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

1855-11-11

Description

Handwritten letter from William Cooper Nell to Amy Kirby Post. Nell writes to Post about recent events in the Boston anti-slavery community.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1095

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

Boston

          Sunday Eve        Nov 11. 1855
                           10 . oclock

Kind Friend Amy =
                                    When You write do tell
me the latest from          Dorcas = Phebe & Abby
                                                                                              Yesterday I called on Francis JacKson
and then      met      William Lloyd Garrison
   We found Mr JacKson down stairs [sic]
dressed and appearing quite
comfortable = having enjoyed an
excellent ( comparatively ) nights rest
   and enjoying an appetite -

Conversation animated = but expressive
of perfect resignation as to whether
   He should remain in or leave the
body    =         a little hope is now indulged
of     his    recovery.
                                I hope Mr Phillips -
will be with You           as       expected.

   Joshua R. Giddings was in the office
Yesterday = and was disappointed because
of Mr             Parkers   absence              never having
   heard       him      preach -

(Page 2)

Mr. Garrison    while walKing with me
from Francis Jacksons stated that
J. G. had issued Circulars at the
Glasgow meeting Soliciting aid for
F. D.       Paper      on the ground that
It was         not       an Infidel Paper Vc
             -      -      -
Wm. W. Browns Daughter Clarisse has
lately married a Young Swiss
Watch Engraver in London =and
   will probably         soon return to
    America
                  Josephine is about
SeeKing School Teaching-
                         -
       I am delighted with the idea
of      Louisas meeting William and
    Mary =    and    Sarah = How is
Edmund -
                 Should there appear any
notice of my BooK in Rochester Papers
please forward to me = that I may be
Sure of them.      and     thus
                       oblige Your Sincere Friend
                                        William C. Nell

[Text aligned upside down along top margin of Page 2.]

When   Mrs ^Webb^ Webb comes to Rochester
I shall give [her?] letters to You and                                  Mary Hallow[ell?]

Annotations

William Cooper Nell, an abolitionist and former slave, is writing from Boston to fellow activist, Amy Post. Francis Jackson was an abolitionist from Boston, who was affiliated with several anti-slavery groups. Wendell Phillips was an abolitionist, Native American advocate and lawyer. Theodore Parker was a Transcendentalist and a reform minister of the Unitarian Church. Joshua R. Giddings was an abolitionist and served in Congress. William Lloyd Garrison was a radical abolitionist and the editor of the newspaper, the Liberator. Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist and a former slave, who published the newspaper, the North Star.

William Wells Brown was an African American abolitionist, lecturer, novelist, playwright and historian. He was born a slave, and after he escaped to the North in 1834, Brown wrote the first novel by an African American- Clotel. Josephine Brown was Brown’s youngest child. She attended school in France and returned to the United States in 1855 to complete a biography of her father. Louisa was one of Nell's sisters. William R. Hallowell and Mary Hallowell were Post's son-in-law and step-daughter. Sarah Hallowell was Post's sister. Mrs. Webb performed in a play titled, "The Black Siddons" during this period.

Tags

Abolitionism; 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/3385.

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