Davis, Paulina Kellogg Wright. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Davis, Paulina Kellogg Wright. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Davis, Paulina Kellogg Wright

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1844-02-12

Description

Handwritten letter from Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis to Amy Kirby Post, February 12, 1844. Davis writes to Post about a recent anti-slavery fair.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

605

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)
Utica Feb 12 1844

        My dear Friend
                          I feel that I should commence
this with an appology [sic] for my long silence after receiving
your very acceptable contribution to yo our Fair. and
any appology [sic] will be that I have hoped to come with
the articles left at our Fair myself, or else send some
one, but I now see no prospect of being able to do so,
and shall therefore forward to you a box of articles
soon certainly in time for your Fair.
       Our committee felt that we could express our gratti
-tude [sic] to you      better if we could send a deligate [sic] to your
Fair than by writing. Thus I trust we may be pardoned
for our aparent [sic] negligence for our hearts reciprocate
warmly your testimony of friendship, and we now
purpose to send you a box,-but not as large or valuable as
we could wish for we purpose holding an other Fair
about the first of March.            We are now without
an agent in this field, Abby Kelley has gone to New England
to labor for the ensuing two or three months, James Monroe
has been with us four weeks and has now left on account
of his health, which is I fear in rather a dangerous
state.        Our prospects look rather dark here for

(Page 2)

laborers, we have money in our treasury and our com^t
are the majority of them prepared to take high ground
even as high, as the Liberator “repeal of the Union” but
we have but one person to preach it for us, and
that is a lady who lectures occasionly [sic].
Our Fair was more opposed than any thing [sic] that has been
started in our goodly City for years. & it was wholy [sic] on
account of the convention held the week previous.
Therefore I congratulate you that you are not to have
a convention precede yours and do not have any persons
that will not be very judicious, if you want to make
money there at the time. We congratulate ourselves
that our money is Simon pure Antislavery money for
we had a terible [sic] sifting at the convention.
Remember me kindly to your husband sister and other
friends                        Yours in the cause of humanity
                                                Paulina S Wright
Amy Post

[The letter below is #606 and written on the bottom of page 2, of #605 and continues onto page 3].

The Box will be sent by the Express. this [make?] __
it is mark “Isaac Post”
                        Rochester and they agree to take it
to you for 9-

(Page 3)

my wife will not be able to leave home to go to Rochester
our little girl is quite sick. And Paulina’s time is taken up
with her. We hope she will soon be well again. We
have some expected Abby Kelley along back. But
have [abandoned?] it up she is to [sic] much taken
up with the Massachusetts movement. that
she will probably not return to this state under
two or three months. Our committee is to day [sic] a
very [illegible] circular from Mr. S. Gibbons calling
for aid to pay of [sic] the debt of the [A.S.S.Sce?]
we shall [endeavor] to send them a donation
      With my best wishes for the necessary
                 Your Fair. and through its effort
         relief of the offense
               I am Yours
                              Francis Wright

[Text aligned vertically along verso of Page 3]

                          Amy Post
             Care of Isaac Post
                                       Rochester

Annotations

Paulina Wright Davis, a woman's rights activist is writing from Utica, New York to fellow abolitionist, Amy Post. Abby Kelley was a woman's rights activist and abolitionist. James Monroe was also an abolitionist. Davis mentions the anti-slavery newspaper, the Liberator. The phrase "Simon Pure" can be defined as thoroughly pure that originated with a character in the 1717 play written by Susanna Centlivre, A Bold Stroke for a Wife.

Davis's husband, Francis adds a note to the end of his wife's letter. James S. Gibbons was also an abolitionist.

Tags

Abolitionism

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Davis, Paulina Kellogg Wright, “Davis, Paulina Kellogg Wright. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2897.

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