Boston April 14th. 1760 Sr.,

I recd. yrs. by Dr. Grey & acknowledge yr. kindness therein expressed. With regard to that peice of Land I should be the sooner determind if they did not say that the last Land I sold was too cheap, but I can safely rely on yr. Judgment & should send a deed but my Sisters being at a distance it is not practicall by this Opportunity. I wish I could sell the whole of the Land, for 'tis no benefit to lay so. I should be glad to know what Dr. Wheats Heirs intend to do for as it now lays it may hurt the Sale. I'm loath Sr. to trouble you, but by the laws of our Existence we are beholden to each other for many Comforts, & I have had abundant Experience that you who are learned in the Laws of Policy are tenderly influenced by the fundamental ones of Nature. My Respects to yr. Lady. I subscribe yr. Obliged hble. sert.,

RTPAINE

LbC ; addressed: "To Eliphalet Dyar Esqr. at Windham by Dr. Grey omitted Sent April 29th by Mr. Simons of Canada."

Boston April 14th. 1760 Sr.,

I wrote you last Novr. inclosing a Power from Mr. Joseph Palmer to Sue Fairbanks.1 I have not heard from you but hope you have effected the thing, & reduced my Note into a better Scituation than it was if not got the money. With pleasure I hear of yr. health by Dr. Grey, & with great I inform you that Mrs. Fuller2 is fully recovered to her health & Reason. My Respects to yr. Lady. Mrs. Billing3 has lost her child. I Subscribe yr. Obliged hble. servt.,

RTPAINE

LbC ; addressed: "To John Dyar Esqr. at Canterbury by Dr. Grey omitted by Mr. Simons."

1.

Letter not located, but RTP noted in his letterbook under the date of Nov. 9, 1759: "wrote to John Dyar Esqr. of Canterbury & sent Mr. Joseph Palmer power to him to sue Fairbanks. by Mr. Huntington."

184 2.

Sarah (Dyer) Fuller (1728–1803), wife of Abraham Fuller of Newton, and one of John Dyer's Weymouth family connections.

3.

Theodora (Dyer) Billings.