Dugdale, Joseph A. Letter to Isaac Post.

Title

Dugdale, Joseph A. Letter to Isaac Post.

Creator

Dugdale, Joseph A

Contributor

Post, Isaac, 1798-1872

Date

1849-12-16

Description

Handwritten letter from Joseph A Dugdale to Isaac Post, December 16, 1849. Dugdale adds a brief note expressing his sympathies with the spiritualism movement to a letter from Valentine Nicholson.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

772

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

[Text above is written by Valentine Nicholson and transcribed as letter 771]

      Happening to unexpectedly to be at
our beloved friends V N's he showed me this
letter I commend him to you as a dear
brother whom we love in the gospel - I feel
a deep interest those girls and wish exceedingly
to have a fair statment of the facts connec
ted with the late disclosures - I did not
like the manner the subject was treated in
the Star.    It may be all humbug yet

(Page 2)

I am not pressure to call it so
Every new revelation has been so regarded
in the begining [sic]. I prefer to investigate
further & then judge - Our near & dear
love flows out to you our sympathising and
honored friends. May good angels guard & keep
[Continues at bottom of Page 4 with line beginning "you - Our Y M".]

[Text in following section written by Valentine Nicholson and transcribed as letter 771]

[Text in center of page, written upward]
                             paid 10

        Isaac Post
          Rochester Newyork [sic]

[Text in center of page, written normal]
Harveysburg O
               Dec 15

[Text on bottom of page, written normal]
you - Our Y M came off nicely - I will
send you the minutes     Hastily but with
partenal [sic] regard       J A Dugdale

[Text in right margin written by Valentine Nicholson and transcribed as letter 771]

Tags

Spiritualism

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Dugdale, Joseph A, “Dugdale, Joseph A. Letter to Isaac Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3063.

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