Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Isaac Post.

Title

Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Isaac Post.

Creator

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Contributor

Post, Isaac, 1798-1872

Description

Handwritten letter from Amy Kirby Post to Isaac Post, n.d.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

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Identifier

123

Location

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

Transcription

Page 1)

[Text in top margin, continued from page 4 with line ending “tell Joseph it seems as if I]
want to see him again before he goes, but
if it seems best for him to go – I do not desire
time to wait – for I think I shall come out and
see him there if he stays long – I want to see
Alley very much, I wish she and her mother were
here a while – They all want to see them both
Insan [sic], I often think of thee in thy arduous and
responsible labours – hope they will not oppress
thee so heavily as to take away comfort, try and
not get sick in doing everything for our comfort when
we come, love to all
                       A.P.
[Text normal]
                        second day morning
                   Isaac has done the
writing since we have been
together, but now we have arived [sic]
at the old native home I thought
I would rest- and take breath, long
enough to say a few words to
the dear ones left behind us _
     I hope you will be patient
enough to try and read all that
Isaac had writen [sic] you, for I
expect it is worth finding out
I did not take time to read it, for
I thought it looked as if it would
require a Philadelphia Lawyer s
skill and patience – however I hope
you did not find it as difficult
as I imagined – We came here
yesterday meeting time, from brother

(Page 2)

Josephs, he and his wife and daughters
came with us as far as Uncle Willets
Father seems very well and comfortable
looks quite as well as last spring I
think, he is just saying that he sign
ed a petition to the effect of buying
the slaves freedom, and that they
(Dr Bowin and Cousin Tommy)
said it was a very plain legible
hand, but I told him that it
is contrary to Dissaplin [sic] for him
to sign such a petition &c but
he say [sic] he think it is better to do so
than that they should always be
kept slaves, I shall make inquiry
if there are other friends who have
signed such petitions, and if I
can start out the Overseirs [sic] on a
mission, it may be a means of
breaking in upon the lukewarm
state that has so long pervaded
this this [sic] branch of the sect –
Matilda has a very soar [sic] finger

(Page 3)

which made her look quite
sick yesterday, but to day is
better, she put Nitrate of silver
on a troublesome wart, which
caused the soar [sic], seemed to poison
it and Then took cold in it
she is busy with her little turkeys
John says that Betsey [Rowen?] is very
anxious to get to Rochester, They told
her that we could not have her for
our family was very large & well
she thought Sarah would take her
in for a few weeks until she could
get work as she used to and support
herself – so look out she may be come
ing at an hour ye know not –
    Isaac & Mary F Hicks expects to
leave for Skaneateless [sic] next sixth day
and a week from to day be at Roches
ter, and whether James and Elizabeth
will come with them or us, is yet
uncertain, but they are thinking some
of it, James is one of the jurymen this
week and how long that [mam?] [sic] detain

(Page 4)

is uncertain – we expect to go
there and see before we leave –
I see Isaac has said something of
our geting [sic] home next third day
I will say that we are not quite
fixed whether next 7 or 3, I
do not like to have Isaac & Mary
F make part of their visit before
we get there, so that I rather pull
for seventh day, but we will see
     you will of course tell Sarah
and Mary of the prospect of comp
-any &c            Do you remember
that I thought that I had lost several
things night cap handkerchief s, boso
ms &c well to my astonishment
this morning I opened a draw [sic]
in mothers press – and there they
all lay, how strange it is that I
had not missed them until I was
fixing to come away, well I am
very glad to find they were not stolen
by either of our girls, who I had susp
ected – tell Joseph it seems as if I

Tags

Abolitionism; Family

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889, “Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Isaac Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 24, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2424.

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