Boston Decr. 21st. 1756 Sr.,1

I have waited long for an Oppertunity of writing to you & am uncertain how I shall send this. I make bold to write to you as being more known than the Persons with whom I have business yr. way. I should be glad if you would tell Mr. Cleaveland that Lassell never did pay my Father2 the Remainder of that Bond Nor did my father Ever release it to him for he had only two small pieces of Land of him & therefore he must get the money of Lassell for Lassell can show no Reciept from Father & therefore his promise is good yet. Be that as it will Mr. Cleaveland promised to pay what he had Recd. I expected to have heard from him before Now as he promised tis not reasonable the matter should lay at such a Loose. Please to tell Mr. Fairbanks that Mr. Palmer grows uneasy about his Money & that he has not kept his Promise of coming down this fall, & that according to his promise I expected before this Time to have recd. mine. As for Robt. Washburn I conclude by this time you may have found out who he is & should be glad as you have the Note you would get the Money; for it is very inconvenient to have money scattered abroad so. If any of the above persons come to Boston & want to see me, I live six doors above the mill Bridge at Mrs. Clarks.

R. T. P.

LbC ; addressed: "To John Dyre Esqr. at Canterbury"; endorsed: "I sent the above by a Pomfret man."

1.

John Dyer (d. 1779), of Canterbury, Conn., served as a judge of the Windham County Court and was a deputy to the Connecticut General Assembly at various times (Ellen D. Lamed, History of Windham County, Connecticut, 2 vols. [Worcester, Mass., 1874], 2:304).

2.

RTP spent considerable time trying to collect debts owed his father both before and after the latter's death on May 31, 1757. His letterbook contains copies of many of the dunning letters he wrote, only a few of which are printed in this edition.