Help Transcribe the Correspondence

The letters listed below need transcriptions, and we would welcome your help! Please feel free to create your transcription in a text file (Google Doc, Word doc, Text file, even in email) and send it to us. 

Some basic guidelines:

  • Be sure to note the URL of the letter or the Identifier so we know which letter you worked on. 
  • If you are not sure of a word, type your best guess [suffrage?] or [illegible]
  • Leave a space between the pages of the letter, and add an indicator of the page break (i.e., Page 2, Page 3)

What about interlinear additions? (words that are written between the lines of text)

  • Use ^ ^ to indicate these:
    We went ^to^ the Museum

What if the word is misspelled?

  • Please reproduce the misspelling.
  • This excellent document from the Natural History Museum (London) has a list of examples and abbreviations.

Wight, Mary C. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary C Wight to Amy Kirby Post, November 17, 1872.

Wight, Mary C ?. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary C ? Wight to Isaac Post, August 7, 1870.

Sinton, Prudence K. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Prudence K Sinton to Amy Kirby Post, 187-?

Brewster, Eliot A. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Eliot A Brewster to Amy Kirby Post, March , 1867?

Gray, Louisa Nell. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Louisa Nell Gray to Amy Kirby Post, May 10, 1868.

Daniels, Cora L V. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Cora L V Daniels to Amy Kirby Post, July 14, 1867.

Daniels, Cora L V. Letter to Amy Kirby ? Post.

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Handwritten letter from Cora L V Daniels to Amy Kirby ? Post, May 19, 1867.

Carpenter, Davis ?. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Davis ? Carpenter to Isaac Post, March 14, 1867.

Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, January 1, 1867.

Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, December 27, 1866.

Davies, N W. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from N W Davies to Isaac Post, September 3, 1866.

Haviland, Laura Smith. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Laura Smith Haviland to Amy Kirby Post, February 22, 1866.

Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, February 7, 1866.

Griffing, Josephine Sophie White ?. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Josephine Sophie White ? Griffing to Isaac Post, January 10, 1866.

Post, Elizabeth R. Letter to Amy Kirby ? Post.

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Handwritten letter from Elizabeth R ? Post to Amy Kirby ? Post, December 31, 1865.

Titus, Francis W. Letter to Esther Titus.

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Handwritten letter from Francis W Titus to Esther Titus, January 31, 1864.

Titus, Esther. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Esther Titus to Amy Kirby Post, July 24, 1863.

Wilbur, Julia A. Letter to Esther ? Titus.

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Handwritten letter from Julia A Wilbur to Esther ? Titus, February 20, 1863.

Wilbur, Julia A. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Julia A Wilbur to Amy Kirby Post, January 23, 1863.

Searing, Mary. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary Searing to Amy Kirby Post, December 7, 1862.

Titus, Esther. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Esther Titus to Amy Kirby Post, 186-?

Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, 186-?

Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, 186-.

Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary Robbins Post to Isaac Post, 186-.

Willis, Sarah L Kirby Hallowell. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Sarah L Kirby Hallowell Willis to Isaac Post, March 6, 1872.

Tucker, Mary C. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary C Tucker to Amy Kirby Post, May 19, 1869.

Titus, Esther. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Esther Titus to Amy Kirby Post, March 27, 1869?

Page, L M B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from L M B Page to Amy Kirby Post, May 19, 1867.

Post, Isaac. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Isaac Post to Amy Kirby Post, January 9, 1866.

Unknown writer. Letter to Jacob Kirby ? Post.

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Handwritten letter from unknown writer to Jacob Kirby ? Post, 1863?

Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1869-01-01)

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Handwritten letter from Sarah E Thayer to Amy Kirby Post, January 1, 1869.

Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (186-)

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Handwritten letter from Sarah E Thayer to Amy Kirby Post, 186-.

Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1860-07-22)

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Handwritten letter from Sarah E Thayer to Amy Kirby Post, July 22, 1860.

Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1861-06-17)

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Handwritten letter from Sarah E Thayer to Amy Kirby Post, June 17, 1861.

Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1865-03-10)

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Handwritten letter from Sarah E Thayer to Amy Kirby Post, March 10, 1865.

Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1865-12-02)

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Handwritten letter from Sarah E Thayer to Amy Kirby Post, December 2, 1865.

King, Ann. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Ann King to Isaac Post, n.d.

Unknown writer. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from unknown writer to Isaac Post, n.d.

Unknown writer. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from unknown writer to Isaac Post, n.d.

Post, Mary W. Letter Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary W Post to Isaac Post, n.d.

Unknown writer. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from unknown writer to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.

Willis, Mary W. Letter to Hannah Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary W. Willis to Hannah Post, n.d.

Post, Willet E. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Willet E. Post to Isaac Post, April 2, 1871.

Wheeler, Edward. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Edward Wheeler to Isaac Post, September 2, 1866.

Post, Isaac. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Isaac Post to Amy Kirby Post, April 28, 1856.

Kirby, Sarah. Letter to Amy Kirby Post

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Handwritten letter from Sarah Kirby to Amy Kirby Post, May 14, 1855.

Dove, H.P. Letter to Horace Stone.

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Handwritten letter from H.P. Dove to Horace Stone, August 7, 1847.

Kirby, Mary. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Mary Kirby to Amy Kirby Post, March 15,1844.

Orvis, Franklin K. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Franklin K Orvis to Amy Kirby Post, November 21, 1872.

Mott, Elizabeth. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Elizabeth Mott to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.

Wheeler, Edward. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Edward Wheeler to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.

Willis, MW. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from MW Willis to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.

Thayer, E. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from E. Thayer to Isaac Post, n.d.

Rickley, Mabel. Letter to unknown recipient.

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Handwritten letter from Mabel Rickley to unknown recipient, November 29, 1915.

Unknown writer. Letter to unknown recipient.

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Handwritten letter from unknown writer to unknown recipient, February 18, 1910.

Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Amy Kirby Post to Isaac Post, December 10, 1863.

Unknown writer. Letter to Amy Kirby ? Post.

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Handwritten letter from unknown writer to Amy Kirby ? Post, April 13, 1879.

Stradling, J M. Letter to Jacob Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from J M Stradling to Jacob Kirby Post, February 25, 1878.

Wallace, Almira P. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Almira P Wallace to Amy Kirby Post, February 5, 1878.

Upson, N G. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from N G Upson to Amy Kirby Post, October 1, 1877.

Unknown writer. Letter to Amy Kirby ? Post.

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Handwritten letter from unknown writer to Amy Kirby ? Post, March 25, 1877.

Willets, Ann M. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Ann M Willets to Amy Kirby Post, March 5, 1873.

Post, Willet E. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Handwritten letter from Willet E Post to Isaac Post, March 24, 1872.

Tappan, Cora L V. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

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Handwritten letter from Cora L V Tappan to Amy Kirby Post, August 24, 1871.

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