Boston. January 22 1767 Dear Sir,

I received yr. very kind Letter, but never shall make you sufficient Returns for the Demonstrations of yr. Friendship: if I shoud return you ten thousand Thanks, they would be of little worth. Let me assure you I feel the obligation you lay me under & never shall forgit them.

It grieves me to the heart that my inadvertant Conduct has exposed my dear Friends to any kind of Reflections. Inadvertant & undesegned388it was, partly owing to my unacquaintedness with things of that kind, & partly to the perplexity & hurry of my affairs not having Time to consult those who were acquainted. I supposed if there was Intellegence of what I had concluded upon it was no matter about being formal, also one of the profession who was by gave it as his opinion.

After I had concluded to give Reading an Answer, & was writing it on Saturday Evening some of the opposite Part come in & represented things in a Light I never had viewed them, wh. occasioned my postponing, & when I shall give it, or whether ever I can't say. My way is still hedged up, & the Path of Duty lies hid.

From yr. Letter I concluded the Town & Chh. had not received an Answer from wt. Intimations I had given in a private way, & supposing the matter required immediate Dispatch, I came directly to Boston to seek an opportunity. I have wrote to the town and Chh. wh. perhaps will be proper to communicate publickly, & the others I wrote to be given to each respectively; You will be pleased to give them all to Deacon Luscombe, & do wt. you think most proper. Dr. Sir excuse my relying upon you, I wish it was in my power to serve You in my Turn.

Mr. Cob is waiting; except the prayers & best wishes of Your much obliged humble Servt.,

JOHN LATHROP

RC ; addressed: "To Robert Treat Pain Esqr In Taunton"; endorsed.

Boston January 27. 1767 Sir,

Last October was a Twelve month, Since Mr. John Adam of Taunton, gave a Bond for £300 L Money & mortgages of his House &c to Mr. Gilbert Deblois, which Bond & mortgage has been assign'd over to us.1This therefore is to desire you to take a new Bond & mortgage for the same Sum, in our name of the said House Land & c. together with Eight Acres of Land lying opposite to said Adam's House, wch: he has this Day agreed to add in Security to us. Please to see that it is free from Incumbrance.

Mr. Adam's has paid one years Interest upon the Bond being to the 12th Octr. last, be please to receive what may be due at the date of the389new Bond either in Cash or by his note of Hand, payable to us. When this Business is accomplish'd be pleased to advise us thereof, & the first time you come to Town be so kind as to bring the Papers along with you, that we may change the Bonds. Mr. Adam has agreed to pay you for your Charge & Trouble In the mean while we are your Friends & Servts.

JON. & JNO. AMORY

RC ; addressed: "To Robert Treat Payne Esqr. in Taunton per Mr. Adam"; endorsed. Notes on verso:

1766
Octr. 12	£300
Intt. to Jany. 31. 1766	5.10 2
15m 2/3		Intt. from	300
30.	1500	Octr. 12 to
	7.10	March 6. in is 4m.24d	£7.4
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1.

The brothers Jonathan (1726–1797) and John (1728–1805) Amory were partners in a prominent Boston merchant firm specializing in the import trade. In 1774 John went to England to represent the business there and in his absence was proscribed as a loyalist and was not permitted to return to Massachusetts until 1784 (NEHGR 10[1856]: 62–63).

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