if we would<br /> all of us do it I think there are some would rejoice<br /> We have had several strangers at our meetings most of whom<br /> have been on the liberal order (though none of them abolitionist)<br /> which has been comforting to many who are tired of denunciation <br /> Thomas Farrington from Purchace [sic] Qr has been over he was<br /> for many years a drunkard finally was enabled to make a stand and<br /> is now a recommended minister a real good preacher he was ^when^ at our M<br /> Abel Hull too as well as some others After the monthly meeting that<br /> T Farrington was here Martha Coles came to me saying see what Truth<br /> can do and without signing any pledge ^too^ just look at it she thought <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">by</span><br /> Friends advocating the pledge was doing much harm as it seemed to place<br /> more power to reclaim in that than God &c &c after a while George F<br /> Whites objectionable sermon was brought up she said what could be better<br /> than the most of it why I felt like saying <span style="text-decoration:underline;">amen</span> to it I told her I had heard<br /> [Continues on page 2 with line beginning "she approved"] <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> EDITED TO HERE<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upwards]<br /> she was<br /> desirous<br /> of doing<br /> something<br /> for herself<br /> she has <br /> conducted<br /> herself<br /> very well <br /> while at<br /> Purchace [sic]<br /> and did<br /> not seem<br /> concious [sic]<br /> of the<br /> prejudice<br /> that was<br /> felt toward<br /> her she<br /> is quite<br /> young not<br /> 20 has<br /> been im-<br /> proving<br /> herself <br /> in literature<br /> while there<br /> thanks to<br /> L M Child<br /> for her<br /> benevolent<br /> efforts to<br /> the poor <br /> and the<br /> outcast<br /> surely the<br /> blessing of<br /> those ready<br /> to finish <br /> will rest<br /> on her<br /> ____ <br /> we have <br /> been looking<br /> for some <br /> [Continues in top margin of page 3 with line beginning "of Henrys folks"]<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> she approved that sermon which I could scarcely believe any friend could<br /> do Rebecca Hawxhurst stept [sic] up saying I do not wish to take sides with<br /> either but just want to tell you what a man said to G F White on<br /> taking his hand and expressing with tears his great unity with every sen=<br /> tence he had uttered that it was the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Truth</span> (a stranger) I told them <br /> I had no doubt many would approve such doctrine that I had heard some<br /> of the noted rum sellers sayi^ng^ it was the greatest sermon they had ever heard<br /> that I believed such doctrine as he held up that time was calculated to<br /> do much harm that I had no unity with it whatever that he’s advocating<br /> war and the right and the justifiableness of taking life in self defence<br /> saying “ it was truly the first law of nature that a man might kill<br /> thousands and not be condemned in his heart” &c after quite a talk<br /> we parted with her giving me a caution not to let the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Old</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Fellow</span> get<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><br /> i</span>n I believe we wrote about this extra specimen of quaker preaching in the <br /> time of it our next monthly meetings will be adjourned to<br /> accommodate the committee just before the Qr 7 day NY M M 2 day here<br /> 3 day at Jericho 4 day morning at Flushing probably they will come en masse <br /> there were but few that went to Ferrisburg Rachel M Farringon Ruth Spencer<br /> John Powel and Caleb Shepherd think there would be a greater willingness<br /> to go to some other places We have just had a visit from Uncle Hen^ry^<br /> Lydia Cornelia nurse and child of a week made this their home Cornelia<br /> is expecting Rowland next month Clayton is expected to return before long<br /> Cornelia would like to stay to witness the event which they anticipate<br /> with so much pleasure she is also pleasing herself with a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">little</span> prospec^t^<br /> of Minturns selecting from among his numerous acquaintance a Miss King<br /> of Albany as a particular friend, Henry Post is to be married on the 11 his girl<br /> is a stranger to Henrys friends generally we were at Marys last 3 day evening<br /> and John Wood came there it appeared Henry knew he was coming up<br /> to be at this meeting and to their house but did not tell of it it was rather<br /> embarresing [sic] all around at first, it seemed to ware [sic] off after a while<br /> John Titus has been to Hempstead to engage Judge Rushmore to assist them<br /> in binding or acknowledging their contract on the 27 of this month<br /> Isaac Willets and Mary Cromwell will probably be married this fall as<br /> also Phebe J Powel to a young man by name - Hoyt of NY Matilda has <br /> a nice little girl call her Lydia she is a favourite with them all and<br /> will cheer many a lonely home which Isaac has and will probably even know<br /> [Continues on page 3 with line beginning "as it is"]<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written vertically, upwards]<br /> of Henrys<br /> folks here<br /> as we hear<br /> they were<br /> coming before<br /> Samuel went<br /> I hope<br /> he has<br /> not slipt [sic]<br /> off and<br /> left all <br /> our letters<br /> for they<br /> are not <br /> worth payin^g^<br /> postage<br /> for and<br /> more<br /> dont put<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">North<br /> Hempstead<br /></span>on your <br /> letters<br /> for the <br /> last one<br /> got there<br /> and they<br /> of course<br /> charged<br /> double<br /> postage<br /> and we <br /> hear they <br /> say it was<br /> intended<br /> to go to<br /> the Harbor<br /> but it got<br /> there and<br /> they will<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">repost if<br /></span>glad of it<br /> I <span style="text-decoration:underline;">expect</span><br /> we are<br /> going to see<br /> if Samuel<br /> is gone<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> as it is <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">almost</span> ^quite^ impossible for any one [sic] to fill the place one filled by <br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">his</span> and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">our</span> dear Lydia but may this little L live to be a comfort to them all<br /> But oh what a blank there is, it oft times feels as tho time which general<br /> ly blunts every event had failed to in this case nor do I wish it to<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">o</span> I love<br /> to [reem?] to the past to her generous affection ^to^ all that was lovely and pure<br /> in the human character and which shone so conspicuously through her<br /> whole life and oh how I desire to emulate her virtues but I find that<br /> I am frail and that truly of myself I can do nothing but I did not<br /> intend to pen all that comes up before me on the for you to know full well<br /> my great frailty<br /> Mary Underwood has felt very deeply the death of her sister it was<br /> a severe blow she was on a visit to Shrewsbury when the sad intelig<br /> ence [sic] reached them they had heard of her being comfortable and nothing <br /> of her increased illness untill [sic] her death Mary said she could scarcely <br /> stay so much did she want to go to Rochester altho [sic] she said I know <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">I</span><br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">know</span> it will do no good to go but it felt as tho it would be a sat=<br /> =isfaction and there is the poor little babe what will become of that<br /> she said, And how are they getting along? Mary is approved as a teacher<br /> where she is How very lonely John Searing and Martha Louis must feel<br /> I have felt much for them in their affliction Uncle David continues<br /> to suffer probably your Jericho friends will give particulars he is an<br /> example of patience worth of imitation Elijah’s Cathy has been <br /> very poorly but is now quite comfortable there are a number<br /> of color’d people that are ill round about here and oft times I<br /> contrast when visiting such their want of comfort with our comfort^t^<br /> and see how much we have to be grateful and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">accountabl</span>e for <span style="text-decoration:underline;">too</span><br /> Andre’s Seaman is gone has been ill with consumption a long while<br /> (used to live at uncle James) Joseph Browne has been around having <br /> meetings I could respond to Amys wish that we could have<br /> mingled with you in your conventions it would have been<br /> most gratifing [sic]to have done so We have not had any lecture^s^<br /> here but remain in the same way <span style="text-decoration:underline;">no</span> enquiry <span style="text-decoration:underline;">no</span> interest<br /> in any of the reform movements and I fear some of us<br /> who profess to love the cause are very lukewarm or we mig<br /> =ht possibly see some little effect from our zeal The letter<br /> of Nathaniel Barney in the standard I have hoped would do some<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> good his liberality too shows that he feels that ^it^ is not all profess^ion^<br /> Some are grieved that there is so great a cry for funds in the Stan<br /> hard but what other way is there to get funds Stephen Treadwels [sic]<br /> death you have seen published what a great loss to society ^and to mankind^ I can scarcely<br /> realise the truth that we shall see him no more Charles Marriott too<br /> was very ill the last account we had from him thus it is the faithful^l^<br /> are one after another <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">are</span> called from their works to rewards “Then<br /> let our reflections on death have a weighty immediate influence on<br /> our minds and characters and stimulate us to pursue with alacrity<br /> the path of duty regardless of the opinions of men remembering <br /> that the present is the time for us to labor that in the end there <br /> will be no condemnation<br /> What a sad affair Josiah and Martha Hopper have made of<br /> living together and parting We have not heard particulars but it is<br /> [Continues below with line beginning “bad enough how”]<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, vertical, upwards]<br /> Isaac and Amy Post<br /><br /> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Rochester<br /></span> NY<br /><br /> [Text just below, written upward and curving to the right]<br /> Care of Samuel Willis<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, to the right of above, upside-down ]<br /> Don’t you like N P Rodgers manner<br /> of writing his description of the North<br /> Hampton community I liked and the<br /> conclusion he come to that his sphere<br /> of usefulness was in the world and<br /> how even pleasing the contemplation<br /> of a community living as they do<br /> and how ever much I desire their success<br /> I am unable to see so great advantage<br /> as some contemplate to result from it<br /> but rather think it may finally disappoint<br /> them and in the end prove that individual<br /> action and responsibility is quite as good.<br /> Well how do you get along with Magnetism<br /> it is quite still here, has been a nine <br /> days wonder Do you contemplate visiting <br /> Michigan or have you contended to take <br /> Josephs advice? I think he generally <br /> gives good advice with the salutation<br /> of love to the members of your household<br /> [Jeffries?] . . and to all our fellow labourers [sic]<br /> in the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">cause</span> I am heretofore assured by <br /> your attached Sister Mary<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> bad enough how I regret it the whole family must suffer from it<br /> and surely they had enough to bear before I think Isaac in speaking<br /> of J A Collins course is quite correct and it appears some others <br /> think the same from some remarks published with which I fully<br /> agree it really seemed to me last spring that he felt more interest<br /> in the reform meetings than in the antislavery S H Gay and E Fussils<br /> account of their reception meetings &c are quite animating Fussil’s remar^ks^<br /> of the Friends treatment of H. Clay, is to the point, and ^will^ doubtless shew that<br /> they prefer to honor the politician in preferance [sic] to the philanthropist<br /> Cornelia Mittchel said I find there are a number of different kinds<br /> of abolitionists around here They say <span style="text-decoration:underline;">the</span>y <span style="text-decoration:underline;">are</span>, but you are a new fashioned kind</p>
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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, n.d. Mary writes of the attendance of some liberal ministers at her meeting and tells of an argument about the reputation of George F White, also gives some news about acquaintances.
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text in top margin, written upward] It appears by the Standard that C Marriots is gone to rest how he will be missed I think the NY friends must regret the course they have taken toward him I think their concinces [sic] must become heardened [sic] if they are not condemned How do you like S M Jann^ey^ review in the We hear that Martha Hopper is teaching scho^ol^ in Penn and we also hear that application was made to the Chan =celor [sic] for a certificate of clearance from him which is probably granted I am glad C Colt has found a place of refuge we had heard [Continues in top margin of page 2 with line beginning "she was desirous"] [Text normal] Dearly Beloved Westbury 9 month 14 As our kindsman [sic] Samuel Willis has found it in his heart to visit you I send this Epistle to you greeting wishing above all things that ye may prosper, and be in health, and that ye receive, him, as becometh you, for truly ye have been helpers unto many and unto myself also And touching your last epistle it was very cordial to our feelings as also the one sent to aunt Mary which we had the perusal of and I have desired long ago to have answered ours but giving way to procrastinati^on^ I have felt less and less ability to do it which is ever the case when yielded to so that ye may expect a meager scrawl at this time I have but little that is new that is worth communicating but if you were only here enough to occupy many days Rachel has returned from her visit to the North I have not seen her except at meeting and have heard very little relative to it I inquired of a friend who had seen her what report she made of her visit he said rather significantly the committee thought it best not to say much about that now before Y M. We have heard there was no public opposition that there was a person went to meeting with intention to oppose them but did not, I think it was at Perue [sic] or Ferrisburg one, Abraham Orvis and wife sent in their resignations to the monthly meeting the committee was at I suppose they would like it if we would all of us do it I think there are some would rejoice We have had several strangers at our meetings most of whom have been on the liberal order (though none of them abolitionist) which has been comforting to many who are tired of denunciation Thomas Farrington from Purchace [sic] Qr has been over he was for many years a drunkard finally was enabled to make a stand and is now a recommended minister a real good preacher he was ^when^ at our M Abel Hull too as well as some others After the monthly meeting that T Farrington was here Martha Coles came to me saying see what Truth can do and without signing any pledge ^too^ just look at it she thought by Friends advocating the pledge was doing much harm as it seemed to place more power to reclaim in that than God &c &c after a while George F Whites objectionable sermon was brought up she said what could be better than the most of it why I felt like saying amen to it I told her I had heard [Continues on page 2 with line beginning "she approved"] EDITED TO HERE [Text in top margin, written upwards] she was desirous of doing something for herself she has conducted herself very well while at Purchace [sic] and did not seem concious [sic] of the prejudice that was felt toward her she is quite young not 20 has been im- proving herself in literature while there thanks to L M Child for her benevolent efforts to the poor and the outcast surely the blessing of those ready to finish will rest on her ____ we have been looking for some [Continues in top margin of page 3 with line beginning "of Henrys folks"] [Text normal] she approved that sermon which I could scarcely believe any friend could do Rebecca Hawxhurst stept [sic] up saying I do not wish to take sides with either but just want to tell you what a man said to G F White on taking his hand and expressing with tears his great unity with every sen= tence he had uttered that it was the Truth (a stranger) I told them I had no doubt many would approve such doctrine that I had heard some of the noted rum sellers sayi^ng^ it was the greatest sermon they had ever heard that I believed such doctrine as he held up that time was calculated to do much harm that I had no unity with it whatever that he's advocating war and the right and the justifiableness of taking life in self defence saying " it was truly the first law of nature that a man might kill thousands and not be condemned in his heart" &c after quite a talk we parted with her giving me a caution not to let the OldFellow get in I believe we wrote about this extra specimen of quaker preaching in the time of it our next monthly meetings will be adjourned to accommodate the committee just before the Qr 7 day NY M M 2 day here 3 day at Jericho 4 day morning at Flushing probably they will come en masse there were but few that went to Ferrisburg Rachel M Farringon Ruth Spencer John Powel and Caleb Shepherd think there would be a greater willingness to go to some other places We have just had a visit from Uncle Hen^ry^ Lydia Cornelia nurse and child of a week made this their home Cornelia is expecting Rowland next month Clayton is expected to return before long Cornelia would like to stay to witness the event which they anticipate with so much pleasure she is also pleasing herself with a little prospec^t^ of Minturns selecting from among his numerous acquaintance a Miss King of Albany as a particular friend, Henry Post is to be married on the 11 his girl is a stranger to Henrys friends generally we were at Marys last 3 day evening and John Wood came there it appeared Henry knew he was coming up to be at this meeting and to their house but did not tell of it it was rather embarresing [sic] all around at first, it seemed to ware [sic] off after a while John Titus has been to Hempstead to engage Judge Rushmore to assist them in binding or acknowledging their contract on the 27 of this month Isaac Willets and Mary Cromwell will probably be married this fall as also Phebe J Powel to a young man by name - Hoyt of NY Matilda has a nice little girl call her Lydia she is a favourite with them all and will cheer many a lonely home which Isaac has and will probably even know [Continues on page 3 with line beginning "as it is"] [Text in top margin, written vertically, upwards] of Henrys folks here as we hear they were coming before Samuel went I hope he has not slipt [sic] off and left all our letters for they are not worth payin^g^ postage for and more dont putNorth Hempsteadon your letters for the last one got there and they of course charged double postage and we hear they say it was intended to go to the Harbor but it got there and they willrepost ifglad of it I expect we are going to see if Samuel is gone [Text normal] as it is almost ^quite^ impossible for any one [sic] to fill the place one filled by his and our dear Lydia but may this little L live to be a comfort to them all But oh what a blank there is, it oft times feels as tho time which general ly blunts every event had failed to in this case nor do I wish it too I love to [reem?] to the past to her generous affection ^to^ all that was lovely and pure in the human character and which shone so conspicuously through her whole life and oh how I desire to emulate her virtues but I find that I am frail and that truly of myself I can do nothing but I did not intend to pen all that comes up before me on the for you to know full well my great frailty Mary Underwood has felt very deeply the death of her sister it was a severe blow she was on a visit to Shrewsbury when the sad intelig ence [sic] reached them they had heard of her being comfortable and nothing of her increased illness untill [sic] her death Mary said she could scarcely stay so much did she want to go to Rochester altho [sic] she said I know Iknow it will do no good to go but it felt as tho it would be a sat= =isfaction and there is the poor little babe what will become of that she said, And how are they getting along? Mary is approved as a teacher where she is How very lonely John Searing and Martha Louis must feel I have felt much for them in their affliction Uncle David continues to suffer probably your Jericho friends will give particulars he is an example of patience worth of imitation Elijah's Cathy has been very poorly but is now quite comfortable there are a number of color'd people that are ill round about here and oft times I contrast when visiting such their want of comfort with our comfort^t^ and see how much we have to be grateful and accountable for too Andre's Seaman is gone has been ill with consumption a long while (used to live at uncle James) Joseph Browne has been around having meetings I could respond to Amys wish that we could have mingled with you in your conventions it would have been most gratifing [sic]to have done so We have not had any lecture^s^ here but remain in the same way no enquiry no interest in any of the reform movements and I fear some of us who profess to love the cause are very lukewarm or we mig =ht possibly see some little effect from our zeal The letter of Nathaniel Barney in the standard I have hoped would do some (Page 4) good his liberality too shows that he feels that ^it^ is not all profess^ion^ Some are grieved that there is so great a cry for funds in the Stan hard but what other way is there to get funds Stephen Treadwels [sic] death you have seen published what a great loss to society ^and to mankind^ I can scarcely realise the truth that we shall see him no more Charles Marriott too was very ill the last account we had from him thus it is the faithful^l^ are one after another are called from their works to rewards "Then let our reflections on death have a weighty immediate influence on our minds and characters and stimulate us to pursue with alacrity the path of duty regardless of the opinions of men remembering that the present is the time for us to labor that in the end there will be no condemnation What a sad affair Josiah and Martha Hopper have made of living together and parting We have not heard particulars but it is [Continues below with line beginning "bad enough how"] [Text in center of page, vertical, upwards] Isaac and Amy PostRochester NY [Text just below, written upward and curving to the right] Care of Samuel Willis [Text in center of page, to the right of above, upside-down ] Don't you like N P Rodgers manner of writing his description of the North Hampton community I liked and the conclusion he come to that his sphere of usefulness was in the world and how even pleasing the contemplation of a community living as they do and how ever much I desire their success I am unable to see so great advantage as some contemplate to result from it but rather think it may finally disappoint them and in the end prove that individual action and responsibility is quite as good. Well how do you get along with Magnetism it is quite still here, has been a nine days wonder Do you contemplate visiting Michigan or have you contended to take Josephs advice? I think he generally gives good advice with the salutation of love to the members of your household [Jeffries?] . . and to all our fellow labourers [sic] in the cause I am heretofore assured by your attached Sister Mary [Text normal] bad enough how I regret it the whole family must suffer from it and surely they had enough to bear before I think Isaac in speaking of J A Collins course is quite correct and it appears some others think the same from some remarks published with which I fully agree it really seemed to me last spring that he felt more interest in the reform meetings than in the antislavery S H Gay and E Fussils account of their reception meetings &c are quite animating Fussil's remar^ks^ of the Friends treatment of H. Clay, is to the point, and ^will^ doubtless shew that they prefer to honor the politician in preferance [sic] to the philanthropist Cornelia Mittchel said I find there are a number of different kinds of abolitionists around here They say they are, but you are a new fashioned kind
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> the plan a good one I wish you great success and many readers<br /> Suppose Frederick and family are not with you now but are keeping<br /> house I think you would miss his cheerful countenance and friendly<br /> greeting "at morning at noon and at night"<br /> I said Emma and Esther were engaged I hear now it was a mistake<br /> but they may be soon _ The people met again last night relative to<br /> the adoption of regulations and by laws [sic] of the proposed school it then<br /> appeared William J Cock intends to have the controle [sic] of the house<br /> he is willing I expect to have it for a school but in plain terms he<br /> fears it may be wanted for some other purpose possibly to<br /> inculcate that dangerous doctrine of nonresistance to injuries or<br /> of pleading the cause ^of^ the suffering and the dumb and of those appoin<br /> ted to destruction by the powerful and strong _ What a privelege [sic]<br /> to have the power to exclude all such inovations [sic] if they should attempt<br /> [to?] come among us and disturb our quiet _ Joseph dissented<br /> [obliterated] us have a house belonging to the neighborhood and have the liberty<br /> to use it too But I must stop as there is a chance to send<br /> this to the office now do write oftener I was much<br /> obliged for thy letter and for Amy s too it was so long<br /> since we had seen a line from her for we were at J Willis s<br /> lately cousin M told me something Amy had written relative to her cla=<br /> =irvoyant such things will not do here I don't know why Amy writes so we<br /> are not prepared for it here yet" I told her to [sic] that they might be prepared<br /> do not mention it however Colds are very prevalent except which<br /> pretty healthy with love to the household of relationship<br /> and the workers for reform I am as ever your sister Mary<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /> [Text in center of page, written downward]<br /> 10 North Hempstead<br /> March 9<br /><br /> Isaac Post<br /> Rochester<br /> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">N</span>ew Yor<span style="text-decoration:underline;">k</span></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. the plan a good one I wish you great success and many readers Suppose Frederick and family are not with you now but are keeping house I think you would miss his cheerful countenance and friendly greeting "at morning at noon and at night" I said Emma and Esther were engaged I hear now it was a mistake but they may be soon _ The people met again last night relative to the adoption of regulations and by laws [sic] of the proposed school it then appeared William J Cock intends to have the controle [sic] of the house he is willing I expect to have it for a school but in plain terms he fears it may be wanted for some other purpose possibly to inculcate that dangerous doctrine of nonresistance to injuries or of pleading the cause ^of^ the suffering and the dumb and of those appoin ted to destruction by the powerful and strong _ What a privelege [sic] to have the power to exclude all such inovations [sic] if they should attempt [to?] come among us and disturb our quiet _ Joseph dissented [obliterated] us have a house belonging to the neighborhood and have the liberty to use it too But I must stop as there is a chance to send this to the office now do write oftener I was much obliged for thy letter and for Amy s too it was so long since we had seen a line from her for we were at J Willis s lately cousin M told me something Amy had written relative to her cla= =irvoyant such things will not do here I don't know why Amy writes so we are not prepared for it here yet" I told her to [sic] that they might be prepared do not mention it however Colds are very prevalent except which pretty healthy with love to the household of relationship and the workers for reform I am as ever your sister Mary [Text in center of page, written downward] 10 North Hempstead March 9 Isaac Post RochesterNew York
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 2<sup>nd</sup> Mo<sup>th</sup> 20<sup>th</sup><br /><br /> Dearly Beloved<br /> I have taken up my pen for a <br /> few moments ere our family return from meeting in ackn-<br /> owledgment of brothers [sic] letter which came to hand yesterday <br /> via North Hampton which as usual was truly welcome<br /> the second sheet altho anonymous was read with interest<br /> which might possibly been increased by knowing the name<br /> of the author So much are we the creatures of circumstan [sic]<br /> if that is the right word I mean a great name gives power<br /> force and beauty to a composition which might otherwise<br /> pass with faint praise it may very likely be the most<br /> correct standard to judge all things by their own intrin<br /> = = sic worth without the talismanic signal <br /> It is raining fast and dropping from the caves<br /> forms the bass to the little drops as they patter patter<br /> against the window pane’s [sic] the wind too is sighing like a<br /> a [sic] large aeolian harp the three combined form a beautiful <br /> symphony not unworthy the great composer but there is<br /> one thing necessary to enjoy the performance which is a<br /> comfortable house and good fire both of these I possess<br /> but how sad is the reflection that very many are shivering<br /> and perhaps perishing while I have been listning [sic] rain<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">ng</span> mus^ic^<br /> which from early childhood has possessed a power to calm<br /> many a disquiet feeling and I well remember seasons<br /> long long ago of sweet communing sacred and holy I suppose<br /> I may be charged with egotism and perhaps Justly but the rain<br /> music must be my excuse it prompted the thought and I have<br /> been silly enough to scribble it down<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> Jacob has made us a very agreeable visit which we<br /> have enjoyed greatly if he has enjoyed as much as ourselves he<br /> need not regret his quiet visit among us I am so conscious of the<br /> small attractions we have to make a visit pleasant that it is<br /> peculiarly grateful to be remembered by our friends Jacob has<br /> given our girls an invitation to return home with him which they<br /> have most joyfully accepted it having been for a long time the<br /> most ^ardent^ desire of their hearts to visit you they are uninnitiated [sic]<br /> in the ways of the world therefore hope you will exercise a<br /> watchful care over them restraining when necessary they will<br /> I think receive your council kindly I really dread their absence <br /> it will be so lonely without them but here they come and I<br /> must lay this by for some other time Second day morning<br /> The storm of yesterday which became very severe ceased and<br /> gave promise of a clear day but now thy sky is dark and<br /> snow is falling fast Joseph has gone with milk as the rail<br /> road is washed away in several places so that the cars will<br /> be detained the wind ^has^ done considerable damage too I<br /> beleive [sic] though we have not heard particulars one of the<br /> sheds at the Orthodox meeting house was blown down and other<br /> small buildings in various places but hope nothing serious<br /> there has been such a vast amount of property destroyed <br /> by fire and water this winter as to reduce many from<br /> comfort to indigence so many lives lost too that it seems like<br /> rashness almost to travel on rail roads or in other conveyances <br /> unless from necessity We have seen very little of Edmund and Sarah<br /> they have had colds hope soon to have a longer visit from them<br /><br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> they seem very quietly happy and I rejoice in their union beleiv<br /> ing it the best thing to promote happiness and long may they bless and<br /> be blest in each other I was supprised [sic] to hear thy views of W<br /> H Channing I supposed he was far in advance and thought it<br /> might be a privelege [sic] to hear him give utterance to progressive<br /> views which would incite to higher and holier aims ^without mystery or abstraction^ How very<br /> few there are who live out our highest idea I oftimes [sic] exclaim<br /> in view of it “who shall show forth any good their lives contradicting <br /> their professions and I turn away sorrowful but then I see people with<br /> less pretence [sic] who come nearer the ideal of a true Christian I then<br /> take fresh courage knowing it is a truth that it is not the saying<br /> Lord Lord which will entitle to heaven and happiness but I did<br /> not mean to Sermonise thy remarks on sectairianism [sic] are correct<br /> but I beleive [sic] most of us have some of it and indeed I see no<br /> harm in a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ver</span>y ^<span style="text-decoration:underline;">littl</span>e^ of it according to the deffinition [sic] of Webster but if we<br /> look down on all others with a feeling stand off I am more holy<br /> than thou then it is to be condemned and repudiated by all<br /> lovers of good Suppose you have read Garrisons address<br /> and did not your hearts burn within you as you read his<br /> earnest and truthful words tomorrow night Wendel [sic] Phillips<br /> will speak and I should rejoice to hear him but suppose<br /> I shall be dis appointed [sic] as all will be there and home must be <br /> cared for so I must be content to hear or read a report but<br /> I must leave again as dutys [sic] of a domestic nature are demanding<br /> my attention this is a very poor apology for a letter but as<br /> Jacob and the girls can give all needful inteligence [sic] I will not try<br /> to add to it do let us hear from you soon<br /> affectionately yours Mary<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upward]<br /> Isaac Post<br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Westbury 2nd Moth 20th Dearly Beloved I have taken up my pen for a few moments ere our family return from meeting in ackn- owledgment of brothers [sic] letter which came to hand yesterday via North Hampton which as usual was truly welcome the second sheet altho anonymous was read with interest which might possibly been increased by knowing the name of the author So much are we the creatures of circumstan [sic] if that is the right word I mean a great name gives power force and beauty to a composition which might otherwise pass with faint praise it may very likely be the most correct standard to judge all things by their own intrin = = sic worth without the talismanic signal It is raining fast and dropping from the caves forms the bass to the little drops as they patter patter against the window pane's [sic] the wind too is sighing like a a [sic] large aeolian harp the three combined form a beautiful symphony not unworthy the great composer but there is one thing necessary to enjoy the performance which is a comfortable house and good fire both of these I possess but how sad is the reflection that very many are shivering and perhaps perishing while I have been listning [sic] rainng mus^ic^ which from early childhood has possessed a power to calm many a disquiet feeling and I well remember seasons long long ago of sweet communing sacred and holy I suppose I may be charged with egotism and perhaps Justly but the rain music must be my excuse it prompted the thought and I have been silly enough to scribble it down Jacob has made us a very agreeable visit which we have enjoyed greatly if he has enjoyed as much as ourselves he need not regret his quiet visit among us I am so conscious of the small attractions we have to make a visit pleasant that it is peculiarly grateful to be remembered by our friends Jacob has given our girls an invitation to return home with him which they have most joyfully accepted it having been for a long time the most ^ardent^ desire of their hearts to visit you they are uninnitiated [sic] in the ways of the world therefore hope you will exercise a watchful care over them restraining when necessary they will I think receive your council kindly I really dread their absence it will be so lonely without them but here they come and I must lay this by for some other time Second day morning The storm of yesterday which became very severe ceased and gave promise of a clear day but now thy sky is dark and snow is falling fast Joseph has gone with milk as the rail road is washed away in several places so that the cars will be detained the wind ^has^ done considerable damage too I beleive [sic] though we have not heard particulars one of the sheds at the Orthodox meeting house was blown down and other small buildings in various places but hope nothing serious there has been such a vast amount of property destroyed by fire and water this winter as to reduce many from comfort to indigence so many lives lost too that it seems like rashness almost to travel on rail roads or in other conveyances unless from necessity We have seen very little of Edmund and Sarah they have had colds hope soon to have a longer visit from them they seem very quietly happy and I rejoice in their union beleiv ing it the best thing to promote happiness and long may they bless and be blest in each other I was supprised [sic] to hear thy views of W H Channing I supposed he was far in advance and thought it might be a privelege [sic] to hear him give utterance to progressive views which would incite to higher and holier aims ^without mystery or abstraction^ How very few there are who live out our highest idea I oftimes [sic] exclaim in view of it "who shall show forth any good their lives contradicting their professions and I turn away sorrowful but then I see people with less pretence [sic] who come nearer the ideal of a true Christian I then take fresh courage knowing it is a truth that it is not the saying Lord Lord which will entitle to heaven and happiness but I did not mean to Sermonise thy remarks on sectairianism [sic] are correct but I beleive [sic] most of us have some of it and indeed I see no harm in a very ^little^ of it according to the deffinition [sic] of Webster but if we look down on all others with a feeling stand off I am more holy than thou then it is to be condemned and repudiated by all lovers of good Suppose you have read Garrisons address and did not your hearts burn within you as you read his earnest and truthful words tomorrow night Wendel [sic] Phillips will speak and I should rejoice to hear him but suppose I shall be dis appointed [sic] as all will be there and home must be cared for so I must be content to hear or read a report but I must leave again as dutys [sic] of a domestic nature are demanding my attention this is a very poor apology for a letter but as Jacob and the girls can give all needful inteligence [sic] I will not try to add to it do let us hear from you soon affectionately yours Mary [Text in center of page, written upward] Isaac Post
