Head Quarters Newburgh July 8th 1782 Dear Sir,

I have sent by a safe hand to the care of Mr. Bradish Junr; forty Dollars, which he is requested to deliver you. Mrs. Paine will make use of it for any little matters she thinks my Daughters want;1 if she does not immediately want the whole of it, you may send twenty Dollars to Mrs. Cobb, as I shall send you more by the next oppertunity. If it lays in your power I wish you not to let any thing be wanting that may be usefull or ornimental for the Girls; whatever is advanced shall be immediately repaid.

I wrote in my last for Mrs. Paine to send my Silk to Mrs. Cobb; she may now do as she pleases, either sell it or send it to Taunton. We have no news—every thing in a perfect calm. The defeat of the French Navy must prevent opperations on this Continent for the present, & perhaps for the Campaign. My Love to Mrs. Paine & family—don’t forgit me to your neighbours—& believe me ever sincerely your Friend

David Cobb

Give my Love to my Daughters if they are at your House; & let me know by Letter, once, that you are alive.

RC ; addressed: “The Honble. Robert Treat Paine Esqr. Boston”; endorsed. Miscellaneous notes by RTP on verso.

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There were five daughters among the eleven children of David and Eleanor (Bradish) Cobb: Eleanor Bradish (1767–1842), who married James Hodges in 1792; Betsey (1768–1830), who married Allen Smith in 1788; Eunice (1774–1826), who married Samuel Sumner Wilde in 1792; Mary (1776–1851), who married John Black; and Sally (1780–1797), who died unmarried. This reference probably refers to the two older daughters.