Willis, Sarah L Kirby Hallowell. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Willis, Sarah L Kirby Hallowell. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Willis, Sarah L Kirby Hallowell

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1838-07-29

Description

Handwritten letter from Sarah L Kirby Hallowell Willis to Amy Kirby Post, July 29, 1838.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

508

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                                    Locus [sic] Grove 7^th mo 29^th
Dear Sister
                        While all my brothers and sisters
except you ^and me^ are formed in one glad circle and I
left alone to amuse myself, perhaps I cannot be
better employed than in writing to thee as thy last
has laid so long unanswered. I said I was alone
father and mother have retired and I am waiting
for our six brothers and sisters to return from J Ws
where they have been to spend the afterno^o^n leaving
me with Phebe Mott of Albany who came home with us
from meeting and prevented my going with the
crowd She has now gone to cousin Thomas Ws, after
making us a pleasant visit says they have received
this summer a visit from Joseph and m Maria Js
health still verry [sic] poor. Phebe expects to be from
home about three weeks then her mother intends
coming tho [sic] she is verry [sic] delicate as usuall [sic]
It is after 9 Oclock and I generally retire so earl[l]y
I fear my sleepy eyes will refuse to perform their office
                        farewell

(Page 2)

20^th of 8^th month Yesterday I received thy letter by Edmund
P Willis which relieves us of some anxiety as it is the first
we have heard from Jefferies since he left us. Altho [sic] thy
letter does not give any particular account of him yet I
find by it that he has arrived safely home which we
feard [sic] was not the case as it was so long since he left
and I expected to hear from him at least once before our
last preparative meeting ^as^ it was our intention to forward
our proposals to that meeting I suppose he must have written
and they been miscarried as I have not received any and
therefore our proposals lay here in my bureau instead of
the clerks book bag     If there was any one I could judge of
such an unfair act I should think several letters had
been taken from the office. how provoking to have ones
plans all nought; it does not make any material diff
erence to me but J thought he could not leave in
tenth month and it is so much pleasanter now than
in eleventh month. What a bother this is [&?] I think discipline
had better be alterd [sic] as soon as possible. [Matalda] Matilda
calls and I must go she says tell thee she thinks
as it is not next month you might come and I do wish
you would though there is one thought that occurs
if we cannot see you here the pleasanter it will be when
we meet at Rochester farewell. I believe thee must
excuse my writing long as I have a pain ocros [sic] me have
had something of the choleramorbus [sic] a few days back but
am better or nearly well. E & P W spent this morning with us. I gue

(Page 3)

ss Matilda thinks I am not verry [sic] good to mind but I hear she
and mother verry [sic] pleasantly talking below

I have been down and ^helpt [sic]^ milk get supper and now come up
with Matilda to bed she is my bedfellow as brother W is on
the meadow. I can hardly let this paper go so empty but
believe I shall be obliged to nearly as empty     Oh we
were at James Motts yesterday the second time I have
been since you were here they have had nine of their
cousins down from Bedford one of them there yesterday
with Stephens daughter Mary a young man his name
John J Reynols has been here two weeks Mary was up
there a few weeks ago and I think they must admire
her verry [sic] much at any rate three young gentlemen
have been down since, two of them verry [sic] fine sister C
says. The widow Mary Hubbs has been verry [sic] ill several
weeks at Stephen Motts, not as well yesterday SLK
do write soon I shall want to hear verry [sic] much

(Page 4)

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                        18
Amy Post
            Rochester
Monroe County
            NY
attention of
J C Haviland

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Tags

Family

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Willis, Sarah L Kirby Hallowell, “Willis, Sarah L Kirby Hallowell. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2806.

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