Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2
I1 Recd. yours2 for which I am much obliged to you. I understand that Mr Drake & Pakard are uneasy in Regard to there Sons Cloathing Sold in Camp. I Should be very glad they had their money; So much as I Stopt I have no Inclination to Keep any Longer, I had nothing for Serveing these gent: and therfore think it a great hardship to be arrested or obliged to Come to Taunton on purpose to Bring their money. Neither Do I think it a part of my Duty as a Captain for I had no hand in Receving or Selling the goods nor was I under any obligation to make any Stoppages of that Kind on my Roll. I Did only to Save these gent: the Trouble of Collecting it from a great number of Soldiers in Distant parts of the Province. However I am now Ready to pay it & Expected to have Seen you at Supr. Court at Boston, But was so unlucky as not to arrive till you was gone. I Shall Leave four Pounds Two Shillings with Mr. Eliot at Mr Jonan. & John Emorys Shop, for you to Receive By your or order & must Depend on you to take a proper Discharge for me when you pay the money the Sum Due to Jacob Drake is 2.9.2 & to John Pakard is £1.12.10 which is all I was able to Stop as will appear By my Books & accounts. I am Sr. In hast your most obedt. Humle. Servt.
Aaron Willard (1701–1784), a second cousin of RTP's mother from Lancaster, was a captain under Col. Oliver Partridge and later with Brig. Timothy Ruggles in the colonial army. He served in the campaign "for the reduction of Canada and in the expedition against Ticonderoga, commanding a force of 80 men," Mar. 1759 to Jan. 1760 (Willard, Willard Genealogy, 51).
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