The Post family papers span the years from 1817 to 1918, with the bulk of the material falling into the period from 1823, the year Isaac and Hannah Kirby Post moved from Long Island to Sceipio, in southern Cayuga Co., N.Y., to 1872, the year Isaac Post died.
The Nancy Hewitt research collection primarily consists of research notes, drafts, and correspondence relating to her 2018 biography of Rochester activist Amy Post, Radical Friend: Amy Kirby Post and Her Activist Worlds. While some of Hewitt's research corresponds to specific chapters of her book, much of it examines contextual topics such as women's suffrage, Quaker society, abolition, and general Rochester history. This material consists of photocopies of primary sources, email correspondences, and Hewitt's handwritten notes. Included with her research on Rochester is a reproduction of Gillette's 1858 map of Monroe County; a larger, original copy of this map is available for researcher use at RBSCP.
