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Brief - Memoir of our late <trait>happily</trait>
departed <persname>Sister Esther Latrobe</persname> drawn
up by her <persname>Husband</persname> and <persname>Brother</persname> 

Our late dear <persname>Relative </persname>was born at <placename>Bristol</placename>
<date>June the 7th 1802</date>, and being the only <persname>daughter</persname>
among a family of six children, was peculiar
ly precious to her parents and brothers, and <trait>tenderly</trait>
beloved by them. 

This <trait>tender</trait> affection and endearment
was always returned by her with a <trait>warmth</trait>
of feeling, which evinced to her family, her
<trait>deep</trait> attachment towards them, and the gra-
titude heart to them for their love. 

She was very early subject of sickness
and pain. In her childhood by occasion of the
measles, which struck into her chest, she was
brought to the brink of the grave and her fami
ly and medical attendants at that time had
lost all hope of her life. It pleased the
<persname>Lord</persname>, however to manifest in her case, His
Power as the <persname>Preserver</persname> of man, and her life