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Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2

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To Abigail Otis

3 August 1763

To Ellen Hobart

3 August 1763
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From Joseph Greenleaf
Greenleaf, Joseph RTP
Abington Augt. 3d. 1763 Dear Sr.,

It will doubtless be agreeable to you, to hear from us, even tho' the Tidings are Evil. We have had a very distress'd family since you were last at our house. Your Sister who was then unwell, has since been so Ill with the Feaver & an Inflamation in the Lungs, that we Several Times apprehended her to be at the very point of Expiring. We have two Doctors, Jones1 & Tufts. She is so much Better now that we believe she will Recover from this Illness, But the Doctors fear it will end in a Languishment. It keeps me under Constant Confinement, I tend her my Self every Night. How it will end God only knows, may we be prepared for the event. We shall use the best means & hope for a Blessing. She has been out of her Bed but Twice since the 23d. July. Sister Eunice Continues mending. Mr. Palmer was here Yesterday. I am (with due respect to Taunton Friends) yr. friend & Brother

JOS: GREENLEAF

RC ; addressed: "To Robert Treat Paine Esqr. att Taunton"; endorsed, some legal accounts in RTP's hand on verso.

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Dr. David Jones (1715/6–1783) practiced medicine in Abington from about 1750. He served as a selectman and in various state and county conventions including the state constitutional convention in 1779, and the first and third Provincial Congresses (Benjamin Hobart, History of the Town of Abington [Boston, 1866], 134–135).