Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1857-04-29)

Title

Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1857-04-29)

Creator

Thayer, Sarah E

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1857-04-29

Description

Handwritten letter from Sarah E Thayer to Amy Kirby Post, April 29, 1857.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1156

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                    Kings Ferry [illegible] Cay Co N.Y.

                                              April 29^th 1857
         My dear Friend Amy
              I am about to tax thee with a demonstra=
tion_ of my tender regards in the shape of a letter
because the season has arrive'd when we
have a right to expect a revival of nature
and we are a part of her domain so I will
send my thoughts westward to greet my
long tried friends the Posts who I trust are
still standing _ Whether my children have
given you a call of late I know not as
Abbie did not say much about R. ^in a letter from Mich.^ perhaps
they did not see "the friends" at all_ but the
fact of their having staid [sic] one night in R.
and my following them thither in my mind
has reviv'd in me a fresh desire to see or
hear from you_ I have preserv'd a sweet
recollection of your kindness toward me on
all occasion, and need not say how I prize
the priviledge [sic] of your friendship _ and i
suppose there have been many seasons when I
whould have thus made manifest my love if
I had not feard [sic] to intrude on your time &c&c

(Page 2)

I have spent the winter with my children on ^(or near
the banks of the Owaseo_ with improvd [sic] health and
am now with E J Jacobs at Venice I find myself
happily quite useful attending to a lovely young
babe 3 mnths [sic] of age she is healthy and her mother
has improv'd in health & spirits since her
birth_ my son Isaac Jacob has a lame
knew [sic] but his health is better than usual otherwise
our worthy friends I [G^ser?] & wife enjoy a tolerable state
of health Anna still an invalid _ My dear
Phebe is apparently now recovring [sic] her health
slowly she is still at Geneva think, she may
be able to go to Aubun [sic] to sojourn with [Dorcas?]
in may_ We are looking toward Y.M. in june
and are casting about to see who will be disposd [sic]
to join in the meeting there _ How do you
feel with respect to Spiritualism as it is manifested
in conventions and the like: not withstanding
N Clark is not what we could desire yet he
has I think done good in Auburn [Cy?]
by getting up (with the assistance of some
noble soals [sic] unhealthy excitement in that
                                             place

(Page 3)

       I feel it a blessing to me that I was able to
attend when miss Bebee [sic] was there _ also the
convention of two days _ there was much good
speaking and I never enjoyed quaker meeting
with so pure a zest I thought of you my
precious friends then and longed to be near
you I have known and felt such sympathy
in your society as I know in none other
neither of my children are fully commited [sic]
to' H & [Dorcas?] go with me sometimes and
E & Isaac J are to some extent convinced yet
E is still in doubt as to the influence of her
lost baby how delighful would it be if I could
make them feel as I do but I must not be
impatient the way may open yet for them to see &
feel more fully I should be glad to have
a few lines from you if it were only a recog
nition that you were still in the same field
of labour _ My own field has been so full of labors
and so arduous have been the conflicts thro' which
I have travail'd since we parted that like my
dear Mother I have felt best to keep my cares
to myself rather than elicit the prayers even of

(Page 4)

of [sic] my dearest friends on this planet
but now that some ^trying^ scenes have been enacted
and I find myself still in working trim
I will _ try to aspire to a more natural
state and what I cannot help _ endeavor
to improve by _ my home is very quiet
now for removd [sic] from the bustle of life
and so I will bid my friends a good
bye with much love and a hope of
hearing from you some time this
spring If Genesee it pays Isaac must
pay himself for his cutlery
    my kind regard to Sarah Willis
    and other enquirers
                                 Sarah E Thayer
Isaac & Amy Post
     Rochester

Tags

Family; Quakers; Spiritualism

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Thayer, Sarah E, “Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1857-04-29),” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3446.

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