Willis, Phebe Post. Letter to Isaac Post.

Title

Willis, Phebe Post. Letter to Isaac Post.

Creator

Willis, Phebe Post

Contributor

Post, Isaac, 1798-1872

Date

1823-06-02

Description

Handwritten letter from Phebe Post Willis to Isaac Post, June 2, 1823.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

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Identifier

396

Location

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

Transcription

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                                                  6^th mo th 2^nd 1823
                  Altho [sic] my dear Brother and sister I have
no letters from either of you to answer and no [sic] not
that you have thought of me since you left here
I seem disposed As I[illegible] disposed to again address
a few lines to you the account we have had rellative [sic]
tho [sic] little Mary’s [sic] indisposition was truly distressing
sister H is such a good [news?] that together with the help
of her friends I doubt not all has been don [sic] that could
well be for such a child I feel very anxious to hear again
it must have been peculiarly trying when you [who?]
travling [sic] I do not wonder that her mothers health
was effected I admire that Amy held out so well the
rest of the company I have not heard particular
about. Henry is this day gone to New York with a
load of hay I believe I shall leave writeing [sic] for the present
and take little Catharine out as she is quite unwell
with a bowel complaint and we think perhaps a
ride may be usfull [sic]. 2^nd day evening M W W. has been
with me to give C. a ride on our return I spent ^part^ of the
afternoon at Father Willis’s in company with Edward
Hallock and wife and R Ke^t^cham they calculate to make
a short stay on the Island Samuel Smith has left
his Mary and little Anna to make a visit I have
not seen little A tho [sic] I intend ^it^ shortly.
      I had sincerely hoped that we should have a better
Meeting first day after yearly Meeting than some =
times has been the case but I believe from what was
obvious it was to [sic] many a very dull time how very
necessary it is to endeavour to prepare the mind
body as well as mind for Meeting as it is certainly

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the most likely way to feel our minds to be
lively spirreted [sic] notwithstanding of our selves
we are not able to direct our thoughts a right
while I wrote solicitud [sic] for you who are now so
desires that you by the waityress [sic] of your spirrits [sic]
may add to the strength of the meeting of
which you will probibaly [sic] soon be numbers
I think Mother Kirby gets along and comfortably as could
be expected in the absence of her daughters she has comforts
left I observe that she somtimes [sic] sits down in Meeting
with three daughters around her
   I have just received a letter from Maria she speeks [sic]
as if she had deeply participated with us in the
trying sepperation [sic] which I begin to feel more
reco^n^cil,d [sic] to than when you first left I feard [sic], I even
could; yet still the painfull [sic] idea of the long that
distance that now sepperates [sic] us crouds [sic] on the mind
with uncontrolable [sic] force and some times causes the
unbiden [sic] tear to trickle but to believe that you
feel satisfyed [sic] is a consoling thought and I know my
dear Bother [sic] and Sister that to be in possession of that
peace of mind that ^the world^ neither giveth nor taketh away
is more to you the the enjoyment ^of the company^ of many friends
and may we be more consernd [sic] to persue the path
that will eventualy [sic] secure to us sweet peace of mind
than any othe [sic] consideration. We yesterday had the
company of Uncle Robert Willets his daughte [sic] Phebe and
Martha [Revc..?] Father and Mother have not been here

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since you left tho [sic] we expect them this week and we
have not been to westbury since you left Sister ly
Lydia was here a few days since brougt [sic] a letter from
brother Isaac which we have had the pivilag [sic] of reading
one of Edmun’s [sic] eyes is very sore the other looks better
but they often change I told him the othe [sic] day that
his Aunt Hannah said she should think much of him
a few days after he said Mothe [sic] did aunt Hanah [sic] says she
should think a great deal of me yes I told him his reply
was that ought to be wrote down that it might
be rememberd [sic].
                                      I fear I shall not see Jacob
Willets or Aunt Amy as I hear they expect to
make a short stay                 As I expect you
  will have a numbe [sic] of letters and doubt
not that mine will be the poorest of them
all bid you affectionatly [sic] fare well Phebe P. Willis

     My love to A. Kirby H. Loins and indeed all the
family

(Page 4)

[Text in center of page, written upward]
Isaac Post
   Scipio

Tags

Family

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Willis, Phebe Post, “Willis, Phebe Post. Letter to Isaac Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2695.

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