Letter from John Willis to Amy Post

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Jardine, Gail

Boni, Diane

Genre

Correspondence

Location

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

Exhibition link

Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement

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Amy Post also attended the Seneca Falls Convention. On October 15, 1848, her brother- in-law John Willis wrote her from Long Island: I thought when I received that Rochester paper [the North Star] giving an account of the woman's convention and of their rights and what they wanted, and what they intended to petition for, untill they had obtained it, that I would write up to Isaac [Amy's husband] and request him to persuade his wife to try to have a little more stability, and to act more like a sensable woman….what thee seems to complain the most of is not having the privilage of going to the poles and giving thy vote, and not being drawn to serve on jurors and to be appointed sheriffs and all in fact every office that man fills thee wants the privilage of having….

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Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Willis, John, “Letter from John Willis to Amy Post,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/427.

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