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

1856-04-29

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

1118

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                 Boston April 29 . 1856

Dear Friend Amy
                             You will see
the enclosed delivered to
Mr Webb . - I learn that the
Mrs Webb has a reading at
Rochester next Friday Eve

Just now -    Lydia Maria Child
Henrietta   Sargent , Sallie
Holley       and Miss Putnam
were in the office

   Remond has Just returned
from Providence in good
Spirits where but for a
disappointment- I should
    have accompanied him to
thier [sic] grand antislavery [sic] meeting.

[Text aligned upside down along top margin of Page 1]

Mrs Webb will tell You of
             Mrs Ives in Salem .

(Page 2)

Anne Weston was in Italy
at last accounts -

             an [sic] spiritual friend
Here comes John M Spear
and I have secured his name
to the new petition for
    removal of Judge
Commissioner Loring .

   The abolitionists never
grow weary in welldoing
                        -
       Now here is Wm F. Channing
     He too signs the petition .

I. have published a
pamphlet edition of the
     proceedings of our Equal
       School Rights Presentation
Meeting . = and it will
probably be wanted in
New York, Philadelphia -

(Page 3)

Providence . Cincinnati
     perhaps also in Rochester
        But You can see them in
New York =
                 Fail not to
be on hand for a
grand time is anticipated

     Harriet Jacobs was
unwell when last heard
from    = but for all that
   I hope to meet her in
New York -

A Remember me to all
at home and believe
   me
          Ever
Hope to meet              Yours Faithfully
Your other half                Wm C. Nell
also in New York

Annotations

William Cooper Nell, an abolitionist and former slave, is writing from Boston to fellow activist, Amy Post. Robert D. Webb was an Irish publisher and abolitionist, who founded the Hibernian Anti-Slavery Association. Mrs. Webb performed in the play Black Siddons during this period. Lydia Marie Child was an abolitionist and woman's rights activist, as were Henrietta Sargent, Sallie Holley and the Putnam family. Charles Lenox Remond was an abolitionist lecturer. Anne Weston was an abolitionist. John M. Spear was a Universalist Minister, who became associated with the Spiritualist movement. Spiritualists believed that through mediums they could communicate with the dead. Ellis Gray Loring was an abolitionist. William F. Channing was a Unitarian Minister and a social reformer. Nell refers to the Equal School Rights Movement, whose advocates argued that schools that educated black students should receive the same amount of funding as those that educated white students. Harriet Jacobs was an abolitionist and former slave.

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/3408.

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