Anthony, Susan Brownell. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Anthony, Susan Brownell. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Anthony, Susan Brownell

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1867-02-17

Description

Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post. Anthony writes to Post to share with her the proceedings of a recent woman's rights meeting.

Subject

Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1599

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                       Albany Feb. 17. 1867

Dear Friend Amy

                    I find this en-
velope in my Port- folio [sic]
to day [sic] – ready superscribed [sic]-
as if to remind me I
ought to tell you how
we are getting on with
our meetings- Well, the
very best kind – at Cohoes
Thurs, & Friday nights- Capital metings [sic]
at Herkimer last Mon & Tues. -
splendid- The Ex- Surrogate
and the present Surrogate judges
both gave their good word

(Page 2)

for us- Remond
never did better work-
          Louisa Jacobs- who
us ^was^ with us – promises first
best – She is everything
proper & right in matter
and manner – private &
public- It is good
to have two new helpers
and young too – yes and
good looking – Mr. Phillips
writes me he has another
in Boston he wishes to
introduce to me –

       Don’t you cry all
Hail to young heroic
Kansas? – How glorious
if she shall now teach

(Page 3)

the nation the one and only way to rebuild
our Union, as she ten years ago taught
it the one and only way out ^of^ Slavery- Do you
see she has submitted to the people
the question of striking both ‘White Male’
from her Constitution-
        I have sent Mr. Dewey a package
of Mrs. Stanton’s recent address to put
our sale at his News Rooms- also letters
to Democrat & Express to note the fact –
      I hope you & Mary Hallowell will
both plan to go to N. J. to the May meetings

(Page 4)

    -there will be earnest work to be done
there- and every one [sic] who feels that now
is the hour to demand the establishment
of the whole of justice, ought to be there-
to add voice and especially vote – So do
you both be there – you see the Standard
is swinging round the circle pretty rapidly
these two or three weeks past – perchance with an
eye to selection- who can tell- but no matter -
all we want is the right word, and the broad
platform of the whole not half or five sixths-
            Love to Mary & William, aunt Sarah & Edward & all
especially Isaac your dear husband
                   affectionately yours       Susan B anthony

Annotations

Susan B. Anthony, a woman’s rights activist, writes to fellow activist, Amy Post. Cohoes and Herkimer are two towns in New York State. Anthony refers to Charles Lenox Remond, an abolitionist and woman's rights activist. Louisa Jacobs was author and former slave, Harriett Brent Jacobs's daughter. Wendell Phillips was an abolitionist. Anthony refers to the "young heroic Kansas", a state which had recently put the issue of female suffrage on the ballot. Should Kansas grant women the right to vote, the state would lead the way, mirroring the abolitionist's fight to end slavery in previous decades. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a woman's rights leader. The Democrat and Express were two newspapers published in Rochester during this period. Mary Hallowell was Post's step-daughter and a woman's rights activist. William was Mary's husband. Sarah and Edward were Post's sister and brother-in-law.

Tags

Women's Rights

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Anthony, Susan Brownell, “Anthony, Susan Brownell. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 24, 2024, https://rclomeka2.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3886.

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