Martha Routh letter to Thomas and Charity Rotch, Liverpool, 28th of 7th month 1809

Martha Routh, one of the most prominent English traveling ministers of the last decade of the eighteenth century offers religious council to Thomas and Charity Rotch at a time when fevers took the lives of many people in New England. Charity had several severe bouts of fever while at Hartford in 1809, which prompted Rotch to consider removal to a warmer climate by late 1809 and 1810. 7.4" x 9.55" (18.7 by 24.3 cm