Reis, Libbie. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Reis, Libbie. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Reis, Libbie

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

186-

Description

Handwritten letter from Libbie Reis to Amy Kirby Post, 186-.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1286

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

          South Avon May 3^rd
                   My Dear Mrs Post
             If I may be allowed the
    expression it being a long
time since I have heard from
you I wrote you some two or three
letters since I saw you and I
have looked for an answer
untill [sic] I am tired of looking
and have given up in dispair [sic]
I should have been down before
this if I could but I have
been sick and the worst
of it was I have had a
felon on my [five?] finger of
my right hand and for
two weeks I could scarcely
do any thing I could help
to wait on the table and
that was all I had it lanced

(Page 2)

and it got better right away
for three days and nights
was almost frantic the doctor
that boarded with us was
called up in middle of the
third night and they held
me whilst he lanced it
I have left that place and
gone near groveland I am getting
the same wages that I got there
I am on a dairy farm I like
it pretty well I supose [sic] that
[little?] Melia is with you
yet and almost destitute
of clothing I must try and
send you some money and
let you make her what
she needs and tell me
how much I am owing you
I hope that you have found
some one that will take
the little pet for it would
be better for me and her to [sic]

(Page 3)

      poor little one how often
     I think of her I have been
offered $25 per month to go into
the field Hospital and should
have taken up with the
offer if I had any place for
Melia but I can not go
untill [sic] I get her a home for
I should be liable to pull
as much as the poor soldiers
and be [illegible] I would have
to be sworn in to the
service for six months or
more well it is time for
me to close for I have to go
to the cheese house we
have made two cheeses to
day if it is on sunday I am
getting to be quite a dairy girl
my wages will raise as soon
as I get learnt a little more
I will send you three dollars in
this and please write me on the

(Page 4)

Receipt and let me
know is the prospect
looks fair for me and
Amelia in particular
                Please answer
                this without
                           fail
                Direct
                       South Avon

                Libbie Reis

Tags

Civil War; Medicine; Personal

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Reis, Libbie, “Reis, Libbie. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3574.

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