Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 3
Doctr. Church is just arriv’d as soon as meeting is done will set out for Philadelphia. Both sisters being gone to meeting I shall write you a short general epistle.
Your son Bob waits on his Mamma Sally and Tommy are at home well in health your garden grows finely nature smiles around us in all her gayety as if to cheer our drooping hearts. My tribe are in usual health excepting Naby who has had a very ill turn but is better. We long for letters from you. Capt. Beals left your kind tokens at Newport. We hope to have them soon. Mr. Greenleaf is just return’d from head quarters in health and spirrits is to go back on tuesday. We injoy the present moments 53depending on the kindness of Providence for the future. Our affairs wear a gloomy aspect to us women, who shrink at the noise of war. But Providence seems to smile on our preparations and health cheers our Camp so that we sing of mercy as well as judgment. I mourn poor Mr. Peck who I hear is taken prisoner and put on board a man of war in Boston harbour. Wishing you every needed Blessing I remain you Oblig’d Sister,
Just return’d from the house of prayer, where you were all most Earnestly remember’d. May our Petitions procure for you Every assistance you stand in need of. Great hast must Excuse my saying more than that I hope you have recd. a letter I sent you ten days ago. Pray let me have a line from you. Dada Says your Sister,
In the hand of Abigail: