Cowles, Betsey Mix. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Cowles, Betsey Mix. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Cowles, Betsey Mix

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1850-12-01

Description

Handwritten letter from Betsey Mix Cowles to Amy Kirby Post, December 1, 1850.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

872

Location

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

Transcription

Page 1)

                                  Canton Dec. 1. 1850

          My Dear Friends,
                                        I cannot express
the satisfaction wh. the receipt of your
letter this evening gave me. I have
already written to & copied yours for
my deeply afflicted Niece, hoping
it will be some consolation to
her. Had the name been given, or
the name of his children_ it would
be perfectly satisfactory to her, &
a great consolation.    I hope yet
that the name will be given, not
so much for myself_ as for some of
my friends who are interested in
the communications & are aware of
my writing to you on this subject They
think that if his name was given
it would be more convincing than
any thing wh. they have yet had
or heard.    I cannot begin to thank
you for your kindness in thus inter
esting yourself thus_ God bless you
for it.    Let met thank you again, & will
it be asking too much for thee again
to ask for the name? Any thing &

(Page 2)

every thing on this subject interest
me greatly.    You mentioned that others
heard the sounds. I should love
dearly to hear fm. you particularly
about or concerning that one.
      I have seen nothing about Mr.
Fish & her sister since their return
fm. N. York. Do they have communications
continually & as readily? I would like
to hear about them. Please remember
me to them; I was very sorry to leave
N. York last spring before their
visit there; as I hoped to see them.
       Does thee remember that the "rap-
pings" said I should hear them in
N. York? Will thee sometime please
ask why I did not? A little
event wh. occurred there; makes me
somewhat curious on this point.
      But nothing now is of so much
consequence as the name of the
spirit who sent the message. While
I am writing how I wish I could
once more visit thee; & again with
thee hear those (to me) mysterious
communications; my marvelousness is
so great that I enjoy them so much

(Page 3)

             Please tell me a little as to the
      pecuniary affairs of Ms. F. & sister.
        Thee recollects perhaps of giving
me a little of their circumstances while
I was with thee.   Do they live in the
same place in wh. they did when we
visited them?    I am glad to hear
fm. our friend Frederick & family.
    Remember me to them_ Oh! that
cursed "Fugitive Bill"_ is it not enough
to make the vilest spirits blush?
       Yet I think that the North will
be whipt [sic] into it & will quietly settle
down_ all but the abolitionists.
   This is humiliating_ but judging but
the future by the past_ I know not
what else to expect. Where is Miss
"Julia Griffiths"? Eliza is married_
           If thee gets the name of the spirit
who sent the message & another one
raps_ will thee get that name too?
       I want the name so much; & I
feel that it will come _ something tells
so. My niece is not with me; nor have
I seen her. Again let me thank thee
for thy kindness. remember me to thy
sister, husband & family. Most Aff.
                  thy friend B.M. Cowles

(Page 4)

[Text in middle of page, written upward]

Ch. Box 143.          [Stamped] Paid 10

                        Mrs. Amy Post
                                  Rochester
                                         N. York

[Stamped]
CANTON
   2
DEC
Ohio

Tags

Abolitionism; Spiritualism

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Cowles, Betsey Mix, “Cowles, Betsey Mix. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3162.

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