Germantown, Wednesday morning. 18th Febry. 1778 Dear Sir,

On Sunday morning last, I sat off for Providence in order to attend the Commissioners, agreeable to their Notification of the 6th Instant; at Wrentham I was told by Majr. Tyler1 that they had adjourned to the 23d. of March; in consequence of this, I returned home on monday. Genl. Lovell is ill with the Gout. I Should have been earlier, but my health was bad, & almost a constant Series of Storms last Week.

I beg that you will inform me, whether all Papers coming into your hands as Comrs. &c., must not be Sent to Congress? I ask this, because I 22 have many Papers put up for the Comrs., of wh. I have no Copies, & wh. I would Copy if time permits provided they are not to be returned into my hands.

I am, Dr. Sr. with great esteem & affeco. your Frd. & Servt. J: Palmer

RC ; addressed: “The Honble: R T Paine Esqr: Boston per favr: Colo: Palmer”; endorsed.

1.

Royall Tyler (1757–1826), a 1776 Harvard graduate, was at this time serving as a major in Gen. John Sullivan’s campaign against Newport. His later career as a lawyer in Boston was augmented by a notable literary success. In 1791 he settled in Vermont, where he eventually became chief justice of the Supreme Court (American National Biography).