Taunton Novb. 29 1779 My Dear,

Mr. Tisdal Set out for Boston this morning by him I Send this hoping this will find you their.1 Mr. Winslow has been here & would be glad of his money if you could Send it would oblige him very much. I have Sent to the woman but finding no place for her child she cant come. I intend to Send to Attleborough for Eunice but fear I Shall get nobody. My wants are so great I must trouble you with Some of them & I hear their is a great plenty of every thing in Boston we can get nothing here neither Beaf nor nothing else if you can get Some Stores I will find away to Get them home. I dont know but I must Send Seth home with Katy2 as there nobody offers if Seth Should leave you may Load him home as thanksgiving3 Draw near we want a Lettle of every thing. I conclude it will be out of your power to Look out for things must beg the favour of Mr. Greenleaf to if agreable to you. II We want tea & Coffe & Sugar as to Butter & flower I dont think of that their out of fashon. Give my Love to Mr. Greenleaf family & tell them if Seth Should come I Shall Send their Cloath. Our family are pretty well. Dont you intend to come home before thanksgiving I hope youll by Mr. Tisdal that I might know where its best for Seth to come or not. Mr. Tisdal waits So must Conclude your affectinate

Sally Paine

RC ; addressed: “The Honoble. Robt. T. Paine Esqr. Boston”; endorsed.

1.

RTP was away from home again from Nov. 15, attending the courts in Salem, Cambridge, and Boston, as well as the General Court in Boston (RTP Diary).

2.

Katharine Greenleaf (b. 1760), RTP’s niece who married the following year. See Sally Cobb Paine to RTP, Jan. 24, 1781 (below).

3.

The Continental Congress declared Dec. 9 as “a day of public Thanksgiving.”