Jacobs, Harriet Brent. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Jacobs, Harriet Brent. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Jacobs, Harriet Brent

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

185 ?

Description

Handwritten letter from Harriet Brent Jacobs to Amy Kirby Post, 185-. Jacobs write to Post about her desire to see her son.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

787

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

Dear friend I send you those few lines to let
you know that we are getting along Dear little
Willie made us a visit last Sunday he seemed
much pleased and was a very good boy he loved
Joanna and Jacob more than any one [sic] else things
seem to go on smoothly at home and I feel
so happy daily expecting to see my Son I
have not heard from my Brother since he
left went to hear Mr Louis [sic] Lecture last night
and I can assure you that he did not forget
to hold up the name of Isac [sic] and Ammy Pst [sic] as
the Coloured Man & Womans friend as much
as I love you I am glad that your nane [sic] is not
too sacred to be held up by a coloured Man I
suppose you know that Louis is out of prison
and his accuser in for the same bail I hope

(Page 2)

yourself and sister is having a pleasant time
I know that if you are at Long Island you are
happy for it is a great blessing to have parents to
visit you must certainly bring your sister Sarah
back with every body will want to see her the
Office go on as usual had a few here to meeting
on Sunday was entertained with a part of your
letter I suppose we shall have Frederick and the
Miss Griffiths here on Sunday to draw a full
house Rochester is looking very pretty the trees
are in full Bloom and the earth seems covered with
a green mantle Miss Owen & Miss Morse left yesterday
Abby Thayer left last week the Miss Griffiths has [sic] been
here this afternoon Frederick went with them to the falls
they seemed much pleased with the reading room
I must stop hoping you will soon be at home yours
Harriet

Annotations

Harriet Brent Jacobs, a former slave and abolitionist, is writing to Amy Post, a close friend and benefactor. Willie was Post's youngest son. Joanna lived with the Post's during this time and helped to care for Willie. H. G. R. Lewis lectured in Rochester during May 1849. He encouraged African Americans to better themselves. Frederick Douglass was a former slave and abolitionist. Through the financial support of Julia and Eliza Griffiths, he published a newspaper, the North Star. Abby Thayer was a relative of the Post family and an abolitionist.

Tags

Abolitionism; Family

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Jacobs, Harriet Brent, “Jacobs, Harriet Brent. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3078.

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