Windham 8th of May 1759 Sr.

I Receivd yours by which you Informd me of your purchase of Stranges Reports at the price of £6. I think they are Very Dear notwithstanding am obliged to you for your Care therein. The books have recievd have sent you Inclosed Mr. Samll. Fitches note of hand for £6 with an order on him to pay you that sum says he will to your Acceptance. I also mentioned to Dr. Gray the affair of your Land left with Mr. Simons and as he has Since been to Boston supose he has acquainted you therewith. Am Sorry I am not able to afford you my Assistance in those affairs but being so much from home am not able to do it. As to the land Claimed by Doctr. Wheets1 Heirs as I before Informd you unless they Enter no action Can be brought and no dispute Can arise for any person to Enter for you It will bring the suit on them which no person would choos & the matter Lies Safe for you till some body Enters thereon under Wheets Heirs. I mentiond the same to Dr. Wheets son by whom I understood they would soon Enter to have the matter Tried but nothing as yet is done. Am Sr. yr. Very Hle. Servt.

ELIPHT DYER

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Dr. Benjamin Wheat (ca. 1709–1758), originally of Watertown, Mass., moved to Norwich, Conn., about 1730 and practiced medicine there until his death (Silas Carmi Wheat, Wheat Genealogy [Guilford, Conn., 1960], 12–13).