Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2
I recd. yr. favr. by Capt. Jenkins, & am surpriz'd that Mr. Ferguson at the difficulty you represent. As to the house being my Sisters there is Nothing in it. My Father during his Sickness at Halifax did execute something to her but it was imperfectly drafted & never acknowledged or put on record so that no handle can be made of that & as the Estate is insolvent the whole Estate must go to the Creditors. I heartily wish that the Estate was hers. As to Mr. Freemans Expences upon it that surely cant hinder my having Possession of it & the Rent, for if he be allow'd the whole he laid out it won't pay what he owes the Estate. I should be very glad to be rightly inform'd what is the value of what Freeman built on the Estate, as also what you think the Estate will rent for & what will be the best manner of managing it for Estate