Anna Hazard letter to Charity Rotch, New York, 3 mo 15, 1822

              B-260-13 
	                                     New York  3 mo  15  1822
	     It is probable the same mail by which this letter will go, may
	convey one from our afflicted friends in New Bedford inform
	ing my dear Brother and sister of the short illness and decease
	of their beloved Sister Lydia Dean    the solemn information reach d
	us yesterday in a letter from Josiah Bradle whose knowledge of
	the family connexion induced him to add when writing upon
	business  the sudden death of our dear Cousin---this days mail
	confirms the painful account in a letter from sister Rotch
	where in she says   our dear sister Lydia Dean is no more   her fine
	spirit left its Earthly tenement ½ after 2 on first day  it appears
	they ere no aware of her being dangerously ill until a short
        time precious to her close, when it was too late for even her sister
	Mary to witness the parting scene.  how similar to our dear  sister
	H Fishers situation one days journey separated me from paying
	the last mournful tribute    those feelings  have been renew d in
	sympathy on this occasion with all her absent
	friends who ere in the limits of a days ride.  I am very glad
	that her aged parents appear to feel supported under this very
	trying dispensation which is mentioned in the letter alluded to,
	and may thou my dear Brother seek for resignation which
	is indeed an anchor to the mind under such trials for which
	we find a state of preparation had to be obtain d.
                      Is death that ever threatening, ne er remote
	           that all important, and that only sure.