Tisdales Shop June 25. 1781 Sir,

I take this Short oppertunity Tisdale being ready to mount his horse & Let you know I have talked with Stephen Fales & Stodard Concerning your Grass; Fales does not Incline to hire it at all, Stodard & Palmer say that the lowest Terms they will make it upon is, to have one third of the Hay & one third of the feed. It will be time next week to mow part of the Grass unless a Rain should come, & woud have you let me know what Commands you have about it & I shall gladly Execute them.1 Mr. Cobb expects a Line as he says. Make my respects acceptable to Mrs. Paine & accept of the bestbest wishes for your Happiness from

your Friend Seth Padelford

pleas writ abt. Supr. Court.

RC ; internal address: “Honl. R. T. Paine Esqr.”

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“Leased my Plough land to Stoddard & Palmer, & back part of my House & Garden to Mrs. Brown” (RTP Diary, Apr. 7, 1781).

Ger: 25th June 1781. Dr. Sir,

The Deed is to be dated 1st May 1781, & the oblign: on Interest from that time, half to be pd. next fall, & half 1 yr. after. Flint & Clark are both of Windham, & are willing to take the Lot as 100 acres.1

The Deed & obigas. to be lodged (perhaps with Colo: E. Dyer) ’till all the Money be paid.

I expect to go to Cant:2 again in about 8 or 10 Days; & perhaps several times in the course of the Sumr.

I am Your Frd. &c. J. Palmer

RC ; addressed: “The Honble. Robt: Treat Paine Esqr:, Boston”; endorsed. Attached is a receipt: “May the 1 1781. The men that Agred to by Esqr. Pains 100 acor Loat in windham are Zaceus Flint, Jeremiah Clark Junr. 100a at 24/.”

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This land in Windham, Conn., appears to be the last of the patrimony of RTP’s mother, Eunice (Treat) Paine. Col. Eliphalet Dyer had long been associated with the family in regard to these land transactions. See RTP to Samuel Gray, Feb. 2, 1757 (RTP 2:8); and to Eliphalet Dyer, Aug. 28, 1758 (2:107); Apr. 5 (2:181) and 14 (2:183), 1760.

2.

Canterbury, Conn., is also in Windham County.