Hopper, Isaac T. Letter to Isaac Post.

Title

Hopper, Isaac T. Letter to Isaac Post.

Creator

Hopper, Isaac T

Contributor

Post, Isaac, 1798-1872

Date

1841-07-31

Description

Handwritten letter from Isaac T. Hopper to Isaac Post, July 31, 1841.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

564a

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                                                New York 7 mo 31^st 1841
Esteemed friend
                   Isaac Post
                                      A document has been put into my hands
said to be a copy of a letter written by Robert Hicks of this City,
to Samuel Griffith of, or near, Mount Pleasant Ohio. It was
handed to me by Hallidy Jackson and he informed me
that he got it of thee. Wilt thou please informed [sic] me as
soon as thou can, what evidence there is of its authenticity.
More palpable misrepresentation, or down right untruth, I
[will] ^have^ seldom if ever, met with. In this copy the closing sen-
tence is omitted, as thy friend or whatever it may be, the signa-
ture is also wanting. please when thou writes supply those
omissions. It requires a degree of effrontery that I should hardly
have supposed was possessed by Robert Hicks, to assert that the
letters written ^by George F White^ to Oliver Johnson, and published in his pam-
phlet, contain “alterations, omissions and additions” – Equally false is
the assertion that I was cognizant of Oliver’s going to Rose St meeting
to oppose George F White, or that any member of my family
went there “to witness the outrage” I have not time to notice all

(Page 2)

the false statements in the paper to which I refer, but when we
can get it authenticated, we will review it and if the writer has any
sense of Shame remaining, I think he will regret that he ever
put pen to paper in this business.
                   I am respectfully
                                      Thy friend,
                                                Isaac T Hopper

          Please let me hear from thee soon.

(Page 4)

pd               PAID
          Isaac Post
              Rochester
                   New York
[Stamp:]
NEW – YORK
          JUL
          31

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Hopper, Isaac T, “Hopper, Isaac T. Letter to Isaac Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/4386.

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