Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2
It will doubtless be agreeable to you, to hear from us, even tho' the Tidings are Evil. We have had a very distress'd family since you were last at our house. Your Sister who was then unwell, has since been so Ill with the Feaver & an Inflamation in the Lungs, that we Several Times apprehended her to be at the very point of Expiring. We have two Doctors, Jones1 & Tufts. She is so much Better now that we believe she will Recover from this Illness, But the Doctors fear it will end in a Languishment. It keeps me under Constant Confinement, I tend her my Self every Night. How it will end God only knows, may we be prepared for the event. We shall use the best means & hope for a Blessing. She has been out of her Bed but Twice since the 23d. July. Sister Eunice Continues mending. Mr. Palmer was here Yesterday. I am (with due respect to Taunton Friends) yr. friend & Brother
Dr. David Jones (1715/6–1783) practiced medicine in Abington from about 1750. He served as a selectman and in various state and county conventions including the state constitutional convention in 1779, and the first and third Provincial Congresses (Benjamin Hobart, History of the Town of Abington [Boston, 1866], 134–135).