Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Mary H Post.

Title

Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Mary H Post.

Creator

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Contributor

Mary H Post

Description

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

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

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Identifier

125

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                                          Locust Grove at the Paternal
                                          Mansion where we arived [sic]
on 6 day in season to dine, with good health and apetites [sic]
Isaac stoped [sic] at Carl place, we came on to Hicks Ville
and took pasage [sic] in Smith Town Stage, came very unex
pectedly to our friends, Mother not very well got over
done going to Bethpage Mo Meeting, and then fifth day
was up to Johns when theat poor child was burned
and took some cold so, that she looks poorly, but is
up and about mary Dale seems to be at home helping
around – has been very useful so far – we left our
line boat at Palmyra and waited two hours in the
Edictors [sic] office for the packet, when it came it was so
full that Isaac got no mattrass [sic] to lay on but the floor
and hardly space enough of that without encroaching
upon his neighbours [sic] but, he however got sleep enough
to feel prety [sic] well the next day, matilda and I mounted
the top shelf, she slept well and I some, we arived [sic] at
Utica in season for the evening cars, but Nicholas
Hallock and Lewis met us there and gave us so kind an
invitation to stay the night there that we accepted it
we all think Nicholas has got a nice wife and seems
suitable to [sic], she is so large that it gives her an appearance
of more age, his daughters seem like nice girls and
treat her very familiarly as for [us?] we saw I wish Mary
U Post and Sisters would stop and see how nicely, they
seem to live, when they pass through, she enquired
after them, in the morning after a good nights [sic] sleep
and a good breakfast we took the cars and arived [sic] in

(Page 2)

Albany after the usual hour for the steam boats
but found on hurrying down that they lay there wait
ing for us, I suppose we may thank competition
for that good luck, the cause of our detention was
the cars turning out, to try a race in the field, but
they silicted [sic] so muddy a spot that their race was
short, it happened after the Locomotion was detached
near Albany, where the horses are put on, four bagg
-age cars run out our side, right through a board
fence on the inside of which there was a little ditch
dug which the first car stuck fast in and prevented
others from going, one car with pasengers [sic] got partly trim
ed off, but they soon lifted all on again except the
one that was in the mudd [sic], that was broken, wheels
stoor ^up^ through the bottom of the car, they unloaded it
and left it there, we were brought to a stand prety [sic]
sudinely [sic], but no one was hurt - - Lewis and company
were not with us, they had left at Schenectady to take
stage to Troy, made no stop in New York saw no one
we recognized. - - Thus for first day morning
now we are at Henry Willis’s – expecting to go north
John and Mary to Westbury to day, Joseph Post was here
yesterday but we were not quite ready to go home
with him Sister Mary & Phebe are going to Philidelphia [sic]
set out fifth day Isaac will probably go with them
but as trying as it is, I see no way but for me to give
it up & Mother and Sister mary are so compasionate [sic]
to matilda that I should not dare leave her with them
we saw Samuel Hicks at John’s and I like him better
than I expected Elizabeth’s little Sarah is a nice
baby and I believe as heavy as Matilda – all four of us
have colds taken first day, which was ^a^ stormy day but
I hope they will not be very tedious Matilda seems so happy

(Page 3)

as if she was at home rather shy but not affraid [sic] of any
one Rachel says she is quite as pretty as she expected to see her
tell Martha and Fanny she looks very well in her white aprons
and I think every day about what they said about cleen [sic] ones
tell Fanny to not be frightened if the pills give her some
considerable pain, Sister Mary says it is of favourable simp
tom [sic], shews [sic] it is rooting out disease- I hope she will feel enco
uraged to try them – Sister M – tells of several extraordin
ary cures of persons who took them, and our case very semil
ar [sic] to Fannys [sic], of Irisipelus [sic] in the head, and after suffering
extremely a long time, was cured by the Hygean [sic] – we
have not seen Sister Elizabeth yet, mother expects they have
commenced housekeeping by this time. Edmund and
his father are going down this afternoon but he will tell
you all about that – how is Jacobs [sic] car, try to doctor [obliterated]
up , hope the boys will be good,              we undist[obliterated]
Lewis and company stayed in New York to meet [obliterated]
first day- what they said or heard said have not heard
Rachel Hicks wished a [minute?] so that if it seemed right
when Philidelphia [sic] Y-M- came, that she could attend it
probably she will attend, Understand George FW- intends
returning his English minute – his communication
at J M last week was about as usual we understand-
Edmund can tell you – I do not think of any thing
worth writing they consider Silas Carl in a
critical situation yet
                                affectionately [sic]
                                                             Amy Post

(Page 4)

                                   Mary H Post
                                           Rochester

Tags

Domestic Servants; Family

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889, “Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Mary H Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 24, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2426.

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