Evening, all,

Can someone help this person in their quest. I'll pass along any replies.
Thanks.

David Minor


>>My name is Karen Cain. My screen name is Pippa, a name I took from my
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.<<

David Minor
Eagles Byte Historical Research
Pittsford, New York
585 264-0423
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