Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Isaac Post.

Title

Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Isaac Post.

Creator

Post, Mary Robbins

Contributor

Post, Isaac, 1798-1872

Date

1870-08-05

Description

Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, August 5, 1870.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

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Identifier

1861

Location

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

Transcription

Freed Slaves August 5, 1870

Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post

August 5, 1870

Aug. 5, 1870

Dearly Beloved

Brothers very welcome letter came

came duly and right glad were we

to hear of your concerns let them be of

what ever nature sad or joyous I think

we could measureably [sic] sympathize in

either which is one of the priveleges [sic]

we have enjoyed together in the past

and which I doubt not will remain

to the end blessed priveledge [sic] and

I prise [sic] it more and more and as

our dear friend Ruth Pierce says the

use of sorrow is to teach the lesson of

sympathy for the sad and suffering

so my feelings have gone forth this

morning to my cousin Elizabeth Hewlet

who has just been bereaved of a daughter

a lovely girl just emerging into womanhood

with consumption. Last summer she was

quite feeble but they thought entirely

recovered but for sometime now has

(Page 2)

been poorly the Dr told them they must take

her away from LI they did so and only retur

-ned a few days before her death Our

dear little Mary talks a great deal of

my papa when she first came to Westbury

she said won’t papa come and stay with

us tonight; and very often when we

sit at table she inquires about him if he

has any dinner where he is and many

times a day speaks of his doing or saying

this or that showing he is very present to

her and I hope she will remember him

Phebe has been quite poorly teething &

diverse [?] complaint and she has been

fretful enough has lost flesh but when

she is feeling better her cheerful sun

-shiny face does us good and diverts from

sadder thoughts It has been exceeding

hot and dry but yesterday afternoon

had a nice shower here but guess there

was more in some other directions as

the clouds were black a long time

both N and S of us Jo^s Hick and sons had

(Page 3)

a new boat a large company went sailing

Yesterday also a Beach party from Westbury

the rain so welcome might inconvenience

them some but this morning it is delightful

the air pleasant and every thing looks as

if it was rejoicing and giving its thank

offering for the timely gift I can scarcely

say timely for much of promise has been

entirely withered by the drought

Our Q M is over I dreaded it greatly but

got through much better than I expected

I was not as well as usual on 5 day and did

not go to meeting Aaron C Macy D Barns and

their wives were in attendance ACM &

wife made us a very pleasant visit previous

nothing of especial interest meeting large

Tlog [?] Foulk is travelling West is probably now

In Cal [?] with his son they fear his lungs are

diseased Leonard Frost is quite comfortable

again and very unexpectedly so sometime

previously he reached his aunt Hannahs they

called in a Dr and he saw no hope for him

and told him he thought he could not live

(Page 4)

over three days but he improved so much

as to be able to walk about outdoors and

may get back again he wrote a beautiful

letter to his father supposing it would be

his last and this improvement is quite

unexpected to all Gideon seems pleased with

his home arrangement Penn Urlich [?]& wife

making it pleasant for him and they eaqualey [sic]

pleased Sidney Jackson has pretty much

concluded to go to NY Townsend has been

at Sidneys sometime and has persuaded him

to let him have the farm and got it arrang

ed pretty much before M and Hannah knew of

it they feel very much troubled about it I guess

a very poor bargain for Sidney Townsend claim

-ed stock or value all of which Jacob gave to

Sidney in will would never have claimed it

If he had not come on the farm & perhaps

they will have influence enough to stop it

Isaac and Mary Cook [?] were here to tea yesterday told

of building a kitchen soon Mary is do well now

they feel in earnest to be better fixed Our Colored friend

held their celebration of the 15 amendment in

the woods opposite to E S Wold home a large

(Page 5)

number got together They had a band

of music from NY formed a procession

at the depot and with flags and banners

marched up had 36 girls dressed in

white and men with badges of some

significance making quite an impos

-ing appearance some good speaking

and from the display suppose some very

good eating but we did not go until

after dinner so lost the excuse of needing

a dinner Our neighbor Ann is as kind

as need be just been up offering apples or

almost any thing her flowers are the nicest

I have seen they have watered them abund

antly and Ann spends most of her time in

the garden Matilda not very smart rides

out some but stays mostly in her room

Eleanor poorly had a Dr this week The man

-hassel – Friends want the m m [?]2 a year

It was put off a month Rachel was here a day

or two ago said there was so few friends there

we could not all go to EW and should have to

come home to dinner I asked her the question

about the committee [?] going to Canada she said there

was such a com went about the N Year Uncle

WIliam her father & others about setting up mm

did not think there was any women had great

hardships had to take a boat up the Mohawk to

cross the Lake in the others led their horses camping

out 10 nights Love to all in which Catherine Joins

write soon very affectionately Mary

Tags

Family; Freed Slaves; Medicine

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Post, Mary Robbins, “Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Isaac Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 24, 2024, https://rclomeka2.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/4141.

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