Kane, Margaret Fox. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Kane, Margaret Fox. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Fox, Margaret, 1833-1893

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1849-08-21

Description

Handwritten letter from Margaret Fox Kane to Amy Kirby Post. Fox writes to Post and shares how lonely she is.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

751

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                              Arcadia August 21^st1849

Dear Amy

                      I promised to write to you              and I should have
written before if my health had been better my health has been very
poor for the Last few days the Dr Called here yesterday and Left me
Some medicine he thinks I have something of an intermitting fever.
I received a Letter from Mr Robinson saying he thought you would
not be able to make us a visit I was very much disappointed he says
Mr Post has gone to Newyork [sic] I hope he will get home time enough to come
yet while we are here                           Dear Amy you Cant think of how Lonesome it is
out here I think if you were here the time would pass more Swiftly
it Seems as if I had been here three months instead of three weeks.
I am anxious to get back to Rochester again Rochester is My Much Loved
home but after all Amy I have Some tender ties here if Mother Could
only be with me then I should be happy but I know She Cant be there
all the time – oh Amy it is a very gloomy day it has been raining all
the forenoon oh how Still and Srilent [sic] it is here to day [sic] I Love the
noise and Confusion of the City but I am Something Like the women that
become so accustomed to her husbands Snoring that She Could not get to Sleep
without it at Length he was required to attend Court Some hundred
Miles distant. the first night after his departure She neve [sic] Slept a
wink. the second might passed in the Same way without Sleep She
was getting in a very bad way and probably would have died had it
not been for the ingenious Servant girl she took the Coffee Mill in her
Chamber and ground her to sleep at once. thats the way with me I had
become so accustomed to the ratling [sic] of Carriages and ringing of bells
that I am afraid I Shall have to the Coffee Mill as something to Lull

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Me to sleep                Jacob and Joseph promised Me they would Come   and see
     us but they have not fulfilled their promise yet I hope they have not
     Entirely forgotten us I think Joseph might come here and Cheer us up I
     think if David and Joseph Should get together they would ^make^ fun Enough for
     us you know David is a playful Child too. I dont know what we would
     do with out him. I am Sure the place would be dull Enuogh [sic].. Leah is well
     She is having Some dress made at Davids now. Cathy has Just Returned from
     Sister Marias. She Says they are all well there. Elizabeth Leah and My self [sic]
     went to Newark yesterd [sic] we had a fine time we did not get back until
   nearly ten oclock Amy I want you to answer this letter with out delay
     now do. I hope dear Little Wille is well._        [Evetta?] a friend of Mine
     has Called after Me to go to Palmyra with her and I will have to
     bid you good bye [sic] give my Love to Jacob Joseph not forgetting Sarah
     and all inquiring friends. Jacob and Joseph please write me a Letter.

          Respectfully your Friend
                                                                              Margarettoo Fox

Annotations

Margaret Fox, a noted Spiritualist leader, is writing from Arcadia, New York to fellow Spiritualist, Amy Post. Edward Robinson was also a Spiritualist. Spiritualists believed that through mediums, like the Fox sisters, they could communicate with the dead. Jacob and Joseph were two of Post's sons. David was Fox's brother. Elizabeth, Leah and Catherine were Fox's sisters. Newark is in New Jersey. Willie was Post's youngest son. Sarah Kirby Willis was Post's sister. Palmyra is in New York.

Tags

Personal

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Fox, Margaret, 1833-1893, “Kane, Margaret Fox. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3042.

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