Darling, C. A. Letter to Sojourner Truth.

Title

Darling, C. A. Letter to Sojourner Truth.

Creator

Darling, C. A.

Contributor

A

Date

1867-03-18

Description

Handwritten letter from C. A. Darling to Sojourner Truth. This letter is one of a number of responses Truth received after placing an advertisement in two Rochester newspapers to find jobs in New York State for freed men and women living in Washington D.C.

Subject

Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1612

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

Scipioville Cayuga County
   March 18” 1867.
We would like to get a man
& wife from your importation
of freed people when they ar-
rive, provided you have a
couple; say about thirty years
of age, suitable for        general
farm work;     the woman com-
petent for general house work, the
man for outside work.         We
occupy the farm lately owned
by S.G. Pettitt brother in law
of Col E. M. Pope of Rochester,
to whom we would refer.
      If we can learn from you
that you can supply our
wants as above, we will com [sic]
and see you.
To Sojourner Truth        Your
Care Isaac Post                C. A. Darling
            Rochester

Tags

Agriculture; Domestic Servants; Freed Slaves

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Darling, C. A., “Darling, C. A. Letter to Sojourner Truth.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed December 22, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3899.

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