Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 1
I recd. yours and am affected to hear of your Want of Health But glad that you are growing better. If you remain under any Difficulty of Health let me hear it directly and I will come to you or have you brought Home as it will best Sute. Your Mother & Sisters are not well & much concerned for you. My Son, Let every frailty awaken in you a very prayerfull Disposition to that God that orders all Events for Time & Eternity. Your affectionate Father,
Thesse Salute you with my Love to you. After having heard that you had been Sick I Could wait no Longer without hearing directly from you which I was affraid I Shou'd not, if I did not take this method to accomplish my desire. I pray that you wou'd write me word how you are in health and when you design down for if the walking is bad father will Send a horse for you at the time with your boy to wait upon you.
Mother Sends her Love to you. She is very uneasy to See you or at Least to know whether you are well. I have Some thoughts of Coming up this week but I am affraid the doct. wont Consent to it for I have not been out to meeting yet.
I have Sent you a peice of Cake and wish you Cou'd have more of it. If I Cou'd Come up, I wou'd bring one to keep your birth day, but Since I Cant we must defer that to our next meeting.
I pray that you wou'd Send me all your dirty Linnin & Some more Berries. I Conclude your Loving Sisster till death,
Sisster sends her love to you.