Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2
Capt. Eliphalet Leonard1 is now with me2 and is desirous that Phillips's Land he had of me might be taken by the Execution as he informs me it is already attach'd. I am contented to do as he proposes provided he will execute and put into your Hands Some instrument to Secure to me the money that is Due, that he may have the Benefit of the Land to Secure himself. I am Sir Your most obedt. Servt.
Capt. Eliphalet Leonard (1702–1786) owned and operated an iron forge in Easton, Mass. He was a brother-in-law of Thomas Cobb (William L. Chaffin, History of the Town of Easton, Massachusetts [Cambridge, 1886], 54–55).
Andrew Oliver (1731–1799).