ADS, 1780 Jan. 4, Boston, to the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for Suffolk County.

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ADS, 1780 Jan. 4, Boston, to the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for Suffolk County.

Paine, as Attorney General of Massachusetts, petitions the court to confiscate the property of Henry Caner, a loyalist who has fled to British protection.

1 item (2 p.) ; 33 cm.

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Paine, Robert Treat, 1731-1814

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Robert Treat Paine (March 11, 1731 – May 11, 1814) was an American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father of the United States who signed the Continental Association and the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts. He served as the state's first attorney general, and served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state's highest court. Paine was also a founding member of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society and had always opposed slavery. ...

Caner, Henry, 1700-1792

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