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Dear Household<br /> I have taken up my pen to acknowledge our indebted<br /> -ness to you for favors recived [sic] but before proceeding further suffer me to offer<br /> you <span style="text-decoration:underline;">all</span> the gratulations [sic] of the season that health prosperity and happiness<br /> may be your individual position and combined render the present a<br /> Happy new Year I am aware the wish if often expressed without much<br /> feeling but I trust this is not the case with me in this instance but<br /> that it proceeds from some generous feeling which would encircle all<br /> with blessings In a retrospect of the past year how many changes<br /> and vicisitudes [sic] have been witnessed how many of the tendrils which<br /> bound us and which have rendered our sojourn bright have been<br /> severed by the Angel of death who throws even <span style="text-decoration:underline;">now</span> with all our<br /> joryous anticipations of the renewed life a deep shadow over<br /> our earthly existence and I suppose it will be a long time before<br /> we can give up any of our dear ones with out deep anguish of spirit<br /> and a fervent wish that this trial may be averted, but with these<br /> feelings I am boud to acknowledge I feel very differently about<br /> these separations and that the revealings robs death very much<br /> of its dread opening a vestibule into a more beautiful mansion<br /> where the spirit may assend [sic] higher and higher in purity and<br /> wisdom There has been much sickness in our border's general<br /> -ly Influenza of Inflamation [sic] on the Lungs Ephraim Hawxhurst<br /> has been very ill as also Aunt Phebe Post Mary P Titus and several<br /> others and many not so dangerously Cousin Phebe Powel has finished<br /> her work on earth and if as we beleive [sic] a well spent life entitle [sic] to a<br /> mansion of bliss then she has entered into it without a doubt. Mary Cock<br /> is also gone hence doubtless you have heard of both long ere this as it has<br /> been some time since Marys corse [sic] was beautiful I never looked on one which<br /> was more so, it appeared like wax work and not like a body from which<br /> the spirit had departed the expression of the countenance was very sweet<br /> a smile seemed to ^be^ impressed on the features which the angel death seemed<br /> willingly to have left there He dared not steal the signet ring of<br /> Heaven" We have quite cold weather (and a little snow you might<br /> call it) but we think enough to make it very uncomfortable it snowed<br /> all day yesterday nd the ground was covered before with snow and ice<br /> [Continues on page 2 with line beginning "so that the"]<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upside down]<br /> I have been looking over What my Jose has written and do not accept<br /> the compliment he has so gratuitously given I wish you were here<br /> to talk aver and enjoy all which is in store for you W and Mary we should<br /> rejoice to welcome in the abounding of sisterly love I must write no more Mary<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> so that the sleighing has been very fine for the last two weeks<br /> which is quite a novelty for us as we have not had our sleigh out in<br /> 2 or 3 winters before Have you seen Garrisons writings we have not and<br /> of course <span style="text-decoration:underline;">I</span> am impatient but suppose we have seen perhaps all of<br /> them Have you read Mr Lords communication in the Liberator<br /> it is rich in absurdity and cant and shows what kind of material some<br /> purists are made of William Farmer too places Frederick and Scoble<br /> in a position which I should not like to occupy I wish ^I^ might be<br /> convinced he is wrong I cannot feel reconciled to have him rema<br /> -in where he now is I looked on him as one of the most consistent<br /> as well as most talented advocates to be found in the reform ranks<br /> and there are so many views which are held in common and on which<br /> I suppose he is united to old organized antislavery that I earnestly hope he<br /> may resume his old stand and gladden the hearts of many of his<br /> old and true friends I feel even now great interest in his welfare<br /> and ^shall^ rejoice to hear of prosperity and happiness attending him my love to<br /> him when you see him What a noble and grand speech that is<br /> of W Phillips on Kossooth and how unkindly Garrison is spoken of by<br /> the papers for speaking of the Abolitionists taking Kossooth to their<br /> bosoms and making a great fuss with him I read them what<br /> Garrison said of him a week or two since and that<br /> gave them to understand the Garrisonites did not follow<br /> ship his subserviency to selfish interests but condemned<br /> him in his present course How few then are who can stand<br /> against the slave power which is crushing the spirit of Liberty<br /> out of humanitys heart unless established on the rock of princ<br /> -iple they fall before they are fully conscious of it. one conces<br /> sion after another leaves them impotent to do aught for<br /> the enslaved and [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">illegible</span>] powerless in the cause of justice and un<br /> -versal freedom Notwithstanding all the discouragements<br /> attendant still there is grate [sic] cause for encourageent esp<br /> -ecially when we take a retrospect of the past and see how<br /> very much has been accomplished by the faithful preaching<br /> of the truth in simplicity and boldness by the few who<br /> [Continues on page 3 with line beginning "have stood against"]<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upside down]<br /> The thermomenter was down to zero this norn which is the first time<br /> we have seen it as low but it has been quite as tedious as it is now<br /> for the sun is shining very bright and makes it look cheerful<br /> and beautiful for ^the^ mantle which covers hill and dale is unsullied and fine<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> have stood against this tremendous wrong immovable as a wall<br /> of adamant until both church and the m<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ighty</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Union</span> have been <br /> shaken to their very foundations but enough We are very much<br /> obliged for communications receved [sic] from the Spirit land and<br /> b<span style="text-decoration:underline;">eleivin</span>g [sic] as we are it remains difficult to realize the reality<br /> of it I feel someitmes the need of my faith being increased<br /> The communication from A Hicks is beautiful let it come from<br /> what source it may and productive of good and an enlargement<br /> of our holier and better natures I dont know but all have that<br /> tendency those I have seen have but the stile [sic] of that is different<br /> and all that hear the different communications acknowledge<br /> a marked difference that from E Hicks they say seems ike<br /> him in stile [sic] C Patridge continues to publish in the<br /> Tribune statements relative to his knowledge in the several ma<br /> -nifestations C Brittain also gives of his experience of the power<br /> expected by himself of impressing persons many miles distant which<br /> are quite as incomprehensible as the vairied [sic] manifestations from<br /> disembodied spirits There is a change perceptible on the part of <br /> very many altho they profess to disbelieve they are anxious to hear<br /> and treat the subject candidly thus it is that little by little o<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ur</span><br /> preconcived [sic] opinions and forays fall before the increased light set before<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">that</span> I can trace in their conduct a type of my own<br /> 20 There our paper is an I must hasten to send it on its way else we<br /> may not hear from you very soon I with the spirits would remind you it<br /> would be well to write to us even tho we did not answer all your letter<br /> we are very glad to have any message from then and wish it might be more<br /> derect to us without troubling Brother to be an amanuensis but until<br /> that time arrives feel to thank <span style="text-decoration:underline;">him</span> for the favor William Crooker<br /> is to be buries to day [sic] Ephraim is very weak call him better<br /> Matilda has been more comfortable for the last few days not as well<br /> taken some cold she has taken on months medicine and before comm<br /> -encing on the second takes a little respite they have prepared some of the<br /> brandy vinegar and salt whih she has taken in the interval and if they<br /> would only give up this Dr they would try the prescription fully I think<br /> they are wavering which to do if the brandy &c should seem to be beneficial<br /> I guess they would like to go into it fully I do not like to encourage too<br /> much Give our united loves to Sarah the boys and William and Mary suppose<br /> Edmund is not in Rochester have not heard from Isaac in several days</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Dear Household I have taken up my pen to acknowledge our indebted -ness to you for favors recived [sic] but before proceeding further suffer me to offer you all the gratulations [sic] of the season that health prosperity and happiness may be your individual position and combined render the present a Happy new Year I am aware the wish if often expressed without much feeling but I trust this is not the case with me in this instance but that it proceeds from some generous feeling which would encircle all with blessings In a retrospect of the past year how many changes and vicisitudes [sic] have been witnessed how many of the tendrils which bound us and which have rendered our sojourn bright have been severed by the Angel of death who throws even now with all our joryous anticipations of the renewed life a deep shadow over our earthly existence and I suppose it will be a long time before we can give up any of our dear ones with out deep anguish of spirit and a fervent wish that this trial may be averted, but with these feelings I am boud to acknowledge I feel very differently about these separations and that the revealings robs death very much of its dread opening a vestibule into a more beautiful mansion where the spirit may assend [sic] higher and higher in purity and wisdom There has been much sickness in our border's general -ly Influenza of Inflamation [sic] on the Lungs Ephraim Hawxhurst has been very ill as also Aunt Phebe Post Mary P Titus and several others and many not so dangerously Cousin Phebe Powel has finished her work on earth and if as we beleive [sic] a well spent life entitle [sic] to a mansion of bliss then she has entered into it without a doubt. Mary Cock is also gone hence doubtless you have heard of both long ere this as it has been some time since Marys corse [sic] was beautiful I never looked on one which was more so, it appeared like wax work and not like a body from which the spirit had departed the expression of the countenance was very sweet a smile seemed to ^be^ impressed on the features which the angel death seemed willingly to have left there He dared not steal the signet ring of Heaven" We have quite cold weather (and a little snow you might call it) but we think enough to make it very uncomfortable it snowed all day yesterday nd the ground was covered before with snow and ice [Continues on page 2 with line beginning "so that the"] [Text in top margin, written upside down] I have been looking over What my Jose has written and do not accept the compliment he has so gratuitously given I wish you were here to talk aver and enjoy all which is in store for you W and Mary we should rejoice to welcome in the abounding of sisterly love I must write no more Mary [Text normal] so that the sleighing has been very fine for the last two weeks which is quite a novelty for us as we have not had our sleigh out in 2 or 3 winters before Have you seen Garrisons writings we have not and of course I am impatient but suppose we have seen perhaps all of them Have you read Mr Lords communication in the Liberator it is rich in absurdity and cant and shows what kind of material some purists are made of William Farmer too places Frederick and Scoble in a position which I should not like to occupy I wish ^I^ might be convinced he is wrong I cannot feel reconciled to have him rema -in where he now is I looked on him as one of the most consistent as well as most talented advocates to be found in the reform ranks and there are so many views which are held in common and on which I suppose he is united to old organized antislavery that I earnestly hope he may resume his old stand and gladden the hearts of many of his old and true friends I feel even now great interest in his welfare and ^shall^ rejoice to hear of prosperity and happiness attending him my love to him when you see him What a noble and grand speech that is of W Phillips on Kossooth and how unkindly Garrison is spoken of by the papers for speaking of the Abolitionists taking Kossooth to their bosoms and making a great fuss with him I read them what Garrison said of him a week or two since and that gave them to understand the Garrisonites did not follow ship his subserviency to selfish interests but condemned him in his present course How few then are who can stand against the slave power which is crushing the spirit of Liberty out of humanitys heart unless established on the rock of princ -iple they fall before they are fully conscious of it. one conces sion after another leaves them impotent to do aught for the enslaved and [illegible] powerless in the cause of justice and un -versal freedom Notwithstanding all the discouragements attendant still there is grate [sic] cause for encourageent esp -ecially when we take a retrospect of the past and see how very much has been accomplished by the faithful preaching of the truth in simplicity and boldness by the few who [Continues on page 3 with line beginning "have stood against"] [Text in top margin, written upside down] The thermomenter was down to zero this norn which is the first time we have seen it as low but it has been quite as tedious as it is now for the sun is shining very bright and makes it look cheerful and beautiful for ^the^ mantle which covers hill and dale is unsullied and fine [Text normal] have stood against this tremendous wrong immovable as a wall of adamant until both church and the mightyUnion have been shaken to their very foundations but enough We are very much obliged for communications receved [sic] from the Spirit land and beleiving [sic] as we are it remains difficult to realize the reality of it I feel someitmes the need of my faith being increased The communication from A Hicks is beautiful let it come from what source it may and productive of good and an enlargement of our holier and better natures I dont know but all have that tendency those I have seen have but the stile [sic] of that is different and all that hear the different communications acknowledge a marked difference that from E Hicks they say seems ike him in stile [sic] C Patridge continues to publish in the Tribune statements relative to his knowledge in the several ma -nifestations C Brittain also gives of his experience of the power expected by himself of impressing persons many miles distant which are quite as incomprehensible as the vairied [sic] manifestations from disembodied spirits There is a change perceptible on the part of very many altho they profess to disbelieve they are anxious to hear and treat the subject candidly thus it is that little by little our preconcived [sic] opinions and forays fall before the increased light set beforethat I can trace in their conduct a type of my own 20 There our paper is an I must hasten to send it on its way else we may not hear from you very soon I with the spirits would remind you it would be well to write to us even tho we did not answer all your letter we are very glad to have any message from then and wish it might be more derect to us without troubling Brother to be an amanuensis but until that time arrives feel to thank him for the favor William Crooker is to be buries to day [sic] Ephraim is very weak call him better Matilda has been more comfortable for the last few days not as well taken some cold she has taken on months medicine and before comm -encing on the second takes a little respite they have prepared some of the brandy vinegar and salt whih she has taken in the interval and if they would only give up this Dr they would try the prescription fully I think they are wavering which to do if the brandy &c should seem to be beneficial I guess they would like to go into it fully I do not like to encourage too much Give our united loves to Sarah the boys and William and Mary suppose Edmund is not in Rochester have not heard from Isaac in several days
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Dear All Westbury 9 month 22<br /> It is really a long time since I have taken<br /> my pen to address my dearly loved brother and sister and also <br /> a long time since we have received a love token from them<br /> but I doubt not it is not from any want of attachment to us but<br /> other cares and entrys[sic] have interposed as in my own case the old <br /> in this way has really been a very busy summer and I begin to<br /> anticipate the quiet enjoyment of the winter but I do not wish<br /> you to think I have not enjoyed the past and present I believe I neve^r^<br /> did more There has been quite a turmoil today to witness the mar<br /> -riage ceremony of Joseph and Annie our girls were among the number<br /> they report it accomplished satisfactorily to the spectators at least<br /> there has been quite an preparation make for the feast tho I believe <br /> the invitations to it are not extended very generally it is a bright<br /> lovely day seldom surpassed for beauty may it be an amen of their<br /> after life they expect to take a dinner at his fathers tomorrow and <br /> at evening take boat for Albany making some visits on their way to <br /> Niagara William accompanies them as far as Scipio he is one of the<br /> committee to visit that Quarterly meeting and its subordinate meetings <br /> I suppose you have been gladdened by the company of Garrison <br /> and Douglass this week I was with you in spirit many many times whi<br /> -le I supposed there with you and rejoiced that you were so highly privelid<br /> -ged [sic] I consider it one of the greatest of favours to mingle with such <br /> pure devoted spirits, how animating ^it is^ to do what little we can <span style="text-decoration:underline;">too</span><br /> “to help the cause along” in view of their abundant labor and self<br /> sacrifice __ I am hoping to have a sketch at least of their doing <br /> and saying while with you Uncle Robert has recently had<br /> [Obliterated] ^2^ fits more severe than they of [??] are he is now rather feeble<br /> Amos and Caroline are there spending a few days I wish they had some<br /> suitable person to be with uncle R it really seems quite necessary to go <br /> with him when he wishes to visit or ride out and be in attendance<br /> nights – Catharine Willis has gone with Margaret Hitch and to Milton <br /> [??] on a visit Aunt Sarah has recoverd [sic] so as to be around her<br /> house Ann and little girl are on a visit to her fathers but Elizabeth<br /> Couklin is there and does her part faithfully as even to both mother and ^brother^<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> 10<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>moth</sup></span> 7<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> after a lapse of many days very contrary to my expectations when <br /> I commenced this sheet it is still unfinished I wished to have sent it off<br /> on the 25 the anniversary of our wedding say but could not Oh how many reminiscences come crowding upon the mind on this happy anniversary (thanks<br /> to my dear brother and sister for their kind advice and encouragement) mine has been<br /> blessed and happy lot altho [sic] in common with others we have been bereaved<br /> of dearly loved and cherished members of our family circle which has left a <br /> vacum [sic] which can never be filled still there are many blessings left us and<br /> much to be grateful for and I wish to cherish the feeling of thankfulness<br /> for them Last first day we were much obliged for them but should<br /> have been glad if sister Amy had found time to have written more however<br /> small favors are thankfully received the same day had a pleasant visit <br /> from John and May the next afternoon I took your letters and went over <br /> to see Elizabeth Mott found her and her little boy alone James had gone <br /> to New York she seems quite comfortable and we enjoyed the afternoon <br /> very much I have seldom been a more welcom [sic] visitor than I seemed to<br /> be to her she said they got along very well _ and I think they probably <br /> would if Ann was only ready to live with her husband how much evil<br /> one can produce by an undiciplined [sic] unprincipled heart and I very much <br /> fear she will not add much enjoyment to the family circle of her husband<br /> this marriage is a lottery after all is it not? unless we all understood <br /> P<span style="text-decoration:underline;">hrenolo</span>gy then their would not be the same dangers of drawing a <br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">blank</span> -and now while on the subject of marriage have you heard<br /> Samuel Keese and Catharine Robinson are contemplating a union for<br /> life it is spoken of as being a fact since their proposal are expected at P M<br /> I feel quite out of the mood of writing so I will lay this aside again<br /> and leave it until Edmand goes – our nice girl has just left us (since <br /> dinner) she wishes to get a situation as nurse for children and I do not <br /> blame her for it she had never been accustomed to work much it appears<br /> there has not been a necessity for it and she might still [live?] without it by<br /> living with a brother in Dublin but his wife does not please her and her parents<br /> are dead so she is in a foreign land working for wages she may possibly<br /> return to us she was very sad on leaving us I am now entirely alone no<br /> one in the house Joseph has gone to Hempstead we went yesterday to see Mary <br /> Frost she was a little smarter for a few days but had altered in a month very mu ^ch^<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> was a bed but sits up considerable occasionally goes down stairs was arguably<br /> cheerful and looks very comfortable adieu when I feel more like it I hope to <br /> finish this sheet Second day) James Moth informed Joseph he anticipates<br /> visiting you so I will try to finish this scrap of odds and ends and said it <br /> by him I have just finished my washing and scrubbing and brought in my<br /> clothes all nice and dry and of course are somewhat tried but I have enjoyed<br /> doing it, all went on just right, no one to interrupt me in either work or<br /> in my reflections which have been as busy as my hands called up by<br /> learning yesterday at meeting of the death of George J White on seventh day<br /> morning at Poughkeepsie he has been ill several weeks his daughter had<br /> been at Poughkeepsie sick he went to visit her was taken ill their and<br /> has ended his eventful pilgrimage he has not preached much in a very<br /> long time said he <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">was</span> ^felt^ as a paid off day laborer which is now looked<br /> on as a prophesy of his end I had hoped he would ^live to^ see his error in relation<br /> to many of his views and make what reparation was in his power but have<br /> not heard of any change there is no one to fill his place <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">on the reartrny</span> ^no one has the^<br /> power he had to say all manner of absurd things and still be the cherished<br /> idol of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">his</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">congregation</span>, alass [sic] for poor humanity, perhaps there may<br /> be a change in the sentiments of friends on many subjects I am aware<br /> there are many who would now do what they could to support them and<br /> I feel a hope springing up <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">that there may be a change</span> the multitude will<br /> not follow quite so blindly any of the would be leaders who remain ____<br /> but amid all these varied thought my sympathy has been deeply excited I <br /> have thought of them as feeling as we should if we were in the same position<br /> of the desolation and sorrow of his immediate family and with it a feeling of<br /> tenderness and love for them has stolen upon me may the guardian angels of ^our^ heavenly father be around about them and lead them to more charity and love<br /> David Prish and wife are here visiting their relatives and had quite a <br /> pleasant visit from them they are very liberal but cling to the sect very<br /> faithfully do not feel it best for them to associate themselves so much<br /> with abolitionists as to attend their meetings (but they do not condemn oth^ers)^<br /> the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">prayers</span> and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">singing</span> ^which^ <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">are</span> sometimes accompany are a great objection <br /> to their minds to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Friends</span> joining ––– I must not forget to tell you<br /> the New York Monthly meeting have commenced their labors of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Love</span><br /> towards their beloved Milton friends they begin by degree’s perhaps <br /> they wish to see what effect it will have before they proceed to more <br /> decided proof of it they have only made certain changed and concluded<br /> it was best to take back what ever commission they meeting had even <br /> given to Nicholas Haller David Sabel and James Frule to preach the gospel. <br /><br /> (page 4)<br /><br /> I expect they will think further evidence of their watchful care neccessa^ry^<br /> ere long Henry and Catharine have returned have not seen either of their<br /> since Samual and Isaac were here said Catharine returned much better<br /> than when she left home that they had a pleasant visit doubtless<br /> many will think more the better of them for making such a visit<br /> they may say in relation to the visit as cousin John said about antislavery<br /> newspaper they have been a great <span style="text-decoration:underline;">hurt</span> to Henry I spoke of uncle<br /> Robert being poorly he remained rather more so than he has been his arm <br /> and hand deo not get well he rides out some we look for their [hire in?]<br /> a day or two Here my poor letter is yet James Mott second day instead<br /> of fourth or fifth as he told Joseph and I am almost tempted not to <br /> send it but as I see no prospect of writing another to you at this time<br /> I conclude. I will state as it is Joseph has just come in and<br /> proposes to go to Henrys so I cannot write any more now and will <br /> take this with us for fear Edmand will leave and this be<br /> left again I wish to write to William and Mary so I <br /><br /> [Text in center of page, written upward]<br /> Isaac Post <br /> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Rochester<br /></span> Care of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">New York</span><br /> James Motts <br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><br /></span>[Text at bottom of page, normal]<br /> will ask you to excuse me affectionately Mary <br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Dear All Westbury 9 month 22 It is really a long time since I have taken my pen to address my dearly loved brother and sister and also a long time since we have received a love token from them but I doubt not it is not from any want of attachment to us but other cares and entrys[sic] have interposed as in my own case the old in this way has really been a very busy summer and I begin to anticipate the quiet enjoyment of the winter but I do not wish you to think I have not enjoyed the past and present I believe I neve^r^ did more There has been quite a turmoil today to witness the mar -riage ceremony of Joseph and Annie our girls were among the number they report it accomplished satisfactorily to the spectators at least there has been quite an preparation make for the feast tho I believe the invitations to it are not extended very generally it is a bright lovely day seldom surpassed for beauty may it be an amen of their after life they expect to take a dinner at his fathers tomorrow and at evening take boat for Albany making some visits on their way to Niagara William accompanies them as far as Scipio he is one of the committee to visit that Quarterly meeting and its subordinate meetings I suppose you have been gladdened by the company of Garrison and Douglass this week I was with you in spirit many many times whi -le I supposed there with you and rejoiced that you were so highly privelid -ged [sic] I consider it one of the greatest of favours to mingle with such pure devoted spirits, how animating ^it is^ to do what little we can too "to help the cause along" in view of their abundant labor and self sacrifice __ I am hoping to have a sketch at least of their doing and saying while with you Uncle Robert has recently had [Obliterated] ^2^ fits more severe than they of [??] are he is now rather feeble Amos and Caroline are there spending a few days I wish they had some suitable person to be with uncle R it really seems quite necessary to go with him when he wishes to visit or ride out and be in attendance nights - Catharine Willis has gone with Margaret Hitch and to Milton [??] on a visit Aunt Sarah has recoverd [sic] so as to be around her house Ann and little girl are on a visit to her fathers but Elizabeth Couklin is there and does her part faithfully as even to both mother and ^brother^ 10moth 7th after a lapse of many days very contrary to my expectations when I commenced this sheet it is still unfinished I wished to have sent it off on the 25 the anniversary of our wedding say but could not Oh how many reminiscences come crowding upon the mind on this happy anniversary (thanks to my dear brother and sister for their kind advice and encouragement) mine has been blessed and happy lot altho [sic] in common with others we have been bereaved of dearly loved and cherished members of our family circle which has left a vacum [sic] which can never be filled still there are many blessings left us and much to be grateful for and I wish to cherish the feeling of thankfulness for them Last first day we were much obliged for them but should have been glad if sister Amy had found time to have written more however small favors are thankfully received the same day had a pleasant visit from John and May the next afternoon I took your letters and went over to see Elizabeth Mott found her and her little boy alone James had gone to New York she seems quite comfortable and we enjoyed the afternoon very much I have seldom been a more welcom [sic] visitor than I seemed to be to her she said they got along very well _ and I think they probably would if Ann was only ready to live with her husband how much evil one can produce by an undiciplined [sic] unprincipled heart and I very much fear she will not add much enjoyment to the family circle of her husband this marriage is a lottery after all is it not? unless we all understood Phrenology then their would not be the same dangers of drawing a blank -and now while on the subject of marriage have you heard Samuel Keese and Catharine Robinson are contemplating a union for life it is spoken of as being a fact since their proposal are expected at P M I feel quite out of the mood of writing so I will lay this aside again and leave it until Edmand goes - our nice girl has just left us (since dinner) she wishes to get a situation as nurse for children and I do not blame her for it she had never been accustomed to work much it appears there has not been a necessity for it and she might still [live?] without it by living with a brother in Dublin but his wife does not please her and her parents are dead so she is in a foreign land working for wages she may possibly return to us she was very sad on leaving us I am now entirely alone no one in the house Joseph has gone to Hempstead we went yesterday to see Mary Frost she was a little smarter for a few days but had altered in a month very mu ^ch^ was a bed but sits up considerable occasionally goes down stairs was arguably cheerful and looks very comfortable adieu when I feel more like it I hope to finish this sheet Second day) James Moth informed Joseph he anticipates visiting you so I will try to finish this scrap of odds and ends and said it by him I have just finished my washing and scrubbing and brought in my clothes all nice and dry and of course are somewhat tried but I have enjoyed doing it, all went on just right, no one to interrupt me in either work or in my reflections which have been as busy as my hands called up by learning yesterday at meeting of the death of George J White on seventh day morning at Poughkeepsie he has been ill several weeks his daughter had been at Poughkeepsie sick he went to visit her was taken ill their and has ended his eventful pilgrimage he has not preached much in a very long time said he was ^felt^ as a paid off day laborer which is now looked on as a prophesy of his end I had hoped he would ^live to^ see his error in relation to many of his views and make what reparation was in his power but have not heard of any change there is no one to fill his place on the reartrny ^no one has the^ power he had to say all manner of absurd things and still be the cherished idol of hiscongregation, alass [sic] for poor humanity, perhaps there may be a change in the sentiments of friends on many subjects I am aware there are many who would now do what they could to support them and I feel a hope springing up that there may be a change the multitude will not follow quite so blindly any of the would be leaders who remain ____ but amid all these varied thought my sympathy has been deeply excited I have thought of them as feeling as we should if we were in the same position of the desolation and sorrow of his immediate family and with it a feeling of tenderness and love for them has stolen upon me may the guardian angels of ^our^ heavenly father be around about them and lead them to more charity and love David Prish and wife are here visiting their relatives and had quite a pleasant visit from them they are very liberal but cling to the sect very faithfully do not feel it best for them to associate themselves so much with abolitionists as to attend their meetings (but they do not condemn oth^ers)^ the prayers and singing ^which^ are sometimes accompany are a great objection to their minds to Friends joining --- I must not forget to tell you the New York Monthly meeting have commenced their labors of Love towards their beloved Milton friends they begin by degree's perhaps they wish to see what effect it will have before they proceed to more decided proof of it they have only made certain changed and concluded it was best to take back what ever commission they meeting had even given to Nicholas Haller David Sabel and James Frule to preach the gospel. (page 4) I expect they will think further evidence of their watchful care neccessa^ry^ ere long Henry and Catharine have returned have not seen either of their since Samual and Isaac were here said Catharine returned much better than when she left home that they had a pleasant visit doubtless many will think more the better of them for making such a visit they may say in relation to the visit as cousin John said about antislavery newspaper they have been a great hurt to Henry I spoke of uncle Robert being poorly he remained rather more so than he has been his arm and hand deo not get well he rides out some we look for their [hire in?] a day or two Here my poor letter is yet James Mott second day instead of fourth or fifth as he told Joseph and I am almost tempted not to send it but as I see no prospect of writing another to you at this time I conclude. I will state as it is Joseph has just come in and proposes to go to Henrys so I cannot write any more now and will take this with us for fear Edmand will leave and this be left again I wish to write to William and Mary so I [Text in center of page, written upward] Isaac Post Rochester Care of New York James Motts [Text at bottom of page, normal] will ask you to excuse me affectionately Mary
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br />[Text in top margin, written upwards]<br />I have prevaild [sic]<br />on Joseph to<br />write some<br />so I feel<br />excused<br />thereby with<br />love to all<br />I am yours<br />Mary<br />has B Fish<br />gone to<br />California<br />we have<br />been readin [sic]<br />your letters<br />to day<br />and feel<br />quite oblige [sic]<br />for the<br />favor Amy<br />mentioned<br />many thing [sic]<br />both new<br />and int-<br />-eresting<br />to us<br /><br />[Text normal] <br /> Westbury 6 mo<sup>th</sup> 5 First day<br /> Dear Isaac & Amy<br /> We yesterday received brothers letter which came to<br />hand very quickly and was truly welcom [sic] which he might have known<br />would have been the case without any assurance from any one, and<br />I am pleased with his resolution to write altho he felt at the com=<br />=mencement that he had nothing particularly interesting to commun<br />=icate, his success in finding abundant material for a<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">n</span> letter will<br />I trust incite him to a continued series <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">of letters</span> even under some<br />discouragement _ I am at present in just such a position I would<br />like very much "to say something of value and interest" ^<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">and</span>^ but am encou<br />=raged by Isaac and if I succeed as well shall not be sorry<br /> The <span style="text-decoration: underline;">da</span>y and w<span style="text-decoration: underline;">eat</span>her generally come in among the first subjects <br />to be treated on well it is a beautiful quiet morning Joseph and<br />girls have gone where we have been wont to go for many years on<br />the same day and time but I am less punctual in the observa<br />-nce than formerly and ^I now^ enjoy in solitude much more frequently<br />than at the house where so little true freedom is felt__ I love<br />more and more to worship in the great temple of nature where free<br />and untrameled [sic] by sect I can worship the great Author and pour<br />out my oblation of prayr [sic] and praise for the inestimable gifts con<br />=ferred then too I have felt there was indeed no teaching like the<br />teaching of the Spirit perhaps I might like to attend <span style="text-decoration: underline;">some<br /></span>of your meetings I think I should like very much to listen to Fred<br />in my <span style="text-decoration: underline;">great</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">templ</span>ebut doubt very much whether I should wait<br />to hear all your speakers _ as I have never heard them all perhaps<br />I had better not decide who I would not like Isaac wished we<br />would write immediately and say when you might expect us I<br />am really sorry I cannot name the time but I feel a hope that<br />we may do so possibly next year or the year after but as it is in<br /><br /><br /><br /></p>
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the dim future and only discernable [sic] by the eye of faith will not go mu^ch^
beyond the hope as before expressed _ in the meantime we expect sundry
visits from yourselves and very much regret Isaac did not come on
as we hear he expected to do _ now dont be discouraged try again
and I hope thee will accomplish what we all so much desire I will
promise to make all things as pleasant as ^is^ in my power _ so do do
come we would dearly love to greet thee and cant the boys come too _ we
are on the look out _ I wrote perhaps six week it may be longer
and requested or thought I did so for you to pay 2$ for the North
Star for Stephen Rushmore and charge that amount to Josephs act
the paper has not come please do so now Since which I wrote
relative to Edmund Willets paper and requested a similar favor
that one dollar should be paid and placed to the same account
Abraham Hicks has been quite feeble ever since Y M had slight
chills and some fever about three weeks ago he had several turns
of raising blood the Dr spoke very discouragingly Abraham and
mother were also discouraged and it seemed a doubtful case with
so weak constitution to withstand all the demands of leeches medic
=ine and very slight nourishment without becoming very weak
and I feared he would sink under them but he is improving _ in my
great zeal for cold water I very much desired them to apply it to
his chest instead of using leeches _ Rachel smiled incredulously as I
tried to impress the advantages over their system Ephraim Baker
[Asaw?] son deceased some time ago been sick a long time a sore bereave
ment he was their hope Rachel was at the funeral and preached
her favourite doctrine that “it was the Lords doings and it was
wrong in any to look for a cause for he has his ways in the deep
and his judgments are past finding out and very much in the same
line _ how sorry I should be to have such an idea of the great Suprem^e^
that he afflicts and deprives ^us^ of our family and friends for the good of
(Page 3)
or in other words brings sore trouble upon them solely to make them more obed
-ient _ I think sometimes if people understood themselves fully both phre-
-nologically and physiologically their revelations would be very very
different from those they now receive and it seems to me as tho
a person was scarcely qualified to speak intelligently without first
knowing themselves Afternoon we are all at home and at
present have no company which which ^is not^ a very common occurrence but
have had some Cynthia has gone to Townsend Rushmors [sic] since
meeting we continue to like her very much think her a very superior
teacher hope we can keep her a long time she is also a pleasant
and agreeable companion which adds very much to our enjoyment
Yesterday went to brother Williams (he is poorly with the
dysentery) and seldom have I enjoyed a ride and scenery more than
I did the fore part of the way home it as a little before suns^et^
and far off was a dark cloud slowly rising with occasional flashes
of lightning which betokened a shower in the distance many
sloops of various sizes sailing swiftly along and nearer several
were coming up the harbor some already had arrived at th[eir]
destination and as we rode slowly along the waters edge [we?]
