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THE DEATH OF TWO CHILDREN AND TRADE BETWEEN HAITI

Autograph Letter Signed. Four pages, 6 3/8" x 8". Port au Prince. August 26, 1861. The letter reads, in part: " … I still retain, although living in a very un-Quaker place, that important part of their belief viz. that of following the intimations of the Spirit … We are still in Hayti [sic]. Ellwood has through energy perseverance and labor established himself well in the American trade at this place, his partner Capt. Oliver Cutts is a native of your own state … they do a large business having several vessels moving from each of the ports of Boston, New York and Philadelphia … My first girl, Ellen, was born here seemed very hearty until after I weaned her at about ten months when he grew gradually weaker … We took her to the States hoping a change would benefit her, but on the contrary it proved too much for her … My second girl was born about ten days before she died … we were obliged to give her cow's milk which together with the hot weather brought on Cholera … of which she died in two days …" Seven lines of cross-writing on fourth page. Very Fine.