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| Name | Robert Treat Paine |
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, Massachusetts , United States |
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March 11, 1731
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| Died | May 11, 1814
(83 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Thomas Walker
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| Info | PAINE, Robert Treat, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., March 11, 1731; attended the Boston Latin School and was graduated from Harvard College in 1749; studied theology; was chaplain of troops on the northern frontier in 1755; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1757 and commenced practice in Boston; moved to Taunton in 1761; delegate to the state convention at Boston in 1768; member of the colonial house of representatives in 1773; delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1774 and 1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; member of the state house of representatives in 1777; attorney general of Massachusetts 1777-1790; member of the governor’s council in 1779 and 1780; delegate to the constitutional convention in 1779; moved to Boston in 1781; judge of the Massachusetts supreme court 1790-1804; died in Boston, Mass., May 11, 1814.
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