Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2
I1 am now return'd to Abington where I shall remain 'till March next, As to my Affair with Mr. Winslow I would have you settle it upon the best terms you can, & I'll satisfy you for your trouble. What I owe you, I shall be Glad to be Excused paying 'till next fall, at which time the debt shall be discharged wth. honour & Interest; I Expect then to resettle in Abington; Interim I am Sr. your humble. Servt.,
Mr. Jackson give's me leave to write a p. s. In my last I inform'd you of your Sisters2 Illness, I have now the pleasure to tell you that after bleading twice & taking of severall Medicines she is about house again, but a perfect Invalede. We are otherwise well, as is also, Sister Eunice all things Considere'd I am Sr. yr. friend & brother,
Edmund Jackson, Jr. (b. 1720/1), gentleman of Abington, was involved in an ongoing case of trespass on a debt with Isaac Winslow of Roxbury, touched upon in earlier letters to RTP on Nov. 27, 1758, and Dec. 29, 1760 (Plymouth Court Records, 7:392–393). Another letter (Feb. 7, 1761) from Jackson to RTP not included in this edition concerned a suit against him by Adam Cushing.
Abigail Paine Greenleaf.