Moses McCammon Letter to Thomas Rotch Regarding Weaving Position

In this letter to Thomas Rotch of Massillon, Moses McCammon discusses his employment as a weaver in Rotch's wool factory. McCammon, an Irish immigrant who settled in Cadiz, Ohio, was a master weaver and after moving to Massillon played the lyre on many important occasions. In this letter of 1821 he tells Thomas Rotch he is on his way with his family, and assures Rotch that he has not the slightest interest in alcohol or drunkenness. The three-page letter is measures 6" x 8" (15.24 x 20.32 cm). Thomas Rotch (1767-1823) a Quaker and early settler of Kendal, was active in the abolition movement and conducted slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. He also served as a correspondent for the Committee on Indian Concerns. The Rotch-Wales Collection comprises several thousand items, including Quaker and abolitionist materials, household remedies and recipes, weather reports and machinery plans, and personal letters of Thomas and Charity Rotch and their family. It contains personal and business correspondence, diaries, documents, accounts, ledgers, and daybooks. A large portion of the collection consists of the personal and business correspondence, documents, and business papers of Arvine Wales I (1785-1854), who accompanied Rotch from Hartford to Ohio in 1811, worked for him, and carried on Rotch's business interests after his death. The papers of his son, Arvine C. Wales (1827-1882), a lawyer and civic leader in Massillon, are also part of the collection