Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 3
I have not received a Letter from you Since Some time in march for what reason I dont know without it is as Jos. Crocker Says that you have got a new w—f. Be that as it may I Should be glad to hear from you & when you desire to visit the old one. I wrote you the first of this month which I hope is Come to hand before this time. We have Sow:d our oats as you desired. Had I been master I Should have planted it to Corn. We Shall plant potatoes to morrow. We have had so much Cold weather this Spring that our Garden dont so well as I Could wish. I Should be glad to know if you have got any Linnen for your self or where I must buy Some for you. Every thing is so dear here that it would cost more here then at philada. Pins is not to be had under 8d a thousand & tea is not to be had sence the Congress Stated the price. I Should be glad of Some if you could send it & pins that I may be able to keep Charly a Live. When I was Sick I Lost all my milk & was affraid I Should be forst to wean him. Had it not been for some of my friends that has help me I must have wean’d him. Mr. & mrs. Greenleaf set out for Boston to morrow & nabby & polly are to Stay with me. Our family are all pretty well. I hope the docter has wrote you from Boston. He has been their this some time. He has bid us farewell for the present. I hope tis for his intrest though it hard parting with him. Bob & Sally Send their Duty & Long to See papa. Sally think 205hard that she hant a Book. I hope youll answer Some things I have wrote about. Your affectinate