Sarah Fisher letter to Charity Rotch, Philadelphia, 7 mo 2nd 1824

              B-250-13 
	
	 My dear Aunt       Philadelphia 7 mo 2d  1824
	                        I have much wished my
	beloved Aunt, that it was in my power, to
	have visited thee in thy present situation, and
	to have done what little I could for thy comfort
	and have attended on thee in thy sickness, tho
	I doubt not thou hast better nurses, it would
	have been a great satisfaction to me, as my inclina-
	tion often leads me thither;  but I still enter-
	tain a hope, that thou may be able to take
	a Journey this way, if but a few miles, at a
	time;  it was a great disappointment, when
	I returned from New York, to hear that thou
	was not able to undertake such a Journey,at
	present, as the prospect of a visit from thee,
	was indeed looked forward to, with much
	satisfaction.  Aunt Hazard thought of meeting
	thee here; but disappointment seems to be
	marked on all our pleasant pictures, no doubt
	intended as blessings, to us, if we rightly
	improve thereby,
	   I spend  rather more than 3 weeks, in New
	York, and its neighbourhood,  one week at
	uncle Hazards, after my return from Long
	Island, where I had the company of Dear *