Thomas Rotch letter to Moses McCammon, Kendal, 8 mo 22nd, 1823

Thomas Rotch writes to Moses McCammon, a master weaver stating his views on the woolen industry and the fact that British merchants are flooding American markets with imports, thus creating a surplus of wool in order to drive the price of American manufactured wool downward. Rotch seems optimistic about the possibilities of westward expansion of the American woolen industry. He remarks that farmers are aware of the superior wool produced by the Merino breed of sheep and he reaffirms his commitment to introducing merinos wherever and to whomever possible. He enclosed a sample of wool to McCammon and notes in a postscript that he would leave Kendal Sept 4 to attend the Quaker Yearly Meeting at Mt Pleasant, Ohio where he unexpectedly died on Sept. 13, 1923. Thomas Rotch was buried in the Short Creek Quaker cemetery about five miles from Mt. Pleasant. 7.6" x 12.25" (19.2 by 31.5 cm