Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Frederick Douglass.

Title

Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Frederick Douglass.

Creator

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Contributor

Frederick Douglass

Date

1850-02-02

Description

Handwritten letter from Amy Kirby Post to Frederick Douglass. Post writes to Douglass and expresses her displeasure with the account he published in his newspaper the North Star about the recent anti-slavery bazaar.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

823

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

Rochester Feb 2 – 50
Dear Friend
Will my friend
Frederick Douglass explain
what necessity there was
of giving so discouraging
an account of the Rochester
Fair, in the North Star just
received, that we came
very far short of realizing
in a pecuniary point of view
^what we wished^ is true, yet we would not

(Page 2)

dispise [sic] even the sum of
one hundred dollars, but
rejoice to have it to add
to other hundred’s that
have been raised and
used in the cause, during
that past year, and in
point of morals, I believe
we have no reason to
conclude, that because
some rudiness [sic] appeared
among a group of boys
one evening, the whole
tendency was immoral,
was it nothing that one
hundred people, of all
classes and colours [sic] sat
down to one table, and

(Page 3)

and the most perfect decorum
and order prevailed, to
my views ^and feelings^ of equality, it
was exceedingly gratifying
and for our cause in
Rochester a glorious achi
evement, I thought,
Dost thou really wish
to bring, thy Western New
York friends into disgr-
ace, and turn all
donations in another
direction, if so, then
thou has done the deed,
as much as I have val
ued and relied upon this
branch of Anti Slavery effort
for keeping the cause alive

(Page 4)

amongst us, and obtaining
the means for agitating
the trouble mind, I should
never advocate another
Fair did I think its tend
ency immoral.
            Thy soarly aggrieved
                     friend
                               A Post

Tags

Abolitionism

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889, “Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Frederick Douglass.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 24, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3114.

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