Hitchcock, Mrs C. M. Letter to [Sojourner Truth?].

Title

Hitchcock, Mrs C. M. Letter to [Sojourner Truth?].

Creator

Hitchcock, Mrs C. M.

Contributor

M

Date

1867-03-20

Description

Handwritten letter from Mrs. C. M. Hitchcock to [Sojourner Truth?]. This letter is one of a number of responses Truth received after placing an advertisement in two Rochester newspapers to find jobs in New York State for freed men and women living in Washington D.C.

Subject

Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1618

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                                  So. Livonia Mar 20.1867
Mrs. [Storg?]
            Sawing [sic] a notice in one of the
Rochester papers in regard to finding homes
for the freed people that are now in Wash
ington, I would say that I would take one
House servant, one that could learn to cook
Wash and iron. I am a farmers wife with
a small family and only two children. I
would give one a home as long as She would
be contented to stay. I would like one about
30 yrs of age or little older. I would say, that I
think I could find good homes for five or
six of these here
                                      Yours &c
                                          Mrs. C. M. Hitchcock
South Livonia. Livi. Co. N.Y.

Tags

Domestic Servants; Freed Slaves

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Hitchcock, Mrs C. M., “Hitchcock, Mrs C. M. Letter to [Sojourner Truth?].,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 24, 2024, https://rclomeka2.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3905.

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