Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 1
Sir, After my Love to you, these may Serve to prove to you; that Altho, I could not wait on you when I was at Boston, Some time ago, yet I have you Constant in Mind; I Understand Sir By Mrs. Baldwin that you Purpose to go for England this Autumn.1I Should be exceedingly Obliged to you Sir if you would let me have the Pleasure of Receiving a Letter from you, that I may know what Time you Purpose to Set Sail, with what Captain and all other Circumstances if not inconsistant with your Intrest. I Saw John Wiswall at Sudbury Last Week and he tels me that he is Engaged in Billerica School. Our Friend Tisdale was well about a month126Since, when I was at Lebanon, and Desires to be Remembred to All his Class-mates.2And our Honest Samll. Is Still Smiting at Upton. I Shall be glad to Wait on you at Sudbury before youre Departure from these Parts if your Business will admit of it. This Sir is from him who Subscribes your Loving tho Unworthy Class-Mate,
There is no hint in RTP's diary of such a plan.
Friends and classmates of RTP, John Wiswall (1731–1812) later became minister of St. Paul's Church in Falmouth, Maine, and Nathan Tisdale (1732–1787) became famous as a schoolmaster in Lebanon, Conn. (Sibley's Harvard Graduates, 12:519–535, 490–492).