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11th Mo, 17th 159 Dear sisters While being at fathers these two days, attending mother in her sickness which commenced last 6th day with pain in her side very severe, accompanied with sickness, and vomitings together with fever, has reduced her strength very considerably. I was with her first day all day, but did not administer medicine as she had taken oil, but yesterday I did immediately on getting here finding her face so very red, that it was almost purple with fever and her head distressed her very much, the medicine took good effect, and in two hours, a large quantity of bile discharged, and the redness disappeard [page torn] several hours, and she was more comfortable, in the evening she wanted cold drink, and the pain in her side returned with fever during the night tho not severe. this morning she took medicine again, and sleeps quietly, which indicates a favorable [impression]. she looks pretty sick as she lies sleeping, but she took a little more nourishment this morning than at any time, / a little [panada ?] twice. cousin William comes every day to the door to inquire. father felt poorly seventh day but he is better, sits reading, has been talking very pleasantly about occuren-ces that transpired many years since, "he said [Charls/Chails?] Willets came here (before he was married) and invited him to go to Oysterbay to meeting one first day morning, they went attended meeting, after which they went to ---------- to dine where was a young woman, and [the table being fitted for soup ge] bowls were [passed?] around the table, when they sat thereto, Father and the young woman sat side by side, and a bowl of soup set [page 2] between them, and he felt exceedingly [pushed] to know how to manage fearing the young woman would not like to partake with him, finally he [rebutted?] in commencing first, leaving her to her own disposal, and they [crossed out] suped together out of [the] bowl. 5th day morning 18th of the month at fathers mother had a restless night with but little sleep yet I think the fever did not run as high as several nights beefore, and she thinks, she can help herself a little more this morning, and has taken a little more panada at a time. she can sit up in bed a few minutes and does not beat so exceedingly. I percieve this morning that I feel a hope the worst is over. one thing is certain that she is relieved from a great body of bile Matilda ssaid this morning I wish very much that Sarah could be here, that mother would need necessary all winter probably. and to him a woman to sit in the room with her w[ cut off by hole in paper] not be as pleasant as to have Sarah to sit with her and attend to her little wants, Mother said I have thought about her, but for coming the long distance she has so many fears. perhaps none you can better judge, what may be best than we can. mother spoke about an oyster for breakfast just now. It is so many days since I saw E [P?/ B?] Willis that I feel as if unable to give any [practice law] account I was home yesterday two or three hours and thought I would step up to see him, but a number of things required my attention that I did not. I inquired whether he had been down in my absence, he had not. I presume their [sic] is not much change. I think he would [be] call pleasant days if I was home. Elias [H]icks ]?] with Edward and Elizabeth for the benefit of his health which is very feeble a good deal oppression, and cough. [page 3] [scratched out: flesh] considerably emaciated his wifes very attentive to him and says she is well herself. she appears to evince a cheerful countenance through all this vicisitudes, I suppose the prospect is to go further south in second month if he lives untill that time arrives. Edward and Elizabeth went down to attend [Henry Havliands] wedding last evening at J. [Haviland] we expect them [of] to day. Aunt Esther has just been here with a lame back, mother told her, they call me a little better, but I dont know I feel a great [beating ?] again. and the ffever has come. aunt Esther said she was glad we were writing to Sarah, she had thought she should propose it. (Matilda has a dressmaker through it all very quiet,) I write by piece meal, so very often getting upt that it will seem uncon-nected. so please excuse the scrawl. I must go and get some wood now. father will get cool as weell as me, it is a cold east wind with rain and some snow. John has gone to [Mo.] Meeting uncle Willet and aunt Esther we thought she had better go. it is near twelve O Clock and I will close for this to go to the mail with love to all I remain your affectionate sister M W W. Elizabeth Mott has not been notified of mothers sickness yet. father and mother were there a week ago yesterday drove themselves met with an accident on their return home, one of the horses took fright and jumped very much broke the [wiffletree]. a man came out of the blacksmith shop and assisted, father said them hoses had rather run than not, that he did not know wether he could have held them, but mother assisted. mother said dont tell it. I think it is not known here

[the other page I see is the address: going top to bottom, centered, with a stamp on the bottom (i.e. right) and emboss on top (i.e. left) of center portion)] Amy Post in care of Isaac Post Rochester Monroe County N. Y.