Rachel Todd letter to Charity Rotch, Farmington, August 3, 1808

              B-311-9 
   
		       Farmington  August 3 1808
	             Since I am deprive d of the pleasure,
        of see my Dear friends, this afternoon, I know of, no
	better way of consoling myself, for the disappointment, than
	by scribbleing a few lines to thee, Dear Charity- I was thinking
	this morning, that if we heard nothing from you in
	the course of this day, I would ride into Hartford in the
	morning, with Samuel, & just look at you, But since I
	have seen Alexander, & Doctr is gone, & will see you him
	=self, this evening- I think it will not be best for me to
	go tomorrow, as you are calculating to set out, on your
	journey the next day, & I shall see you at Farmington,
	to try, to spend as much time with us as you can, & if you
	can make your calculations so as to take Dinner with us,
	we shall, indeed, esteem it, as a very great favour 
	     If my husband, met my dear friends on their way to
	Farmington this afternoon, & was the means of making them
	turn Back- which I very much suspect, was the case, I
	could with, he had been an hour later, or had taken a diff=
	erent road, rather than deprive me of so much satisfaction,
	but one must not expect a gratification of all their wishes
	in this world of uncertaintys---the fish etc were
	gratefully receiv d by your ever affectionate-  R. Todd--