Joseph Whitall letter to Thomas Rotch, Woodbury, 4th Mo 13th 1800

               
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                        Woodbury 4th Mo 13th 1800
  My beloved Friend
                 I little thought when I parted with thee
  in New England that such a length of time would have
  lapsed, without hearing from each other, tho' the persua-
  sion hath remained from that it hath not been owning to
  a diminution of that mutual love which subsisted between
  in whilst together, and I trust was and will continue
  to be precious to us both.  I wrote to dear sister Lydia
  from Hudson the fore part of the twelfth mo. giving some
  information of my being released to return home which
  I reached about the 19th but as I have not heard from
  her since, have been somewhat doubtful of its getting safe
  to hand.  Have had no information lately of our
  beloved Gervis, when I heard last which was about six
  weeks past, he was at Otego 80 miles west from Hudson
  on his return from Canada having visited the northern
  parts of New York, and not more than nine or ten meetings