Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2
I have Inclosed with this a Writ against Thos. Willys, which I should be obliged to you to give to Some Plymouth Officer & as I am not acquainted with any of them, if you'll be so good as to pay the Officer his fees I will repay you when ever I can have an opportunity. I have also Inclosed a Power of Attorney & a Note of Hand against one John Foster who lives I believe at Plymouth but am not certain. He was a Lieut. in the army at the westward in the year 1760, perhaps by that you may find him out. You'll see by the Power where the Deft. lives, I would have you get the money as soon as you can.1
In your last Letter you wrote to me to Sue a Note of Hand I have in keeping against David Baldwin in favour of your Sister Eunice but not knowing where your Sister lived I did not Sue it but I wrote to him & he came to me & promsd to pay the money at our last May Court, but I have heard nothing of him from that time to this. Therefore if you purpose to have him sued send me a Power & also where your sister lives the first opportunity for the Time of Servi
In my last Letter I wrote to you I desired you to let me know how much I was to give for Bacon's Abridgment, but you wrote me no answer, therefore be so good as to write me how much I am indebted to you, unless when you come to Commencement you'll be so good as to ride to Lancaster and Spend an Evening with an old unsociable Friend, that we may consult upon Matters of Importance. I am yr. Friend & hble Sert.
N.B I had like to have forgot Full which I want very much for Since I have Seen you I have become a most unaccountable farmer.
Neither action was brought before the July 1762 Court of Common Pleas at Plymouth (Plymouth Court Records, 8:58–64).