Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2
This you'l receive by Express per Mr. Bracket, Covering Wm. Brown:s Four notes of hand amt. per memo. on foot to £458.6.1 Lmy. I have just heard that he is Broke or Shut up wch. gives me great Trouble & I must Intreat you'l Immedy. do yr: utmost to Secure the whole amount, or what you can towards it as I apprehend he is Indebted to others here, who will (if not allready done) soon be yr. way to Secure themselves, therefore no time is to be Lost. Pray Exert yr. Self in this affair & without Delay, as its a sum that will Ruin me if I shd. loose it, pray write me per Return of the Bearer & let me know what Brown has to say to useing me in this most Crewill manner, and if no Security can be obtain'd I shall want to know how his affairs stand, who is his Creditors &c. &c. In great hast I am Sr. Your most hble Servt.
Momo. of Wm. Brown's four Notes hand here Inclos'd—Vizt
Sept. 17. 1767. Note for £120.15 6mo. & 9 weks aftr. that
| Nov. | 3. do | do | 202. 3. 5 | 6 mo. |
| 4. do. | do. | 4.11.10 1/2 | 6 mo. | |
| Feby. | 11 do. | do. | 130.15.10 1/2 | 6 mo. |
| Exclusive of Intt. LMy | 458. 6. 1 | |||
Your sister was this morning taken very Ill, her Complaints are very alarming, Universal & Extreme pain especially in her head attended with Something of a fever so that I shall not attend Court unless she grows better therefore have Inclos'd Bill of Cost, Cushing vs French, which I should be obliged to you if you will Indorse and get taxed.1
If my Wife gets better I determine to be at Plymouth on Tuesday next,2 Interim am Sr. yr. humbl. Servant
PS. Sunday Evening your Sister is much better.
The case of Adam Cushing, blacksmith of Abington, who attached David French, yeoman of Abington, for trespass on an account of £7.7.9. The defendant defaulted, and the court awarded damages and costs to the plaintiff (Plymouth Court Records, 8:258).
Greenleaf was acting in his capacity as a justice of the peace for Plymouth County, to which position he had been appointed on Feb. 6, 1765 (Whitmore, Mass. Civil List, 142).
I hope you'l Excuse my not writing you before. I really have not had time lately to Eate Drinke or Sleep. Your favr.1 per Bracket I recd. & was very glad to find the Report of Mr. Brown's being Broke, without foundation. I was very partr. in my Enquiry of this matter & suppos'd to the person (a true friend of mine who just came from Providence) it might be some other Brown at or near Dighton but he persisted in it that he was told Wm. Brown of Dighton had faild & added that he understood there was no other of that name there, he knew sd: Brown, & that he was largely Indebted to me, therefore his Enquiry was the more particular. I shall try hard to find from whence this Crewell Report arrose430& let Mr. Brown know it if find it was done wth. a Design to hurt him, for want of time reffer to the Contents of the Inclos'd, wch. please to seal up & forward per Carefull hand. I have only to add my hearty thanks for yr: kind Enquiry & Trouble wth. this affair, wch. gives me pleasure to find to be in a secure situation & free from any Danger. I am wth. Esteem. Dr. Sir Y M H S
Pray forwd. Mr. Hoods Letter
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