Jacobs, Harriet Brent. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Jacobs, Harriet Brent. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Jacobs, Harriet Brent

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Description

Handwritten letter from Harriet Brent Jacobs to Amy Kirby Post, n.d. Jacobs writes to Post about her health problems.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

81

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)
                      7th
            Idlewild August

My Dear Friend,
            I recieved [sic] your
letter with much pleasure
but let me assure you
Dear Friend all the ob
ligations are on my part
such as I never expect
to cancel I leave it to him
who remembers even the cup
of Cold water
Dear Amy will you tell me
Mrs Willets street and number
in Jersey I am going to New
York next week please let
me know as soon as you
get this so that I can write
to them and they will have
an opportunity to give me

(Page 2)

an answer when I go
down I have been very poorly
for the last month with
my old complaint the Doct
examined me this summer
an say that I have a Tumor
on my womb and that my
womb have became hard
as a stone I can never get
well while I am at service
Louisa has been quit sick
but I will tell you some
good news I have had a
letter from my Brother and
Son just as the spirits
told me it would be even
the very Language was in
the letter he beged [sic] to be re
membered to you and Mr
Post saying that he would
write to him and settle
as soon as Joseph returned

(Page 3)

from the mines where
he was settling some business
for him my letter was five
Months coming written last
Febhruary [sic] I was so happy
to know that they were
living give my love to Willie
an all the kind friends at
Rochester I wish it was in
my power to come and see
you all dont treat this
poor scrawl as you did
the one that you told me
you tucked away and
could not find to answer
for my dear friend it
is a little urgent at
this time give me the str
and Number and then
burn it up direct Moodna
Orange County that is our
New office that is near Yours
Harriet

Annotations

Harriet Brent Jacobs, a former slave and abolitionist, is writing from Cornwall, New York to Amy Post, a close friend and benefactor. Idlewild was the home of her employer, Cornelia Grinnell Willis and Nathaniel Parker Willis. The Willis's had paid for Jacobs's freedom from slavery. The Willets were Post's cousins and neighbors in Rochester. Louisa was Jacobs's daughter. Joseph was Jacobs's son.

Tags

Family; Spiritualism

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Jacobs, Harriet Brent, “Jacobs, Harriet Brent. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2382.

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