Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Lucy Stone.

Title

Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Lucy Stone.

Creator

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Contributor

Lucy Stone

Date

1869-11-05

Description

Handwritten letter from Amy Kirby Post to Lucy Stone. Post writes in response to Stone's October 26, 1869 letter, inviting her to the first American Woman's Rights Convention.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1815

Location

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

Transcription

Rochester Nov. 5^th 1869
My Dear Friend
                   Lucy Stone
                                        I thank thee most
sincerely for thy kind remembrance
and invitation to attend the
approaching American Womans
Suffrage Meeting to be held at Cleve
land the present month. I assure
thee that it would be a great joy
to me to meet so large a number
of revered men and women in
convention as are appended to
the call, but I find myself asking
the question, have all these wise
Men & Women deliberately agreed to
have this a delegate convention ?
Well be that as it may, allow me to say
that with my present light and
experience I cannot but seriously
regret it, It seems to me like starting

(Page 2)

a grand project with planting the
very seed of death to the movement
               What you wish, no doubt, is to
reach the ears and hearts of the
people, and I believe this ^call^ cannot be
done without first causing them to
feel and understand that we accept
them as one with us, and are desired
to come in and work with us, all
alike responsible. I think dear friend
that the spirit of freedom and equality
has grown taken root, and grown
up too tall with the mass of the
people, for them to accept of any
outside position, They surely
will soon grow weary of being seated
out oneside, admitted as mere listen
ers_ no rights_ no vote – no voice
               Oh! I do not want to be an
outsider in this glorious cause, I
want to be folded and sheltered in
your beneficent arms and loving
hearts, but now can I go back into

(Page 3)

the bondage of exclusiveness, even
in company with those who I look
up to, as so superior in good word
and works.
               Our little Equal Suffrage
association, will meet next Tuesday
when the appointment of delegates
will be presented and considered.
what action will be taken I
cannot say, but we are all quite
tired of the red tape systim [sic] of doing
business.
               I trust dear friend, my
freedom of expression will be
received with kindness, as nothing
but my love for the cause, and a
sincere desire to see, and do the right
has prompted me to define my
position.
                   Very truly & affectionately
                              Thy friend
                                                Amy Post
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Tags

Women's Rights

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889, “Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Lucy Stone.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/4098.

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