Unknown writer. Letter to Sojourner Truth.

Title

Unknown writer. Letter to Sojourner Truth.

Creator

Unknown writer

Contributor

Sojourner Truth

Date

186 ?

Description

Handwritten letter from unknown writer to Sojourner Truth. Included in this letter is a cartoon image of a codfish.

Subject

Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1304

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

[Text aligned vertically along left margin of Page 1]

When did you buy
the last old dress
[illegible] play it off for
[new?]

Codfish Aristocracy.
How do you like your portrait? Don’t it appear
        As natural as life, and more than twice as good?
If codfish, this season, were not so very dear,
I’d think some of shining up to you, I would.
     But, keep up your courage, for codfish may be “flat,’
      And you come down a peg in the aristocratic line,
     And be able by the practice of good sense and all that
To win a tender word from your Valentine.

N.Y. Union Valentine Co., No. 134 William St., N.Y

Annotations

This unknown writer refers to the "codfish aristocracy", which was a term for people in the 1800s, who were successful businessmen.

It is unknown who the handwritten note was intended for.

Tags

Personal

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Unknown writer, “Unknown writer. Letter to Sojourner Truth.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 22, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3592.

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