John Post's daughter wrote about him, as "Mrs. Petrie",  and this was recorded in Pomeroy Jones, Annals and Recollections of Oneida County, 1851 ,page 498. I do not recall a mention of her first name.

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Hi,
  I'm probably teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but where I
come from, Pippa & Pip are common nicknames for Phillipa & Philippa.
Good luck to Karen.
 Cheers,
        David Rivers

Phil Lord wrote:

>I suggest looking in Bagg's book on Utica or other Oneida County histories (Wager, ec.) as they contain extensive discussions of Post and his family. I do not recall the name, however.
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>Philip Lord, Jr.
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>New York State Museum
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>Evening, all,
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>Can someone help this person in their quest. I'll pass along any replies.
>Thanks.
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>David Minor
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>>>My name is Karen Cain. My screen name is Pippa, a name I took from my
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>research on the Erie Canal. Pippa Post is a character I met in a book by
>Harvey Chalmers, How the Irish Built the Erie Canal. Ever since I read this
>book I have been trying to find Pippa as a real character. I want to write
>more about her. She is the only female character of any importance in the
>book and she is a major character in the story. A very outstanding woman for
>her time and instrumental in the building of the canal according to
>Chalmer's story. From clues in the book about her family I traced her to be
>a daughter of John Post, the first postmaster of Utica. I found the family
>geneology in a reference book of Utica history but no mention of a daughter
>named Pippa. I think this must be a nickname.  I researched this particular
>area of canal history for two years and have many notes. But before I
>proceed I want to know for sure that she is a real character and not
>fiction.<<
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