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 of her recent travels to Cambridge and Weymouth, Massachusetts. After receiving the letter from Jacobs, using the same piece of paper, Isaac Post writes a note about prominent Western New York abolitionists.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

87

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

Cambridge May 3^rd
My Dear Friend

I send you a line
to say that I am afraid
that I shall not be able
to meet you in New York
at the Convention– as I
did not get here until
last Wednesday I am afraid
that my Book will detain
me over that time and
as I said on the 26th
you know that the
Steam will not wait
for me - if I can possibly
see my way clear I will
meet you if not William
I hope will be able to
give you some satisfac
tion– Mr Willis came

(Page 2)

home ill from his
Brothers wifes [sic] funeral
and I could not leave
until he was convalescent
it seems that I have had
a pull back at every
turn I am not very
well but I hope to
get to Weymouth to
morrow I shall write
you again before I
leave I expect to go to
Idlewild for a day or
two before I leave do
you expect to make a
visit on Long Island
if so let me know
by William Nell
I shall feel so disap
pointed to miss the
Convention but I shall
trry and believe it

(Page 3)

for the best give
my love to all the
dear friends and a
double portion for
yourself from

Harriet

Louisa sends much love
to you and family
yours H

[Notation from Isaac Post on bottom of Page 3]

[James?] [Truman?] has written to
the [sic] saying it is [quite?] true to
ishue [sic] a Call for the Waterloo
meeting he enclosed one to thee
I suggested a small alteration and
sent it back to him it seems
Giles Stebbins was chairma [sic] of the
Committee and thee Susan Anthony
S A Burtis were the committee
Susan had gone as well as thee

(Page 4)

[Foss?] has come to Lucy I
went last evening to see him &
found him playing with Gerty
and others in the Parlour the old
people in sitting room & Lucy
gone to bed about 8 oclock she
very tired. There is a very inter
esting letter in the [Democrat?] this
morning or rather communications
from Stout it shows a mind
capable of rising to greatness
beyond the community of men
Jenny & Mary [Tom?] went to see
him yesterday and I sent one
of my Books. This morning
Burrows called to see him and
said he had been reading it but
I suppose he will have but little
chance to settle upon anything
for the clergymen are so officious
they were yesterday when Jenny was
there 2 Clergymen were there and this morning
Burrows said two clergymen were
there. Joseph & Mary Jane have
given to Ashly it is said she expects
to stay two weeks Joseph has done
most of the White washing I believe
yesterday [in spite of?] of his shoulder
an [sic] arm.

Annotations

Harriet Brent Jacobs, a former slave and abolitionist, is writing from Cambridge, Massachusetts to Amy Post, a close friend and benefactor. Jacobs was in the process of writing her slave narrative. William Cooper Nell was a former slave and abolitionist. Nathaniel Parker Willis paid for Jacobs's escape from slavery and was her employer for a period. The Willis's lived at their estate- Idlewild- in Cornwall, New York. Louisa was Jacobs's daughter.

Notes related to Isaac Post's fragment:

Giles Stebbins was an abolitionist. Susan B. Anthony was a woman's rights activist and abolitionist, as was Sarah A. Burtis. Foss could refer to Andrew T. Foss, an abolitionist. Isaac refers to his book, Voices From The Spirit World, Being Communications From Many Spirits. Joseph may refer to Post's son.

Tags

Abolitionism; 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/2388.

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