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

1857-11-10

Description

Handwritten letter from William Cooper Nell to Amy Kirby Post. Nell writes to Post about the status of abolitionist and former slave, Harriet Brent Jacobs's book.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1187

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                      Boston Nov 10 . 1857

Dear Friend Amy
                                       Many thanKs
for Your Kindness = allow me to
trouble You once more in having
the accompanying letter put into
FranKs’ own hands     = matters
with her and family appear
now to be under a cloud
indeed most every body [sic]
is so pecuniarily at least
but let us not give up
hope =   Hope on . Hope ever
     I have Just had a letter
from Harriet Jacobs.
her BooK is probably
Suspended for the present
She has recently had a
letter from her Brother

(Page 2)

John - = He would
liKe her and Louisa
to cross the Atlantic,
perhaps he will be
over here Soon
but only for a brief
business (even this is
                        confidential .

The portrait of Mrs Rose
is one dollar.     please
tell me whether one
Shall be forwarded You
by mail or by some
other conveyance.

(Page 3)

and when You favor
me with that line
do tell me Something
of the various members
of 36 Sophia Street
Circle .     I will not
Specify   a Single name
I would hear from
all.-
and by that time
I shall have on
hand Some matters

(Page 4)

to write about which
if we were setting down
and talKing over
would prove quite
interesting = but
please wait for the
   wagon -
   My health and
   Louisas is good _
   Wish I had could wing
   through the air and
   have a sitting with You
and Isaac =
I remain Fraternally Yours
                      Wm C. Nell

Annotations

William Cooper Nell, an abolitionist and former slave, is writing from Boston to fellow activist, Amy Post. Frances was one of Nell's sisters. Harriet Jacobs was an abolitionist and former slave. She was writing the book, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Louisa was her daughter. Nell refers to the Post family home at 36 Sophia Street in Rochester.

Tags

Enslaved people; 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/3477.

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