Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 3
Last night I recived your letter with Great Joy and was So Glad to hear that you had not forgotten me but you Dont write me Word when you Shall Come home for that the news I Long to hear but Docter Cobb tells me that Mr. Revere Brings news that the Congress would rise Last week which I hope is true.1 Our family are well at present. Sally has been very much unwell but is better. We have harvested our potates & theirs is 350 Bushels of them. I am in want of a Cloak which I Should be Glad you would Consult Mrs. Greenleaf about. I have Sent to her to Buy one for me when you Desine her to & She knows what one I want & we want Some Loaf Sugar for their is not any to bought in Taunton. I am in haste your Loving wife,
Mr. Austins has Brought us two Barrals of Cyder.
The First Continental Congress “dissolved” on Oct. 26, and RTP began his journey home two days later. He traveled with the other members of the Massachusetts delegation as far as New York, where he boarded a sloop bound for Newport, where he visited Ezra Stiles and William Ellery. On Nov. 10, he took another boat to Swansea, Mass., whence he returned to Taunton by rowboat. At home on Nov. 12, he was “recd. by Sons of Liberty with Joy &c.” (RTP diary).