Hannah Rodman Fisher letter to Mary Rodman, Philadelphia 7th mo 11th 1794

Hannah Rodman Fisher comments that her sister, Charity Rotch lost her first child to illness in 1791. In Hannah's words of Charity's dilemma, "not thinking her less qualified for the humiliating opinion she entertains of herself" perhaps is a veiled reference to Charity's inability to conceive. Charity's sisters had multiple children, while Charity had but one son who died of quincy within months of his birth in 1791. 8.05" x 12" (20.7 by 30.5 cm