traced the beautiful undulation of the bank on each side and
the many improvements made by man the and splendid man
-sion with all which ^that^ wealth can add to the neat little white
cottages with vines and flowers and almost hidden from view
by trees formed a beautiful view and I reveled in it—
but the ride after leaving Roslyn so as of a different chara
cter we were in a form wagon a part of a load of things
from the boat dark and rainy - variety is said to be the
spice of life The rain ceased and it is dusty again
to day Am very glad the cholera does not make such
ravages in Rochester as it has in some other citys [sic] how strange
(Page 4)
that people do not leave the regular Dr and apply to those
more successful this trying experiments is too bad - in the
New York papers people have been abundantly cautioned aga
-inst using quack medicines_ Clayton Newbold and family
also Aunt Mary and girls are boarding at Glen Cove they came
up to Westbury last first day afternoon made us a visit and
Uncle Johns the Dr was with them _ they are very much as
before inquired after you and said Lydia Whysbury went home
^in company^ with a colored man from Boston didnt she _ I suppose they tho
-ught that a bad thing to be seen travelling with a Colored person
I was right glad to hear Frederic [sic] had got home again I feared
his heart would not be sufficient to go on even though he recovered
[Continues at bottom of page with line beginning "at this warm"]
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No Hempstead
Aug 6
10
Isaac. Post.
Rochester.
N.Y.
[Text halfway down the page against right margin, written downward]
we have been waiting to go to the beach
for Elias and Rhoda but they come not
I think we shall go soon Amy Shotwell
has a little boy
[Text at bottom of the page, upside down]
at this warm season wish he could feel it in his heart and
to be best for him to come and labor on our hard soil should
like to have him to run away from care and labor and get
into our quiet with us awhile that he could renew his stren
-gth for the conflict love to him and tell him a welcom [sic] is
in reserve for him come when he may I was greatly supprised [sic]
to hear Garnet was going and as an advocate of free produce
Frederics [sic] strictures were [just?] as to him my opinion any paper so [illegible]
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Dearly Beloved Westbury 6 month 15<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th<br /></sup></span><sup> </sup>I have retired for a few moments from<br /> the business and care's of the morning to hold a few min-<br /> utes converse with you not that any thing presents which<br /> is interesting to note down but simply to commence a sheet<br /> and as my last was written in such a hurry not time to<br /> look over it and not even to sign it I do not remember<br /> much what I wrote so if I chance to write the same you<br /> must attribute it to this cause and not to any importance of the<br /> subject Brother's love token was duly received [sic] and appreciated and<br /> many thanks to <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">t</span>him for it as it was a long time since we had rece-<br /> ived [sic] a line from his pen _ he says he was disappointed in not viewing<br /> an account of our Aniversary [sic] meeting which I as [was] fully expected to<br /> do but it was deferred from time to time then a brief report of it<br /> in the paper's and the fact of Henry Bush's being there and the prob<br /> ability was he had filled up the deficiency of the reports you had<br /> had made me feel like not saying much in that hastily written<br /> scrawl suffice it to say it was the most deeply interesting one we<br /> ever attended there as great unanimity of feeling and a solemn<br /> -ity pervaded every mind (except some rowdies might not) in contempl<br /> -ating the present state of the country and the position the society<br /> was bound to adapt to carry out their convictions of the right altho<br /> it probably would lead to much suffering yet in view of all this<br /> there was a spirit of self sacrifice and devotion worthy the cause<br /> yes a willingness to suffer all things if need be for the Truth<br /> I felt truly it was good to be there and I think it left an im-<br /> pression on many minds which cannot be effaced I mean not abolition^ists^<br /> the cause is onward for truth is mighty and will prevail The notice<br /> of the yearly meeting of orthodox Friends in the last week's standard is char<br /> acteristic and might with as much force be applied to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">our</span> side friends<br /> It occurred to me very forcibly the little while I was at the yearly M<br /> what great good is done by coming so great distance; to be sure the quri^es^ [sic]<br /> were read and answered as also Epistles yet in the replys [sic] not one word on<br /> the great and crying sin's of the age war, intemperance and slavery<br /> _ much was said on our being the favoured people of the Highest<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> whether we really deserve <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">as much as is said</span> the title of the<br /> chosen I leave but it seems to me we are weighed in the balan^c^e<br /> and found wanting in the weightier matters justice, money, and<br /> truth. There is a short sentence in the notes which pleased me<br /> "Let them ask themselves whether God requires a people of high professions<br /> a people favoured of Heaven literally to keep in the quest"<br /> We too have been very much pleased win reading George Thompsons<br /> ^of our English and American friends in Britain^<br /> speeches and in all the doings, and my heart responded to the<br /> tribute He bore to the noble and uncompromising Garrison<br /> that a few begin to appreciate him is cheering and so long as he<br /> remains true to principle and is faithful in rebuking sin<br /> in high places I think there is little danger of his being "<span style="text-decoration:underline;">elated</span>"<br /> even tho he is eulogized by a few, for the majority are prepared<br /> to condemn and hiss him and probably will do it but [positively?]<br /> will do him justice Suppose John and Mary will make you<br /> a good visit I was glad to hear they had gone I hope they will en-<br /> joy it a much as we did a year a ago Ah one short year how<br /> little we thought would number the most gifted one ^of our number^ with the silent<br /> dead her removal has left a great blank which cannot be filled we feel<br /> lonely in the fullest sense of the word and how often do we feel the<br /> need of her sympathy and council in the various trials and dif-<br /> -ficulties by which we are surrounded in five years how many of<br /> our loved one's have gone home [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">four?]</span> ^I^ have missed mother this summer<br /> very much, more than I could think so long time has elapsed since<br /> her removal from us and dear cousin William too and our beloved<br /> sister Lydia all have left a vacum [sic] which cannot again be filled<br /> but they have each gone to their reward which is I doubt not perfec^t^<br /> in happiness 7 month 6 thus far I wrote some weeks since little<br /> thinking when I was called off so long time would pass ever it<br /> was on its way and still less of the tidings it is destined to<br /> bear you afflictive indeed and painful as it even is to my feel<br /> -ings to be the first to communicate such inteligence [sic] yet in<br /> complyance [sic] to the request of Aunt Mary I resume my pen<br /> James and Elizabeth Mott are suddenly bereft of their little dar-<br /> -ling Amy Ann which has fallen havily [sic] indeed upon them</p>
<p>(Page 3)<br /><br /> still they are sustained in a remarkable degree and bear with chr-<br /> -istian fortitude the blow which has fallen so heavily upon them<br /> on the 4 she went to the factory with one of the boys (they liked to<br /> have her there) after being out a little while Elizabeth saw her stand<br /> ing on the steps of the dove and soon took her bonnet and went<br /> ^and not seeing her^<br /> out <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">for her</span> inquired for her they said she had just gone out they<br /> all ran out to look for her E looked in the pond but did not see her<br /> ran to the dye house some in other places Elizabeth and a man<br /> went to the pond again and then they discovered her near the<br /> middle of it but the vital spark had flew they tried what they<br /> could to reanimate her little form but all their efforts were una<br /> vailing they sent for the doctor and he tried with all his skill Jamie<br /> had gone to Carle Place for Ann and met the messenger with the sad#<br /> [Continues below with line beginning “#news Elizabeth thinks]<br /><br /> [Text in middle third of the page, vertical, upwards]<br /> and he thinks Margaret will not be more<br /> poorly and hopes Marthas fever will<br /> be broke soon they were more comfortable<br /> yesterday— Mother too is very feeble more<br /> so this summer than ever and the want<br /> of suitable help adds thereto they have<br /> tried to get so[me?]one but it really seems<br /> impossible to [get?] <span style="text-decoration:underline;">any thi</span>ngWilliam<br /> Ketcham rode much to find some one to<br /> assist them but did not succeed in getting<br /> any body - When I left this little space<br /> I thought it was the outside and wrote<br /> accordingly and I did not see any better<br /> way than to do as I have May Lewis<br /> is an invalid too she is under the care<br /> of Dr Vandevere of Flat Bush go once a<br /> week to see him she has been very mis-<br /> -erable a long time he thinks he can help<br /> her and she is some better so bettween [sic]<br /> all the invalids I felnd I have as much<br /> as I can get along with to take some<br /> care of my family and a little of my<br /> self (I have not been well this summer)<br /> and a little of them to fill all my<br /> time I thought I would take this<br /> to the store and see Mary this evening<br /> it is now 3<sup>rd</sup> day and the mail for tomor<br /> row goes to the rail road to night so<br /> I must leave much unsaid for two<br /> reasons want of time and paper<br /> why is the world do not Sarah W<br /> and Mary and Edmund and Julia write<br /> us a letter now and then I am aware<br /> they would get very little in return<br /> therefor [sic] but the consciousness of giving<br /> pleasure to Friends who love them might<br /> be almost enough [in?] itself – our love to<br /> all our relative[s a?]nd friends who<br /> care to have it[ from?]us and Rhoda too<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> #news Elisabeth thinks she had probably gone down when she first<br /> looked in the pond—she had gone with the boys sometimes to see them<br /> sail their little boats and they think likely she went near the edge<br /> and slipped in as the ground was wet there having been much wet wea<br /> ther for several days we did not hear of it until morning it occured [sic]<br /> about 6 in the afternoon I went up and spent the forepart of<br /> the day with them and felt then as well as at many other<br /> times the truth of that passage of scripture "It is better to go to the<br /> house of mourning than to that of feasting &c" and also that I was more<br /> in the way of my duty than to have gone with others to our accosto-<br /> med [sic] place of worship the funeral took place this afternoon<br /> at 3 oclock had a long meeting Rachel broke the silence and</p>
<p>(Page 4)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written vertically upwards]<br /> Lydia<br /> Willets<br /> has a son<br /> Amelia<br /> Willets<br /> is engaged<br /> to Edward<br /> Merrit son<br /> of Nathaniel<br /> very pleasing<br /> they are<br /> coming to<br /> Westbury<br /> soon<br /> Samuel<br /> Catharine<br /> and Isaac<br /> spent the<br /> 4<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span><sup> </sup>with<br /> us are<br /> well as<br /> usual<br /> Catharine<br /> and Isaac<br /> have been<br /> to N Y a<br /> few days<br /> [Hygram?]<br /> pills have<br /> made I<br /> was well<br /> as he was<br /> last fall<br /> they ap<br /> -pear to<br /> be the<br /> pancea [sic]<br /> for him<br /> Farewell Mary<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> this passage Think not in your heart the men on whom the<br /> tower of Siloam fell were sinners alone others I tell you may<br /> but on the contrary if there was any partiality in the Divine Being<br /> which she did not believe there was it was those who were most<br /> deeply afflicted and had the greatest share of bereavements and<br /> spoke of Job's many trials and provings and his acknowledgeme [sic]<br /> that it was good for him that he was so proved wished them<br /> to improve thereby and to remember there was a an Omnicient [sic]<br /> omnipresent God that he had permitted this sore trial to come up<br /> on them that they could not reflect on themselves for want of care<br /> and &c &c and desired they might in sincerity adopt this language<br /> the Lord has given and the Lord has taken away blessed be his name<br /> I do not know how it felt to them but I am not a believer that<br /><br /> [Text aligned vertically across center of Page 4]<br /><br /> 5<sup>th</sup> North Hempsted<br /><br /> Isaac Post<br /> <br /> Rochester<br /> NY<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> trials and afflictions are the necessary attendants upon sanctified spirit<br /> or are the medium by and through which souls are purified and brought<br /> nearer to Divine communion They may be instrumentalities but are<br /> not necessarily so John Plummer followed in a long doctrinal service<br /> explaining his Belief also his views of the old testament among other<br /> things of Abraham and of his offering his son that once he could<br /> not believe it was ever required of him but he had by much reflec<br /> tion and the light made manifest became convinced he said many<br /> truths and considerable I could not approve then Rachel Wain-<br /> wright in a short communication I intend going over in a day or<br /> two to see them if you were here to sympathise [sic] with them it<br /> would be grateful indeed uncle and aunt Kirby came first day and<br /> returned ^home^ after the funeral they are all well - - -<br /> Margaret and Martha are quite sick and been so Margaret a week<br /> Martha not as long probably in part caused by own exertion Lucretia<br /> Sherman who is in very poor health and very nervous had been there a<br /> week also her child and her sister Lucretia required nursing and she<br /> liked to have Margaret do for her which she did faithfully as long as<br /> she could she was taken with a child followed by fever in a few<br /> days Martha S was attacked similarly John went for a Thompsonian Dr<br /> [Continues on Page 3 with line beginning “and he thinks”]<br /><br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Dearly Beloved Westbury 6 month 15thI have retired for a few moments from the business and care's of the morning to hold a few min- utes converse with you not that any thing presents which is interesting to note down but simply to commence a sheet and as my last was written in such a hurry not time to look over it and not even to sign it I do not remember much what I wrote so if I chance to write the same you must attribute it to this cause and not to any importance of the subject Brother's love token was duly received [sic] and appreciated and many thanks to thim for it as it was a long time since we had rece- ived [sic] a line from his pen _ he says he was disappointed in not viewing an account of our Aniversary [sic] meeting which I as [was] fully expected to do but it was deferred from time to time then a brief report of it in the paper's and the fact of Henry Bush's being there and the prob ability was he had filled up the deficiency of the reports you had had made me feel like not saying much in that hastily written scrawl suffice it to say it was the most deeply interesting one we ever attended there as great unanimity of feeling and a solemn -ity pervaded every mind (except some rowdies might not) in contempl -ating the present state of the country and the position the society was bound to adapt to carry out their convictions of the right altho it probably would lead to much suffering yet in view of all this there was a spirit of self sacrifice and devotion worthy the cause yes a willingness to suffer all things if need be for the Truth I felt truly it was good to be there and I think it left an im- pression on many minds which cannot be effaced I mean not abolition^ists^ the cause is onward for truth is mighty and will prevail The notice of the yearly meeting of orthodox Friends in the last week's standard is char acteristic and might with as much force be applied to our side friends It occurred to me very forcibly the little while I was at the yearly M what great good is done by coming so great distance; to be sure the quri^es^ [sic] were read and answered as also Epistles yet in the replys [sic] not one word on the great and crying sin's of the age war, intemperance and slavery _ much was said on our being the favoured people of the Highest whether we really deserve as much as is said the title of the chosen I leave but it seems to me we are weighed in the balan^c^e and found wanting in the weightier matters justice, money, and truth. There is a short sentence in the notes which pleased me "Let them ask themselves whether God requires a people of high professions a people favoured of Heaven literally to keep in the quest" We too have been very much pleased win reading George Thompsons ^of our English and American friends in Britain^ speeches and in all the doings, and my heart responded to the tribute He bore to the noble and uncompromising Garrison that a few begin to appreciate him is cheering and so long as he remains true to principle and is faithful in rebuking sin in high places I think there is little danger of his being "elated" even tho he is eulogized by a few, for the majority are prepared to condemn and hiss him and probably will do it but [positively?] will do him justice Suppose John and Mary will make you a good visit I was glad to hear they had gone I hope they will en- joy it a much as we did a year a ago Ah one short year how little we thought would number the most gifted one ^of our number^ with the silent dead her removal has left a great blank which cannot be filled we feel lonely in the fullest sense of the word and how often do we feel the need of her sympathy and council in the various trials and dif- -ficulties by which we are surrounded in five years how many of our loved one's have gone home [four?] ^I^ have missed mother this summer very much, more than I could think so long time has elapsed since her removal from us and dear cousin William too and our beloved sister Lydia all have left a vacum [sic] which cannot again be filled but they have each gone to their reward which is I doubt not perfec^t^ in happiness 7 month 6 thus far I wrote some weeks since little thinking when I was called off so long time would pass ever it was on its way and still less of the tidings it is destined to bear you afflictive indeed and painful as it even is to my feel -ings to be the first to communicate such inteligence [sic] yet in complyance [sic] to the request of Aunt Mary I resume my pen James and Elizabeth Mott are suddenly bereft of their little dar- -ling Amy Ann which has fallen havily [sic] indeed upon them still they are sustained in a remarkable degree and bear with chr- -istian fortitude the blow which has fallen so heavily upon them on the 4 she went to the factory with one of the boys (they liked to have her there) after being out a little while Elizabeth saw her stand ing on the steps of the dove and soon took her bonnet and went ^and not seeing her^ out for her inquired for her they said she had just gone out they all ran out to look for her E looked in the pond but did not see her ran to the dye house some in other places Elizabeth and a man went to the pond again and then they discovered her near the middle of it but the vital spark had flew they tried what they could to reanimate her little form but all their efforts were una vailing they sent for the doctor and he tried with all his skill Jamie had gone to Carle Place for Ann and met the messenger with the sad# [Continues below with line beginning "#news Elizabeth thinks] [Text in middle third of the page, vertical, upwards] and he thinks Margaret will not be more poorly and hopes Marthas fever will be broke soon they were more comfortable yesterday-- Mother too is very feeble more so this summer than ever and the want of suitable help adds thereto they have tried to get so[me?]one but it really seems impossible to [get?] any thingWilliam Ketcham rode much to find some one to assist them but did not succeed in getting any body - When I left this little space I thought it was the outside and wrote accordingly and I did not see any better way than to do as I have May Lewis is an invalid too she is under the care of Dr Vandevere of Flat Bush go once a week to see him she has been very mis- -erable a long time he thinks he can help her and she is some better so bettween [sic] all the invalids I felnd I have as much as I can get along with to take some care of my family and a little of my self (I have not been well this summer) and a little of them to fill all my time I thought I would take this to the store and see Mary this evening it is now 3rd day and the mail for tomor row goes to the rail road to night so I must leave much unsaid for two reasons want of time and paper why is the world do not Sarah W and Mary and Edmund and Julia write us a letter now and then I am aware they would get very little in return therefor [sic] but the consciousness of giving pleasure to Friends who love them might be almost enough [in?] itself - our love to all our relative[s a?]nd friends who care to have it[ from?]us and Rhoda too [Text normal] #news Elisabeth thinks she had probably gone down when she first looked in the pond--she had gone with the boys sometimes to see them sail their little boats and they think likely she went near the edge and slipped in as the ground was wet there having been much wet wea ther for several days we did not hear of it until morning it occured [sic] about 6 in the afternoon I went up and spent the forepart of the day with them and felt then as well as at many other times the truth of that passage of scripture "It is better to go to the house of mourning than to that of feasting &c" and also that I was more in the way of my duty than to have gone with others to our accosto- med [sic] place of worship the funeral took place this afternoon at 3 oclock had a long meeting Rachel broke the silence and(Page 4) [Text in top margin, written vertically upwards] Lydia Willets has a son Amelia Willets is engaged to Edward Merrit son of Nathaniel very pleasing they are coming to Westbury soon Samuel Catharine and Isaac spent the 4thwith us are well as usual Catharine and Isaac have been to N Y a few days [Hygram?] pills have made I was well as he was last fall they ap -pear to be the pancea [sic] for him Farewell Mary [Text normal] this passage Think not in your heart the men on whom the tower of Siloam fell were sinners alone others I tell you may but on the contrary if there was any partiality in the Divine Being which she did not believe there was it was those who were most deeply afflicted and had the greatest share of bereavements and spoke of Job's many trials and provings and his acknowledgeme [sic] that it was good for him that he was so proved wished them to improve thereby and to remember there was a an Omnicient [sic] omnipresent God that he had permitted this sore trial to come up on them that they could not reflect on themselves for want of care and &c &c and desired they might in sincerity adopt this language the Lord has given and the Lord has taken away blessed be his name I do not know how it felt to them but I am not a believer that [Text aligned vertically across center of Page 4] 5th North Hempsted Isaac Post Rochester NY [Text normal] trials and afflictions are the necessary attendants upon sanctified spirit or are the medium by and through which souls are purified and brought nearer to Divine communion They may be instrumentalities but are not necessarily so John Plummer followed in a long doctrinal service explaining his Belief also his views of the old testament among other things of Abraham and of his offering his son that once he could not believe it was ever required of him but he had by much reflec tion and the light made manifest became convinced he said many truths and considerable I could not approve then Rachel Wain- wright in a short communication I intend going over in a day or two to see them if you were here to sympathise [sic] with them it would be grateful indeed uncle and aunt Kirby came first day and returned ^home^ after the funeral they are all well - - - Margaret and Martha are quite sick and been so Margaret a week Martha not as long probably in part caused by own exertion Lucretia Sherman who is in very poor health and very nervous had been there a week also her child and her sister Lucretia required nursing and she liked to have Margaret do for her which she did faithfully as long as she could she was taken with a child followed by fever in a few days Martha S was attacked similarly John went for a Thompsonian Dr [Continues on Page 3 with line beginning "and he thinks"]
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 2 mo 23<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>rd</sup></span> <br /><br /><br /> Dear All So long a time elapsed ere we received any letter from you that I was<br /> like brother ready to imagine our plainness of speech had had “a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">coolin</span>g <span style="text-decoration:underline;">effect</span>” else<br /> we should get letter’s [sic] from you but these im<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">m</span>aginings were dispelled by a very<br /> interesting one from brother on the receipt of which I resolved to write instantly,<br /> but a succession of events have prevented my doing so untill [sic] the present – and <br /> now I feel under a still greater obligation to write as we have received a most<br /> welcom [sic] communication from sister Amy who has so long neglected us in<br /> this particular and am sorry she thinks it should have gone in another dir=<br /> =ection for I am confident that there are none of her relatives who would<br /> appreciate the favor eaqually [sic] with ourselves – and the space occupied<br /> by Frederic was also most welcom [sic] and is greatly appreciated still the ^way^ it was<br /> attained was too much and I hope in the future you will for pity sake never<br /> expose us again ^to any one^ when I wish them shewn I will insert a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">claus</span>e to that<br /> effect but enough Yesterday was Robert Post s marriage day no<br /> one went from these parts except Townsend Rushmore and Lydia – Mary <br /> and Edmund were going but were prevented by the severe illness of Edmund<br /> (the mumps) he did ^not^ sit up for more than a week he begins to now a little<br /> Matilda Rushmore has also been very sick she says never so sick before she<br /> too is better Daniel Titus is now and also ^some^ others very sick – Joseph <br /> escapes as yet hope he will but it is all around us The community<br /> has been thrown into quite an excitement as you will doubtless see by the<br /> papers by the burning of a house a little below Hempstead in which the<br /> wife and three children perished in the flames the husband and father<br /> left with a load of hay to go to New York and from many circumstances<br /> it is thought he is guilty of first killing them and then setting the house<br /> on fire he is the man who a few years ago shot a man who he said was<br /> attempting to enter his house – a girl also disappeared from his house some<br /> time ago and no trace ever discovered of her and it is said his wife had threate^ned^<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> exposing him – the Dr’s [sic] and the jury who examined the remains of the wife<br /> which were not consumed were agreed that she had been killed and that the<br /> fire was not the cause of her death – What a hardened wretch he must be<br /> to perpetuate so henious [sic] a crime he manifests no appearance of sorrow at their<br /> death which makes people judge him the more – The case in your city you<br /> spoke of is one of the most aggravated kind it is impossible to imagine any<br /> so desperately wicked and at the same time maintaining a reputable place<br /> in the community – hope you will keep us informed of all relative to the<br /> affair Brother asks how we would like to be in his situation I can answer<br /> that very readily it would have been very unpleasant to me and I could<br /> not have submitted to it especially <span style="text-decoration:underline;">alon</span>e I imagine I should feel somewhat<br /> guilty if I knew all these things and beleived [sic] them to be true- I am<br /> willing to acknowledge to a degree of the “disposition of Mother Eve”skeptick [sic]<br /> as I am in relation to somethings [sic] which you beleive [sic] in <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">and</span> it seems<br /> very proper to examine things as we beleive [sic] no mental faculty created in<br /> vain and the right exercise confers much happiness so I trust you<br /> will excuse me - We were supprised [sic] to hear S J May should let CCB<br /> Lair be a sufficint [sic] objection to exclude him from his pulpit and was<br /> truly glad he saw his error we have loved his character (not being personaly [sic]<br /> acquainted with him) how often it is that the – best err in their judgment <br /> and injure the cause they love – In all kindness I feared the remark<br /> ^of Isaac^ relative to the motive which ^he thought^ “influenced Frederic in making his attack<br /> on H Bush was that he could the better manage the rest of you” rather<br /> uncharitable I too hope the difficulty will be speedily settled for<br /> it is most painful to have any interruption of good feeling between <br /> those who are laboring in the same cause and who are mutually dea^r^<br /> to us Does Henry really contemplate going to California I have been so often<br /> supprised [sic] to hear of people leaving for there that I am become ready to hear<br /> of any one with less than formerly but it seems strange for a man with<br /> wife and children to leave all to search for “the root of all evil” for them dont ^it^<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> I dont know that we even have seen J S Jacobs have often heard of him and<br /> form the description given by you he must be a valuable acquisition to your<br /> number of agents and especially so as it is so cheap to support him<br /> in the lecturing field – W W Brown seems to receive the commendation<br /> of the people where he has been CL Remond we hear but little of now as well<br /> as many others who have been actively engaged in time past – but the sign<br /> of the time are cheering and encourage to continued efforts for the dow<br /> =nfall of slavery There has been for some time past talk of Susan<br /> Baldwin’s going to the museum William and Elizabeth [Lock?] and Joseph<br /> Hicks have been quite anxious she should go [Barnham?] [the?] proprietor <br /> came up yesterday to see her and we hear made her an offer of 150 $ a<br /> year with board and clothing and if desired a woman to wait on her<br /> whether she will consent to go I do not know There are two large<br /> specimens of humanity there now the man without shoes measures<br /> 7 ft 11 in the woman is also over 7 ft they were married a few evenin^gs^<br /> ago they are called the Quaker giant and giantess how they came<br /> by the name I know not it is also said they speak the peculiar<br /> language in the most approved stile [sic] Seventh day I laid this aside<br /> yesterday to go to Jericho called at Matthew’s they have a nice little<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">bo</span>y there then made a visit at Uncle Jacob s the place where I have<br /> spent so many happy and joyous hours all seems the same as to<br /> house and fixtures but there is a blank in the family circle which<br /> once met there which allways [sic] affects me we made a pleasant visit<br /> talked of you but did not introduce any mystery in our conversation<br /> We were at John’s lately Cousin Mary told us of a wedding party you had<br /> had which had caused great dissatisfaction in the Rochester community<br /> for it yet also in schools for they are an inferior class we had a pretty<br /> warm talk and I may confess I was supprized [sic] I spoke of their dis=<br /> advantages and to me it was astonishing that they were as intiligen [sic]<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> as they were with almost no advantages of gaining even a moderate share<br /> of learning and the unceasing efforts of the whites to debase and keep<br /> them in the condition of servants &c cousin M thought the law made<br /> provision for the schools and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">our</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Charit</span>y Society had done much in that way<br /> I dont know who of you sent the Star to them but I beleive [sic] it does no<br /> good they read Frederic’s peices [sic] I think but then they seem not to see any<br /> goodness or beauty in them say he is hurting the cause his speaking of<br /> Calhoun and the 40 thives [sic] was very objectionable also of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Friend</span>s and a variety<br /> of things ^and^ he is so <span style="text-decoration:underline;">sauc</span>y – it is a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">mean</span> paper. Father and Mother went with<br /> H C Wrights [sic] letter’s [sic] which he thought bad and only productive of evil so it<br /> goes what we esteem very highly is condemned as being wicked and profuse<br /> I really feel disgusted and sick when I am with our high professors<br /> and see with what complacency they look on the evils which are abou<br /> =nding and on the efforts to remove them with such unmitigated <br /> contempt and ^then^ claiming to be the chosen of the Lord his peculiar people<br /> I am led to doubt their possessing all they pretend to especally [sic] when<br /> fruits are never seen – Amy wishes I was there to write some letters for<br /> her I would be glad to aid her in that way if I could but a talent <br /> for that kind of business is lacking which with the distance will effectu<br /> =ally prevent such aid but she has I suppose efficient helpers near who<br /> need only to be asked, I sometimes almost envy you your pleasant<br /> antislavery circle so entirely different from the one we mingle in<br /> if I <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">could </span>take the view of Lady Guion (whose life I am now reading)<br /> that all these crosses and divirsitess [sic] of opinion were sent of God to try<br /> and prove us I should feel miserable indeed but I do not and hence<br /> I enjoy myself remarkably isolated tho [sic] we be from congenial spirits<br /> We discover in various way a great desire in some of our strong<br /> one’s [sic] that we should resign they dont see why we want to belong<br /> to a society when we do not approve of its dicipline [sic] and doings – <br /> one reason is to annoy and tempt them to do their duty if they<br /> think it is a duty to disown us by that means they would drive<br /> some of the moderate ones on the right side – I think the<br /> tendency of things is towards a crisis it may be of greater intolerance<br /> and prosuption [sic] – We hear Rachel and company get on very well<br /> friends <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ver</span>y <span style="text-decoration:underline;">kind </span>Ardon and Samuel Thorne both feel bad that<br /> they are not liberated what will be the result I dont know<br /> I will close and I hope my Joseph will fill the paper as I fear I have<br /> tried your patienc [sic] such a long story and no news Mary<br /><br /> (Page 5)<br /><br /> in the fall however they got him back again<br /> was the insubordination of the boys or some other<br /> reason however after he left the school was continu<br /> =ed sometime and from and from accounts the greatest<br /> disorder prevailed sometimes when the classes were<br /> called up they would commence singing some<br /> one thing some another and in various ways<br /> set all order and regulation at defiance<br /> some of the teachers resigned and so the school<br /> was broken up they have since commenced<br /> it again with some new teachers I do not<br /> recollect the names of any except Halliday<br /> Jackson I should not like to commence<br /> with such a school . kindness forbearance</p>
