Gifford, Abbey. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Gifford, Abbey. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Gifford, Abbey

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1825-05-16

Description

Handwritten letter from Abbey Gifford to Amy Kirby Post, May 16, 1825.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

426

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                                                Ledyard 5mo 16 1825
My dear friend
                                It is a long time since I received
thy kind letter & I have been almost impatiently
waiting ever since for an opportunity to answer
it which has at last presented itself.
                I am glad to find thy long silence was
not through forgetfulness, for really had began
to attribute ^it to^ that.
                                I expect thee will have the pleasure
of seeing Caroline S Frost at Yearly Meeting she
went down to attend her fathers marriage &
expects to stay a year at Peaks-Kill, & go to
school, we shall miss her [com] in our little
circle very much. It seems that J Frost got
discouraged in looking towards Long Island for a
wife & concluded to take one this side of that
for famed place. I do not know but we ought
to fear the consequences of two frosts coming together
in our Northern latitude.
                I expect thee & thy sister Deborah will have

(Page 2)

a joyful [thee] meeting. I almost envy your happiness,
or at least wish I might participate with you,
I feel quite lonely since Deborah left, it
would have been a pleasure to me to have attended
Yearly Meeting at this time, but it seems not quite
convenient.
                Brother Thomas leaves to morrow morning
for New York & I expect will visit your Island
before he returns.
                                I expect thee has heard long ere
this that Sarah Wood has been tied with Hymens
hands. but perhaps thou has not heard that her
husband has since become an insolvent
it appears rather hard to have ones prospects
blasted so soon after she is married.
                Thee speaks in thy letter rather mysteriously
about thy cousin Thomas Rushmore, it was
sometime before I could recollect seeing him,
I believe he was at our house but I did not
converse with him enough to discover that he
was deaf, I should like to know what there

(Page 3)

is in Scipio that is likely to call his
attention again.
I want to write more but Morphus has
clasped all aroud [sic] me in his arms & I must
also seek his embraces.
                Please give my love to all enquiring friends
& reserve a great share to thyself, I hope to receive
a letter from thee soon.
                                Thy affectionate friend
                                                Abby Gifford

PS I am in poor health & low spirits which
I find has made my letter most miserable
                                                                AG

Tags

Family; Personal

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Gifford, Abbey, “Gifford, Abbey. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 25, 2024, https://rclomeka2.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2724.

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