Jesse Parker letter to Thomas Rotch, Mount Pleasant, 6th 6 mo 1814

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	  		Mountpleasant 6th 6mo. 1814
	  Esteemed friend Thomas Rotch
	                             I wish to Inform thee
	  our circumstance, in respect to keeping thy sheep
	  on shares.  as I am verry much on a stand
	  to know what to do with them.  It appears to me
	  that it will cause discord--and will be a verry
	  hard task for me to fullfill such an obligation
	  if they are left on my hands.  I am reflected
	  on and all most abused for complying to such terms
	  I believe if thee will consider the thing, & wishes
	  peace and quietness abroad, as well as at home  
	  thee will take them back, on these conditions
	  viz  I am willing to give up the sumering, & wintering
	  of them, and more if required to get clear of such
	  a bargain that threatons disunion and ruin of what
	  little we have in the world---we are just
	  a begining in the world and live on rented lands
	  and Land lord has forbid keeping sheep on
	  his farm, & my circumstance will
	  not admit renting a place for them else where
	  as we get nothing before hand & no more than will supp-
	  ort a family of small children by our labour in such
	  a cituation and anything that will tend to dim
	  -inish or take our labour out of our hands must
	  undoubtedly cause us to suffer   I am with
	     respect thine          Jesse Parker
	PS  Arvine arrived here this morning & found the sheep
	in good order here & proceded to Josiah Bundy