Charity Rotch, 10th mo 23rd, 1800

Charity Rotch discusses the Rotch removal from New Bedford to Hartford, Connecticut. Thomas Rotch may have tired of business in his father's whaling firm or he may have had hopes for missionary work in a state with few meetings in 1800. Whatever the reason for the change in residence, this note in Charity's hand describes her sense of loss at the prospect of separation from her network of female kin in New Bedford