Kane, Margaret Fox. Letter to Isaac and Amy Post.

Title

Kane, Margaret Fox. Letter to Isaac and Amy Post.

Creator

Fox, Margaret, 1833-1893

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Post, Isaac, 1798-1872

Date

1867-04-11

Description

Handwritten letter from Margaret Fox Kane to Isaac Post. Kane appeals to the Posts for travel money to come and lecture in Rochester.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1631

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

Melville
April 11^th 67
Mr & Mrs Post
dear friends
I have this moment received your letter of the
18^th I am all ready to leave for
your place - the only drawback
is the passage money which will be
$ 9- greenbacks, nine dollars.
I have just received a letter
from Phila urging me on
immediately the lettter is from
a substantial spiritualist there
I can make the money in Rochester
to to return it to to you in perhaps
less than a week.
Pardon haste. and awaitng an immediate reply.
Believe me
very truly yours
Margaret Fox Kane
PS please send reply at once You

Page 2

can have your letter registered
in Rochester so that there will
be no danger of the money reaching
me. Please write at once.

Annotations

Margaret Fox, a noted Spiritualist leader, is writing from Melville, New York to fellow Spiritualist, Amy Post. Spiritualists believed that through mediums, like the Fox sisters, they could communicate with the dead.Kane refers to Greenbacks, a form of currency used during the period.

Tags

Personal; Spiritualism

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Fox, Margaret, 1833-1893, “Kane, Margaret Fox. Letter to Isaac and Amy Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 24, 2024, https://rclomeka2.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3918.

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