Post, Hannah Kirby. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Post, Hannah Kirby. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Post, Hannah Kirby

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

182-

Description

Handwritten letter from Hannah Kirby Post to Amy Kirby Post, 182-.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

375

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

       Dear Sister
                              Thy short letter was truly acceptable
and I think should have been disappointed if thee
had held thyself excused I felt glad thou had the privilege
of being in M Judy s company and should have been
glad to have been a sharer myself but my lot is cast in
a distant land and my time much taken up with the
cares of the world and I am affraid [sic] I shall never see
myself a self denying christian, sometimes when I reflect on
my age and the state I am in I feel alarmed and oh if I had
strength to keep under a concern of mind but I am so
soon lead a way and find my thoughts wondering hither
and thither____
    I’l[sic] just say to thee that B Renouff returned more than a
week before J and Anna has been to work at cousin J B s
has shingled our barn now gone to John Merritts to fix up
their house he appears rather gloomy says he don’t know
what to do with himself but feels the best when at
work it appears his girl is not willing to come in this
country to live nor to give him up and he says he cant
live in the city any longer I think she canot [sic] love him
or she ought or she could not be so cruel I am affraid [sic] she
has or will hurt Bmas his appearance is not quite as plain
as when he was first here, though he looks very neat he said
there was so much said to him when he was down they had
talked him to nothing . I feel very much for him but
canot [sic] help him any way that I know off [sic] so write me often
   thy sister H Post

(Page 2)

[Text in center of page, written upward]
Amy Kirby

Tags

Family

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Post, Hannah Kirby, “Post, Hannah Kirby. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 25, 2024, https://rclomeka2.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2674.

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