Boston January 13 1758 Sr.,

After Respects to you & yr. Spouse, I must beg yr. further assistance with regard to the Shot which lays in yr. Store. I purpose to sell it Speedily, & I should be glad if you would get some body to cull it over & throw out all that are not tollerably good & then agree with Somebody as cheap as you can to bring it to Boston. I do suppose some of the Cask may do again, & those that will do will serve well to keep the Shot Sorted, which I should choose if it could be done, but if there be not Casks enough to hold all the good Shot, I am informed 'tis needless to be at the72expense for more because they comonly bring Shot loose in a Cart. If the Carter would take his pay at Mr. How who keeps a large shop I should be glad. You will please to make An express bargain with him abt. that & also as to the Price, & direct him to bring them to Mr. How the Tin Man; near the Mill bridge, & write me letter containing the Invoice & bargain for carting, which I will pay. I can't make the least guess whether there will be a load or more but if you can contrive so as to send along the Small parcell of Iron Ware I should be glad. I am loath to trouble you so much, but when the affair is finished I will Satisfye you for yr. assistance &c. I have wrote to Mr. Barker abt. the Guns & I suppose he will be with you soon. Yrs.,

RTP

LbC ; addressed: "To Shepard Fisk at Bridgwater."

Scituate Jany. 15, 1758 Sir,

I'm obliged to you for yours of the 5th Inst.1 & delivd. your answer to Ezek. who will I doubt not be well pleased. As to Blanks I can Spare you but 10 & those all originals, which I should imagine would be Sufficient to execute the Executorship in all its parts. But however if you want more & Attachments you may Send me Word by Esqr. Cushing2 our Rep. (who comes home almost every week) & perhaps I can procure you what you want. Our first Justice name is Nicholas Sever.3 My Compls. to all Friends &c. Yrs.

WM. CUSHING

P.S. You would oblige me if you'd look up that Small manuscript of the civil Law descents & Send it down in a Letter by our Rep. There are some things in it which may be of some benefit to me who live in the Country, tho perhaps you, who dwell at the Fountain head, may hardly think it worth taking into your hand.

RC ; addressed: "To Mr. Robert Treat Pain Att. at Boston"; endorsed.

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Not located.

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Joseph Cushing (1711–1767) was then representing Scituate in the General Court in his only term. A 1731 graduate of Harvard, he was schoolmaster at Scituate for many years and later served as a justice of the peace and quorum (Sibley's Harvard Graduates, 9:38–39).

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Nicholas Sever (1680–1764) was chief justice of the Plymouth County Court of Common Pleas for nearly twenty years before his resignation in 1762 (Sibley's Harvard Graduates, 5:95).