_____, Eunice. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

_____, Eunice. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

_____, Eunice

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Description

Handwritten letter from Eunice _____ to Amy Kirby Post, n.d. . Eunice meant to meet Amy at the train station, but Mrs. Post failed to appear. Letter goes on to describe care of a baby Emma and the use of home remedies and the advice of an unnamed "Dr."

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

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Identifier

12

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Transcription

(Page 1)

[Text written aligned upside down along top margin of Page 1]
            Ambia went
to the city Monday with
George       We shall go to the
depot again Saturday night
again as usual the baby
is in my lap & will not let
me write

[Text normal]
                                   Wednesday morning

Dear Amy
               Father & myself
went to the depot Monday
thinking to meet thee and
the Dr but instead of
you we found the one
of all the others I hated to see
Mrs [Hansey?], the only person
I ever saw that would
make purgatory of every
house she enters. Emma
has cried ever since she ^her mother^
has been here until she
has cried herself sick. & her

(Page 2)

mother says she cannot leave
her or take her until she
is better she has such a
diarrhoea [sic], yet will have nothing
done for her. I want to give
her an injection but Emma
dont [sic] want it so her mother
will not let me give it I grated
some boiled flour and mixed
with loaf sugar & she will not
give her that or even scalded
milk so I do not know but
what we must live in
Bedlam a week or so longer
She had about concluded to
leave Emma four weeks longer
if she could get her then
without coming for her, she
thinks she is so much stronger
and has improved so fast

(Page 3)

since she has been here she
hates to take her away,
Father took Mrs [Hansey?] yesterday
to see Charley & they brought
him back with them to
see Emma & stay all night
with the promise to [Haags?]
that he would be back this morning at six. it is near
morn and he is here yet
father told him a few moments
ago to go home so he has come
up stairs to talk with his
mother and they are saying
every thing they can turn their
tongues to about the Dr
They are in her room but
talk loud enough for me to
hear it all as I sit writing in
mine. He has been letting her

(Page 4)

a yarn about Mrs Coleman and
the Dr. [S?] says his father dont [sic]
care anything for him at all and
has threatened to put him in
the House of Refuge & says he can
put him there if he dare, he
will let his father know he is not
going to master him[,?] He tells her
he is going to leave Haags, and will
let her know when he does
Harriet is improving fast Julia
went home last Thursday but
the baby is here yet but is worrysome [sic]
now as Emma cries almost constantly
night and day now and the baby
as well as the rest has no chance
to sleep, I think I never saw a
better child than Emma was
until her mother came, she
gave Emma over a pint of water
this morning before breakfast
& has been pouring water down her
ever since, Well the lady has
been down stairs & come
up again and tells Charley
[she] she shall take sis and go
to night for fear that if she
leaves her now that the Dr
will not let her have [then?]
We are all willing although she
was so good that it was a
pleasure to take care of her but
times aint [sic] now as they used to was

(Page 5)

once, We have all been hoping
to see her walk in in a short
time and I think she would
if she would leave her
She has got so that when she
sat on a stool she would
take hold of my dress and
get up on her feet, as if I
held out my two fingers She
would take hold of them and
get up & walk several steps
which her mother says she
never did before Well, well
what a letter a diary of a day
but it is only for Amy
and she knows me, besides
she wanted to hear it all
Charley has gone & his
mother tried to say all
she could to encourage him
to stay where she is & behave
himself, & since I told her
that the doctor said

(Page 6)

that if she would let her stay
here a few weeks she might
have her again when she
wanted her she came to a sudden
conclusion to leave her, but
there is time for her to change
her mind six times before
six o’clock tonight so I cannot
write the last conclusion
but you will know when she
gets there Tell the Dr we should
like to see him & he would be
just as welcome as though
we had not been entertained
with a visit from Mrs. Dr. &c
no one had time to listen to
the history of their partnership
lives we were much disappointed
Saturday father went to the
depot in the carriage and no
one came, there were several here
Sunday to see the Dr but as he
did not come Emma had to entertain
them Willie is well but say he
is going with Jacob & Jennie to Long
Island so he must go home to
be there in time Give my love to them
and try and come Saturday Eunice

Tags

Medicine; Personal

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

_____, Eunice, “_____, Eunice. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2314.

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