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Some Account of Rachel Coope [edited by Joshua Sharpless]

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again be with you-- In regard to thy debilitated situation and want of health or whether we shall again meet in muta- bility, I hope submission and fortitude will be my companions and not only in that, but thro’ the varied dispensations that may be my lot to encounter. but dear father pleas to accept of the feeble breathings of thy daughter, that as thy natural abilities fail, and infirmities with age come on thou mayest be preserved a live in that that will endure beyond time. -- I was pleased to hear from my dear aged grandmother and wish to be affectionately remembred to her. I have often reverted to sensa- tions impressed on my mind when in company with some dear friends near their close of time here, also on visiting some infirm ones who were confin'd and for these I often feel a lively sympathy.