Thomas Rotch Letters Regarding Debts

This letter from Thomas Rotch to Richard Imlay discusses some confusion about a bank draft and money Imlay owed to him. The Imlay letters in the Rotch Wales Collection indicate that Richard Imlay was chronically in debt and relied on the assistance of Thomas Rotch throughout the course of his life. The one page letter measures 8" x 12" (20.32 x 30.48 cm). A second letter to Joseph Poysen from Thomas Rotch requests payment of a debt of $8.55. The letter is two pages long and measures 6.25" x 7.75" (15.88 x 19.69 cm). Thomas Rotch (1767-1823), a Quaker and early settler of Kendal, Ohio (now Massillon), 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