Thomas Rotch to the German Separatists at Zoar

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             I have come, being deputed by your kind
  Friends of Philadelphia who are tenderly interested
  for your welfare and prosperity, not only individually
  but also collectively in your Civil compact or associ
  =ation, and for the strengthening of your union and 
  future welfare it is the Judgment of these your
  friends after much deliberation  that one impor=
  tant step twoards the end desired is that J.M.
  Baumler should sign the declaration provi=
  =ded, and that the same when signed shall be re=
  =corded, after which, from a conviction that
  an early addition to your Improvements of a
  Grist and Saw Mill will greatly contribute to
  alliviate your wants,  They have instructed me
  to draw upon One of their Committee for Six hun=
  =dred dollars for your use and benefit.
  I presume it is not necessary for me to recapitulate
  in your hearing the warm interest that these your
  friends feel for your establishment; your own re=
  = collection of their liberal bounty and extended
  care for your comfort, when you were with them
  strangers in a strange Land just be too indelibly
  fized on your minds to be so soon forgotten.
                                  Thomas Rotch