<p>(Page 6)<br /><br /> and firmness ought to be brought<br /> into action with much wisdom you<br /> have not spoken of your children in your<br /> letters lately suppose they are both enga<br /> ged in the store and office or some such occu<br /> pation Well I think it is quite time<br /> to stop so with love to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">all</span> I will with<br /> the request that you will continue in<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">well doing </span>writing often and much<br /> for it is a favor we esteem greatly <br /> we have not much of interest to comm<br /> unicate so you must excuse it for its<br /> tameness Farewell truly your Mary</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 2 mo 23rd Dear All So long a time elapsed ere we received any letter from you that I was like brother ready to imagine our plainness of speech had had "a cooling effect" else we should get letter's [sic] from you but these immaginings were dispelled by a very interesting one from brother on the receipt of which I resolved to write instantly, but a succession of events have prevented my doing so untill [sic] the present - and now I feel under a still greater obligation to write as we have received a most welcom [sic] communication from sister Amy who has so long neglected us in this particular and am sorry she thinks it should have gone in another dir= =ection for I am confident that there are none of her relatives who would appreciate the favor eaqually [sic] with ourselves - and the space occupied by Frederic was also most welcom [sic] and is greatly appreciated still the ^way^ it was attained was too much and I hope in the future you will for pity sake never expose us again ^to any one^ when I wish them shewn I will insert a clause to that effect but enough Yesterday was Robert Post s marriage day no one went from these parts except Townsend Rushmore and Lydia - Mary and Edmund were going but were prevented by the severe illness of Edmund (the mumps) he did ^not^ sit up for more than a week he begins to now a little Matilda Rushmore has also been very sick she says never so sick before she too is better Daniel Titus is now and also ^some^ others very sick - Joseph escapes as yet hope he will but it is all around us The community has been thrown into quite an excitement as you will doubtless see by the papers by the burning of a house a little below Hempstead in which the wife and three children perished in the flames the husband and father left with a load of hay to go to New York and from many circumstances it is thought he is guilty of first killing them and then setting the house on fire he is the man who a few years ago shot a man who he said was attempting to enter his house - a girl also disappeared from his house some time ago and no trace ever discovered of her and it is said his wife had threate^ned^ exposing him - the Dr's [sic] and the jury who examined the remains of the wife which were not consumed were agreed that she had been killed and that the fire was not the cause of her death - What a hardened wretch he must be to perpetuate so henious [sic] a crime he manifests no appearance of sorrow at their death which makes people judge him the more - The case in your city you spoke of is one of the most aggravated kind it is impossible to imagine any so desperately wicked and at the same time maintaining a reputable place in the community - hope you will keep us informed of all relative to the affair Brother asks how we would like to be in his situation I can answer that very readily it would have been very unpleasant to me and I could not have submitted to it especially alone I imagine I should feel somewhat guilty if I knew all these things and beleived [sic] them to be true- I am willing to acknowledge to a degree of the "disposition of Mother Eve"skeptick [sic] as I am in relation to somethings [sic] which you beleive [sic] in and it seems very proper to examine things as we beleive [sic] no mental faculty created in vain and the right exercise confers much happiness so I trust you will excuse me - We were supprised [sic] to hear S J May should let CCB Lair be a sufficint [sic] objection to exclude him from his pulpit and was truly glad he saw his error we have loved his character (not being personaly [sic] acquainted with him) how often it is that the - best err in their judgment and injure the cause they love - In all kindness I feared the remark ^of Isaac^ relative to the motive which ^he thought^ "influenced Frederic in making his attack on H Bush was that he could the better manage the rest of you" rather uncharitable I too hope the difficulty will be speedily settled for it is most painful to have any interruption of good feeling between those who are laboring in the same cause and who are mutually dea^r^ to us Does Henry really contemplate going to California I have been so often supprised [sic] to hear of people leaving for there that I am become ready to hear of any one with less than formerly but it seems strange for a man with wife and children to leave all to search for "the root of all evil" for them dont ^it^ I dont know that we even have seen J S Jacobs have often heard of him and form the description given by you he must be a valuable acquisition to your number of agents and especially so as it is so cheap to support him in the lecturing field - W W Brown seems to receive the commendation of the people where he has been CL Remond we hear but little of now as well as many others who have been actively engaged in time past - but the sign of the time are cheering and encourage to continued efforts for the dow =nfall of slavery There has been for some time past talk of Susan Baldwin's going to the museum William and Elizabeth [Lock?] and Joseph Hicks have been quite anxious she should go [Barnham?] [the?] proprietor came up yesterday to see her and we hear made her an offer of 150 $ a year with board and clothing and if desired a woman to wait on her whether she will consent to go I do not know There are two large specimens of humanity there now the man without shoes measures 7 ft 11 in the woman is also over 7 ft they were married a few evenin^gs^ ago they are called the Quaker giant and giantess how they came by the name I know not it is also said they speak the peculiar language in the most approved stile [sic] Seventh day I laid this aside yesterday to go to Jericho called at Matthew's they have a nice littleboy there then made a visit at Uncle Jacob s the place where I have spent so many happy and joyous hours all seems the same as to house and fixtures but there is a blank in the family circle which once met there which allways [sic] affects me we made a pleasant visit talked of you but did not introduce any mystery in our conversation We were at John's lately Cousin Mary told us of a wedding party you had had which had caused great dissatisfaction in the Rochester community for it yet also in schools for they are an inferior class we had a pretty warm talk and I may confess I was supprized [sic] I spoke of their dis= advantages and to me it was astonishing that they were as intiligen [sic] as they were with almost no advantages of gaining even a moderate share of learning and the unceasing efforts of the whites to debase and keep them in the condition of servants &c cousin M thought the law made provision for the schools and ourCharity Society had done much in that way I dont know who of you sent the Star to them but I beleive [sic] it does no good they read Frederic's peices [sic] I think but then they seem not to see any goodness or beauty in them say he is hurting the cause his speaking of Calhoun and the 40 thives [sic] was very objectionable also of Friends and a variety of things ^and^ he is so saucy - it is a mean paper. Father and Mother went with H C Wrights [sic] letter's [sic] which he thought bad and only productive of evil so it goes what we esteem very highly is condemned as being wicked and profuse I really feel disgusted and sick when I am with our high professors and see with what complacency they look on the evils which are abou =nding and on the efforts to remove them with such unmitigated contempt and ^then^ claiming to be the chosen of the Lord his peculiar people I am led to doubt their possessing all they pretend to especally [sic] when fruits are never seen - Amy wishes I was there to write some letters for her I would be glad to aid her in that way if I could but a talent for that kind of business is lacking which with the distance will effectu =ally prevent such aid but she has I suppose efficient helpers near who need only to be asked, I sometimes almost envy you your pleasant antislavery circle so entirely different from the one we mingle in if I could take the view of Lady Guion (whose life I am now reading) that all these crosses and divirsitess [sic] of opinion were sent of God to try and prove us I should feel miserable indeed but I do not and hence I enjoy myself remarkably isolated tho [sic] we be from congenial spirits We discover in various way a great desire in some of our strong one's [sic] that we should resign they dont see why we want to belong to a society when we do not approve of its dicipline [sic] and doings - one reason is to annoy and tempt them to do their duty if they think it is a duty to disown us by that means they would drive some of the moderate ones on the right side - I think the tendency of things is towards a crisis it may be of greater intolerance and prosuption [sic] - We hear Rachel and company get on very well friends very kind Ardon and Samuel Thorne both feel bad that they are not liberated what will be the result I dont know I will close and I hope my Joseph will fill the paper as I fear I have tried your patienc [sic] such a long story and no news Mary in the fall however they got him back again was the insubordination of the boys or some other reason however after he left the school was continu =ed sometime and from and from accounts the greatest disorder prevailed sometimes when the classes were called up they would commence singing some one thing some another and in various ways set all order and regulation at defiance some of the teachers resigned and so the school was broken up they have since commenced it again with some new teachers I do not recollect the names of any except Halliday Jackson I should not like to commence with such a school . kindness forbearance and firmness ought to be brought into action with much wisdom you have not spoken of your children in your letters lately suppose they are both enga ged in the store and office or some such occu pation Well I think it is quite time to stop so with love to all I will with the request that you will continue inwell doing writing often and much for it is a favor we esteem greatly we have not much of interest to comm unicate so you must excuse it for its tameness Farewell truly your Mary
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 8 Mo<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> 25<br /><br /> Dear All What a long long time it is since we have either<br /> of us interchanged a word in this way so long indeed that I<br /> feel as though I know not what or where to commence and so<br /> as it is a rainy morning and Joseph comparatively at leisure I<br /> entreated him to break the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ice</span> and after doing up the chores<br /> he came in for this purpose but finding me pareing [sic] & cutting app<br /> les very generously exchanged with me saying “I can do that faster<br /> than thee” I verily think I have the best of the bargain but fear you<br /> will not reap the benefit however I will press him into the service<br /> after the work is done We had proposed visiting today at brother<br /> Edwards and perhaps call and see Edward and Elisabeth and hear<br /> what tidings they may bring from you but it has been so rainy and<br /> some other seasons it has not been carried into effect but if it should<br /> clear <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">some</span> may this afternoon as it looks a little lighter now but it<br /> is still raining ^we may be so yet^ it is the right kind of day to enjoy in social<br /> intercourse quietly discussing and comparing views opinions and<br /> whatever else may present in the cozy old fashioned way without<br /> any preliminary arrangements I may be odd in my love for quiet<br /> rainy days but it has ever been so and in my younger life I ever enjoyd [sic]<br /> a rainy meeting and yesterday it was so and not in a long time have I<br /> enjoyed our little gathering more the rain drops as they pattered on<br /> the roof and leave’s [sic] made sweet music according so will with<br /> the silent and unwritten music in my soul that I felt that I <br /> had been blest in the sweet and hallowing remembrances which<br /> presented before me but alas how often is it otherwise and like the<br /> door on its hinges go and come &c &c but where am I wandering I did not<br /> mean to write of myself Rachel Hicks has a minute and has gone to visit the<br /> families of Cornwall and Plains monthly meetings William Elisabeth Isaac<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> and Mary Cock have gone to the White Mountains and others are quite<br /> frequently going for a few days some to Green Port some to Catskill Mt<br /> William Titus and Phebe have gone to attend some QM also to see Kesia<br /> who has become unsettled again and is worring [sic] to come to LI it appears<br /> her mind is impaired considerably and she has made over her property<br /> soon after her son’s death to her stip [sic] son mostly so that she probably is<br /> not any more comfortable on that ac<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>t</sup></span> Edmund & Martha and two girls<br /> have been to Saratoga & Eastern &c but have not seen them since their<br /> return but probably all this you may have heard from our LI cousins<br /> but they could not adequately describe <span style="text-decoration:underline;">our</span> treat socially a <br /> few weeks ago in having James and Lucretia with us L said<br /> I felt after Phebe’s death as though I never could enjoy visiting <br /> on L I again as I had done. and in a religious capacity very<br /> few at least I have heard of but few but what aproved [sic] and appreciatd [sic]<br /> some say she has changed from her former ultraism but really it <br /> is from a different position they judge her from former times and <br /> some who I think once feared to countenance her lest they should<br /> loose [sic] cast with those in power now dare to acknowledge <br /> their interest in her she was not very well the dyspepsia troubled<br /> her very much at times but so hopeful cheerful and loving that<br /> we could scarcely realize she was suffering she had work laid<br /> out for three weeks ahead and said she was affraid [sic] rather too<br /> much she looks quite thin and older than I had ever seen her<br /> when with her how easy to bear all the hard changes any one<br /> can bring against the advocates of truth and freedom she<br /> is so lifted above all their little petty charges that they are lighter<br /> than the dust in the balance Rachel has a few times since spoken<br /> as though she was trying to set things right that there is only one <br /> way that good works are of no avail unless done by the direction of <br /> the highest as is so well expressed in one of the parables of Jesus these<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> said when thou wast in prison did we not visit thee and when sick<br /> and hungry did we not minister unto thee but mark the answer depart<br /> from me ye workers of iniquity I know you not and several other points<br /> have been brought up but it is of no use she cannot make her doctrine<br /> stand against the clear unanswerable arguments which bring conviction<br /> to even the dull understanding of the seeker after truth & knoweledge [sic]<br /> and I doubt not these mourn o<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">f</span>ver the weakness of the people in being<br /> drawn after her she is very captivating her great eloquence but there is no<br /> other way only the way of the cross which is now accounted as foolishness<br /> I often think the prospect of the conservative portion must be a disheartning [sic]<br /> one there is so much evidence among us that it does not meet the <br /> want of the times which is calling to progress and advancement<br /> 26 A bright beautiful morning we went to Edwards yesterday Aunt Ann<br /> came very soon had a pleasant visit found mother rather poorly cold<br /> and stoped [sic] for breath Isaac Ketchams family some friends among whom<br /> are Dorinda and children were going to the beach today We have not<br /> been yet tho there have been several parties from our neighborhood I <br /> think we may possibly go yet Aunt Sarah is quite sick with dysentery <br /> has been for a week they have called her gaining some but last night<br /> was sick at her stomach Stephen & Maria are there sent for Maria<br /> Stephen does not get any better when here I did not see but he<br /> was as well as ever to illustrate Phebe Titus has been at Purchace [sic] she said<br /> after a great effort he took she and Maria some miles to Zeno Carpenters<br /> but fretting on the way on getting there she said she thought he enjoyed<br /> the visit as much as she had ever seen him but as soon as they started<br /> for home he commenced again she said it did seem as tho he might<br /> do better I said to Maria I am very glad you have come they mother<br /> wanted thee so much I spoke very quick it was very difficult her sisters<br /> could come better than Maria Edward Post has been very poorly inflamatio [sic]<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> of the brain partly caused by the heat we hear Brother Ws health is <br /> quite poor his fits become harder and harder I feel very anxious<br /> about him Silas Earle had a fit last first day afternoon considerably<br /> convulsed he revived but did not regain his consciousness until third<br /> day The meeting here has had aproposition [sic] to recommend Eleanor <br /> Wood which after being put off has resulted in not acceding [sic] to the <br /> proposition the conservative portion desiring it strongly they may<br /> see that they cannot allways [sic] carry their points which I think is<br /> a favorable sign of the times Samuel and Catharine were here<br /> first day C was quite smart improving again Rachel Hicks told me<br /> E and E Willis have had a delightful visit in your parts but do not<br /> know when E and Sarah will come whether at all we shall be quite disa<br /> -ppointed if they do not sometime ere long Our girls have been wait<br /> ing for a time when it would seem right suitable for them to <br /> make you a visit and J has just asked if they do go if they had<br /> not better almost immediately perhaps leave NY next fourth day<br /> morning in the car’s it is somewhat uncertain of course about it <br /> and if E and S are about leaving hope they will not let it make<br /> any difference as the girls can visit them when they come home<br /> as they are expected to make a much longer visit than we can<br /> share the<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">m</span> ^girls^ from our home and besides you are having so<br /> much company fear there will be too much of a good thing<br /> I am not likely to get any contribution from Joseph he has gone to<br /> Roslyn and it is almost mail time now. I shall have to go over with<br /> it the walk will be very pleasant as it is just right the temperature<br /> and so fresh and green flowers we have in great profusion f <br /> many varieties our verbenas are the admiration of the lovers of <br /> flowers Matilda is poorly not been quite as well the last 2 or 3 <br /> weeks it is her old difficulty I should quite yeild [sic] to discourag<br /> ement but she seems pretty cheerful I must say farewell now<br /> but <span style="text-decoration:underline;">hope we</span> shall not have to wait long for a word from you <br /> affectionately and truly your Mary <br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 8 Moth 25 Dear All What a long long time it is since we have either of us interchanged a word in this way so long indeed that I feel as though I know not what or where to commence and so as it is a rainy morning and Joseph comparatively at leisure I entreated him to break the ice and after doing up the chores he came in for this purpose but finding me pareing [sic] & cutting app les very generously exchanged with me saying "I can do that faster than thee" I verily think I have the best of the bargain but fear you will not reap the benefit however I will press him into the service after the work is done We had proposed visiting today at brother Edwards and perhaps call and see Edward and Elisabeth and hear what tidings they may bring from you but it has been so rainy and some other seasons it has not been carried into effect but if it should clear some may this afternoon as it looks a little lighter now but it is still raining ^we may be so yet^ it is the right kind of day to enjoy in social intercourse quietly discussing and comparing views opinions and whatever else may present in the cozy old fashioned way without any preliminary arrangements I may be odd in my love for quiet rainy days but it has ever been so and in my younger life I ever enjoyd [sic] a rainy meeting and yesterday it was so and not in a long time have I enjoyed our little gathering more the rain drops as they pattered on the roof and leave's [sic] made sweet music according so will with the silent and unwritten music in my soul that I felt that I had been blest in the sweet and hallowing remembrances which presented before me but alas how often is it otherwise and like the door on its hinges go and come &c &c but where am I wandering I did not mean to write of myself Rachel Hicks has a minute and has gone to visit the families of Cornwall and Plains monthly meetings William Elisabeth Isaac and Mary Cock have gone to the White Mountains and others are quite frequently going for a few days some to Green Port some to Catskill Mt William Titus and Phebe have gone to attend some QM also to see Kesia who has become unsettled again and is worring [sic] to come to LI it appears her mind is impaired considerably and she has made over her property soon after her son's death to her stip [sic] son mostly so that she probably is not any more comfortable on that act Edmund & Martha and two girls have been to Saratoga & Eastern &c but have not seen them since their return but probably all this you may have heard from our LI cousins but they could not adequately describe our treat socially a few weeks ago in having James and Lucretia with us L said I felt after Phebe's death as though I never could enjoy visiting on L I again as I had done. and in a religious capacity very few at least I have heard of but few but what aproved [sic] and appreciatd [sic] some say she has changed from her former ultraism but really it is from a different position they judge her from former times and some who I think once feared to countenance her lest they should loose [sic] cast with those in power now dare to acknowledge their interest in her she was not very well the dyspepsia troubled her very much at times but so hopeful cheerful and loving that we could scarcely realize she was suffering she had work laid out for three weeks ahead and said she was affraid [sic] rather too much she looks quite thin and older than I had ever seen her when with her how easy to bear all the hard changes any one can bring against the advocates of truth and freedom she is so lifted above all their little petty charges that they are lighter than the dust in the balance Rachel has a few times since spoken as though she was trying to set things right that there is only one way that good works are of no avail unless done by the direction of the highest as is so well expressed in one of the parables of Jesus these said when thou wast in prison did we not visit thee and when sick and hungry did we not minister unto thee but mark the answer depart from me ye workers of iniquity I know you not and several other points have been brought up but it is of no use she cannot make her doctrine stand against the clear unanswerable arguments which bring conviction to even the dull understanding of the seeker after truth & knoweledge [sic] and I doubt not these mourn ofver the weakness of the people in being drawn after her she is very captivating her great eloquence but there is no other way only the way of the cross which is now accounted as foolishness I often think the prospect of the conservative portion must be a disheartning [sic] one there is so much evidence among us that it does not meet the want of the times which is calling to progress and advancement 26 A bright beautiful morning we went to Edwards yesterday Aunt Ann came very soon had a pleasant visit found mother rather poorly cold and stoped [sic] for breath Isaac Ketchams family some friends among whom are Dorinda and children were going to the beach today We have not been yet tho there have been several parties from our neighborhood I think we may possibly go yet Aunt Sarah is quite sick with dysentery has been for a week they have called her gaining some but last night was sick at her stomach Stephen & Maria are there sent for Maria Stephen does not get any better when here I did not see but he was as well as ever to illustrate Phebe Titus has been at Purchace [sic] she said after a great effort he took she and Maria some miles to Zeno Carpenters but fretting on the way on getting there she said she thought he enjoyed the visit as much as she had ever seen him but as soon as they started for home he commenced again she said it did seem as tho he might do better I said to Maria I am very glad you have come they mother wanted thee so much I spoke very quick it was very difficult her sisters could come better than Maria Edward Post has been very poorly inflamatio [sic] of the brain partly caused by the heat we hear Brother Ws health is quite poor his fits become harder and harder I feel very anxious about him Silas Earle had a fit last first day afternoon considerably convulsed he revived but did not regain his consciousness until third day The meeting here has had aproposition [sic] to recommend Eleanor Wood which after being put off has resulted in not acceding [sic] to the proposition the conservative portion desiring it strongly they may see that they cannot allways [sic] carry their points which I think is a favorable sign of the times Samuel and Catharine were here first day C was quite smart improving again Rachel Hicks told me E and E Willis have had a delightful visit in your parts but do not know when E and Sarah will come whether at all we shall be quite disa -ppointed if they do not sometime ere long Our girls have been wait ing for a time when it would seem right suitable for them to make you a visit and J has just asked if they do go if they had not better almost immediately perhaps leave NY next fourth day morning in the car's it is somewhat uncertain of course about it and if E and S are about leaving hope they will not let it make any difference as the girls can visit them when they come home as they are expected to make a much longer visit than we can share them ^girls^ from our home and besides you are having so much company fear there will be too much of a good thing I am not likely to get any contribution from Joseph he has gone to Roslyn and it is almost mail time now. I shall have to go over with it the walk will be very pleasant as it is just right the temperature and so fresh and green flowers we have in great profusion f many varieties our verbenas are the admiration of the lovers of flowers Matilda is poorly not been quite as well the last 2 or 3 weeks it is her old difficulty I should quite yeild [sic] to discourag ement but she seems pretty cheerful I must say farewell now but hope we shall not have to wait long for a word from you affectionately and truly your Mary
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<p>[1] From the Bible, Matthew 6:34.</p>
<p>[2] Erysipelas ???</p>
<p>[3] John C. Fremont ran for president on an anti-slavery platform in 1856.</p>
<p>[4] From Robert Burns “To A Louse”</p>
<p>[5] Perhaps Eleazar Wheelock.</p>
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury<br /> Dearly loved Brother Sister &c I have had<br /> you in my mind very much and was feeling as<br /> though I wanted to hold communion with you but<br /> there seemed so many obstacles to any other kind than <br /> the voiceless spiritual intermingling of heart with<br /> heart that I was enjoying the feeling which was<br /> encircling you in a loving embrace when I espie^d^<br /> Catharine writing and found it to be to Jacob I resol<br /> -ved[sic] to employ the few moments which remain to<br /> me before tea in a sisterly greeting As is usual<br /> we are occupied with the cares of life more than<br /> is altogether conducive to happiness and comfort<br /> but for all manage to enjoy a good portion of<br /> real enjoyment our men are at South which is<br /> not very desirable suppose you remember faintly some<br /> of the characteristics pertaining thereto both in the<br /> men’s and womens [sic]department but sufficient to the<br /> day is the evil thereof<a title="" href="#_ftn1">[1]</a> it is said and so I think som^e^<br /> times Our Mary is sick again and scarcely able to work<br /> at all her throat and mouth are very sore we fear some<br /> thing of the same kind that was in her breast and<br /> what course to advise is more than we know she is at<br /> present doctoring with the Homeopathy Dr but think<br /> she will want to do something more soon Mother<br /> is with us and has ^a^ very lame back she has been quite<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> suffering latterly with something like (we think) Erresipelas<a title="" href="#_ftn2">[2]</a> [sic]<br /> her feet and legs are very much swollen now and are<br /> very uncomfortable she has been talking of coming<br /> here all summer but the right time did not come<br /> their [sic] woman did not suit and we thought it would<br /> be best to discharge her before looking up another in<br /> the interim she might spend the time with us she<br /> did not feel quite like coming as your father was more<br /> poorly but finally thought if she could go over and see<br /> him awhile she would found [sic] him looking quite<br /> more comfortable than she xpected [sic] seemed very glad<br /> to see her but his foot they thought was no better his<br /> eye was sore too Mary R was there but probably you<br /> have heard since we have first day was the last we<br /> heard from him Joseph get home and Oliver Titus gave<br /> him so urgent an invitation to accompany him to Roslyn<br /> to hear Gideon Frost and others speak for Freemont<a title="" href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> [sic] &c &c<br /> ^this evening^<br /> that very unexpectedly he has gone Gideon takes great<br /> interest in the cause as well as many others who<br /> formerly were bound by other party ties They are talking<br /> of having J C Underwood to address a meeting every<br /> fresh outrage enkindles a gleam of light which<br /> in time (if they continue) will show the true<br /> course and the only safe remedy to be a<br /> dissolution of this blood cemented Union which ^event^<br /> is now by every many looked at with <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">such</span> fear as being<br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> the greatest of evils that could possibly happen I<br /> often wonder how it is possibly that any one possessed of<br /> human hearts which have all been touched by love<br /> or sympathy for the slave could wish to perpetuate<br /> the union even for an hour but so it is how often I<br /> find myself quoting “Oh would some power the gifte gee<br /> us to see ourselves as others see us"<a title="" href="#_ftn4">[4]</a>&c I think I have not<br /> written since we made a visit at Purchace [sic] the<br /> object or the greatest inducement was to be with G and<br /> C Truman and in it we realised our high anticipation<br /> of it refreshing (amidst so much that always makes<br /> one sad) to dwell for a short season ^tho it be^ with such a<br /> loving and pure spirit as Georges and I feel for<br /> a time quite stimulated to try to become some<br /> what assimilated to all the beautiful attributes<br /> which I admire and love in him We attended<br /> several of his meetings and it required great<br /> self denial to part from them before they left for<br /> Waterloo he was greatly favored to utter radical<br /> truths in many unwilling ears it was evident<br /> there was great prejudice against him scarcely<br /> less than would be felt toward L Mott at the Q M<br /> Eleanor Haviland Isaac and Mary S Lippencot and the redoubt^able^<br /> Richard Cromwell were all present the first day G spoke<br /> first followed immediately by Richard and Mary in a point^d^ [sic]<br /> manner R said no other foundation could be laid by all<br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> the eloquence and sophistry of man &c &c The next day things<br /> assumed the appearance of concerted action very much<br /> frst [sic] Eleasor<a title="" href="#_ftn5">[5]</a> then R and Mary in a long sermon and a still<br /> longer prayer both of which had then peculiar bearing<br /> which it needed no prophet to interpret or make clear<br /> after this they manifested their will to break the meeting<br /> but G rose and as he did so Richard spoke. George George<br /> what he wanted G did not enquire stood perhaps 20 m<br /> and it was to me the only preaching we had that day<br /> G forgot to inquire of R after the meeting what he was do[ing?]<br /> which he regretted it seemed to me all must see the diffe<br /> rence between the two but then sectarian partyism is<br /> blind and more are so blind as they who shut out all<br /> reason and humanity- we attended other meeting’s<br /> greatly to our strength and edification made quite<br /> a number of visits among relatives and some <span style="text-decoration:underline;">friends<br /></span>called to see J L M who was quite feeble but seemed glad<br /> to see us and said the nearer he came toward the<br /> close of time the more universal he felt his love<br /> to be all sectarian barriers were broken down<br /> &c last tho not least was our visit to S Archer we<br /> had such a welcom [sic] as made us feel quite at home<br /> altho as Uriah Heap said we felt quite “<span style="text-decoration:underline;">humbl</span>e"<br /> with such a mind as Stephens they are very<br /> full of boarders and of the upper 10 if we might<br /> judge from appearance through all we had<br /> a delightful visit brightning [sic] up the links<br /> of love and friendship joined and cemented long<br /> ago adding thereto some new and bright which<br /> I trust will never tarnish on earth but we<br /> have learnt by bitter experience much of dissap<br /> -pointment in regard to friendship but I will stop<br /> Sixth day 29 morning I intended to have said a little<br /> more but there seems to be no time Father was<br /> here last night said Uncle J was pretty much<br /> the same the rest as usual mothers<br /> back remains very lame and our girl<br /> is away and we have to do the needful<br /> write soon do not wait so very long<br /> with love to all<br /> Mary</p>
