Eliza Rodman letter to Charity Rotch, New Bedford, 2nd mo 8, 1824

News of family to Charity Rotch with news of the birth of twins. By this date Charity had drawn up her own will and with Arvine Wales and Matthew Macy, she was in the process of settling the Rotch estate. She was also very frail, and although family had urged her to return to New England, she didn't have the energy for such a move, and she died in August, 1824, about 2 months after the arrival of this letter, She was buried in the Quaker cemetery at Kendal. 8.1" x 9.75" (20.7 by 24.8 cm