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Some account of Rachel Coope taken from notes that she preserv’d, from her letters and from personal knowledge. She was the daughter of Joshua and Edith Sharpless and was born the 3rd of the 5 mo 1771. About the 15th year of her age her mother was taken from her by death, and the charge of her father’s family as housekeeper, very much devolv’d upon her; the trial in both respects she very sensibly felt, yet was enabled to con- duct her charge with stability and pru- dence, and bear the loss of her dear mo ther, with a becoming fortitude. For several years the charge of the family rested upon her to which she attended like one of riper age. She was cheerful in her disposition, and of a lively active turn of mind, which being seasoned with the baptizing power of Truth, rendered her company agreeable and instructive.