Kirby, Mary R. Letter to Amy Kirby ? Post.

Title

Kirby, Mary R. Letter to Amy Kirby ? Post.

Creator

Kirby, Mary R

Contributor

Amy Kirby ? Post

Description

Handwritten letter from Mary R Kirby to Amy Kirby ? Post, n.d.

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Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

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100

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

Dear Amy
I concluded I had manifested an un
–greatfull [sic] disposion [sic] to [sic] long already, it is not for
want of a feeling, of gratitude to thee for thy very
kind remembrence [sic] of me to communicate [sic] so often and
also by funishing my beloved Sarah’s letter which brough^t^
the glad tidings of her safe arival [sic] across the wide water
I have invited Jacob Post to forward a letter to you
but he is so engaged, many ways, fishing, & attending
fairs & & he with his Uncle Henery’s [sic] boys this week went
down to Samuel [Veutes?] caught a 100 fish, & crabs too they
caused Jacob to be very sick, Catherine told Matilda so but
Jacob dont alow [sic] it to be very sick, & they took him to Sufulk [sic]*
County Fair held at Babalon [sic],* this time for the first, also at
Hempsted [sic] this week, for Queens County he is very accebtably [sic]
here with us, but Rochester and his horse I perceive will draw
perty [sic] hard, so at preasent [sic], it does not look much like our
haveing [sic] his pleasent [sic] company thr’o [sic] the winter, yet he may
change his mind, W & Matilda seams [sic] quite interested calling
around with him, W Robbins Mathew s & J Kectchens [sic] and many
other places, down in the vilage [sic] in contemplation, has been
twice at Westbury, & down to the harbour, and so on he goes
to day he is helping, W cut up Corn and expect to finish, he is
very kind and pleasent, [sic] I do not see that he fats up any, his
appetite is perty [sic] good, but his diet is light, I noticed all
the contents of thy letter, that it would been pleasent [sic] to had us
their [sic], I have no doubt of that, thy kind disposion [sic] to all, I am
shure [sic] would be so to us We continue to feel comfortable in the
resulte [sic]

(Page 2)

I should liked [sic] much to helped [sic] the [sic] repair thy quilts &c

a few days past we went to James Motts found them well E
finishing off sewing her carpet rags, to put on the north room for
winter, they are invited to attend Lyda [sic] Motts mariage [sic] the 10 of
this month, Stephens Daughtr [sic] a small company, accomplish to after
friends serimony [sic], we called at Joseph Posts they the day before
got home, after a very pleasent [sic] tour & visit at Stephen [Archers?]
took their girles [sic] with them, their teacher gone home on a visit of severa^l^
weeks, , after thy intimation of Abigail Motts Death, we received
the inteligence [sic] of Steph^e^ns death, & that Jane was sick with the
same fever, did not hear one word said of Henery [sic], and Phebe how they
are – or is he gone to Caleforna [sic], EPW said he thought he had heard
something of that – He and Catherine spent a afternoon here this week
he seams [sic] pleaeant, [sic] but he lacks confidence cant [sic] look us in the face
boldly, as I love to see, but it was quite as much as I expected for
him to come so soon, I was glad to see him, he sais [sic] he is gaining but
but not quite to former strength, I think sister Phebe staid [sic] with
Elizabeth three weeks, and attended to the prpared [sic] medicen [sic], sometimes
thought she was some benefited, then otherways, [sic] after she went home
we here [sic] she paid W & Esther a short visit, EPW says she is very much
falling off scince [sic] she left you, and that she thr’o [sic] up her vituals [sic] again
poor dear Lydia is mostly on the bed yet, cannot move her feet
not half the length of them, so great is the weeakness [sic] not much
pain, we here [sic] she is at times almost discouraged of geting [sic] better
the above said yesterday (first day afternoon) I leave company
in the parlor to say Rachel Willis at meeting to day, told me she
saw Sister Phebe yesterday and that she appears going down they
think perty [sic] considerably as I have intimated above and that
Lydia now cannot walk at all but had a large blister on her
back, that may relieve her, it is more weekness [sic] than pain

(Page 3)

Sister P comes down stairs yet, but could not tell what
she could eat till she saw what they had, I hope to go and
see her soon, Jacob Post sais [sic] tell our folks when they
want me, they may write me, I hope you will make out
without till EPW comes, but I hear no time fixt [sic] for him
he was at meeting to day [sic], last week a letter from Sarah
dated the 22 of 9 mo all well, and appeared to be enjoying
themselves nicely she desired me to not be anxious, for
she intended to secelect [sic] a good time for home, I dare not
ascke [sic] for William & Mary to go to accompany her home, But
it feels like a perty [sic] great undertaken [sic] for a female alone
John Willis gone to Philidelphia [sic] to accompany
John D Wright, to attend a number of mo meet [monthly meetings?]
that come in succession expected to be gone 10 or 11 day
left home on the fourth of this month, they and at
Henerys [sic] in usual health, as are our neighbours in
general, last 6 day Margaret Collins ^of^ NY conscignd [sic] to the
grave, been poorly some time, and just one week before o
Samuel C. Mott Leonard’s son, of disentery [sic] 22 years old a
fine steady youth as we here, [sic] we are thinking some
of inviting Jacob to drive us down to Cove Neck once more
before long but we often talk of that that we do not
perform, the wether [sic] is pleasant [sic] but we hade [sic] one conci
=derable [sic] frost last week, John Ketcham stept [sic] in last week
and read a letter from Joseph & Ruth Dugdale then on their
way home, their health s good and had attended quite a number
of friends meetings unmolested which appeared satisfactory
to them; it felt quite pleasant to find we ^were^ still remebered [sic]
by those, dear friends that left such a sweet reflection on our
minds

(Page 4)

[Text at top of page, written upside down]

Isaac Ketcham s Mary is very much better so that she comes down
stairs to her meals and with her work & (looks like a Wife) Jame an[d]
Phla [sic] been here & Phila said you did not call on them, she said they
should been glad to seen you, if they had a large family, they
had a place for you I said I discouraged it. Daniel Willets and
his new Wife Lydia with her Father & Mother appeared at out me-
=ting [sic] last first day, Daniel Underhill then out at meet for the first
with his crutches, we have had the school teatcher [sic] today Willet and
Matilda with Jacob are of one to polite them home to Johns, so father and
Mother are sitting alone by the stove

[Address in center of page, written upwards]

10C
Amy Post
Rochester
Monroe Ct NY

[Text at bottom of page, written upside down]

Willet & Jacob talk of goinge [sic] to South early I may send
this by them 2 day morning the 7 of the mo and cool I intend ^to^ send
thy Gap [sic: Cap? Cape?] by Jacob, Our folks spent the evening at
Henerys [sic] they say very pleasently [sic] hope the will
continue to write often love to all William & Mary

Jacob says [continues at left margin]
tell you he is enjoying himself with affection Mary Kirby
very much here

*Suffolk
*Babylon

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Family

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Kirby, Mary R, “Kirby, Mary R. Letter to Amy Kirby ? Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2401.

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