Post, Minturn. Letter to Isaac Post.

Title

Post, Minturn. Letter to Isaac Post.

Creator

Post, Minturn

Contributor

Post, Isaac, 1798-1872

Description

Handwritten letter from Minturn Post to Isaac Post, n.d.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

140

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                                  Jersey City August 28^th
                  Dear Mother
                                  We arrived at George
         Willets’s this morning ½ 10 finding all at
         home and well our ride we enjoyed
     much it being the first time I ever rode
on the cars without fearing that something
would happen by the way of accident
last night we were sound what tired and as
we could not get how until late we stop’d
at a place call’d Port Jervis spent the night
and took breakfast, we are very strongly earged
to stay here until next week which we have
concluded to Jacob wrote to Uncle Joseph

(Page 2)

this afternoon saying that we would be
there next Tuesday I will write you again
next week after we see the friends on the
Island and will probably have something
more to write about
                       Your affectionately
                                        Daughter Jennie
     PS saturday morning Jacob and myself
arose quietly and early and took a
long walk had a fine feast of fresh
oysters which were grand I wish you could have been with [he?] Jacob says all
that He has to say is that His health is
improving

Tags

Family

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Post, Minturn, “Post, Minturn. Letter to Isaac Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2441.

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