Jacobs, Harriet Brent. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Jacobs, Harriet Brent. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Jacobs, Harriet Brent

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

186 ?

Description

Handwritten letter from Harriet Brent Jacobs to Amy Kirby Post. Jacobs writes that she will be in Rochester, during the second week of September to finish and send her slave narrative to the publisher.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1258

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

New Bedford August ^9th^

My Dear Friend
I recieved [sic]
a letter from home with
yours enclosed- which have
been sometime coming- I
now hasten to answer you
as correctly as I can it
troubles me that I have asked
so much of you when you
already have so many cares
and so many looking up to
you- but do not hurry for
I shall be here until the sec
ond week in September and
I shall leave Mrs Willis for
a while after we get home-
and be away until after I
dispose of the Book- if you
are ready by the Last of
September it will do- for

(Page 2)

I know that I shall
find many obstacles- to arise
after I get home- to prevent
my leaving for that length of
time-
To your enquiry dear Friend
I went to Rochester in March
1849- was an inmate of your
nine Months– or nearly a year-
perhaps it would be more
correct I know it was that
long but how much lon
ger I could not correctly say
I left Rochester September in
1850 I had been thinking of
of [sic] running up to Boston to
see Mrs Chapman- while I
am here if I can make it
out- if I cannot I shall
send Louise– as she is going
to visit Boston- during the
present month I should love
to come and finish up my

(Page 3)

work near you if it would
suit my plans as well but
I am so tied down that I
cannot decide on anything-
until I have time to look
around for myself-
I have four of the Children
here and expect Mrs Willis-
on about the middle of the
month-
please remember me kindly
to Mr Post- hoping that you
and all the dear houshold [sic]
are well-
with much love I remain
Yours Truly Always
H A Jacobs

when I have seen Mrs C. I will
write and let you know the
result-- of her advice as to the
Sale selling the Book this Autumn
your

Annotations

Harriet Brent Jacobs, an author and former slave, is writing from New Bedford, Massachusetts to Amy Post, a close friend and benefactor. Prior to the time she wrote this letter, Jacobs was living in the home of her employer, Cornelia Grinnell Willis and Nathaniel Parker Willis. The Willises had paid for Jacobs's freedom from slavery. Jacobs's refers to the slave narrative that she's writing. Maria Weston Chapman was an abolitionist, who was elected to the executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Louisa was Jacobs's daughter.

Tags

Abolitionism; Personal

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Jacobs, Harriet Brent, “Jacobs, Harriet Brent. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3547.

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