Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2
The considerable acquaintance I1 have had with you Emboldens me to Trouble you with the Inclosed Note on Capt. John Malcomb.2 He has lately Sent me word he'd Pay in Treasurers notes, which would not be so agreeable to me as the Cash. However if he Can't pay the Cash Please to take Treasurers notes New Yk. Currency is Dollars at 8/ which is the tennour of this Note.
P.S. I need not Inform you what is to be done in Case of Refusall to do either the above. I Suppose he is Soon bound to Sea.
John Calef (1726–1812), physician and loyalist, author of The Seige of Penobscot by the Rebels (London, 1781) (Thomas F. Waters, Ipswich in The Massachusetts Bay Colony, 2 vols. [Ipswich, 1917], 2:309–310).
John Malcom (1723–1788), ship captain and loyalist who was twice tarred and feathered for his activities (Frank W. C. Hersey, "Tar and Feathers: The Adventures of Captain John Malcom," Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 34[1937–1942]: 429–473).