Thomas Rotch letter to Capt Bennajiah Mason, Hartford, 1800

Thomas Rotch entrusts his household goods to the care of Capt Bennajiah Mason for shipment on the sloop Polly for the sum of $10 from New Bedford to Hartford, Connecticut. Charity and Thomas Rotch relocated to Hartford in 1800. Rotch notes that his goods are to be transported by cart to a house that stands in the South part of the town. Goods transported included candles, hardware, glass and porcelain, soap, a desk and bookcase, large and small scales, stoves, iron doors and candles, perhaps all of these goods for sale in the store that Rotch would open in Hartford. 8.35" x 13" (21 by 33.5 cm