William Rotch Jr letter to Thomas Rotch, New Bedford, 2 mo 16, 1804

William Rotch Jr. discusses his brother's successful acquisition of property in the Hartford, Connecticut area. Thomas and Charity left New Bedford at the end of the 1790s to supposedly take up missionary work in Connecticut, a state with few Quaker meetings in 1800. Thomas however carried on as a merchant and eventually took up sheep farming until he and his wife migrated to Ohio in 1811. 8" x 9.85" (20.3 by 25.1 cm