Eliza Rodman letter to Charity Rotch, New Bedford, 2nd mo 8, 1824

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	   part of a letter from E Rodman Junr
	                                  New Bedford  2 d mo 8th 1824
	                For several weeks I have intended my dear Aunt to
	write to thee & announce an event which has taken place in my brother
	Saml family,(but a severe cold sore throat etc have prevented,) it is
	any unusual suffering, & the nursery has gone on very well since,
	sister Hannah appears very well pleas d with her little charge & has
	nam d them Edmund & Mary,  her loss now seems amply made
	up & the little creatures look very pretty together, the first week or two
	it requir d some person to sit up being two infants to take charge
	of- I took this care two nights, it now seems no longer necessary.
	    My mother s time is as usual much occupied, she is now at Roches-
	ter with sister Lydia who yesterday added a son to her family, all is
	going on well tho  I believe she suffer d much at the time but my
	mother will remain a few days longer, Eliza Howland(& daughter)
	who is a good care taker, has been many weeks with Lydia,& will
	continue till she is about house again- she has a careful good
	nurse that I hope nothing will occur to prevent a speedy recovery.
	… she has been unusually well for a year fast,  the Country air
	quite agrees with her, & the exercise which the care of such a family
	renders necessary- this care will now be increased; but if the opinion
	of Cowper be correct, what every one occupies, the place they are design d