Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Douglass, Frederick

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1852-08-04

Description

Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass describes the recent cholera epidemic.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

933

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

North Star office. Aug 4^th

Dear Amy.
                  Take good care of yourself. I thank you for your kind
                  wishes. I shall not leave home till to morrow afternoon. I should
                  have called upon you yesterday, had I supposed you, still in
                  the City. I may see you yet before I leave home for
                  Pittsburgh. This cholera is shared more or less by us all.
                  I feel myself Some of the Symptoms. My advice is be calm-
                  Do not allow yourself to be alarmed. Remember that
                  taking thought (anxious thought I mean) cannot alter
                  the Settled condition of things. We are all Subjects-
                  part of a great whole – in the hands of a Supreme
                  power and you and I have decided that that power
                  is good- Leave all to the Supreme good and be calm-
                                 With Love to Isaac. Lewis and Sarah Burtes
                                      sincerely yours
                                                                   Frederick Douglass.
                   Amy Post.
              P.S Julia desires her warm regards to yourself and friends.

Annotations

Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist and former slave, is writing from the office of his newspaper, the North Star to fellow activist, Amy Post. Lewis and Sarah Burtis were also abolitionists and reformers. Julia Griffiths supported Douglass and his newspaper.

Tags

Personal

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Douglass, Frederick, “Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3223.

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