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<p><a title="" href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> From Matthew 6:34.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a> Erysipelas ???</p>
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<p><a title="" href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a> John C. Fremont ran for president on an anti-slavery platform in 1856.</p>
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<p><a title="" href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a> from Robert Burns “To A Louse”</p>
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<p><a title="" href="#_ftnref5">[5]</a> perhaps Eleazar Wheelock.</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Westbury Dearly loved Brother Sister &c I have had you in my mind very much and was feeling as though I wanted to hold communion with you but there seemed so many obstacles to any other kind than the voiceless spiritual intermingling of heart with heart that I was enjoying the feeling which was encircling you in a loving embrace when I espie^d^ Catharine writing and found it to be to Jacob I resol -ved[sic] to employ the few moments which remain to me before tea in a sisterly greeting As is usual we are occupied with the cares of life more than is altogether conducive to happiness and comfort but for all manage to enjoy a good portion of real enjoyment our men are at South which is not very desirable suppose you remember faintly some of the characteristics pertaining thereto both in the men's and womens [sic]department but sufficient to the day is the evil thereof[1] it is said and so I think som^e^ times Our Mary is sick again and scarcely able to work at all her throat and mouth are very sore we fear some thing of the same kind that was in her breast and what course to advise is more than we know she is at present doctoring with the Homeopathy Dr but think she will want to do something more soon Mother is with us and has ^a^ very lame back she has been quite suffering latterly with something like (we think) Erresipelas[2] [sic] her feet and legs are very much swollen now and are very uncomfortable she has been talking of coming here all summer but the right time did not come their [sic] woman did not suit and we thought it would be best to discharge her before looking up another in the interim she might spend the time with us she did not feel quite like coming as your father was more poorly but finally thought if she could go over and see him awhile she would found [sic] him looking quite more comfortable than she xpected [sic] seemed very glad to see her but his foot they thought was no better his eye was sore too Mary R was there but probably you have heard since we have first day was the last we heard from him Joseph get home and Oliver Titus gave him so urgent an invitation to accompany him to Roslyn to hear Gideon Frost and others speak for Freemont[3] [sic] &c &c ^this evening^ that very unexpectedly he has gone Gideon takes great interest in the cause as well as many others who formerly were bound by other party ties They are talking of having J C Underwood to address a meeting every fresh outrage enkindles a gleam of light which in time (if they continue) will show the true course and the only safe remedy to be a dissolution of this blood cemented Union which ^event^ is now by every many looked at with such fear as being the greatest of evils that could possibly happen I often wonder how it is possibly that any one possessed of human hearts which have all been touched by love or sympathy for the slave could wish to perpetuate the union even for an hour but so it is how often I find myself quoting "Oh would some power the gifte gee us to see ourselves as others see us"[4]&c I think I have not written since we made a visit at Purchace [sic] the object or the greatest inducement was to be with G and C Truman and in it we realised our high anticipation of it refreshing (amidst so much that always makes one sad) to dwell for a short season ^tho it be^ with such a loving and pure spirit as Georges and I feel for a time quite stimulated to try to become some what assimilated to all the beautiful attributes which I admire and love in him We attended several of his meetings and it required great self denial to part from them before they left for Waterloo he was greatly favored to utter radical truths in many unwilling ears it was evident there was great prejudice against him scarcely less than would be felt toward L Mott at the Q M Eleanor Haviland Isaac and Mary S Lippencot and the redoubt^able^ Richard Cromwell were all present the first day G spoke first followed immediately by Richard and Mary in a point^d^ [sic] manner R said no other foundation could be laid by all the eloquence and sophistry of man &c &c The next day things assumed the appearance of concerted action very much frst [sic] Eleasor[5] then R and Mary in a long sermon and a still longer prayer both of which had then peculiar bearing which it needed no prophet to interpret or make clear after this they manifested their will to break the meeting but G rose and as he did so Richard spoke. George George what he wanted G did not enquire stood perhaps 20 m and it was to me the only preaching we had that day G forgot to inquire of R after the meeting what he was do[ing?] which he regretted it seemed to me all must see the diffe rence between the two but then sectarian partyism is blind and more are so blind as they who shut out all reason and humanity- we attended other meeting's greatly to our strength and edification made quite a number of visits among relatives and some friendscalled to see J L M who was quite feeble but seemed glad to see us and said the nearer he came toward the close of time the more universal he felt his love to be all sectarian barriers were broken down &c last tho not least was our visit to S Archer we had such a welcom [sic] as made us feel quite at home altho as Uriah Heap said we felt quite "humble" with such a mind as Stephens they are very full of boarders and of the upper 10 if we might judge from appearance through all we had a delightful visit brightning [sic] up the links of love and friendship joined and cemented long ago adding thereto some new and bright which I trust will never tarnish on earth but we have learnt by bitter experience much of dissap -pointment in regard to friendship but I will stop Sixth day 29 morning I intended to have said a little more but there seems to be no time Father was here last night said Uncle J was pretty much the same the rest as usual mothers back remains very lame and our girl is away and we have to do the needful write soon do not wait so very long with love to all Mary
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 14<br /> Dear All I perceive Elizabeth has commenced a letter<br /> to some one of the the household and thinking there might<br /> be room for a slip from me have taken up my pen there<br /> is but little of interest occurring the cold weather forms<br /> material for a daily comment though we have had some<br /> very bright sunshiny days giving promise of a good time<br /> coming to the poor and suffering but these days of promise<br /> have proved deceptive for the cold still maintains its<br /> power with almost unmitigated tenacity and were it not<br /> for the poor I should not wish so much for it to moderate<br /> but we do not hear of much actual suffering in our midst<br /> Suppose you are having a good time I think of you while<br /> enjoying the social and intelectual [sic] feast of dainties but<br /> if it was as upleasant last eve as it was here fear the<br /> audience was too small it blew very violently and cold<br /> so as to make all wish to remain in doors [sic] that could<br /> This winter reminds me of those spoken of by old people<br /> long long ago so much snow and so difficult to keep<br /> the roads in a passible [sic] condition the rail road has<br /> been obstructed very many times just get it clear<br /> and perhaps the same day or night all blown full aga^in^<br /> such inclemency makes home very attractive and I am<br /> glad sometimes that we are so adapted to circumstances<br /> if it were not so there would be less enjoyment I have been<br /> unable to go out much for several weeks from indisposition get<br /> a little better go out a little and be taken down again had quite<br /> a sick day yesterday but am better again Joshua has had an operation<br /> performed on his tongue a bump has been growing slowly for sometime and he chose<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> to have it taken out he feels somewhat anxious about it a few years ago<br /> he had a bump taken out of his shoulder and fears there may be somethg [sic]<br /> serious pertaining to them Uncle Jamess lip looks badly he continues<br /> to apply the remedy which is very severe and will take a long <br /> time to effect its removal if it does it troubles him a good<br /> deal he has been poorly too with cold and hard cough Catharine<br /> has got home but we have not seen her was glad she got to Roches [sic]<br /> the famed hospitality of yourselves makes us feel very sure she had<br /> a pleasant visit - we seem to know very little about you<br /> it was only a few days ago that we heard Joseph and Mary Jane <br /> were with you this winter - and as to other happenings we are all<br /> in the dark do write us a good family letter its joys and care's [sic]<br /> and all the &cetras of daily life as they occur I would be will<br /> -ing to send such a record but there are no happenings here<br /> Several days have passed since this was commenced and still<br /> it is here but will send it off this morning Susan Baldwin has<br /> gone home was buried first day afternoon a large gathering<br /> collected probably more to see the remains but they were<br /> disappointed if such were their wish it was extremely windy<br /> and cold so that few saw even the coffin - which remained<br /> on the sled it was necessary to raise one side to admit<br /> the coffin and it required 7 men to place the body in the coffin<br /> Anna Baldwin is very poorly not likely to continue long it<br /> is thought she is 101 years old the weather is cold and at<br /> present looks as much like winter as even it is getting<br /> difficult to get about especially with loads such terible [sic] [pitches?]<br /> as almost to throw all in a jumble renderring [sic] it quite ludi<br /> crous if it were not dangerous There has been a great amount<br /> of sleigh riding parties of all kinds from the solitary sleigh<br /> of selected friends to ^a^ whole neighborhood of pleasure seekers but<br /> I like indoor enjoyment for the young on many accounts<br /> I dont know but our friends are generally well James<br /> Hicks of Jericho is very poorly also N Dodges wife passing away is ins<br /> -cribed on all things transitory Rachel dwelt at the funeral of Susan<br /> on the awfulness of death &c very different from the spirtualist of<br /> the present and many of the past have thought it great gain to<br /> put off mortality and enter into joy unspeakable _ I doubt not she<br /> would also but she portrayed at that time how dreadful it was to die<br /> especially to those unprepared love to all and write soon your truley [sic]<br /> Mary<br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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Westbury 14 Dear All I perceive Elizabeth has commenced a letter to some one of the the household and thinking there might be room for a slip from me have taken up my pen there is but little of interest occurring the cold weather forms material for a daily comment though we have had some very bright sunshiny days giving promise of a good time coming to the poor and suffering but these days of promise have proved deceptive for the cold still maintains its power with almost unmitigated tenacity and were it not for the poor I should not wish so much for it to moderate but we do not hear of much actual suffering in our midst Suppose you are having a good time I think of you while enjoying the social and intelectual [sic] feast of dainties but if it was as upleasant last eve as it was here fear the audience was too small it blew very violently and cold so as to make all wish to remain in doors [sic] that could This winter reminds me of those spoken of by old people long long ago so much snow and so difficult to keep the roads in a passible [sic] condition the rail road has been obstructed very many times just get it clear and perhaps the same day or night all blown full aga^in^ such inclemency makes home very attractive and I am glad sometimes that we are so adapted to circumstances if it were not so there would be less enjoyment I have been unable to go out much for several weeks from indisposition get a little better go out a little and be taken down again had quite a sick day yesterday but am better again Joshua has had an operation performed on his tongue a bump has been growing slowly for sometime and he chose to have it taken out he feels somewhat anxious about it a few years ago he had a bump taken out of his shoulder and fears there may be somethg [sic] serious pertaining to them Uncle Jamess lip looks badly he continues to apply the remedy which is very severe and will take a long time to effect its removal if it does it troubles him a good deal he has been poorly too with cold and hard cough Catharine has got home but we have not seen her was glad she got to Roches [sic] the famed hospitality of yourselves makes us feel very sure she had a pleasant visit - we seem to know very little about you it was only a few days ago that we heard Joseph and Mary Jane were with you this winter - and as to other happenings we are all in the dark do write us a good family letter its joys and care's [sic] and all the &cetras of daily life as they occur I would be will -ing to send such a record but there are no happenings here Several days have passed since this was commenced and still it is here but will send it off this morning Susan Baldwin has gone home was buried first day afternoon a large gathering collected probably more to see the remains but they were disappointed if such were their wish it was extremely windy and cold so that few saw even the coffin - which remained on the sled it was necessary to raise one side to admit the coffin and it required 7 men to place the body in the coffin Anna Baldwin is very poorly not likely to continue long it is thought she is 101 years old the weather is cold and at present looks as much like winter as even it is getting difficult to get about especially with loads such terible [sic] [pitches?] as almost to throw all in a jumble renderring [sic] it quite ludi crous if it were not dangerous There has been a great amount of sleigh riding parties of all kinds from the solitary sleigh of selected friends to ^a^ whole neighborhood of pleasure seekers but I like indoor enjoyment for the young on many accounts I dont know but our friends are generally well James Hicks of Jericho is very poorly also N Dodges wife passing away is ins -cribed on all things transitory Rachel dwelt at the funeral of Susan on the awfulness of death &c very different from the spirtualist of the present and many of the past have thought it great gain to put off mortality and enter into joy unspeakable _ I doubt not she would also but she portrayed at that time how dreadful it was to die especially to those unprepared love to all and write soon your truley [sic] Mary
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br />[Text in top margin, upside-down, over the date]<br />Our bird begins to sign and we have a pair of<br />Robins just finished they nest in the honeysuckle and another<br />pair of chipping birds building in another<br />and I think some cat Birds in the Cyringa [sic] bush for they<br />are there so much and sing so beautifuly [sic]<br /><br /><br />[Text normal]<br /> Westbury 4 mo 29<br /><br />My dear Willie<br /><br /> We were so glad to receive<br />thy letter that I wanted to answer it right<br />away but thee knows how easy it is to leave<br />writing when there is something to be done<br />and the thought that I will do it soon is<br />so apt to persuade to leave to a more<br />convenient season The daily duty of<br />our lives so with me in respect to answ-<br />-ering thy letter It was very kind of thee<br />to write so soon I said the mornig [sic] before<br />we received it I do so want to hear from<br />Willie how long he staid [sic] and how he got<br />along and all the particulars so that when<br />the letter came there was quite a rejoy<br />-cing [sic] She did not tell us why thee staid [sic]<br />so short a time in New York or whether thee<br />had any difficulty in getting thy trunk along<br />or in finding George Willets and a great<br />many things we wanted to know _ Perhaps thee<br />5 Mo 5 Company came in and I laid this by<br />thinking to resume it but company or something<br />has prevented until now and my wrist is so<br />lame from whitewashing think I shall not<br />write long Aunt Mary W came home from<br />meeting with us on 4 day had a very short<br /><br />(Page 2)<br /><br />meeting only half past eleven when it was out<br />John Searing was there and spoke also Eleanor<br />John and wife are going to Philadelphia Y Meeting<br />our Quarterly meeting is past Henry W Ridgway wife<br />and daughter came we had a pleasant visit from<br />them and were with them as several other places<br />Henry spoke very excellently made religion so<br />plain and simple and so easy to be good no<br />such thing as mystery connected with it There was<br />a funeral on sixth day afternoon at Jerusalem Solomo^n^<br />Jackson's wife Henry attended it also on 7 day Oliver<br />Craft of Matinecock the next day he was at Manh-<br />-asset in the afternoon at Cow Bay in the [free?]<br />meeting house in all of which appropriate sermons and<br />such views held up as cannot fail to make the<br />people better they were large quite a company<br />dined at cousin Edmunds we all went to tea<br />to Henry Willets rode home in the evening after<br />a pleasant and profitable day We had more<br />company than common for the Spring Q M<br /> Lizzy Sutton has been visiting all around has<br />got through and is going to New York to spend a<br />week she had an examination before she left<br />quite a large company present Have a new<br />teacher Alice and Jennie have been gone 3<br />weeks Our folks are planting corn have 3 men<br />and Peter Thomas Hughs has taken several loads<br />of hay to Brooklyn have been loading the<br />last one to day to go tonight We have<br /><br />(Page 3)<br /><br />lost Morgan two weeks ago perceived at six<br />oclock he was not quite well gave him some-<br />-thing for colic but he grew worse tried other<br />remedies but without any releif [sic] about 12 he died <br /> We miss him so much as he was one of the<br />horses for any emergency always ready and so<br />good and handsome too We have 32 goslings<br />which is more than we often have a few chickens<br />and 9 pigs - The country looks beautiful<br />trees in bloom have partly made garden<br />have asparagus quite plenty I wish you had<br />some it is so nice Cousin Samuel and<br />Mary Post were here and were sorry not to<br />have seen thee had not heard thee had<br />left Howard I expect has gone back<br />to Providence school Valentine Hicks<br />family have been gone 3 weeks and<br />we hear his wife and Jennie are very<br />homesick It has got so dark I cannot see<br />perhaps I can add a little this evening<br /> Uncle Joseph has been to New York today<br />has told us what news he heard and tried to read<br />but he was too sleepy and tired gave it up and<br />all have gone to bed and I feel I must soon<br />follow for I too am very tired we are not quite<br />through house cleaning got the yards swept<br />and fence partly whitewashed so that we<br />shall get in time order after awhile Has<br /><br />(Page 4)<br /><br />thee got all tidied up at the store things<br />dried &c &c Suppose thee remembers Uncle<br />Josephs advice to try and relieve thy father<br /> I very much hope thee will like being in the<br />store and become an efficient helper so that<br />father and Mother can come and see us I<br />was thinking perhaps we might see them next<br />week shall look but fear I may be disappointed<br /> Last night we were all awaked by a very<br />strong smell suppose a skunk came around<br />and Jack imprudently disturbed him We<br />do not perceive it much now Hannah Robbins<br />is quite complaining not able to be much about<br />fear she is in a critical condition talks some<br />of going somewhere to be treated The sad and<br />all absorbing events which have filled all our<br />thoughts I have said nothing of not because I<br />am forgetful of it but we all feel so much the<br />same that for the hour I can decend [sic] to the<br />minor incidents of our lives Willie thee<br />remembers how often I talked to thee about<br />thy trying to write good taking pains Well<br />I am ashamed to send so badly written a<br />letter to thee perhaps I can do better next<br />time After thee left it seemed so quiet no one<br />to discuss and argue with I wish thee could<br />run in and see us when ever thee liked and talk<br />our matters With love to father & mother and a great<br /> share to thyself thy aunt Mary<br /><br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions.[Text in top margin, upside-down, over the date]Our bird begins to sign and we have a pair ofRobins just finished they nest in the honeysuckle and anotherpair of chipping birds building in anotherand I think some cat Birds in the Cyringa [sic] bush for theyare there so much and sing so beautifuly [sic][Text normal] Westbury 4 mo 29My dear Willie We were so glad to receivethy letter that I wanted to answer it rightaway but thee knows how easy it is to leavewriting when there is something to be doneand the thought that I will do it soon isso apt to persuade to leave to a moreconvenient season The daily duty ofour lives so with me in respect to answ--ering thy letter It was very kind of theeto write so soon I said the mornig [sic] beforewe received it I do so want to hear fromWillie how long he staid [sic] and how he gotalong and all the particulars so that whenthe letter came there was quite a rejoy-cing [sic] She did not tell us why thee staid [sic]so short a time in New York or whether theehad any difficulty in getting thy trunk alongor in finding George Willets and a greatmany things we wanted to know _ Perhaps thee5 Mo 5 Company came in and I laid this bythinking to resume it but company or somethinghas prevented until now and my wrist is solame from whitewashing think I shall notwrite long Aunt Mary W came home frommeeting with us on 4 day had a very shortmeeting only half past eleven when it was outJohn Searing was there and spoke also EleanorJohn and wife are going to Philadelphia Y Meetingour Quarterly meeting is past Henry W Ridgway wifeand daughter came we had a pleasant visit fromthem and were with them as several other placesHenry spoke very excellently made religion soplain and simple and so easy to be good nosuch thing as mystery connected with it There wasa funeral on sixth day afternoon at Jerusalem Solomo^n^Jackson's wife Henry attended it also on 7 day OliverCraft of Matinecock the next day he was at Manh--asset in the afternoon at Cow Bay in the [free?]meeting house in all of which appropriate sermons andsuch views held up as cannot fail to make thepeople better they were large quite a companydined at cousin Edmunds we all went to teato Henry Willets rode home in the evening aftera pleasant and profitable day We had morecompany than common for the Spring Q M Lizzy Sutton has been visiting all around hasgot through and is going to New York to spend aweek she had an examination before she leftquite a large company present Have a newteacher Alice and Jennie have been gone 3weeks Our folks are planting corn have 3 menand Peter Thomas Hughs has taken several loadsof hay to Brooklyn have been loading thelast one to day to go tonight We havelost Morgan two weeks ago perceived at sixoclock he was not quite well gave him some--thing for colic but he grew worse tried otherremedies but without any releif [sic] about 12 he died We miss him so much as he was one of thehorses for any emergency always ready and sogood and handsome too We have 32 goslingswhich is more than we often have a few chickensand 9 pigs - The country looks beautifultrees in bloom have partly made gardenhave asparagus quite plenty I wish you hadsome it is so nice Cousin Samuel andMary Post were here and were sorry not tohave seen thee had not heard thee hadleft Howard I expect has gone backto Providence school Valentine Hicksfamily have been gone 3 weeks andwe hear his wife and Jennie are veryhomesick It has got so dark I cannot seeperhaps I can add a little this evening Uncle Joseph has been to New York todayhas told us what news he heard and tried to readbut he was too sleepy and tired gave it up andall have gone to bed and I feel I must soonfollow for I too am very tired we are not quitethrough house cleaning got the yards sweptand fence partly whitewashed so that weshall get in time order after awhile Hasthee got all tidied up at the store thingsdried &c &c Suppose thee remembers UncleJosephs advice to try and relieve thy father I very much hope thee will like being in thestore and become an efficient helper so thatfather and Mother can come and see us Iwas thinking perhaps we might see them nextweek shall look but fear I may be disappointed Last night we were all awaked by a verystrong smell suppose a skunk came aroundand Jack imprudently disturbed him Wedo not perceive it much now Hannah Robbinsis quite complaining not able to be much aboutfear she is in a critical condition talks someof going somewhere to be treated The sad andall absorbing events which have filled all ourthoughts I have said nothing of not because Iam forgetful of it but we all feel so much thesame that for the hour I can decend [sic] to theminor incidents of our lives Willie theeremembers how often I talked to thee aboutthy trying to write good taking pains WellI am ashamed to send so badly written aletter to thee perhaps I can do better nexttime After thee left it seemed so quiet no oneto discuss and argue with I wish thee couldrun in and see us when ever thee liked and talkour matters With love to father & mother and a great share to thyself thy aunt Mary
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(Page 1) <br /><br /> 8 mo<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> 29<br /><br /> Dearly Beloved<br /> You may think<br /> I had commenced a reformation in good<br /> earnest to take my pen so very quickly<br /> after dispaching[sic] a sheet to you but I <br /> may as well own that I have a specific<br /> object in view which is that our girls<br /> have been anticipating since I wrote to<br /> set [out?] on then excursion on 4 day but<br /> as aunt Sarah is very low and not lik<br /> -ely to remain much longer it seemed<br /> as though it would be better to wait<br /> a few days it may be a very short<br /> time ere they can unless there is<br /> something else to obstruct I have <br /> just come from there her daughters<br /> are all there she seems very feeble<br /> and the discharges continue also so <br /> sick at her stomach as to make it very<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> disrupting she seemed very quiet and <br /> mind as bright as in health We shall<br /> all miss her very much she has been<br /> the light and joy of that house<br /> Silas Carle does not get very smart<br /> they think improving some Catharine <br /> Post and company came up in the cars<br /> yesterday morning ^she^ got to the meeting<br /> house before meeting was out and rode <br /> home with us as their carriage was full<br /> spent the afternoon and told us of <br /> their pleasant journeyings and of the very<br /> pleasant visit at Rochester. only a little <br /> too short in some places at Albany they<br /> hade not quite time enough to look around<br /> and make some calls William and <br /> Phoebe Hikes came up at the same time<br /> Last night the heavens presented<br /> the very singular and beautiful <br /> appearance of the changing panorama <br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> appearad [sic] at times like the aurora <br /> borealis but it was the most bright <br /> in the east and west then change<br /> and all converge to a point in the <br /> zenith<strong> </strong>at times as red as blood or<br /> as anything could be then change<br /> to streaks of the bright almost white<br /> it was a very beautiful phenomena<br /> and we all watched it long but the cool<br /> -ness of the air in connection with mor<br /> -phious bade us retire but I was <br /> up at different times and said it <br /> remained even until day light at times<br /> it was so light I dont know but we<br /> might have read large print this <br /> morning it is uncomfortably cool<br /> Joseph has gone to Roslyn and rode<br /> in a great coat one of our men <br /> said there was a white frost but<br /> not enough to impare [sic] any thing as I <br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> have seen our flowers give no indication<br /> of suffering but look as bright and <br /> fresh as can be I wish I could send you <br /> all a bouquet but as I can not the best<br /> thing will be to come if you can get a <br /> chance and see us and them If the girls<br /> come they will not stay a great while I<br /> hope so that it will be right nice for<br /> as many as can to come home with <br /> them and I think it is quite time<br /> for you to do so if it is practicable<br /> to do so We are expecting Sarah <br /> Willets and children this afternoon<br /> (from Bay Side) they have been around<br /> near a week Sarah feels very lonely but <br /> will be much more so when Carrie is <br /> married talks as though she would <br /> like to leave their beautiful place<br /> and come to Westbury but it will be<br /> so much of a change for her I doubt<br /> whether she can bring her mind to it<br /> but I must stop as it cannot go to <br /> say unless <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">very</span> it goes very soon<br /> affectionaly [sic], Mary<br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. 8 moth 29 Dearly Beloved You may think I had commenced a reformation in good earnest to take my pen so very quickly after dispaching[sic] a sheet to you but I may as well own that I have a specific object in view which is that our girls have been anticipating since I wrote to set [out?] on then excursion on 4 day but as aunt Sarah is very low and not lik -ely to remain much longer it seemed as though it would be better to wait a few days it may be a very short time ere they can unless there is something else to obstruct I have just come from there her daughters are all there she seems very feeble and the discharges continue also so sick at her stomach as to make it very disrupting she seemed very quiet and mind as bright as in health We shall all miss her very much she has been the light and joy of that house Silas Carle does not get very smart they think improving some Catharine Post and company came up in the cars yesterday morning ^she^ got to the meeting house before meeting was out and rode home with us as their carriage was full spent the afternoon and told us of their pleasant journeyings and of the very pleasant visit at Rochester. only a little too short in some places at Albany they hade not quite time enough to look around and make some calls William and Phoebe Hikes came up at the same time Last night the heavens presented the very singular and beautiful appearance of the changing panorama appearad [sic] at times like the aurora borealis but it was the most bright in the east and west then change and all converge to a point in the zenith at times as red as blood or as anything could be then change to streaks of the bright almost white it was a very beautiful phenomena and we all watched it long but the cool -ness of the air in connection with mor -phious bade us retire but I was up at different times and said it remained even until day light at times it was so light I dont know but we might have read large print this morning it is uncomfortably cool Joseph has gone to Roslyn and rode in a great coat one of our men said there was a white frost but not enough to impare [sic] any thing as I have seen our flowers give no indication of suffering but look as bright and fresh as can be I wish I could send you all a bouquet but as I can not the best thing will be to come if you can get a chance and see us and them If the girls come they will not stay a great while I hope so that it will be right nice for as many as can to come home with them and I think it is quite time for you to do so if it is practicable to do so We are expecting Sarah Willets and children this afternoon (from Bay Side) they have been around near a week Sarah feels very lonely but will be much more so when Carrie is married talks as though she would like to leave their beautiful place and come to Westbury but it will be so much of a change for her I doubt whether she can bring her mind to it but I must stop as it cannot go to say unless very it goes very soon affectionaly [sic], Mary
