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 addresses Post's concerns about her son, Willie.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

83

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

Dear Amy you must not make it too hard
to part from you child nature binds us to
our children and oh could they but know
the amount of happiness or misery they were
capable of giving I know that you have been
too exemplary and judicous [sic] a Mother not
to have sown good seed you have done your

(Page 2)

duty rememberances [sic] will bri^n^g the tears my
dear friend and while we have sons to weep
over we must commend them to our heaven
ly Father who is able to do far more than
we ask you have been too much to others not
to be blest in your own love to all kiss to
dear Willie may God bless Harriet

Annotations

Harriet Brent Jacobs, a former slave and abolitionist, is writing to Amy Post, a close friend and benefactor. Willie is Post's youngest son.

Tags

Personal

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/2384.

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