Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. [185-?]

Title

Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. [185-?]

Creator

Thayer, Sarah E

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

185-?

Description

Handwritten letter from Sarah E Thayer to Amy Kirby Post, 185-?

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

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Identifier

815

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                                                Auburn 15^th of june
              My dear frends [sic] I & Amy Post
   I have concluded to remain for a time here
and as I promisd [sic] to write I will do so. not only to fulfill
my word but to give a slight view of my inner self to
you who have prov'd [sic] your sincere love by many un
mistakable [sic] signs __ The late delightful [scope?] for
my elevation and enlargement has I trust been sanctifed [sic]
to my soul_ so that I may go on my way rejoicing
My son H.C. visited Phebe and found her convalecent [sic]
she could converse with ease and had been
carried in the wheel chair _ into the hall also
had changed her room _ while hers was being cleand [sic]
she think [sic] now she could bear the ride and is look
ing toward home I have been reading the "Magic
Staff" and am much instructed. I feel very grate
ful for my kind, friend [sic] attention to my wants &
can assure him that if I had any doubts of the
usefulness of his Mission to Woman they are not
only remov'd but I now in my 64'' year can
truly sympathize with them in the wonderful
providence which has so blessed them and you
my precious friends in the Blessed Union

(Page 2)

My own private history if I should write it out
would not perhaps present any such very remarkable
facts as does some of my contemporaries but mine
would compare with a large share on this planet
and I rejoice that I can read and analyse
for myself as I know none who could feel
with me_ I often look arround [sic] and ask
where is the one I could love and esteem
I [obliterated] ^recoil^ within myself__ again and wait
for the removal of the veil when perhaps
I too shall meet my beloved spouse I doubt
now whether we have ever met on this side the
veil I cannot describe the sensations which
fill my mind while perusing those pages
I think perhaps it was from Marys [sic] suggestion
as a woman and a mother that the twain were
induced to give to the [solace?] of mothers &
daughters, the step by step which promoted &
finally raisd [sic] him to such an enviable
(do I say enviable) position__ I now fly back
to his remark on "Idea," in our "free" meeting
I enjoy'd the subject much because I never am
^as^ happy in my words as my thought and my

[Continues on page 3 with line beginning "Ideas are never"]

(Page 3)

[Text normal, continuing from page 2]

             Ideas are never explaind [sic] to my
satisfaction any where __ but transcending
all the rest I am^have^ frequently ^been^ brought to lean on
the "Magic Staff"__ without to a certainty know
ing _ why I thus enjoyd [sic] sweet peace of mind
I therefore shall date my increasing enlightenment
to the hours spent at M Shooles with "the friends*"

[Insert two-lined asterisked text written upside down in top margin]

*and the [favor?] of reading The Book I shall still
hope to see the other works which I desire [now?] to read

and know that whaever [sic] may come can be
borne with a degree of comfort while sustaind [sic]
by a staff which has been nameless ^but^ of whose
firm but elastic qualities I have been [firmly?]
aquainted [sic] long long ago
On my arrival at "River [Side"?] I found a
letter from Abbie ([      illegible     .]) she
had just returnd [sic] from a visit to her brother [illegible]
[Thayer?] ([    illegible     .]) found a letter from
her dear J C Chase _ and intended to leave next
morning for Kansas _ as he was now ready for
her having a shantee [sic] prepar'd &c &c I hope
and trust she and her little one will be
carried safly [sic] thro' [sic] as thousands are carried
I often am reminded at such times (when the
exclusive prayer is uttered for the safty safe

(Page 4)

safety [sic] of my own children) of the
anecdote in letters from N.Y. by M Child
A woman ran into the street to see
how it far'd [sic] with a lad who was being
exposd [sic] to danger in the street__ some one
asked is it your son? and her reply was
"no! but he is somebodys [sic] son" __ so I think
when I am solicitous for my imigrant [sic]children
they may fare like the rest I ought not to be
exclusive and my faith is greatly improvd [sic]
by the consolation that when and where I
have been able to do good I have not
faild [sic] to do with a ready hand and I trust
my children will share the bounty of
that "Father" and "Mother" to whom we are all
allied I have now almost reachd [sic] ^the bottom of^ the 4”
page and will stop lest I weary those
dear friends who I trust will still hold
in their hand, the power to secure a
"Refuge" for the "needy" in whatsoever
trial they may need sympathy
     you know to whom I would be
rememberd [sic] and with whom I sympathize
[Text written upwards from bottom right corner]
S E Thayer

Tags

Abolitionism; Personal; Spiritualism

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Thayer, Sarah E, “Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. [185-?],” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3106.

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