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(Page 1) <br /><br /> 8 mo<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> 29<br /><br /> Dearly Beloved<br /> You may think<br /> I had commenced a reformation in good<br /> earnest to take my pen so very quickly<br /> after dispaching[sic] a sheet to you but I <br /> may as well own that I have a specific<br /> object in view which is that our girls<br /> have been anticipating since I wrote to<br /> set [out?] on then excursion on 4 day but<br /> as aunt Sarah is very low and not lik<br /> -ely to remain much longer it seemed<br /> as though it would be better to wait<br /> a few days it may be a very short<br /> time ere they can unless there is<br /> something else to obstruct I have <br /> just come from there her daughters<br /> are all there she seems very feeble<br /> and the discharges continue also so <br /> sick at her stomach as to make it very<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> disrupting she seemed very quiet and <br /> mind as bright as in health We shall<br /> all miss her very much she has been<br /> the light and joy of that house<br /> Silas Carle does not get very smart<br /> they think improving some Catharine <br /> Post and company came up in the cars<br /> yesterday morning ^she^ got to the meeting<br /> house before meeting was out and rode <br /> home with us as their carriage was full<br /> spent the afternoon and told us of <br /> their pleasant journeyings and of the very<br /> pleasant visit at Rochester. only a little <br /> too short in some places at Albany they<br /> hade not quite time enough to look around<br /> and make some calls William and <br /> Phoebe Hikes came up at the same time<br /> Last night the heavens presented<br /> the very singular and beautiful <br /> appearance of the changing panorama <br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> appearad [sic] at times like the aurora <br /> borealis but it was the most bright <br /> in the east and west then change<br /> and all converge to a point in the <br /> zenith<strong> </strong>at times as red as blood or<br /> as anything could be then change<br /> to streaks of the bright almost white<br /> it was a very beautiful phenomena<br /> and we all watched it long but the cool<br /> -ness of the air in connection with mor<br /> -phious bade us retire but I was <br /> up at different times and said it <br /> remained even until day light at times<br /> it was so light I dont know but we<br /> might have read large print this <br /> morning it is uncomfortably cool<br /> Joseph has gone to Roslyn and rode<br /> in a great coat one of our men <br /> said there was a white frost but<br /> not enough to impare [sic] any thing as I <br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> have seen our flowers give no indication<br /> of suffering but look as bright and <br /> fresh as can be I wish I could send you <br /> all a bouquet but as I can not the best<br /> thing will be to come if you can get a <br /> chance and see us and them If the girls<br /> come they will not stay a great while I<br /> hope so that it will be right nice for<br /> as many as can to come home with <br /> them and I think it is quite time<br /> for you to do so if it is practicable<br /> to do so We are expecting Sarah <br /> Willets and children this afternoon<br /> (from Bay Side) they have been around<br /> near a week Sarah feels very lonely but <br /> will be much more so when Carrie is <br /> married talks as though she would <br /> like to leave their beautiful place<br /> and come to Westbury but it will be<br /> so much of a change for her I doubt<br /> whether she can bring her mind to it<br /> but I must stop as it cannot go to <br /> say unless <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">very</span> it goes very soon<br /> affectionaly [sic], Mary<br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. 8 moth 29 Dearly Beloved You may think I had commenced a reformation in good earnest to take my pen so very quickly after dispaching[sic] a sheet to you but I may as well own that I have a specific object in view which is that our girls have been anticipating since I wrote to set [out?] on then excursion on 4 day but as aunt Sarah is very low and not lik -ely to remain much longer it seemed as though it would be better to wait a few days it may be a very short time ere they can unless there is something else to obstruct I have just come from there her daughters are all there she seems very feeble and the discharges continue also so sick at her stomach as to make it very disrupting she seemed very quiet and mind as bright as in health We shall all miss her very much she has been the light and joy of that house Silas Carle does not get very smart they think improving some Catharine Post and company came up in the cars yesterday morning ^she^ got to the meeting house before meeting was out and rode home with us as their carriage was full spent the afternoon and told us of their pleasant journeyings and of the very pleasant visit at Rochester. only a little too short in some places at Albany they hade not quite time enough to look around and make some calls William and Phoebe Hikes came up at the same time Last night the heavens presented the very singular and beautiful appearance of the changing panorama appearad [sic] at times like the aurora borealis but it was the most bright in the east and west then change and all converge to a point in the zenith at times as red as blood or as anything could be then change to streaks of the bright almost white it was a very beautiful phenomena and we all watched it long but the cool -ness of the air in connection with mor -phious bade us retire but I was up at different times and said it remained even until day light at times it was so light I dont know but we might have read large print this morning it is uncomfortably cool Joseph has gone to Roslyn and rode in a great coat one of our men said there was a white frost but not enough to impare [sic] any thing as I have seen our flowers give no indication of suffering but look as bright and fresh as can be I wish I could send you all a bouquet but as I can not the best thing will be to come if you can get a chance and see us and them If the girls come they will not stay a great while I hope so that it will be right nice for as many as can to come home with them and I think it is quite time for you to do so if it is practicable to do so We are expecting Sarah Willets and children this afternoon (from Bay Side) they have been around near a week Sarah feels very lonely but will be much more so when Carrie is married talks as though she would like to leave their beautiful place and come to Westbury but it will be so much of a change for her I doubt whether she can bring her mind to it but I must stop as it cannot go to say unless very it goes very soon affectionaly [sic], Mary
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upside down]<br /> I think I may as well sign my name but I wish to hear from you severa^lly^<br /> and wish you would write I thought it would be very pleasant to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">u</span>s if W<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">s<br /></span>M E and S and indeed all our dear friends would make some one or<br /> all combined a weekly contribution for our benefit and I doubt not you would<br /> find that altho you imparted much you would be none the poorer for the offering try it and<br /> [Text continues in left margin, written downward]<br /> see if it is not a good suggestion love to all the household of loving friends as if named Mary<br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /><br /> Westbury 3 of 7 mo<br /><br /> Dearly beloved<br /> It is recorded in the scriptures I beleive [sic] that<br /> there is a time for all things under the Sun and being a beleiv<br /> -er [sic] in scripture testimony I have been rather expecting there would<br /> be a t<span style="text-decoration:underline;">im</span>e to answer brothers most welcome letter but as I see<br /> no prospect I have resolved not to wait any longer but to make<br /> an attempt at catching a little <span style="text-decoration:underline;">tim</span>e for the purpose I was a little<br /> supprised [sic] on reading Brother Isaac's letter that my remarks on A J Davis<br /> lectures had given him the impression that we were not pleased I do<br /> not know what I wrote but we were pleased I meant to say we were<br /> expecting him to exceed every thing and very probably the fault was<br /> in ourselvecs I was very glad of the opporunity of hearing and also<br /> very glad to see the interest manifest in so crowded an audience to<br /> catch every sentence I remarked that much of Friends preaching was<br /> very tame and lifeless whether by comparison or in reality I leave<br /> Thee thinks there must be a great change in us from forme^r^<br /> times y<span style="text-decoration:underline;">es</span> t<span style="text-decoration:underline;">here</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">has been a great change</span> and I often wonder<br /> if the change has been in us I fancy we were not so blinded<br /> by sectairan [sic] prejudices as not to have seen things as they <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">were</span> are<br /> if the gold had <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">not</span> become dim and the fine gold changed which<br /> I can see very plainly ^is^ now the case with a large portion of those<br /> with whome [sic] I once took sweet council and was I trust made<br /> happier and better thereby I often wish I really knew myself and<br /> the causes which are influencing me to conclusions &c and to do<br /> this I dont see but I must study to be quiet and mind my own<br /> business else I may be in danger, of becoming a castaway but I will<br /> hope on hope ever that I<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> may retain a portion of my own individuality I beleive [sic] the tende<br /> -ncy of most is to conform to the opinions of sects parties or it my<br /> be some cherished friend may be our standard in great degrees<br /> giving up our own individual ideas but I think it is impossible<br /> that the masses of inteligent [sic] men and women shall remain<br /> content blindly to follow lifeless customs and receive their instru<br /> -ction from older tradition while angel voices within them urge<br /> upward and onward on the mountain of progression but I will<br /> leave this topic and tell you what a beautiful month the last<br /> has been I verily think I never saw it so beautiful before but<br /> perhaps I have forgotten but I remember many very beautiful<br /> we have had such a wealth of flowers and the roses the roses<br /> how I have enjoyed them from almost every home they were smili<br /> -ing as we passed and such a beautiful bunch as I receved [sic] from<br /> J Rushmore's should have been seen by all lovers of roses I desired<br /> to preserve them fresh but like all transitory things they<br /> have lost their fresh loveliness but are still treasured fof their<br /> former beauty _ then the golden sunshine the refreshing shower's the<br /> the [sic] green leaves the deep waving grass and the bright green grain<br /> with the soft air have all mingled in full harmony through<br /> this beautiful mouth all is still lovely but nature is chary<br /> The grain is golden and is being cut the grass which is still<br /> green is also deprived of its former attractive grace but there<br /> is a time as Solomon said for these things and if you have<br /> any of you forgotten hay time and harvest its toil heat and innumerable<br /> cares and joy too is mingled in the composition now is the time then<br /> Come and see us at our harvest home When garden field & tree<br /> Conspire with flowing stores to fill our barn and granary. but you can<br /> not expect so much social enjoyment as at some this times<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> only to enjoy country life as it is we are expecting some of Anna<br /> friends to morrow and perhaps some others to spend the 4<sup>th</sup> ^the^ would<br /> that all would be content to spend it as rationally in the country<br /> NY has appropriated 6000$ for the glorification of deeds which are<br /> now punishable in all the states if they could see themselves as<br /> they are seen by the world I think it would not be so foolishly mad as<br /> to do this thing and all the little villages must ape the manners <br /> ^so^ of course each are busy in their miniature preparations<br /> Probably you have heard ere this of AJ Underhills death it was<br /> rather unexpected to me Sam ^C^ J Titus is failing quite fast nearly<br /> confined to his bed it is very sad to see him wasting away when<br /> so many would gladly retain him the world has many attractions<br /> too he seemed very quiet peaceful and not disturbed I have<br /> longed for some one qualified to converse with him on the bright<br /> realities of the spirit home and that there is no doubt but<br /> his will be a happy exchange but to the widowd [sic] hearts of mother and<br /> sister is is difficult ^for them^ to say any thing but Oh leave us not "Leave not<br /> The old who mid the gathers shadows cling<br /> To their accustoed staff and know not how<br /> To loose thee" but they are remarkably calm and seem to be supported<br /> by a power superior to human else they would sink amid their mul<br /> tiplied cares and trouble Abraham Hicks is quite feeble too but so<br /> as to be around they have been staying at Greenport and thought he<br /> was benefitted some he has frequent chills W and E Cock accompanied<br /> them I was very glad for them to it is so much more pleasant to have<br /> dear and sympathizing friends to mingle with in an especial degree<br /> when anxious and depressed and they have passed through the same<br /> ordeal and I doubt not can sympathise with Rachel in both cases<br /> Samu<sup>l</sup> and Abr<sup>m</sup> what else could their parents expect than consumption<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> there is indeed great responsibility resting on parents on all ^both^ physically<br /> intellectually and spiritualy [sic] I hope there is an advancement in the sent<br /> -iment of individual responsibility and accountability too which will lead<br /> to a higher state of society It just occurs to me what a multitude<br /> of plans ways and means there are for bettering the world and how<br /> very slow the progress has been and I thankfully accord to hope much<br /> of the happiness felt in anticipating and working to hasten on the<br /> good time coming 5 I thought to complete my scrawl yesterday but<br /> some household duties with the heat induced me to delay and altho<br /> it is not quite as hot by the themometer [sic] ^it is 94 in the shade yesterday 96^ it is exceedingly difficult for our men<br /> to endure it [in?] [or?] in the language of NPW "It was a sultry day of summer time<br /> [Next 8 lines of text in two columns]<br /> [Text on right half of page]<br /> The sun poured down upon the ripened grain<br /> With quivering heat, & the suspended leaves<br /> Hung motionless. The cattle on the hills<br /> Stood still, and the divided flock were all<br /> Laying their nostrils to the cooling roots,<br /> And the sky looked like silver, and it seemed<br /> As if the air had fainted, and the pulse<br /> Of nature had run down, and ceased to beat<br /> [Text on left half of page]<br /> Our men are now in the harvest the<br /> wheat very large and consideraly down<br /> we have a mowing machine which<br /> releives [sic] them somewhat it is very diffcu^lt^<br /> to get help get them from NY for very<br /> high wages and often leave almost as<br /> soon as got Joseph has been helping<br /> Uncle James some I really dont know<br /> what he would do without <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Jos</span>ey and<br /> [Text normal]<br /> after all it seems to be no more than Joseph is expected to do a kind of<br /> duty so considered Charles dined here to day he is much better gone down<br /> this afternoon Matilda and Phebe Hoyt have gone near Poughkeepsie<br /> to board awhile My throat has troubled her very much she thinks the<br /> moving project will never be brought about I think if she finds herself<br /> better in any location where she may go the fact will make them <br /> more anxious to make the trial Samuel Willets is building a house<br /> for Robert on a part of Jacobs farm they have looked and tried to<br /> get suited offered Gilbert Pearsall 20,000$ for his farm which is thought to<br /> be a great price I have only seen Martha Willets a short time weaving<br /> much suited with their visit and regretted its not being longer at Roches [sic]<br /> I am cooking a nice pot of samp and it gives promise of being very nice I<br /> wish you could have some for supper with some of our good milk our cherries<br /> are an entire failure have been down to Uncle Johns this morning for a few<br /> and think I shall try to have a few more yet Our raspberrys [sic] are just beginning to<br /> to [sic] ripen but fear we shall not have an abundant<br /> [Text continues verticall, bottom to top, along right margin]<br /> supply as in former time as the weather is so hot</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text in top margin, written upside down] I think I may as well sign my name but I wish to hear from you severa^lly^ and wish you would write I thought it would be very pleasant to us if WsM E and S and indeed all our dear friends would make some one or all combined a weekly contribution for our benefit and I doubt not you would find that altho you imparted much you would be none the poorer for the offering try it and [Text continues in left margin, written downward] see if it is not a good suggestion love to all the household of loving friends as if named Mary [Text normal] Westbury 3 of 7 mo Dearly beloved It is recorded in the scriptures I beleive [sic] that there is a time for all things under the Sun and being a beleiv -er [sic] in scripture testimony I have been rather expecting there would be a time to answer brothers most welcome letter but as I see no prospect I have resolved not to wait any longer but to make an attempt at catching a little time for the purpose I was a little supprised [sic] on reading Brother Isaac's letter that my remarks on A J Davis lectures had given him the impression that we were not pleased I do not know what I wrote but we were pleased I meant to say we were expecting him to exceed every thing and very probably the fault was in ourselvecs I was very glad of the opporunity of hearing and also very glad to see the interest manifest in so crowded an audience to catch every sentence I remarked that much of Friends preaching was very tame and lifeless whether by comparison or in reality I leave Thee thinks there must be a great change in us from forme^r^ times yes therehas been a great change and I often wonder if the change has been in us I fancy we were not so blinded by sectairan [sic] prejudices as not to have seen things as they were are if the gold had not become dim and the fine gold changed which I can see very plainly ^is^ now the case with a large portion of those with whome [sic] I once took sweet council and was I trust made happier and better thereby I often wish I really knew myself and the causes which are influencing me to conclusions &c and to do this I dont see but I must study to be quiet and mind my own business else I may be in danger, of becoming a castaway but I will hope on hope ever that I may retain a portion of my own individuality I beleive [sic] the tende -ncy of most is to conform to the opinions of sects parties or it my be some cherished friend may be our standard in great degrees giving up our own individual ideas but I think it is impossible that the masses of inteligent [sic] men and women shall remain content blindly to follow lifeless customs and receive their instru -ction from older tradition while angel voices within them urge upward and onward on the mountain of progression but I will leave this topic and tell you what a beautiful month the last has been I verily think I never saw it so beautiful before but perhaps I have forgotten but I remember many very beautiful we have had such a wealth of flowers and the roses the roses how I have enjoyed them from almost every home they were smili -ing as we passed and such a beautiful bunch as I receved [sic] from J Rushmore's should have been seen by all lovers of roses I desired to preserve them fresh but like all transitory things they have lost their fresh loveliness but are still treasured fof their former beauty _ then the golden sunshine the refreshing shower's the the [sic] green leaves the deep waving grass and the bright green grain with the soft air have all mingled in full harmony through this beautiful mouth all is still lovely but nature is chary The grain is golden and is being cut the grass which is still green is also deprived of its former attractive grace but there is a time as Solomon said for these things and if you have any of you forgotten hay time and harvest its toil heat and innumerable cares and joy too is mingled in the composition now is the time then Come and see us at our harvest home When garden field & tree Conspire with flowing stores to fill our barn and granary. but you can not expect so much social enjoyment as at some this times only to enjoy country life as it is we are expecting some of Anna friends to morrow and perhaps some others to spend the 4th ^the^ would that all would be content to spend it as rationally in the country NY has appropriated 6000$ for the glorification of deeds which are now punishable in all the states if they could see themselves as they are seen by the world I think it would not be so foolishly mad as to do this thing and all the little villages must ape the manners ^so^ of course each are busy in their miniature preparations Probably you have heard ere this of AJ Underhills death it was rather unexpected to me Sam ^C^ J Titus is failing quite fast nearly confined to his bed it is very sad to see him wasting away when so many would gladly retain him the world has many attractions too he seemed very quiet peaceful and not disturbed I have longed for some one qualified to converse with him on the bright realities of the spirit home and that there is no doubt but his will be a happy exchange but to the widowd [sic] hearts of mother and sister is is difficult ^for them^ to say any thing but Oh leave us not "Leave not The old who mid the gathers shadows cling To their accustoed staff and know not how To loose thee" but they are remarkably calm and seem to be supported by a power superior to human else they would sink amid their mul tiplied cares and trouble Abraham Hicks is quite feeble too but so as to be around they have been staying at Greenport and thought he was benefitted some he has frequent chills W and E Cock accompanied them I was very glad for them to it is so much more pleasant to have dear and sympathizing friends to mingle with in an especial degree when anxious and depressed and they have passed through the same ordeal and I doubt not can sympathise with Rachel in both cases Samul and Abrm what else could their parents expect than consumption there is indeed great responsibility resting on parents on all ^both^ physically intellectually and spiritualy [sic] I hope there is an advancement in the sent -iment of individual responsibility and accountability too which will lead to a higher state of society It just occurs to me what a multitude of plans ways and means there are for bettering the world and how very slow the progress has been and I thankfully accord to hope much of the happiness felt in anticipating and working to hasten on the good time coming 5 I thought to complete my scrawl yesterday but some household duties with the heat induced me to delay and altho it is not quite as hot by the themometer [sic] ^it is 94 in the shade yesterday 96^ it is exceedingly difficult for our men to endure it [in?] [or?] in the language of NPW "It was a sultry day of summer time [Next 8 lines of text in two columns] [Text on right half of page] The sun poured down upon the ripened grain With quivering heat, & the suspended leaves Hung motionless. The cattle on the hills Stood still, and the divided flock were all Laying their nostrils to the cooling roots, And the sky looked like silver, and it seemed As if the air had fainted, and the pulse Of nature had run down, and ceased to beat [Text on left half of page] Our men are now in the harvest the wheat very large and consideraly down we have a mowing machine which releives [sic] them somewhat it is very diffcu^lt^ to get help get them from NY for very high wages and often leave almost as soon as got Joseph has been helping Uncle James some I really dont know what he would do without Josey and [Text normal] after all it seems to be no more than Joseph is expected to do a kind of duty so considered Charles dined here to day he is much better gone down this afternoon Matilda and Phebe Hoyt have gone near Poughkeepsie to board awhile My throat has troubled her very much she thinks the moving project will never be brought about I think if she finds herself better in any location where she may go the fact will make them more anxious to make the trial Samuel Willets is building a house for Robert on a part of Jacobs farm they have looked and tried to get suited offered Gilbert Pearsall 20,000$ for his farm which is thought to be a great price I have only seen Martha Willets a short time weaving much suited with their visit and regretted its not being longer at Roches [sic] I am cooking a nice pot of samp and it gives promise of being very nice I wish you could have some for supper with some of our good milk our cherries are an entire failure have been down to Uncle Johns this morning for a few and think I shall try to have a few more yet Our raspberrys [sic] are just beginning to to [sic] ripen but fear we shall not have an abundant [Text continues verticall, bottom to top, along right margin] supply as in former time as the weather is so hot
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Dearly Beloved I have just finished mending<br /> one of Josephs coats and before commencing an<br /> other will take my pen for I see no prospect of having<br /> a leisure hour very soon for each day brings some<br /> important thing to be attended to and writing<br /> letters y<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ou</span> seem to know as well as myself<br /> can be left almost ad infinitum although it<br /> may be at the sacrifice of many pleasureab-^le^ [sic]<br /> feelings and the consciousness of having performe^d^<br /> a duty to absent loved one's but so it is and I<br /> doubt whither [sic] I should not have continued my<br /> work had not Elisabeth failed in sending a<br /> letter to the office this morning in time for the<br /> mail so I resolved to put in a slip to stir up<br /> your minds by way of remembrance I thoug^ht^<br /> much of you yesterday and many incidents<br /> of a year ago came thronging back upon my<br /> memory of pleasant minglings with you<br /> Edmund and Sarah have doubtless commu<br /> nicated the news what little there is to be<br /> picked up we have seen very <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ver</span>y little of<br /> them which we could not but regret for<br /> our own sake's but was glad for them to<br /> make a nice visit at Jericho I can excuse<br /> them the easier knowing by experience some<br /> what similar how difficult it is to leave an<br /> aged and helpless parent to visit other friends<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> Matilda has got home again a week to day<br /> since and has gained Stephen say's quite nicely<br /> she has been desirous to come and has been<br /> trying to get strength enough to bear the ride<br /> came in a carriage on a bed the Dr and Stephen<br /> and bore it better than they expected Stephen<br /> has been more discouraged than ever before<br /> They keep her very quiet admit no company<br /> and we hope she will continue to gain she<br /> is exceedingly nervous and is affected by very<br /> slight causes the Dr remains there at present<br /> Mary R is there now I suppose to take charge<br /> Elisabeth Sprague has gone home ^yesterday^ but we hope<br /> she will go back again soon It is one of the<br /> difficult things to find a good housekeeper<br /> Phebe Gifford has been on a visit to the church<br /> and relatives but did not see her Valentine and Jane<br /> also The Orthodox friends have changed <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">the</span> their <br /> Quarterly meeting from one to 2 days which was<br /> held at Westbury this fall. Phebe and others present<br /> but those I have heard speak of it did not feel<br /> pleased with the preaching I allude to those<br /> not members At Flushing there was quite a<br /> host of preachers all of the conservative type<br /> except Henry W Ridgway and he had the most<br /> to communicate of any on sixth day we<br /> thought it as great a sermon as we had<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> ever listened to very radical in deed [sic] on doct<br /> rinal subejcts the Bible human depravity<br /> attonement [sic] sectarianism &c &c all harmo<br /> nised [sic] with o<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ur</span> views he told us ^individualy [sic]^ he could<br /> not go as far as you do and cannot approve<br /> spiritualists &c with whome [sic] we are associated<br /> but I have nothing to say against each one<br /> must live up to their highest idea he said<br /> I read with interest what is transpiring<br /> there is very little but what I heard so I<br /> know what you are about He thinks there is<br /> no need of giving up the old organization of<br /> Friends there is a great deal of good in it and if<br /> they would progress on as they would if they<br /> lived up to the fundamental doctrine of min<br /> =ding the light there would be a great advance<br /> -ment there was a great tendency to retrograde<br /> looking back to the early friends being satisfied<br /> with their ideas <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">but</span> they brought with them<br /> their previous views which were many of them<br /> he thought erroneous and could not be tolerated<br /> by any enlightend [sic] mind of today . We attended<br /> all his meetings and felt it to be a priveledge [sic]<br /> to do so I trust we have been strengthned [sic] in<br /> good by so doing but I am almost discouraged<br /> I make so very little progress like the Israeli<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">s</span><br /> -tes compassing the mountain in the wilderness Oh<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> me it is sad to think what a loiterer I have been<br /> It is now past 10 and all save me sink in forgetfulness<br /> I only wake propose to sit to call Joseph at 4 to go to<br /> NY with potatoes [<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">with</span>?] ^in^ company with S Rushmore for some<br /> of his customers it is a most lovely night so bright<br /> and still scarcely a sound disturbs the universal<br /> quiet which reigns I have just been out and walk<br /> -ed around the yard and enjoyed a few moments<br /> communion with nature but it is too cold to<br /> remain long we need a real winter fire to be com<br /> -fortable have got through cleaning house last week<br /> and got our plants in the sitting room shall have<br /> our coal stove up in a day or two then our winter<br /> arrangement will be complete the long winter even^ing^<br /> are so pleasant so much social enjoyment that I even<br /> look the this season as on of pleasure . We have<br /> several freshly gathered branches of flowers mostly<br /> Artimecia and very handsome have bloomed out<br /> quite recently several of the dwarf which are beautiful<br /> The womans rights meeting will soon be here may we<br /> not look for some of you to be at it and enjoin a winter<br /> visit with us it would be among the very pleasant<br /> things if it might be so do embrace every right<br /> opening to do so - There seems to be quite a calm<br /> in the political world since the election there was<br /> more interest than usual in our parts but it seems<br /> to me and I think that is somewhat the feeling as E [Quincey?]<br /> says in todays Tribune It is a defeat which is worth more<br /> than such a victory as Buchanan<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">s's </span>&c &c Suppose E P W did<br /> not get home in season to vote we suppose there was<br /> too much fog to admit of it I have not seen Es letter<br /> so not know how weighty it is will not put in any<br /> additional scrap and my eyes admonish me it<br /> will be wise to desist pretty soon We have been<br /> hoping Jacob would find leisure to visit us as<br /> long is it not the dull season now There is quite<br /> a bevy of youth and maidins [sic] gone to the Providence<br /> school they are very strict in regard to dress but<br /> some terms hear of great indecorum particularly with<br /> the boys Rachel Rushmore went down this morning to go to Phladel [sic]<br /> do write soon love to all Mary</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Dearly Beloved I have just finished mending one of Josephs coats and before commencing an other will take my pen for I see no prospect of having a leisure hour very soon for each day brings some important thing to be attended to and writing letters you seem to know as well as myself can be left almost ad infinitum although it may be at the sacrifice of many pleasureab-^le^ [sic] feelings and the consciousness of having performe^d^ a duty to absent loved one's but so it is and I doubt whither [sic] I should not have continued my work had not Elisabeth failed in sending a letter to the office this morning in time for the mail so I resolved to put in a slip to stir up your minds by way of remembrance I thoug^ht^ much of you yesterday and many incidents of a year ago came thronging back upon my memory of pleasant minglings with you Edmund and Sarah have doubtless commu nicated the news what little there is to be picked up we have seen very very little of them which we could not but regret for our own sake's but was glad for them to make a nice visit at Jericho I can excuse them the easier knowing by experience some what similar how difficult it is to leave an aged and helpless parent to visit other friends Matilda has got home again a week to day since and has gained Stephen say's quite nicely she has been desirous to come and has been trying to get strength enough to bear the ride came in a carriage on a bed the Dr and Stephen and bore it better than they expected Stephen has been more discouraged than ever before They keep her very quiet admit no company and we hope she will continue to gain she is exceedingly nervous and is affected by very slight causes the Dr remains there at present Mary R is there now I suppose to take charge Elisabeth Sprague has gone home ^yesterday^ but we hope she will go back again soon It is one of the difficult things to find a good housekeeper Phebe Gifford has been on a visit to the church and relatives but did not see her Valentine and Jane also The Orthodox friends have changed the their Quarterly meeting from one to 2 days which was held at Westbury this fall. Phebe and others present but those I have heard speak of it did not feel pleased with the preaching I allude to those not members At Flushing there was quite a host of preachers all of the conservative type except Henry W Ridgway and he had the most to communicate of any on sixth day we thought it as great a sermon as we had ever listened to very radical in deed [sic] on doct rinal subejcts the Bible human depravity attonement [sic] sectarianism &c &c all harmo nised [sic] with our views he told us ^individualy [sic]^ he could not go as far as you do and cannot approve spiritualists &c with whome [sic] we are associated but I have nothing to say against each one must live up to their highest idea he said I read with interest what is transpiring there is very little but what I heard so I know what you are about He thinks there is no need of giving up the old organization of Friends there is a great deal of good in it and if they would progress on as they would if they lived up to the fundamental doctrine of min =ding the light there would be a great advance -ment there was a great tendency to retrograde looking back to the early friends being satisfied with their ideas but they brought with them their previous views which were many of them he thought erroneous and could not be tolerated by any enlightend [sic] mind of today . We attended all his meetings and felt it to be a priveledge [sic] to do so I trust we have been strengthned [sic] in good by so doing but I am almost discouraged I make so very little progress like the Israelis -tes compassing the mountain in the wilderness Oh me it is sad to think what a loiterer I have been It is now past 10 and all save me sink in forgetfulness I only wake propose to sit to call Joseph at 4 to go to NY with potatoes [with?] ^in^ company with S Rushmore for some of his customers it is a most lovely night so bright and still scarcely a sound disturbs the universal quiet which reigns I have just been out and walk -ed around the yard and enjoyed a few moments communion with nature but it is too cold to remain long we need a real winter fire to be com -fortable have got through cleaning house last week and got our plants in the sitting room shall have our coal stove up in a day or two then our winter arrangement will be complete the long winter even^ing^ are so pleasant so much social enjoyment that I even look the this season as on of pleasure . We have several freshly gathered branches of flowers mostly Artimecia and very handsome have bloomed out quite recently several of the dwarf which are beautiful The womans rights meeting will soon be here may we not look for some of you to be at it and enjoin a winter visit with us it would be among the very pleasant things if it might be so do embrace every right opening to do so - There seems to be quite a calm in the political world since the election there was more interest than usual in our parts but it seems to me and I think that is somewhat the feeling as E [Quincey?] says in todays Tribune It is a defeat which is worth more than such a victory as Buchanans's &c &c Suppose E P W did not get home in season to vote we suppose there was too much fog to admit of it I have not seen Es letter so not know how weighty it is will not put in any additional scrap and my eyes admonish me it will be wise to desist pretty soon We have been hoping Jacob would find leisure to visit us as long is it not the dull season now There is quite a bevy of youth and maidins [sic] gone to the Providence school they are very strict in regard to dress but some terms hear of great indecorum particularly with the boys Rachel Rushmore went down this morning to go to Phladel [sic] do write soon love to all Mary
