Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1845-07-30)

Title

Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1845-07-30)

Creator

Thayer, Sarah E

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1845-07-30

Description

Handwritten letter from Sarah E Thayer to Amy Kirby Post, July 30, 1845.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

640

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

My dear Amy Ledyard 7^th mo^th 1845

Trusting that my long silence will not be con

strued by my ever dear Friend into indifference or neglect I once

more take the pen to assure thee and thy beloved partner of my

unabated regard – I am sensible of my negligence it is owing to

a procrastinating spirit which I am apt to indulge – if I could carry

about me the means of committing my thots’ to paper ‘instanter’ [sic] I should

I believe often salute my absent friends in this way and consequently

deserve a return – but suffice it to say I have visited you often in

idea – have ardently wished for your company and friendly chat when

my hands were not at liberty to take the pen or my ability to secure

a suitable place to write – now if I have not forfeited thy dear

love and good will do send me some token as soon as convenient

We learn that Brother Joseph is about making some arrangement

for a remove 50 mils [sic] west I trust it will be best – he has my warm

wishes for his successful enterprise not only in the experiment of a

country life but an exchange where he can sit under his own

vine and “none make make [sic] affraid [sic]” for my dear friend of how

much are we constantly affraid [sic] – I have long, long, been turning

and turning the subject in my own mind but alas! alas! how are

we at every step arrested by “lo here and lo there” to our confusion

and dismay – dreading the loss of caster so we have groped our way

till [sic] lost in darkness we cannot assist others or be useful in our

day – I have been aroused of late by the discovery that [fr]

the writings of Elias Hicks have been suppressd [sic] – no doubt for the

reason that our enlightend [sic] meetg [sic] for suff’g believ’d it best

to do so – now I wish thee would institute an enquiry into

(Page 2)

the [obliterated] on perusing a certain trial since the decis

ion – where orthodoxy wished to prove him infidel certain

letters were brought to prove his radical views – such quotations

as were to the point are truly interesting to me as they [prov]

^proved^ incontestibly [sic] that all his writings have not been printed

nor do I believe that any friends writing ever have been

printed without being seriously injured – this has been

long – a source of evil – Aden[t] T long was often very clear

in the case of the scriptures and I am well assured that

the same exclusion has been practiced with respect to E

Hicks and Job Scott – I think if you were to apply

to some LI. friends, they would in form – it may seem

unimportant to you – but we are so gratified lately by

some writers – in the Herald of Freedom and Liberator

that we want to find among our own more near

friends proof of the clear manifestation of light and

faithful adherence therto [sic] I leave room for sister to add

as our dear children [aere] ^are^ all here Isaac and Elisabeth

are here and I have not seen them much of late

I must close for the present with much love and hope

to hear from thee soon I can then write more perhaps

I intend to be more punctual in [putase?]

thine

Sarah E Thayer

Tags

Abolitionism; Family; Quakers

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Thayer, Sarah E, “Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1845-07-30),” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 24, 2024, https://rclomeka2.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2932.

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