Deborah Fisher Wharton letter to Charity Rotch, Philadelphia,3d mo 7th 1824

              B-315-4 
	
				Phila  3d mo 7th  1824
	      Although a great length of time has elapsed, since
	I gave my dear Aunt CR any assurance of my regard,
	and since her unexpected and severe bereavement, I
	have sent her no token of my sympathy, thou must not
	from my silence, conclude I have been unmindful of
	Thee, in thy lonely situation.  For truly Ohio has not
            been the case.  My affectionate and sympathetic feelings
	have often been turned to thee, and desires sprung in my
	heart, that the friend of the widow might be thy 
	comforter, and thy trials, as to make them comparatively
	light.  Although I have nothing to toast of, or preserve
	 upon, I think I have sometimes, known what it
	was, to have hard things made easier-  It has been
	really comforting to me, to find, Through the medium
	of thy letters to by father and sister, that thou wast
	so supported, and although we are not our own
	keepers, and I doubt not thou wilt have to struggle
	through seasons of mental depression, I cannot doubt
	but thou wilt still be borne up above the waves.
	     The removal of our dear uncle from this scene of
	vicissitide, was an unexpected event, and if we were