Samuel Rodman letter to Charity Rotch, Nantucket, 3 mo 4, 1797

              B-294-3  
Dear Sister                 Nantucket 3 mo 4  97
               My daughter mentioned in her
letter thy want of 2 ps du  [ illegible] linen, wch I
have put onbd the packet Markd T Rotch 
they are the nearest to thy description, that I have
my wife says the coarse, is too coarse to suit
thee. If so please to return it   all the ydnd &[illegible]
except that number of wch I have another, are
fine, or finer as the best I now sent   the
prices are just as they cost me in Boston wch I
charge  Thos with.  My love to Mother, thyself
husband etc [illegible]            Affectionately
                                    Saml Rodman
1 ps yd n  Linen 25 yds @ 3/2    pds 3. 19. 2
1                       23        @ 1/9  1. 16. 5
                                     pds 5. 15. 7