Boston March the 7: 1764 Sr.,

Inclos'd you have a power from Mr. Gould1I took the same in yr. name as I knew I should not attend that Court & must beg the favour of you if there is no Exception to the Writ that you would appeal as Mr. Gould thinks he has been ill used by the plt. Joshua Mayhew if you do293not attend that Court pray you would Substitute some other Gentleman & not let a Judgmt. be obtained against the Deft. without an Appeal & whenever it lies in my power & you please to favour me with your Commands I will chearfully do you like or any other Service & am with Respect. Yr. Bror. & hume. Servt.

R AUCHMUTY

RC ; addressed: "To Robert Treat Paine Esqr. at Taunton these"; endorsed.

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John Gould, Jr., merchant of Boston, assigned his power of attorney to RTP on Mar. 7 (RTP Papers). The judgment against Gould for £375.15.5 plus £5.14.0 costs was upheld by the Superior Court, Barnstable Co., May 1764.

Wellfleat March 17th 1764 Sir,

I resevd yours1 by Maior Goreham which gave me an acount that you had lady heard from Mr. Wormley. The last nues I had was in July Last which was quit contary from what you heard. The nues I had was that he denied that he ever had any wife but me. I have resevd no leters from him this 2 year. Sir you Cant imagon the unesenes it gives me to sometimes hear won thing and sumtimes another and not rearly to know how the afear is and as it is in your pour to releve me I earnestly desier you wold goe to Philidelpha and know hoor the afar is whare thare is any profe or not. If I cold sertainly know I am satisfid it is not liveing with out a husband that gives me soo much meseries. I think my self a thousen times haper than those that are obliged to live with a bad man. Pray Mr. Paine take my case in to your sieris and meture considrasion and go. Thare is nowon as I can so intierly depend uppon as your self. I desier you wold not put me of any longer but go this spring with out fale whare thare is any profe or not I will paye you to yor satfacon let it be what it will. Was it in my pour to serve you as it is in your pour to serve me I shuld due it with the gratest plesuer. I desier you wold rit or come and tel me whare you will undertake or not. Pray dont put me of any longer. Let Mr. Smith say what he will or if things appear never so dark or dificolt my desier is that you wold go to Philidelpha. Thar is nothing to be depended uppon by hearsay in my oppion. I shall be very impasint till I know whare you will under take or not. Thare is nobody that can so well go as you can. Thare is nothing to hinder. It is a fine plesent time of the294yeayr to take a iorne. I have nothing nue to rit. Your Frind and humble Serve.

RACHEL WORMLEY

If you shold under take I desier that you wold let me hear before any other person how the afare is.

R

RC ; addressed: "To Mr. Rorbert Treat Paine att Barnstbel"; endorsed.

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