Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 1
I recd. yrs.1 & note the Contents, but have not leisure at present to enlarge. Respecting Cato, I advise not to have him dismis'd from that Employ if you can get ten pounds do; if not it may be you can get for the Winter & 10 in the Spring as Labour grows dear. So thinks Sister. This Night I sail for Falmouth2 in order to see what's to be done. Shall return speedily.3 Remember to all from yr. Loving Brother,
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Falmouth, in the Province of Maine, was renamed Portland in 1786 (William Willis, The History of Portland, 2d ed. [Boston, 1865], 580–581).
RTP left Boston for Maine on the evening of Nov. 24 and returned on Dec. 9. His diary records the men visited (Mr. Fox, Maj. Freeman, Mr. Longfellow, Rev. Smith, Col. Cushing, Mr. Phillips, and Mr. Waldo). On the purpose of this trip, see RTP to Thomas Paine, Dec. 10, 1754, printed below.