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upside down, continued from Page 4]<br /><br /> I wish you would let us hear from you often it is so pleasant<br /> I know you have poor returns but it is a grand law that the receiver <br /> is not alone benefetted [sic] but the giver is quite as certain of a<br /> blessing With love to all branches of our family I am lovingly yours Mary<br /><br /> [Text Normal]<br /> Westbury 11 mo 24<br /> Dearly Beloved I have been hoping to feel just like writing or rather<br /> for the time when no other demands more urgent presented but really<br /> such time is always in the future and the only way is to break through<br /> and not put off for the convenient season It is seventh day eve and<br /> I have not finished mending Joseph’s pants he and Lissie have<br /> gone to Jacob Hicks s [sic] for a call and of course I am alone I do<br /> not remember whether your acceptable letter has been replied to<br /> but fear we have been delinquent as we have not heard from <br /> you in such a long time and y<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ou</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ar</span>e a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">littl</span>e particular I<br /> think in relation to writing which I am very sorry for as we are<br /> such poor correspondents and it is so very delightful to receive<br /> these tokens from you I very much hope Amy has not got sick whi<br /> -le enjoying the treat of doing her own work in her own way and<br /> having every thing [sic] so snug and nice I often have enjoyed it a<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">little</span> while but soon find I am ready for some one [sic] to assist <br /> even tho [sic] it disarranges my precise notions and tolerate in the<br /> remembrance of my weariness What a beautiful Autumn we<br /> have had It is quite cold to day [sic] had a snow shower yesterday<br /> which I thought was as beautiful as I had remembered the<br /> flakes very large and as they fell so gently and continuously <br /> I remarked it is nearly as much worth looking at as the meteors<br /> we expected to see soon after I came in and said how handsome <br /> the snow looks most as handsome as the falling s<span style="text-decoration:underline;">tar</span>s did<br /> but in an hour all trace of the snow was gone It froze some<br /> and has incited to cutting off the Caulliflower [sic] heads and taking<br /> up cabbages I picked two nice boquets [sic] for Emma one excl<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> -usively Artimicias [sic] the other megionet [sic] sweet Elyssium [sic] sweet<br /> Pea Pinks snap dragon Stock gilly marigolds and geraniums <br /> She enjoyes [sic] flowers very much and thinks each bunch must be<br /> the last She has had rather a poor week the past one and it is very<br /> sad to see her so suffering Ann is devoted to wait and watch and<br /> suits Emma better than any one [sic] she has some queere [sic] notions<br /> but I dont [sic] see as she is any more crazy if any change it is<br /> rather for the better Edward Rushmore is at home but have<br /> not seen him they are engrossed in their farming so that<br /> we see very little of them Last Second day we dined at<br /> Saml [sic] then they accompanied us to see Dorrinda found her<br /> at home and had a right nice visit she seems quite satisfy<br /> -ed with her location but it is quite a journey from our home<br /> and consequently we go very seldom Joseph is very much like<br /> his Father in disposition and is becoming quite a councillor [sic] he<br /> is very manly and considerate and appears likely to be a comfort<br /> Hannah Baldwin and sister Jane Willets spent a day with us<br /> Hannah’s first visit had never been in the car’s before She had<br /> been to Pdil^a^ three weeks visiting Jane who lives there<br /> Hannah was very much pleased with going around knew<br /> all by hearing her Father talk so much of Long Island Uncles <br /> and Aunts &c Ide great wedding at our Cousin Maria Willets<br /> is passed and the large house was found to be ample no<br /> appearance of any crowd I heard there 150 or more invited<br /> but not quite 100 present time from 8 to 11 it proved to be<br /> a rainy evening and quite a number of their guests had to<br /> stay all night I believe there were including all Catharine<br /> Post has been there 4 weeks assisting and I guess the large<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> house and many nice contrivances has brought a multitude <br /> of care and much weariness and I often hear the remark from<br /> visitors there I would not have such a house if I could I greatly<br /> prefer our <span style="text-decoration:underline;">ol</span>d h<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ous</span>e or our s<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ma</span>ll h<span style="text-decoration:underline;">ous</span>e” I am perfectly satisfied<br /> Cousins [Saml?] and Sarah give [a?] company on 3<sup>rd</sup> day evening<br /> for their grand daughter Emily who has recently married<br /> Henry Carter of Flushing and Stephen T and his wife – <br /> Cousin Sam has bought Jane Titus [sic] place for Sarah she<br /> thought it best to leave Bay Side especially as her boys<br /> may choose to be farmers and Westbury is rather better<br /> place to bring up boys but it has lost much of its character <br /> for steady habits it had when thee and Joseph were boys<br /> and besides there was so few acres there Sarah has strong<br /> attachments at Westbury but it will cost her many tears<br /> to part from her pleasant home made [dear?] [sic] and saeled [sic]<br /> by the remembrance of Jacobs thought and effort in<br /> forming it and the thousand associations entwined as<br /> into her very life Second day evening I expected this would have<br /> been on its way but laying it aside when Joseph and Lizzie came home<br /> I thought to fill it on First day but short mornings and our meeting<br /> going then Cousin Robert R came home with us Saml and Catharine<br /> were also with us and in the evening we went to E P Willets so<br /> the day was gone and to day [sic] our domestic duties and a<br /> nice long call at Benjamin Hicks at Roslyn have kept me<br /> fully engaged and now sleepy and dull I have taken the pew<br /> Joseph is naping [sic] now after a desperate struggle to keek [sic] awake<br /> enough to read the news of the day the most prominent articles<br /> were Govenor [sic] Brownlows [sic] message and the account of the<br /><br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> marriage of the Czar of Russias Son with full description <br /> which was a great affair and very splendid W C Bryant <br /> and daughter sailed for Europe a week ago – Jacob Conklin<br /> and Elizabeth I beleive [sic] expect to spend the winter abroad<br /> She we hear writes very interesting letters home I hope Jacobs [sic]<br /> money will hold out but it will be a wonder to many if it<br /> does he is such a hap hazard [sic] kind of man You have<br /> heard of Esther Posts prospect long ago and can join with<br /> her Long Island friends in great expectations of its being an<br /> agreeable connection and if a very clever person with an<br /> abundance of the material treasure can bring happiness I<br /> trust that she will be so Walter Robbins has gone to Henry [Redy?] [mays?]<br /> school also two of Oliver Titus Franklin Robbins Edwards<br /> youngest son is with us we have quite a school The<br /> Debating society meet weekly Lizzie is to read also to write<br /> essays but seldom invite them to debate probably beca<br /> -use they never are willing to do so Have not had <br /> any lectures and fear we shall not have many We had<br /> such a very pleasant visit from Edmund & Sarah that<br /> I hope the retrospect to them is eaqually [sic] so and that<br /> years will not <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">again</span> pass without having them again<br /> I dont [sic] beleive [sic] it is right for them to stay away so long <br /> Rachel Hicks is out again but her hearing is quite poor<br /> a great roaring and unpleasant sensation but it rather<br /> improves I hoped J would write a slip but fear he will<br /> not take the time as his time is a good deal occupied <br /> between his work & newspaper and the ability to accomplish is perhaps<br /> diminishing I find it is with me and no wonder for yesterday was my<br /> [60?] birthday and I could not but feel sad that so little was accomplished<br /> [Continues in top margin of Page 1 with line beginning “I wish you would”]<br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text in top margin, written upside down, continued from Page 4] I wish you would let us hear from you often it is so pleasant I know you have poor returns but it is a grand law that the receiver is not alone benefetted [sic] but the giver is quite as certain of a blessing With love to all branches of our family I am lovingly yours Mary [Text Normal] Westbury 11 mo 24 Dearly Beloved I have been hoping to feel just like writing or rather for the time when no other demands more urgent presented but really such time is always in the future and the only way is to break through and not put off for the convenient season It is seventh day eve and I have not finished mending Joseph's pants he and Lissie have gone to Jacob Hicks s [sic] for a call and of course I am alone I do not remember whether your acceptable letter has been replied to but fear we have been delinquent as we have not heard from you in such a long time and youare a little particular I think in relation to writing which I am very sorry for as we are such poor correspondents and it is so very delightful to receive these tokens from you I very much hope Amy has not got sick whi -le enjoying the treat of doing her own work in her own way and having every thing [sic] so snug and nice I often have enjoyed it alittle while but soon find I am ready for some one [sic] to assist even tho [sic] it disarranges my precise notions and tolerate in the remembrance of my weariness What a beautiful Autumn we have had It is quite cold to day [sic] had a snow shower yesterday which I thought was as beautiful as I had remembered the flakes very large and as they fell so gently and continuously I remarked it is nearly as much worth looking at as the meteors we expected to see soon after I came in and said how handsome the snow looks most as handsome as the falling stars did but in an hour all trace of the snow was gone It froze some and has incited to cutting off the Caulliflower [sic] heads and taking up cabbages I picked two nice boquets [sic] for Emma one excl -usively Artimicias [sic] the other megionet [sic] sweet Elyssium [sic] sweet Pea Pinks snap dragon Stock gilly marigolds and geraniums She enjoyes [sic] flowers very much and thinks each bunch must be the last She has had rather a poor week the past one and it is very sad to see her so suffering Ann is devoted to wait and watch and suits Emma better than any one [sic] she has some queere [sic] notions but I dont [sic] see as she is any more crazy if any change it is rather for the better Edward Rushmore is at home but have not seen him they are engrossed in their farming so that we see very little of them Last Second day we dined at Saml [sic] then they accompanied us to see Dorrinda found her at home and had a right nice visit she seems quite satisfy -ed with her location but it is quite a journey from our home and consequently we go very seldom Joseph is very much like his Father in disposition and is becoming quite a councillor [sic] he is very manly and considerate and appears likely to be a comfort Hannah Baldwin and sister Jane Willets spent a day with us Hannah's first visit had never been in the car's before She had been to Pdil^a^ three weeks visiting Jane who lives there Hannah was very much pleased with going around knew all by hearing her Father talk so much of Long Island Uncles and Aunts &c Ide great wedding at our Cousin Maria Willets is passed and the large house was found to be ample no appearance of any crowd I heard there 150 or more invited but not quite 100 present time from 8 to 11 it proved to be a rainy evening and quite a number of their guests had to stay all night I believe there were including all Catharine Post has been there 4 weeks assisting and I guess the large house and many nice contrivances has brought a multitude of care and much weariness and I often hear the remark from visitors there I would not have such a house if I could I greatly prefer our old house or our small house" I am perfectly satisfied Cousins [Saml?] and Sarah give [a?] company on 3rd day evening for their grand daughter Emily who has recently married Henry Carter of Flushing and Stephen T and his wife - Cousin Sam has bought Jane Titus [sic] place for Sarah she thought it best to leave Bay Side especially as her boys may choose to be farmers and Westbury is rather better place to bring up boys but it has lost much of its character for steady habits it had when thee and Joseph were boys and besides there was so few acres there Sarah has strong attachments at Westbury but it will cost her many tears to part from her pleasant home made [dear?] [sic] and saeled [sic] by the remembrance of Jacobs thought and effort in forming it and the thousand associations entwined as into her very life Second day evening I expected this would have been on its way but laying it aside when Joseph and Lizzie came home I thought to fill it on First day but short mornings and our meeting going then Cousin Robert R came home with us Saml and Catharine were also with us and in the evening we went to E P Willets so the day was gone and to day [sic] our domestic duties and a nice long call at Benjamin Hicks at Roslyn have kept me fully engaged and now sleepy and dull I have taken the pew Joseph is naping [sic] now after a desperate struggle to keek [sic] awake enough to read the news of the day the most prominent articles were Govenor [sic] Brownlows [sic] message and the account of the marriage of the Czar of Russias Son with full description which was a great affair and very splendid W C Bryant and daughter sailed for Europe a week ago - Jacob Conklin and Elizabeth I beleive [sic] expect to spend the winter abroad She we hear writes very interesting letters home I hope Jacobs [sic] money will hold out but it will be a wonder to many if it does he is such a hap hazard [sic] kind of man You have heard of Esther Posts prospect long ago and can join with her Long Island friends in great expectations of its being an agreeable connection and if a very clever person with an abundance of the material treasure can bring happiness I trust that she will be so Walter Robbins has gone to Henry [Redy?] [mays?] school also two of Oliver Titus Franklin Robbins Edwards youngest son is with us we have quite a school The Debating society meet weekly Lizzie is to read also to write essays but seldom invite them to debate probably beca -use they never are willing to do so Have not had any lectures and fear we shall not have many We had such a very pleasant visit from Edmund & Sarah that I hope the retrospect to them is eaqually [sic] so and that years will not again pass without having them again I dont [sic] beleive [sic] it is right for them to stay away so long Rachel Hicks is out again but her hearing is quite poor a great roaring and unpleasant sensation but it rather improves I hoped J would write a slip but fear he will not take the time as his time is a good deal occupied between his work & newspaper and the ability to accomplish is perhaps diminishing I find it is with me and no wonder for yesterday was my [60?] birthday and I could not but feel sad that so little was accomplished [Continues in top margin of Page 1 with line beginning "I wish you would"]
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(Page 1)<br /><br /> Dear Brother It is the 4 of July and <br /> as I sat in meeting to day and <br /> heard the sound of the cannon I <br /> thought with the poet Cowper in<br /> his contemplations of the world<br /> Tis pleasant; though the loop holes of retre ^at^. <br /> To peep at such a world. To see the stir,<br /> Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd.<br /> To hear the roar she sends through all her gates<br /> At a safe distance, where the dying sound <br /> Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. <br /> This sitting and surveying, thus at ease,<br /> The globe & its concerns I seem advanced<br /> To some secure, and more than mortal ^height,^<br /> That liberates & exempts ^me^ from them all.<br /> It turns submitted to my view, turns ^round^<br /> With all it’s generation: I behold <br /> The tumult, and am still. Thy<br /> letter came duly and as ever it was<br /> pleasant to hear from you it had seem ^ed^<br /> so long but I know how easy it is and<br /> how unintentional too I often feel that <br /> we take no note of time except as we<br /> are reminded of last opportunities of <br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> duties unattended to waiting for that<br /> convenient reason which to me seldom<br /> comes and now my pile of work laying<br /> beside me warms me not spend too much <br /> time lest the darns and the buttons will<br /> be lacking and such omissions do not <br /> make husband or home more attractive<br /> We have had the most delightful weather<br /> for day past now a very hard wind is <br /> blowing and the indications are rain<br /> hence the hay makers are all very busy <br /> indeed trying to secure what they can<br /> Joseph has lamed his shoulder and many<br /> things he cannot do and one man is sick some<br /> months consumption a very nice manly<br /> little fellow 11 years old Saml and<br /> Catharine came home on first day<br /> but hastened back to recive [sic] a visit<br /> from cousin Saml and Sarah Willet <br /> who told is the day before thy <br /> proposed dinning at I J U and Y<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> they were at home visit them but<br /> Saml and Catherine not being at Jericho<br /> meeting they had got to Matthews so<br /> that they ^I and C^ stoped [sic] there and lost their<br /> visit at Syosset You cant think how<br /> greatly we miss Catharine cannot<br /> realize yet that she cannot remain<br /> when she comes and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">her</span> home attach<br /> -ments are very strong although she<br /> seems very happy in her connexion [sic]<br /> Emma Titus poor girl remains <br /> very much as she has been for many <br /> weeks some of the time quite comfort<br /> -able at others suffering greatly <br /> she always looks che^e^rfull [sic] when I <br /> enter her room enjoys flowers very <br /> much and I try to keep her supplied<br /> we have had more than usual and I <br /> find many hours are what some of <br /> our prudent ones consider wasted in<br /> caring for them but it is a joy I hope<br /> they are not too engrossing Saml<br /> Hicks has had his harvest of<strong> </strong>strawberry <br /> and a busy time they did some days 1600 ^[Qts?]^ <br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> and perhaps more I am not very well<br /> posted one day I was there there were<br /> 80 people mostly women and children<br /> at work Some day he has much profit<br /> but I guess his expenses have also been<br /> very large he was not fixed at first <br /> and had not got his boxes nor sufficient <br /> teams or anything else in real order <br /> until near the cast so that next year<br /> he could do much easier even a greater<br /> amount and to better advantage We<br /> have had a fine parcel too they are about <br /> gone currants and raspberries are ripeing [sic]<br /> have some cherries but they are rather<br /> poor & wormy Rachel W has been poorly<br /> with enesipelas[sic] in face was out yesterday<br /> Mary W is staying at Westbury last I <br /> suppose she writes to you frequently<br /> now she is so much at leisure Well <br /> the rain has commenced and quite <br /> heavily it is ½ past 5 it looks dark <br /> and smooth I often think how wisely<br /> it is ordered that man<strong> </strong>with all his <br /> great attainments cannot control <br /> the elements and it ^is^ wise to be sat<br /> -isfied with what we cannot help <br /> and enjoy the sunshine and the storm<br /> each so necessary and beautify ing [sic] If I<br /> can I will get Joseph to add a littl [sic] I <br /> wish A would write love to all our friends Mary<br />
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Dear Brother It is the 4 of July and as I sat in meeting to day and heard the sound of the cannon I thought with the poet Cowper in his contemplations of the world Tis pleasant; though the loop holes of retre ^at^. To peep at such a world. To see the stir, Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd. To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear. This sitting and surveying, thus at ease, The globe & its concerns I seem advanced To some secure, and more than mortal ^height,^ That liberates & exempts ^me^ from them all. It turns submitted to my view, turns ^round^ With all it's generation: I behold The tumult, and am still. Thy letter came duly and as ever it was pleasant to hear from you it had seem ^ed^ so long but I know how easy it is and how unintentional too I often feel that we take no note of time except as we are reminded of last opportunities of duties unattended to waiting for that convenient reason which to me seldom comes and now my pile of work laying beside me warms me not spend too much time lest the darns and the buttons will be lacking and such omissions do not make husband or home more attractive We have had the most delightful weather for day past now a very hard wind is blowing and the indications are rain hence the hay makers are all very busy indeed trying to secure what they can Joseph has lamed his shoulder and many things he cannot do and one man is sick some months consumption a very nice manly little fellow 11 years old Saml and Catharine came home on first day but hastened back to recive [sic] a visit from cousin Saml and Sarah Willet who told is the day before thy proposed dinning at I J U and Y they were at home visit them but Saml and Catherine not being at Jericho meeting they had got to Matthews so that they ^I and C^ stoped [sic] there and lost their visit at Syosset You cant think how greatly we miss Catharine cannot realize yet that she cannot remain when she comes and her home attach -ments are very strong although she seems very happy in her connexion [sic] Emma Titus poor girl remains very much as she has been for many weeks some of the time quite comfort -able at others suffering greatly she always looks che^e^rfull [sic] when I enter her room enjoys flowers very much and I try to keep her supplied we have had more than usual and I find many hours are what some of our prudent ones consider wasted in caring for them but it is a joy I hope they are not too engrossing Saml Hicks has had his harvest of strawberry and a busy time they did some days 1600 ^[Qts?]^ and perhaps more I am not very well posted one day I was there there were 80 people mostly women and children at work Some day he has much profit but I guess his expenses have also been very large he was not fixed at first and had not got his boxes nor sufficient teams or anything else in real order until near the cast so that next year he could do much easier even a greater amount and to better advantage We have had a fine parcel too they are about gone currants and raspberries are ripeing [sic] have some cherries but they are rather poor & wormy Rachel W has been poorly with enesipelas[sic] in face was out yesterday Mary W is staying at Westbury last I suppose she writes to you frequently now she is so much at leisure Well the rain has commenced and quite heavily it is 1/2 past 5 it looks dark and smooth I often think how wisely it is ordered that man with all his great attainments cannot control the elements and it ^is^ wise to be sat -isfied with what we cannot help and enjoy the sunshine and the storm each so necessary and beautify ing [sic] If I can I will get Joseph to add a littl [sic] I wish A would write love to all our friends Mary
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin around date line, written upside down]<br /> write when you can for we are more glad<br /> to recive [sic] than to give and I doubt not you<br /> would get the blessing promised to those who<br /> give <br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> Westbury 7 mo 22<br /><br /> Dearly Beloved Thy ever welcome token<br /> was duly received and its sentiments met<br /> a responsive throb in my heart especially<br /> that portion in reference to the occupancy<br /> of our time so fully in the cares and pursu^its^<br /> of the things of this<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">e</span> present state as almost<br /> to make us neglect our absent friends I <br /> have ever looked forward to a time when<br /> leisure would take the place of much of <br /> the active labor which has been generally<br /> a pleasure but which I would now willingly<br /> lessen but as I have got my hand in I find<br /> it somewhat difficult to lay them aside I am <br /> feeling real lonely this afternoon in the little<br /> leisure of the hour for more than two weeks I <br /> have been engaged in waiting on Father & mot^her^<br /> one week there then we brought them home with <br /> us but getting a new girl for them and father<br /> was having lightning rods put up made him<br /> anxious to go home else they would have<br /> remained longer he was a little smarter than<br /> he had been but looks pale mother was better<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> some said she thought it had done her good<br /> and I have no doubt of it to look at some new<br /> objects must do good to sit week after week in<br /> the same place the same round of thought and<br /> care is enough to weary any one and so entirel^y^<br /> dependant [sic] on others for every thing it seems to<br /> me that life must be burdensome but she <br /> keeps the patience remarkably they are an<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">h</span>infirm couple to try to keep house Matthew<br /> has a felon ^it has broke^ Did I ever tell you the remedy for <br /> felon’s they are so frequent here that I want every<br /> body to know it and apply it for I think it <br /> is certainly the best thing I ever knew Take <br /> rock salt wrap it in a cabbage leaf and roast<br /> it in the ashes 20 minutes then pulverize the<br /> salt and mix it with common yellow soap<br /> making a kind of salve adding a few drops <br /> of spirits turpentine it will either scatter <br /> or make it break very quick we have used<br /> it very many times and always with the <br /> most favorable results it is severe but the<br /> end crowns all It was M M yesterday <br /> and also the funeral of Phebe Cromwell wh<br /> made our meeting large she has been very<br /> poorly all summer inflamation [sic] of the lungs and<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> her cancer increased too a happy release<br /> Rachel got liberty to attend Ohio & Indiana<br /> Y M apt some and visit the families of White<br /> Water M M Stimoson also to attend Purchace [sic]<br /> & Nine Partners Q M and the meetings and apt some<br /> and Cornwall Edmund goes with him he<br /> told the meeting he had a prospect of going <br /> with I and they have him a miracle too Luc<br /> retia fashion he did not ask liberty<br /> This morning our girls went to N Y to see<br /> the great Eastern Willet Robbins was going <br /> with them it looked very cloudy and they<br /> hesitated about going but it resulted in<br /> a very little shower and is now very warm<br /> & dry we are suffering on act of drought our<br /> beautiful little lake presents a large margi^n^<br /> and our gardens are suffering greatly<br /> a little distance from us in several direc<br /> -tions there has been rain a heavy rain on<br /> second day night at N Willis’s very light hue<br /> but through all the buds have almost out done <br /> themselves in their constant song apparenty [sic]<br /> unceasing I think I never enjoyed it more<br /> what a beautiful arrangement when one ^blessing^<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> is withdrawn or lessened we appreciate what <br /> remains Our men folks have got through<br /> hay and are now in their oats a fine<br /> time to get hay so dry and not so<br /> dreadful hot as sometimes nights and<br /> mornings quite cool so that frequently <br /> it is pleasant to close all windows & doors<br /> Our colored friends are expecting to <br /> hold a meeting on the first day of august<br /> in the woods dear Spragues they have en<br /> gaged a speaker but I do not know who<br /> whether they will make out to raise money<br /> enough on the ground I dont know think <br /> it rather doubtful Phebe Searman Elijahs<br /> widow was burned last week Thomas Mott<br /> two weeks ago had the Eresipelas [sic] in his head<br /> Cousins Sam<sup>l</sup> and Katy will miss him very<br /> much as they are now needing a caretaker<br /> Cousin I was up to meeting yesterday and<br /> pretty smart We called at S J Underhills<br /> lately and they are fixed up with all the<br /> nice things as tho they might be counting<br /> on “long years of pleasure here” and they<br /> feel that they are rich or I am mistaken <br /> I believe it is very well I am at the bottom<br /> of my sheet as I am really not in the <br /> spirit of writing as this too plainly testifies<br /> with love to all branches of our dear circle<br /> of relatives I am as ever your Mary</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text in top margin around date line, written upside down] write when you can for we are more glad to recive [sic] than to give and I doubt not you would get the blessing promised to those who give [Text normal] Westbury 7 mo 22 Dearly Beloved Thy ever welcome token was duly received and its sentiments met a responsive throb in my heart especially that portion in reference to the occupancy of our time so fully in the cares and pursu^its^ of the things of thise present state as almost to make us neglect our absent friends I have ever looked forward to a time when leisure would take the place of much of the active labor which has been generally a pleasure but which I would now willingly lessen but as I have got my hand in I find it somewhat difficult to lay them aside I am feeling real lonely this afternoon in the little leisure of the hour for more than two weeks I have been engaged in waiting on Father & mot^her^ one week there then we brought them home with us but getting a new girl for them and father was having lightning rods put up made him anxious to go home else they would have remained longer he was a little smarter than he had been but looks pale mother was better some said she thought it had done her good and I have no doubt of it to look at some new objects must do good to sit week after week in the same place the same round of thought and care is enough to weary any one and so entirel^y^ dependant [sic] on others for every thing it seems to me that life must be burdensome but she keeps the patience remarkably they are anhinfirm couple to try to keep house Matthew has a felon ^it has broke^ Did I ever tell you the remedy for felon's they are so frequent here that I want every body to know it and apply it for I think it is certainly the best thing I ever knew Take rock salt wrap it in a cabbage leaf and roast it in the ashes 20 minutes then pulverize the salt and mix it with common yellow soap making a kind of salve adding a few drops of spirits turpentine it will either scatter or make it break very quick we have used it very many times and always with the most favorable results it is severe but the end crowns all It was M M yesterday and also the funeral of Phebe Cromwell wh made our meeting large she has been very poorly all summer inflamation [sic] of the lungs and her cancer increased too a happy release Rachel got liberty to attend Ohio & Indiana Y M apt some and visit the families of White Water M M Stimoson also to attend Purchace [sic] & Nine Partners Q M and the meetings and apt some and Cornwall Edmund goes with him he told the meeting he had a prospect of going with I and they have him a miracle too Luc retia fashion he did not ask liberty This morning our girls went to N Y to see the great Eastern Willet Robbins was going with them it looked very cloudy and they hesitated about going but it resulted in a very little shower and is now very warm & dry we are suffering on act of drought our beautiful little lake presents a large margi^n^ and our gardens are suffering greatly a little distance from us in several direc -tions there has been rain a heavy rain on second day night at N Willis's very light hue but through all the buds have almost out done themselves in their constant song apparenty [sic] unceasing I think I never enjoyed it more what a beautiful arrangement when one ^blessing^ is withdrawn or lessened we appreciate what remains Our men folks have got through hay and are now in their oats a fine time to get hay so dry and not so dreadful hot as sometimes nights and mornings quite cool so that frequently it is pleasant to close all windows & doors Our colored friends are expecting to hold a meeting on the first day of august in the woods dear Spragues they have en gaged a speaker but I do not know who whether they will make out to raise money enough on the ground I dont know think it rather doubtful Phebe Searman Elijahs widow was burned last week Thomas Mott two weeks ago had the Eresipelas [sic] in his head Cousins Saml and Katy will miss him very much as they are now needing a caretaker Cousin I was up to meeting yesterday and pretty smart We called at S J Underhills lately and they are fixed up with all the nice things as tho they might be counting on "long years of pleasure here" and they feel that they are rich or I am mistaken I believe it is very well I am at the bottom of my sheet as I am really not in the spirit of writing as this too plainly testifies with love to all branches of our dear circle of relatives I am as ever your Mary
