Sarah Rotch Arnold letter to Charity Rotch, New Bedford, 4th mo 6th 1807

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			New Bedford  4th mo 1807
	Yes my dear Aunt we are very much pleased
to receive thy company letters, knowing thy occupation
will not admit of thy devoting many hours to this
kind of employment, & although I am always highly
gratified to be particularly remembered by thee, yet I
am perfectly willing to share the spoil with my
cousin L. when thou canst not conveniently address
us separately   the Disorder which thou mentions as
being so prevalent, is I think very alarming & the
sudden removal of those who are seized with it, and
fully so; nothing of this kind has succeeded the
influenza here & I hope since that is about
subsiding that we shall be favoured with the con
tinuance of health.  My dear Aunts L & H are
again confined to their chamber the former
with a relapse of her old complaint which per
haps I mentioned to thee before, & the latter
seems quite indisposed with sickness at the sto-
mach etc which we suppose proceeds from her
being unusually confined this winter in a very
warm room, & close attention to her Sister-
 
Jr Barker came in town 5th day evening just a
week from New York having been to Portland
endeavouring to secure a debt of $30,000 which the
failure of John Taber & for the sum of $200,000
renders very doubtful  they having made over all