Joseph Rotch letter to Thomas Rotch, Philadelphia, 9 mo 13 1819

               
  B-159-1
                           Phila 9 mo 13 1819
  My dear Uncle
              Before this reaches thee, I presume
  thou wilt have received Uncle Fisher's letter informing
  thee of the indisposition of his wife, my beloved,
  Aunt Hannah Fisher at his request, it now be-
  comes my painful duty to convey to her absent
  relatives an account of the affecting result - On the
  morning of seventh day her disorder changed alarmingly
  & yesterday at about 20 minutes past six o clock all
  her purified spirit left its feeble tenement tot join the
  assembly of the Faithful."  Sensible(as I understand) to
  the last,she took affectionate leave of her husband &
  children & died in full confidence of a happy immortality;
     My family have been in Burlington during the hot
  weather & I have been but little in the City, and it
  was only on Seventh day eveng last that we learned
  our dear departed relative was seriously indisposed. last
  evening I arrived with my family, of course I am at
  present unable to give you any of the interesting par-
  ticulars of the last moments - Uncle Fisher intended
  writing thee himself today, but the distress of the female
  part of his family rendering it difficult, he confided the
  mournfull task to me - observing that our Cousin