Rachel Todd letter to Charity Rotch, Farmington, August 19, 1808

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			Farmington  August 19th  1808
	      I have seldom, if ever, felt such a variety
	of sensations intermixed, & crowding upon me, as
	since I parted with thee, my dearly beloved Charity
	last evening, some times my heart, is almost over=
	=whelm d with gratitude, for innumerable kindnesses
        receiv d, at others filled with regret for the Trouble,
	& exertion, we occasion d thee thro the afternoon yes=
	=terday, very much fearing, thou would be quite over=
	come, in consequence of it--& then again, feeling hurt
	that I; with all my insignificance, should be the
	means of depriving thy beloved friends, even for an
	hour, of thy invaluable society these, together,
	with the sweet confidence I feel in thyself, & thine,
	with many other things, which cannot be describ d. so
	wholly engross d my mind,(more particularly on my
	way home) that I scarcely knew where I was, or
	what I was about until I found myself safely ar=
	rive d at our own dwelling before it was quite dark,
        the first thing I discovered, on raiseing my eyes, was
        my husbands Sulkey, standing in the yard, which led
        me at once to fear, I should find him on the bed, sick,
        it being much earlier than he usually gets home- but
        on inquiry found he had been home, taken his Tea, &
        walkd out, to visit the sick, in the street, whom he
        had not found time to see, in the course of the day-
        be so kind, as to remember me to thy Dear husband
        & other friends  affectionately yours Rachel Todd--