Willis, John. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Willis, John. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Willis, John

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1840-11-26

Description

Handwritten letter from John Willis to Amy Kirby Post, November 26, 1840.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

547

Location

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

Transcription

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                                  Jericho the 26 of 11^th 1840
my much esteemed
                                Edmund P has just gone from here
and Inquired if we had any letters and the reply was none
and I thought it to [sic] bad to miss of sulch [sic] a good opportun [sic]
but I have of later time done so little at letter riting [sic]
that I hardly know how to commence or wat [sic] subject
to rite [sic]. I will in the first place give some account
of our late quarterly Meeting that is just [pared?] and
which Mary and I attended we had the company
of Henry W Ridgway from Pensylvania [sic] a verry [sic]
Interesting speaker – and George F White of New York
who is thought by some to be the greatest speaker preacher
in our society and even put him before Elias Hicks
and I know of no one that I like to hear as well
he spoke a bout [sic] one hour on sixth day in the pub
lick [sic] meeting and a most powerfull [sic] sermon it was
he sermmenced [sic] on the subject of the offerings of Cain
and abel and why it was that the offering of one
was excepted [sic] and the other – not. and spoke beautifuly [sic]
on the subject he at length spoke on the subject
of a corrupt hireling ministry [illegible] and of the pop
pular [sic] associations of the day, two of which he would
mention and there wher [sic] otheres [sic] that might be [slaked?]
with them the Abolition societys [sic] and the Temper
ense [sic] societys the Tea Totalers as the [sic] call themseles [sic]
I think he said the [sic] where all Emesarie [sic] of satan
and blasphmies [sic] he sited [sic] Paul to show tha [sic] it
was right to drink wine for he told Tmmothy [sic]

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at a certain time to take some as it would be
good for his stomack [sic] and that Jesus turned water
into wine but the Teatotalers would if they had the
power turn all the wine on the face of the earth
into water and woul [sic] also destroy that quality in
the grape that can be made into wine thus pesumng [sic]
to know better than the almighty whitch [sic] he considered
blasphme [sic] and the Abolition societys who rendered these
resolutions aboud in the in the wourld [sic] that if they had the
power they would free every Slave on the face of the
earth in one hour thus presuming that they could
do better than the Creator of the world did which he
thought amounted to blasphemy [sic] and he spoke a great
deal on the two later subjects I wish some of your warm
Abolitions and Teatotalers could have heard him I think
he would ^have^ removed some of the scales from their eyes
so that when they have an opportunity to take a
glass of my good Cider they would not refuse to tuch [sic]
their lips to the tumbler Tell Jefferey that we hav [sic]
had a fine season crops have been good and money
plenty and we have got about 480 bush of runt
apples for cider – and I expect to have since first rate
about equal to wine it is now after ten O Clock
and our fire is out and the room getting cold and I
must conclud [sic] with much love to all and every
branch of the family as If named, I subscribe
                                 Efectionately [sic]
                                                       John Willis

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[Text in center of page, written downward]
Amy Post

Tags

Abolitionism; Family; Temperance Movement

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Willis, John, “Willis, John. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 22, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2845.

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