Taunton febr 11 1774 Dear Husband,

Having Recevid So many kind Letters from you Since you Left home I thought it my Duty to write to you. I Expected you would have inquired after your Children welfare before this time but I belive you have forgotten them as well as me but I hope when you have your Second wife your not forget her. Thomas has been very much unwell but is better & Lydia Andrews1 was carried home Sick Last week and I am but Just alive Shut up hear alone as in Goal. I Should be Glad you buy Some Chocolate & Send it up by father. I remain your affectionate wife,

SALLY PAINE

RC ; addressed: "To Robert Treat Pain Esqr. in Boston"; endorsed.

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Daughter of Lt. Samuel and Abigail (Cobb) Andrews and a niece of Sally (Cobb) Paine. She married Jonathan Macomber of Taunton in 1775 (NEHGR 40[1886]: 24).