Mary Kimberly letter to Charity Rotch, Kendal, 2nd mo 11, 1821

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	 		Kendal 2nd mo 11  1821
	    Finding by thy letter my dear friend that thou
	wishes S Williams same comfortable things for her
	confinement which was one week this morning being
	secondary informed of the contents of thy letter.
	she said she had procured[illegible]and necessaries at
	Wm Henrys but thought she should need a little
	Shugar.  Hers a fine son weight 12 pounds and was
	dressed in thy old flannel gown  Sarah was very
	comfortable yesterday.  She desired much love and
	was much obliged for thy care of her. Comfort
	Breed also has another daughter calls her
	Hariet Mar[illegible]about 3 weeks old they are all
	well=  Betsy Richmond has maid us a visit this
	winter herself and children are unwell with colds
	which have been very prevalent here owing I suppose
	to the sudden changes of the weather  it is now beautiful
	
	=l warm sunshine and  [illegible]
	the roads very muddy, I must mention a little
	the order of our Company matters.  Charlotte goes to
	school all she can  she has not found time to spin one
        thread all winter.  little Stephen is so cross and sick and
	troublesome  it is as much as the mother and
	Charlotte can do to scrabble along and do what
	must be done he has been much afflicted with sores
	in his head for several weeks.  Sally & Nancy give
	milk yet   [illegible]has a fine calf she is prity gentle
	to milk  Charlotte is engaged this morning learning
	the boys to drink= from what I can learn the
	Austins douth mean to take the cows this summer  they
	have bought one and talk of buying another of
	   D Richmond
	James has not done the ploughing  he talked of last
	fall neither picked up the girls he talked of    they
	give it up  he is engaged in diging a well he
	has dug 23 feet  no water yet.