Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Amy Post.

Title

Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Amy Post.

Creator

Post, Mary Robbins

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1850-10-02

Description

Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Amy Post, October 2, 1850.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

861

Location

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

Transcription

[Page 1 written by Joseph Post to Isaac post and is transcribed as 860_10_02_1850]

(Page 1)

Joseph has sat for some minutes holding his pen waiting for some brili
=ant [sic] ideas but none presenting to suit he has taken his hat and
gone to Joshua’s and it may be a great loss for me to share the space
he intends to fill We hope William has recovered his usual health and
energy would not the water treatment be an advantage to him with
an occasional dose of [illegible] I have been quite indisposed but thanks
to cold water am much better Esther Post has concluded to go to the
Normal School it may be of great advantage to her if she [remains?] to
graduate she will get improved idias [sic] relative to order and
government in school which Mary Lewis has been quite poorly
is better again they returned to night from a visit to Staten Island
it would be an advantage could she get out more frequently from
home    We were quite supprised [sic] to see Abigail Motts death anno
=unced in the paper’s can scarcely realise it that we shall ^not^ see her
stepping around from one to another as in former times    Suppose you
read [Sigma?] and E Quincy s articles do you think Sigma will venture
again while he has such an opponent to contend against
Rowland told us of and story he heard of a friend cautioning friends against
unprofitable company amusements &c and concluded by saying there was
a singing woman going about she hoped none of them would go to hear
her name was [Jane ?] Lind really it would require no stretch of
my conscience to hear Jane only I believe the money might be
invested in more productive stock    We have had fire to eat by
about three weeks altho in the sun it is warm in the country fire
is truly pleasant suppose you [citizens?] have scarcly [sic] thought of it yet
I thought when you were here perhaps I might feel like com
plying with Amy s wishes sometime but as yet have not felt any
opening when I do I will embrace it and forward accordingly
so wait patiently and never until then … Your father and mother
called at the door on their return from James’s They were well
I did not tell them I was writing perhaps they might have had a
message for you I will stop as Joseph will feel quite disappointed
to find his blank scribbled on and he may wish to add to his former
stock Mary.

[Remainder of page written by Joseph Post to Isaac Post and is transcribed as 860_10_02_1850]

Tags

Education; Family; Medicine

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Post, Mary Robbins, “Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Amy Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3151.

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