Nell, William Cooper. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Nell, William Cooper. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Nell, William Cooper

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1855-04-08

Description

Handwritten letter from William Cooper Nell to Amy Kirby Post. Nell writes to Post about their mutual friends.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1067

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                  Boston April 8. 1855

Kind friend Amy Post -

     This Sunday Morning who
should I    behold entering
Music Hall but Mrs Colman
and Mrs Raymond= I hope to
meet them at 21 Cornhill
                                     -
   My purpose in now
writing is to asK of you
the favor to deliver to
Frances Nell Cleggett the
accompanying letter
   She left here two weeKs
since via New Haven
destined for Rochester
But to the present not
having heard from her

(Page 2)

we are very anxious to
hear=    I Know You will
if possible confer upon
us this Kindness.
      Fast Day I was
At Salem =Charles Lenox
Remond and Wife
enquired of and Send
greetings to Yourself and
the Rochester Circle
               -

You percieve [sic] by the
Liberator that the
prospect of our

(Page 3)

now obtaining
Equal School Rights
is almost Certain
Had I time I would
liKe to tell You how
hard my worK has
been in the matter
this winter = indeed
I have Kept at it all
the time = Hope on
Hope ever
Nil Desperandum

(Page 4)

Garrisons recent
Liberator Sonnet -
My Chosen Queen
was originally written
in Mrs Chars Remonds
Album = the response
to W. . L. . G = by C.L.F.
was by Miss Foster = a
young Lady not eighteen
now at Salem in the
Normal School=
she is a Niece of
Robert Purvis.
In haste but Sincerely
Yours Wm C. Nell

Annotations

William Cooper Nell, an abolitionist and former slave, is writing from Boston to fellow activist, Amy Post. Lucy N. Coleman was an abolitionist and woman’s rights activist. Mrs. Remond was abolitionist leader, Charles Lenox Remond's wife. 21 Cornhill was the address of the Boston anti-slavery office. Frances Nell Cleggett was Nell's sister. Nell refers to radical abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper, the Liberator. Nell writes the Latin phrase "Nil Desperandum", or no need to despair. Robert Purvis was an African American abolitionist.

Tags

Abolitionism; Education; Personal

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Nell, William Cooper, “Nell, William Cooper. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3357.

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