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Robert Ritchie Letter to Thomas Rotch Regarding Sheep

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Title	Robert Ritchie Letter to Thomas Rotch Regarding Sheep
Subject	Agriculture Wool industry Sheep
Place	Massillon (Ohio) Stark County (Ohio)
Description	In this letter to Thomas Rotch of Kendal, Ohio (now Massillon), Robert Ritchie informs him that despite losses of several sheep to dogs, Rotch's flock had increased in number while at his farm. Ritchie urges Rotch to collect the flock since he had subsequently rented his farm and mill and could no longer accommodate Rotch's sheep. The letter is two pages and measures 7.5" x 7.75" (19.05 x 19.69 cm). 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	Ritchie, Robert
Date of Original	May 27, 1814
Collection	Rotch-Wales Collection
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts) A-299-1 Incoming correspondence-Business
Submitting Institution	Massillon Public Library
Type	Text
Format	manuscripts

Title	Om225_1084992_468
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Full Text	[Page 1] [corresponds to page 1 of Robert Ritchie Letter to Thomas Rotch Regarding Sheep] Joseph Hobsons 4th mo 27th 1815 Esteemed Friend Thos Rotch I am sorry to have to inform thee of further loss in thy flock of sheep on my farm, by dogs--there was eleven of the co flock and three of thy bucks kill'd in one night.--- there is however still some increase in [carrot mark] the [above carrot mark] flock- and those that remain look finely- but as I have rented my mill & farm for three years, and moved to Smithfield- I Should be glad how soon thou would send for the bucks- and if thou will take the Co flock off my hands I shall consider it a particular

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