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Thomas Rotch Letter to Aaron Chapman Concerning Sheep Business

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Title	Thomas Rotch Letter to Aaron Chapman Concerning Sheep Business
Subject	Agriculture Business and Labor Sheep Wool industry
Place	Massillon (Ohio) Stark County (Ohio) Jefferson County (Ohio) Belmont County (Ohio) Short Creek (West Virginia)
Description	In this letter Thomas Rotch asks Aaron Chapman to proceed to Short Creek to collect Rotch's sheep and wool, and to provide Robert Ritchie with a receipt specifying the type of animal collected. In a final note, Charity Rotch also requests that Aaron Chapman purchase ewes and lambs on her behalf. The two-page letter measures 7.75" x 7.75" (19.69 cm x 19.69 cm). The Short Creek region, located west of the Ohio River, above Wheeling, (West Virginia), was settled by Quakers who moved to Ohio from North Carolina in 1800. Aaron Chapman, a Quaker from Connecticut, was one of the original settlers of the village of Kendal. He was also an employee of Thomas Rotch's woolen mill and delivered Rotch's cloth all over the state of Ohio. Thomas Rotch (1767-1823), a Quaker and early settler of Kendal, was active in the abolition movement and conducted slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. He also served as a correspondent for the Committee on Indian Concerns. The Rotch-Wales Collection comprises several thousand items, including Quaker and abolitionist materials, household remedies and recipes, weather reports and machinery plans, and personal letters of Thomas and Charity Rotch and their family. It contains personal and business correspondence, diaries, documents, accounts, ledgers, and daybooks. A large portion of the collection consists of the personal and business correspondence, documents, and business papers of Arvine Wales I (1785-1854), who accompanied Rotch from Hartford to Ohio in 1811, worked for him, and carried on Rotch's business interests after his death. The papers of his son, Arvine C. Wales (1827-1882), a lawyer and civic leader in Massillon, are also part of the collection.
Creator	Rotch, Thomas, 1767-1823
Date of Original	June 23, 1815
Collection	Rotch-Wales Collection
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts) A-29-18 Outgoing correspondence-Business
Submitting Institution	Massillon Public Library
Type	Text
Format	manuscripts

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Full Text	[page 1] [corresponds to page 1 of Thomas Rotch Letter to Aaron Chapman Concerning Sheep Business] Kendal Stark Co. Ohio 6 mo 23rd 1815 Aaron Chapman Respected Friend I wish thee to proceed to Short Creek to Robert Richie and with his assistance collect Such of my Sheep as the Keepers are desirous of sending home, and to bring them on to this place by the Ridge road that is to take the road that comes into the Steubenville road at Milligans and for the Sheep that thou receive give a bare simple rect- expressing the the kind whither Ewes Rams Weathem etc- and of whom received. The names of the persons that has sheep of mine are Vitz R. Richie Jesse Parker Thos Rotch Josiah Bundy Please to collect the wool putting it in sacks and have

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