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> Westbury 7 mo<sup>th</sup> 28<br /><br />My dear Sister Amy has been very<br />present with me or rather my sym<br />-pathy and thought has been ^with her^ and<br />have felt the promptings of express<br />-ing it but I have been so weary<br />and at times so unable as to make<br />it easy to defer hoping that another<br />day I should feel more like it and<br />knowing thee would excuse if thee<br />knew how it was I have however<br />little lof interest as I have been very<br />steadily at home except going to N Y<br />with Catharine (she goes generally twice<br />a week) I do not always go now and<br />am hoping I can omit it sometime<br />but we are a pretty poor set dear<br />Catharine is really better we beleive [sic]<br />E has been complaning [sic] too and<br />Phebe has quite frequent turns of<br />being poorly she and Mary are<br />both to day but hope it is not serious<br />I have had a severe turn of<br />inflamation [sic] of bowels and have<br /><br />(Page 2)<br /><br />not got entirely over it The labor<br />difficulty we have felt have got one ^girl^<br />right from Ireland young and inexprnc [sic]<br />and one nurse girl is gone and have<br />a quite young girl in her place and<br />then harvest time brings additional<br />labor so that I think lifes cares have<br />never been more burdensome but the<br />harvest helpers are done or nearly so<br />that I trust with a continuance of<br />the beautiful weather which we are<br />now having strength will return<br />We hear Matilda has returned una<br />=nnounced and of course no one to<br />meet her with all the comforts a<br />home carriage and necessary fixtures<br />required by a great rain but W<br />Hawxhurst was at the depot and took<br />her home have not heard since but<br />the impression we got from Stephen d &<br />family befor [sic] she came that there is not<br />much improvement Stephen expected to<br />go for her in a few days Our Q M<br />is just past we rather looked for our<br />Truman friends but suppose their visit<br />at Waterloo is not out Saml J Levie and<br />James Birdsale were the only preachers<br /><br />(Page 3)<br /><br />from a distance on sixth day<br />an orthodox preacher came and preach^ed^<br />I believe they asked Rachel for liberty<br />but very many are not willing for them<br />to come taking the time of the Q M in<br />holding up sentiments which are not in<br />accord with our doctrines and moreover<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">they</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">would</span> not tolerate the practice<br />^of our preachers going to theirs^<br />I am perfectly willing they should apt<br />as many meetings as they choose<br />in their own house and invite all<br />they please but as to having them<br />^come on this way^<br />I think it is an imposition<br />The meeting was very small on act<br />of the great rain only then men<br />from Matinecock and 2 from Man<br />-hasset and very few from Jericho<br />even around the neighborhood many<br />were absent I did not go staid [sic]<br />with Phebe Catharine went when<br />meeting was out it was clear and<br />we had 10 friends to dine had<br />considerable company Aunt<br />Mary Post and daughters came<br />up to [Ellwoods?] a few weeks ago and<br />aunt they thought quite as smart as<br /><br />(Page 4)<br /><br />last summer but last third day<br />was taken poorly and passed on<br />to the higher life yesterday morning<br />the funeral to take place on second<br />-day from the church comes of 6<br />avenue & 20<sup>th </sup> St Our neighbor Ann<br />Titus has just returned from Chicago<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">heard just before leaving</span> Johnny was<br />some poorly concluded to go immedi<br />-ately he has come back with her<br />whether to remain or to replenish I<br />do not know I am very glad to [sic]<br />hear Edmunds eyes are comfortab<br />-le and better the Dr we go to says<br />it is very injurious to use cold water<br />to wash or bathe the eyes in but warm<br />he has been so long suffering with<br />them it must be exceedingly delig<br />-htful to be able to use them again<br />The hot period we have passed thoug^h^<br />has I suppose had its effect on you<br />too we had much less south wind<br />than usual and our nights were<br /> unusually warm<br /><br />(Page 5) [Separate piece of paper]<br /><br /> Elisabeth [Mott?] and Edmund were<br />at meeting on fifth day and I so<br />wanted them to come home with us<br />and urged it but she thought there<br />would be so many others she would<br />rather come some other time but<br />concluded as I thought to come<br />but disappointed us I was very<br />sorry as I think she would have<br />enjoyed the company we enquired<br />of each other about thee and both<br />wanted to hear how thee is and<br />how thee gets along through all<br />the lonely days and nights Oh<br />there is a blank which cannot<br />be filled by any other dear one<br />but I would be so glad to be<br />able to sit with thee often and <br />in sympathy talk over the beauty<br />-ful trails and loving deeds of<br />him we all miss so much I<br /><br />(Page 6)<br /><br />wish thee could come and<br />stay with us a while it would<br />do us all good to see thee<br />The fine rains have made every<br />thing very beautiful in the flower<br />department we have a great abu<br />ndance I wish I could send<br />you each a nice boquet [sic] with my<br />love how is Catharine I am<br />in a hurry to see Matilda<br />to hear from you all it is<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">so</span> v<span style="text-decoration:underline;">er</span>y long scarcely since<br />Joseph came home<br />Isaac Hicks folks have had or<br />have a very difficult time no<br />help for a long time except day<br />and cant get that much Emma has<br />been quite poorly for a week not<br />able to be about but all better &<br />have a little girl with some hope<br />of a woman We have never know^n^<br />so much differently before in this<br /><br />(Page 7)<br /><br />section it seems almost impossibl [sic]<br />they want in many instances very<br />high wages and not willing to do<br />all kinds of work I am in hopes the<br />question or one of the great questions<br />of the present as to capital & labor<br />will be solved ere long but so long<br />as women prefer starving in the city<br />garrits [sic] to going into the country<br />either to sew or in other employme^nt^<br />I see no way to remove the suffering<br />and degradation resulting<br />therefrom<br />First day evening Got an early<br />tea and Joseph and self went<br />to see Matild and was very<br />glad to find her so improved<br />she really looks and seems so<br />bright that I hope it may<br />be more lasting but when<br />the joy and excitement of<br /><br />(Page 8)<br /><br />home and friends subside into<br />every day affairs I fear there<br />will be a reaction but will hope<br />for the best she tells us thee is<br />not quite in usual health now<br />think if it will not be best for<br />thee to come when thee feels as<br />tho [sic] thee could and stay awhile<br />What an interesting paper the<br />last Standard is I am very<br />glad for Aaron to have this<br />opportunity of going and he<br />greatly needed the rest but<br />he will find work wherever he<br />goes Joseph and girls send<br />their most loving remembrance<br />to thee and all hope thee will<br />feel like letting us hear from thee<br />soon and in near Sisterly affec-<br />-tion I am thine truly Mary<br /><br /><br /></p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. Images of the original diary pages are provided to show the creator's original page layout and placement of additions. Westbury 7 moth 28My dear Sister Amy has been verypresent with me or rather my sym-pathy and thought has been ^with her^ andhave felt the promptings of express-ing it but I have been so wearyand at times so unable as to makeit easy to defer hoping that anotherday I should feel more like it andknowing thee would excuse if theeknew how it was I have howeverlittle lof interest as I have been verysteadily at home except going to N Ywith Catharine (she goes generally twicea week) I do not always go now andam hoping I can omit it sometimebut we are a pretty poor set dearCatharine is really better we beleive [sic]E has been complaning [sic] too andPhebe has quite frequent turns ofbeing poorly she and Mary areboth to day but hope it is not seriousI have had a severe turn ofinflamation [sic] of bowels and havenot got entirely over it The labordifficulty we have felt have got one ^girl^right from Ireland young and inexprnc [sic]and one nurse girl is gone and havea quite young girl in her place andthen harvest time brings additionallabor so that I think lifes cares havenever been more burdensome but theharvest helpers are done or nearly sothat I trust with a continuance ofthe beautiful weather which we arenow having strength will returnWe hear Matilda has returned una=nnounced and of course no one tomeet her with all the comforts ahome carriage and necessary fixturesrequired by a great rain but WHawxhurst was at the depot and tookher home have not heard since butthe impression we got from Stephen d &family befor [sic] she came that there is notmuch improvement Stephen expected togo for her in a few days Our Q Mis just past we rather looked for ourTruman friends but suppose their visitat Waterloo is not out Saml J Levie andJames Birdsale were the only preachersfrom a distance on sixth dayan orthodox preacher came and preach^ed^I believe they asked Rachel for libertybut very many are not willing for themto come taking the time of the Q M inholding up sentiments which are not inaccord with our doctrines and moreovertheywould not tolerate the practice^of our preachers going to theirs^I am perfectly willing they should aptas many meetings as they choosein their own house and invite allthey please but as to having them^come on this way^I think it is an impositionThe meeting was very small on actof the great rain only then menfrom Matinecock and 2 from Man-hasset and very few from Jerichoeven around the neighborhood manywere absent I did not go staid [sic]with Phebe Catharine went whenmeeting was out it was clear andwe had 10 friends to dine hadconsiderable company AuntMary Post and daughters cameup to [Ellwoods?] a few weeks ago andaunt they thought quite as smart aslast summer but last third daywas taken poorly and passed onto the higher life yesterday morningthe funeral to take place on second-day from the church comes of 6avenue & 20th St Our neighbor AnnTitus has just returned from Chicagoheard just before leaving Johnny wassome poorly concluded to go immedi-ately he has come back with herwhether to remain or to replenish Ido not know I am very glad to [sic]hear Edmunds eyes are comfortab-le and better the Dr we go to saysit is very injurious to use cold waterto wash or bathe the eyes in but warmhe has been so long suffering withthem it must be exceedingly delig-htful to be able to use them againThe hot period we have passed thoug^h^has I suppose had its effect on youtoo we had much less south windthan usual and our nights were unusually warm [Separate piece of paper] Elisabeth [Mott?] and Edmund wereat meeting on fifth day and I sowanted them to come home with usand urged it but she thought therewould be so many others she wouldrather come some other time butconcluded as I thought to comebut disappointed us I was verysorry as I think she would haveenjoyed the company we enquiredof each other about thee and bothwanted to hear how thee is andhow thee gets along through allthe lonely days and nights Ohthere is a blank which cannotbe filled by any other dear onebut I would be so glad to beable to sit with thee often and in sympathy talk over the beauty-ful trails and loving deeds ofhim we all miss so much Iwish thee could come andstay with us a while it woulddo us all good to see theeThe fine rains have made everything very beautiful in the flowerdepartment we have a great abundance I wish I could sendyou each a nice boquet [sic] with mylove how is Catharine I amin a hurry to see Matildato hear from you all it isso very long scarcely sinceJoseph came homeIsaac Hicks folks have had orhave a very difficult time nohelp for a long time except dayand cant get that much Emma hasbeen quite poorly for a week notable to be about but all better &have a little girl with some hopeof a woman We have never know^n^so much differently before in thissection it seems almost impossibl [sic]they want in many instances veryhigh wages and not willing to doall kinds of work I am in hopes thequestion or one of the great questionsof the present as to capital & laborwill be solved ere long but so longas women prefer starving in the citygarrits [sic] to going into the countryeither to sew or in other employme^nt^I see no way to remove the sufferingand degradation resultingtherefromFirst day evening Got an earlytea and Joseph and self wentto see Matild and was veryglad to find her so improvedshe really looks and seems sobright that I hope it maybe more lasting but whenthe joy and excitement ofhome and friends subside intoevery day affairs I fear therewill be a reaction but will hopefor the best she tells us thee isnot quite in usual health nowthink if it will not be best forthee to come when thee feels astho [sic] thee could and stay awhileWhat an interesting paper thelast Standard is I am veryglad for Aaron to have thisopportunity of going and hegreatly needed the rest buthe will find work wherever hegoes Joseph and girls sendtheir most loving remembranceto thee and all hope thee willfeel like letting us hear from theesoon and in near Sisterly affec--tion I am thine truly Mary
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So he spoke of the form of coming together which he liked but he felt there was<br />danger in it. being punctual in these [things] of thinking we were doing our duty<br />he thought there were other requirements of far greater importance to do good to our<br />fellow creatures to visit the widow and fatherless to plead for the oppressed to<br />do what we might to bind up the broken hearted then shall your light<br />break forth and your reward be sure &c &c this is only some of the fragments<br />it pleased me so much better than abstractions which most speak<br />on [Stimonson] is not as expansive or reformatory but hardly more<br />welcome to the people in power.<br /><br />Joshua and Jacobs difficulties remain as heretofore Samuel <br />and Catharine were here a few days ago all as well as
<p>usual Tell Willie our pet kittens are doing finely have grown <br />quite large and are great favorites with us when he comes he<br />will see them large cats would love to play with him better than they<br />used to I must leave as it is time to go to the store and I <br />wish to go therefore I must farewell do try to write as often<br />as time will allow regardless of our writing as there are<br />so few happenings and a sentimental letter is not worth much<br />Love to all our friends William and Mary how very glad we <br />should be to see them again George and [Ann] and the boys have<br />given up their visit love to you [illegible] Mary</p>
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<p>(Page 1)<br /><br /> [Text in top margin, written upside down]<br /> I expect Elias Seaman & Phebe are about ready to make known<br /> intentions we had a visit from the Underhills a day or two ago which<br /> was really pleasant Love to all our friends and write soon to your<br /> affectionate Mary<br /> [Text below preceding, beginning left of "affectionate Mary"]<br /> and glad your Sarah has improved in health<br /> and how is Amy is she better too I wish she would write to us and tell all ^about herself^<br /> [Text in left margin, written downward]<br /> I had<br /> [Continues normal below date line of letter]<br /> forgot to say I am nearly as well as usual and our family ^also^<br /> [Continues in top margin just beneath text beginning "I expect Elias"]<br /> except one of our pet cats got burnt sadly shut up in the stove oven when<br /> the fire was made this morning <br /><br /> [Text normal]<br /> Dear Brother Sister & household Westbury 12 mo<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><sup>th</sup></span> 29<br /> The reply to my letter was duly received <br /> and as I may be sometime before I ^find matter to^ fill a sheet will comm<br /> -ence and whenever I have an i<span style="text-decoration:underline;">dea</span> put it here for you<br /> must know we are very differently circumstanced from your<br /> -selves while you have so much you can scarcely cull from <br /> the profusion of interesting matter we have so little that <br /> it requires care we do not magnify that little into great<br /> importance I have often noticed this difference between<br /> city and country in city a great cause produces a small <br /> effect while in country a small cause produces a great <br /> effect furnishing a topic for conversation at all the friends<br /> in the neighborhood with wonders and guesses of the why<br /> and wherefore of this strange and wonderful phenomenon<br /> The past week has been filled up as very many have been that<br /> have passed away forever in the routine of life in social<br /> intercourse in mingling with others performing the last<br /> office’s of friendship to the departed and in some small<br /> efforts to mitigate the evils of poverty to those less favored<br /> than ourselves It is very hard to be poor especially in the<br /> winter when food clothing and fuel and comfortable shelter <br /> are all so indispensable yet how many there are who<br /> have none of these and ^comparatively^ still struggle on through suffer^ing^<br /> almost intolerable I do not hear of much more destitution <br /> than usual in our neighborhood but there has always been more<br /> or less frequently caused by alcoholic beverages when this is <br /> the case there is a double incentive to labor to do away both <br /> [Continues upward into right margin] <br /> evils<br /><br /> (Page 2)<br /><br /> Joseph L Townsend has gone home was buried last 4<sup>th</sup> day went<br /> down very rapidly probably suffered less physically than he would<br /> if it had been more gradual the funeral large Richard Cromwell<br /> & JD Wright gave utterance to much that I would rather not<br /> hear both doctrinally and of a more personal nature I think<br /> it is seldom wise to eulogize the dead and yet how univer<br /> _sal the custom J D W commenced very prettily and spoke for some<br /> little time quite well and I thought he had improved <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">but</span> I <br /> think one go of it would have been sufficent [sic] and much better<br /> than the whole The next day we attended the funeral of John<br /> Hendricksons daughter about 17 yr. old and the second one they<br /> have buried in a few week’s and the babe looks as if it could<br /> not live but a short time Rachel spoke there and like the<br /> others did not please altogether In speaking of Jesus the atonem^ent^<br /> and so forth she said I have no controversy with any in regard to their <br /> belief on these and kindred subjects but let them beware how <br /> they take any man for a guide either living or dead and<br /> the belief that departed spirits could communicate with<br /> man and that it was through these God communed with<br /> man was the greatest delusion the grand adversary<br /> had ever inflicted on a rational mind and it was <br /> astonishing how many were carried away with it &c &c<br /> and she admonished if there were any present so deluded <br /> as to beleive [sic] this fallacy to pause and examine themselves<br /> ere too late and her heartfelt desire was that they might<br /> immediately with the children of men. That the soul is <br /> in a fixed state &c &c I have wondered if she knew Cousin<br /> Elias believed in progression I was reading one of his sermons<br /><br /> (Page 3)<br /><br /> lately he spoke of this and in clear and decided a mann^er^<br /> as could be that it was without doubt a state of progression<br /> Thy wish that we could become acquainted with <br /> J [A?] W was responded to and I can rejoice that you have <br /> so many facilities of improvement trying as it is to be <br /> left so far behind but then I remember the one talent<br /> will recive [sic] in proportion if improved the same as the [five?]<br /> Thy remarks on his simple manner of living were very<br /> true and if it were practicable I was going to say would <br /> be very nice and how much time labor and expense might <br /> be saved and appropriated more wisely causing peace and <br /> happiness where ignorance & vice reign supreme I have <br /> a hope this more rational mode will become univer^sal^<br /> but somehow the cross is very hard and heavy to bear<br /> 31 This is a bright beautifully clear morning but cold with<br /> just snow enough to make it look cold and wintry would <br /> that you were here to spend to day and tomorrow with us<br /> the last day of the year how many remenicences [sic] of the past <br /> how many plans and cherished hopes have been blighted <br /> which rise up before the mind in <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">the re</span>view of the past<br /> teaching to leave the future and that present is all we<br /> have we are looking for some of my brothers and familys [sic] to<br /> day or tomorrow and have made some preparation for a feast<br /> of the good things and I would be glad if all our loved one’s<br /> could share with us and minister to our spiritual & intelectual [sic]<br /> wants I see there are some familys who have informed <br /> there [sic] friends they shall not spread a table of luxuries for call^ers^<br /> on New Years day but instead offer a plate for contributions <br /> that some of the poor may have a meal to gladen [sic] their hea^rts^<br /><br /> (Page 4)<br /><br /> I think I should not have hesitated telling J R Giddings<br /> the position of things he must know very well the differences<br /> there are among antislavery people and would much rather <br /> they should know the real state of things than be associated <br /> with such a “shab them off” as they did and was it because they<br /> visited you they noticed them so little This is often the case<br /> with narrow sectarian minds we have known this kind of prosc<br /> -ription in years past and still the same spirit is alive and among<br /> some of the most sanctified appearing people, to judge them by their <br /> long visage we might think them far superior to any device of this <br /> kind of injure the reputation of a brother but so it is poor little<br /> devoted Stimuson feels very keenly this treatment he visited us<br /> and told us some of his troubles I told him he need not think any <br /> new things had happened unto him it was what many had known<br /> of before and it had become of small consequence to be judged by<br /> man John Parrish of N Jersey (son of Dr Parrish) a minister came to<br /> NY and his principle [sic] concern was to visit Stimuson ^while his wife visited a sister in Staten Island^ who had been<br /> at his house and corresponded with him well he found friends though<br /> in NY it was not worth while to come up to see him but he was deter<br /> -mined to come then James Haviland offered to accompany him<br /> and took him to Rachel’s as I did not know how to get there on<br /> finding the Branch was the place to stop James insisted on taking <br /> his carpet bag and he would meet him in the afternoon at the depot<br /> but the thought he had better go right back as Stimuson was going <br /> about so much chance if he was at home He was at home and though<br /> John was very sorry he had concented [sic] to go in the afternoon I said<br /> I was in the position of the young prophet who met the old one<br /> and was turned aside by him Charles Post is complaining this <br /> winter they have been at Westbury more than a week are looking <br /> for them here today Jane Willets of Skaneatelas is on a visit here<br /> have not seen her yet We have been reading Judge Edmonds<br /> book and find a great amount of beautiful composition and <br /> much that I think is reasonable at least I am glad your<br /> meeting in so much accord with your highest ideas of progress<br /> it is sad to look on the sects generally falling back on the ideas <br /> of the past instead of raising the standard higher and higher but I must stop <br /> and get Joseph to add a portion I do not like monopoly</p>
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University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester 500 Joseph C. Wilson BoulevardRochester, NY 146272017-This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial4.0 International LicenseThe License was added on January 1, 2018.University of RochesterRare Books, Special Collections, and PreservationIsaac and Amy Post Family PapersD93Papers of Amy (1802-1889) and Isaac (1798-1872) Post, who were abolitionists, spiritualists, and advocates of temperance and women's rights. Included are letters from leaders of these reform movements, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Original line breaks, punctuation, abbreviations and spelling have been preserved in the manuscript transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded. Words or phrases deemed indecipherable have been noted as "illegible." Nontextual original content, e.g. drawings and diagrams, have been noted as such. 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[Text in top margin, written upside down] I expect Elias Seaman & Phebe are about ready to make known intentions we had a visit from the Underhills a day or two ago which was really pleasant Love to all our friends and write soon to your affectionate Mary [Text below preceding, beginning left of "affectionate Mary"] and glad your Sarah has improved in health and how is Amy is she better too I wish she would write to us and tell all ^about herself^ [Text in left margin, written downward] I had [Continues normal below date line of letter] forgot to say I am nearly as well as usual and our family ^also^ [Continues in top margin just beneath text beginning "I expect Elias"] except one of our pet cats got burnt sadly shut up in the stove oven when the fire was made this morning [Text normal] Dear Brother Sister & household Westbury 12 moth 29 The reply to my letter was duly received and as I may be sometime before I ^find matter to^ fill a sheet will comm -ence and whenever I have an idea put it here for you must know we are very differently circumstanced from your -selves while you have so much you can scarcely cull from the profusion of interesting matter we have so little that it requires care we do not magnify that little into great importance I have often noticed this difference between city and country in city a great cause produces a small effect while in country a small cause produces a great effect furnishing a topic for conversation at all the friends in the neighborhood with wonders and guesses of the why and wherefore of this strange and wonderful phenomenon The past week has been filled up as very many have been that have passed away forever in the routine of life in social intercourse in mingling with others performing the last office's of friendship to the departed and in some small efforts to mitigate the evils of poverty to those less favored than ourselves It is very hard to be poor especially in the winter when food clothing and fuel and comfortable shelter are all so indispensable yet how many there are who have none of these and ^comparatively^ still struggle on through suffer^ing^ almost intolerable I do not hear of much more destitution than usual in our neighborhood but there has always been more or less frequently caused by alcoholic beverages when this is the case there is a double incentive to labor to do away both [Continues upward into right margin] evils Joseph L Townsend has gone home was buried last 4th day went down very rapidly probably suffered less physically than he would if it had been more gradual the funeral large Richard Cromwell & JD Wright gave utterance to much that I would rather not hear both doctrinally and of a more personal nature I think it is seldom wise to eulogize the dead and yet how univer _sal the custom J D W commenced very prettily and spoke for some little time quite well and I thought he had improved but I think one go of it would have been sufficent [sic] and much better than the whole The next day we attended the funeral of John Hendricksons daughter about 17 yr. old and the second one they have buried in a few week's and the babe looks as if it could not live but a short time Rachel spoke there and like the others did not please altogether In speaking of Jesus the atonem^ent^ and so forth she said I have no controversy with any in regard to their belief on these and kindred subjects but let them beware how they take any man for a guide either living or dead and the belief that departed spirits could communicate with man and that it was through these God communed with man was the greatest delusion the grand adversary had ever inflicted on a rational mind and it was astonishing how many were carried away with it &c &c and she admonished if there were any present so deluded as to beleive [sic] this fallacy to pause and examine themselves ere too late and her heartfelt desire was that they might immediately with the children of men. That the soul is in a fixed state &c &c I have wondered if she knew Cousin Elias believed in progression I was reading one of his sermons lately he spoke of this and in clear and decided a mann^er^ as could be that it was without doubt a state of progression Thy wish that we could become acquainted with J [A?] W was responded to and I can rejoice that you have so many facilities of improvement trying as it is to be left so far behind but then I remember the one talent will recive [sic] in proportion if improved the same as the [five?] Thy remarks on his simple manner of living were very true and if it were practicable I was going to say would be very nice and how much time labor and expense might be saved and appropriated more wisely causing peace and happiness where ignorance & vice reign supreme I have a hope this more rational mode will become univer^sal^ but somehow the cross is very hard and heavy to bear 31 This is a bright beautifully clear morning but cold with just snow enough to make it look cold and wintry would that you were here to spend to day and tomorrow with us the last day of the year how many remenicences [sic] of the past how many plans and cherished hopes have been blighted which rise up before the mind in the review of the past teaching to leave the future and that present is all we have we are looking for some of my brothers and familys [sic] to day or tomorrow and have made some preparation for a feast of the good things and I would be glad if all our loved one's could share with us and minister to our spiritual & intelectual [sic] wants I see there are some familys who have informed there [sic] friends they shall not spread a table of luxuries for call^ers^ on New Years day but instead offer a plate for contributions that some of the poor may have a meal to gladen [sic] their hea^rts^ I think I should not have hesitated telling J R Giddings the position of things he must know very well the differences there are among antislavery people and would much rather they should know the real state of things than be associated with such a "shab them off" as they did and was it because they visited you they noticed them so little This is often the case with narrow sectarian minds we have known this kind of prosc -ription in years past and still the same spirit is alive and among some of the most sanctified appearing people, to judge them by their long visage we might think them far superior to any device of this kind of injure the reputation of a brother but so it is poor little devoted Stimuson feels very keenly this treatment he visited us and told us some of his troubles I told him he need not think any new things had happened unto him it was what many had known of before and it had become of small consequence to be judged by man John Parrish of N Jersey (son of Dr Parrish) a minister came to NY and his principle [sic] concern was to visit Stimuson ^while his wife visited a sister in Staten Island^ who had been at his house and corresponded with him well he found friends though in NY it was not worth while to come up to see him but he was deter -mined to come then James Haviland offered to accompany him and took him to Rachel's as I did not know how to get there on finding the Branch was the place to stop James insisted on taking his carpet bag and he would meet him in the afternoon at the depot but the thought he had better go right back as Stimuson was going about so much chance if he was at home He was at home and though John was very sorry he had concented [sic] to go in the afternoon I said I was in the position of the young prophet who met the old one and was turned aside by him Charles Post is complaining this winter they have been at Westbury more than a week are looking for them here today Jane Willets of Skaneatelas is on a visit here have not seen her yet We have been reading Judge Edmonds book and find a great amount of beautiful composition and much that I think is reasonable at least I am glad your meeting in so much accord with your highest ideas of progress it is sad to look on the sects generally falling back on the ideas of the past instead of raising the standard higher and higher but I must stop and get Joseph to add a portion I do not like monopoly
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