Sarah Rotch Arnold letter to Charity Rotch, New Bedford, 7th mo 4th 1819

              B-233-8 
		          New Bedford  7th  Mo 4th 1819
		      Thy very acceptable letter my dear Aunt, I
	received last evening, whereby I found we had often thought
             other
	of each^ in the same way. With a wish to revive an
	epistolary intercourse; repeatedly within the last year I
	have observed to some of the  family, I intended writing
	thee, but generally upon reflection I gave it up from recol-
	lecting Aunt Mary s faithful pen had probably given thee
	all that was interesting amongst us- I now regret it, as
	I find thou hast been ignorant of many of our transactions.
	to begin with cousin Sarah R Morgan, I believe I may 
	say she is very happily married to a young man of real
	worth- whose mind seems religiously impressed & who seems
	gradually yielding to the operation of truth thereon.
	He is brother to Wm s wife, has never been in busi=
	ness, coming of age 2 or 3 years since, after serving his
	time with an Importer of dry goods, he saw no oppor
        tunity of employing the capital he had(I believe
	about 15 or $20,000) he resolved to keep it in good hands
	which he has done, & now will probably embark it
	in the whale fishery, as he seems entirely weaned
	from his native city & delighted with the idea of a
	peaceful settlement here.  They are notable to obtain
	a house yet, the flourishing  state of this place renders
	rents high & houses very scarce-  Charles & Sarah
	left here on 2nd day last with John Drinker & wife of
	Phila(their brother & sister) to go as far as New York.  J Drinker
	is very much our of health, his frds quite alarmed about
	him.  He married Eliza Morgan last winter & they with Ann Morgan