Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2
By Mr. Adams I have a very good opportunity of Conveying a line to you which if you have recd. a letter I left in Boston to be sent you may releive your mind from the Anxiety Which that might raise for me. I was Exceedingly disordered and my Situation so Embarrast that I cou'd not help complaining, the circumstances is always galling, but in Some cases distressing. I return'd to Germant. in hope of weathering the Storm as a sailor woud say and as yet keep about tho' very feverish & much disturbd with the change of the Season. Here in this retirement I have Leisure to Count up, & cant agree with the author (I dont know who he was) that Stinted to ninty-nine the Plagues of an Empty Purse. My not Seeing you the two or three last times you were in town has been unlucky for me & I neglected to leave a line in town hoping to see you. This has Obliged me to Borrow for necesarys & I rejoyce in this Safe Conveyance for you to put it in my power to discharge my Honour. I Hear you are about fixing your house. I want to know how you plan it and the Progress you make. I dont Expect you feel sociable Eno' to write me a discription the Engaging with workmen Engrosses all the attention but a line Even a little line will be very acceptable. My Love to Mrs. Paine I hope She got home well & found her Boy well & her Good man Glad to have her return. She Promis'd me to write me, She ought to, to make up the Loss of her Company I sustain'd. You are her Overseer take care that She performs. Compliments Love & kind wishes to be distributed from your Ever Affectionate,