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Travel Journal of Charity Rotch, Pgs 1 through 18, 1811

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Title	Travel Journal of Charity Rotch, Pgs 1 through 18, 1811
Subject	Ohio Women; Climate and Weather; Settlement in Ohio; Geography and Natural Resources
Description	The Travel Journal of Charity Rotch penned during a four month trip by carriage from Connecticut to southern Ohio during the winter of 1811 describes conditions of travel, and Charity Rotch's impression of people and places she encountered along the way. When Charity and Thomas Rotch reached Cincinnati, they turned north toward Columbus and Cambridge and eventually reached Steubenville where Thomas Rotch met Bezaleel Wells who encouraged Rotch to purchase several hundred acres of arable land in the area of present-day Massillon, Ohio. The Rotches returned to Connecticut, sold their property there and relocated to north east Ohio, traveling over the Allegheny Mountains with 400 Merino sheep in late 1811. Thomas Rotch bagan construction on a permanent house in the town of Kendal that he established in present-day north east Massillon in 1813. 12.5" x 7.5"(31.75 x 19.05cm)
Creator	Charity Rotch
Date of Original	1811
Collection	Massillon Museum Foundation
Source	Travel Journal of Charity Rotch, Part 1
Submitting Institution	Massillon Public Library
Rights	Copyright (c) 2004, Massillon Public Library, All rights reserved.
Type	Text
Format	Diary

Title	Page 1
Submitting Institution	Massillon Public Library
Rights	Copyright (c) 2004, Massillon Public Library, All rights reserved.
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