Sarah Crisson letter to Charity Rotch, Philadelphia, 4 mo 12, 1797

              B-240-1
			Philada  4th mo 12th  1797
     I hope thou will not count me an ungrateful receiver of
thy affectionate communication of 11th mo 5th  I have often
nearly saluted thee in mind- my endeared Charity since thy
truly acceptable & comfortable visit to our parts   but varied
have been my trials - & my mind at seasons so unfit for writing
that tho I have often desired thus to commune with thee & convey
some of my feelings I have as often been discouraged in the attempt
the strength of that endearing tie I felt for thee when with us
is not diminished by separation- & a desire prevails for thy conti=
=nued remembrance & sympathy- for I feel a poor weak Creature
ready to fear a fall on one hand or the other unless mercifully
& unmeritedly preserved & strengthen to press through all- many
are our besetments- many the dangers & snares attending my
passage through this Vale of tears--- thou may have heard
of my Brother being placed in confinement- separated from us
& I doubt not thy feeling mind will or hath enter d into sym=
=pathy with us in early affecting a circumstance- tho
with humble thankfulness I may say we have had amidst all much
very much to be thankful for-  the Physician pronounce him
mended- but we must endeavour to wait in resignation and
  patience on the Great Physician of Value     my dear Brother
Eben embark d last 5th day with our valued & much belov d Frd
I Wigham for Charleston  South Carolina- which hath been a close