Amasa Delano Letter to Thomas Rotch Regarding Land

In this letter to Thomas Rotch, Amasa Delano of Chillicothe discusses a tract of land that Delano hoped to sell to Rotch for the purpose of raising sheep. Delano describes the soil, weather, and available acreage, but does not discuss the availability of a water supply that Rotch would have needed to establish a woolen factory. The letter is two pages and measures 7" x 8" (17.8 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