1659-1916
Guide to the Microfilm Edition
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Restrictions on Access
Use of this collection is restricted. Select items are available as color digital facsimiles (see links below). Black and white microfilm is also available for use in the library, P-392.
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of Robert Treat Paine, Massachusetts lawyer, politician, member of the First Continental Congress (1774), signer of the Declaration of Independence, and justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The collection also contains the papers of other family members, including Thomas Paine.
Biographical Sketches
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine (1694-1757), a native of Barnstable, Mass., graduated from Harvard College in 1717. He worked as an itinerant preacher until, in 1719, he was ordained as the minister of Weymouth. In 1721, he married Eunice Treat of Boston, daughter of Rev. Samuel Treat of Eastham and granddaughter of Rev. Samuel Willard of the Old South Church, Boston. Paine left the ministry in 1734 and embarked on a career as a merchant in Boston, often suffering from the vagaries of trade in the 1740s. In 1754, he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, but became ill and returned to Boston in 1756. He died the following year in Germantown at the home of his daughter Abigail Greenleaf.
Paine's surviving children were: Abigail (1725-1809), who married Joseph Greenleaf; Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814); and Eunice Paine (1733-1803), unmarried sister and frequent correspondent of Robert Treat Paine.
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814), son of Thomas Paine (1694-1757), was born in Boston, attended the Boston Latin School, and graduated from Harvard College in 1749. For one year, he taught school in Lunenburg, Mass., then worked as a merchant in the southern trade, traveling to the Azores and Spain and on a whaling voyage to Greenland. In 1755, he served as chaplain for the Crown Point campaign. Paine returned to Boston in 1756 to continue his law studies, which he had begun informally two years earlier in Lancaster, Mass. He studied under Benjamin Prat and was admitted to the bar in 1757. Initially burdened with the settlement of his father's insolvent estate, Paine moved to Taunton in 1761, where he developed his legal practice, following the circuit of courts through Massachusetts and the province of Maine. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1763, served in various local capacities, and was eventually elected to represent Taunton in the state legislature beginning in 1773.
Paine's involvement in provincial politics began in 1770, when the town of Boston asked him to assist in the prosecution of the Boston Massacre trials. A member of the Massachusetts delegation to the First Continental Congress in 1774, he served in Philadelphia as chairman of the ordnance committee and was among the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He represented Taunton in the three Provincial Congresses and returned to the state legislature in 1777, when he was chosen Speaker pro tempore. Elected attorney general that same year, Paine supervised the condemnation of Tory estates, prosecuted the insurgents of Shays' Rebellion, participated in the Commonwealth's Constitutional Convention, and served on the committee to revise the laws. In 1790, he was appointed an associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and served on the bench until his retirement in 1804. He died in Boston in 1814, aged 80.
Paine was married to Sally Cobb of Taunton (1744-1816), sister of Gen. David Cobb. Their eight children were: Robert (1770-1798), Sally (1772-1823), Thomas (who, in 1801, changed his name to Robert Treat Paine, Jr.) (1773-1811), Charles (1775-1810), Henry (1777-1814), Mary (1780-1842), Maria Antoinette (1782-1842), and Lucretia (1785-1823).
Sources
For further information on Thomas Paine (1694-1757), see Sibley's Harvard Graduates, 6: 201-207.
For further information on Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814), see Sibley's Harvard Graduates, 12: 462-482.
Collection Description
This collection consists of the papers of Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814), Massachusetts lawyer, politician, member of the First Continental Congress (1774), signer of the Declaration of Independence, and justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Included are correspondence; account books (1751-1814); business and legal papers kept by Paine as a lawyer, attorney general, and judge; minutes of trials, including the Boston Massacre and Shays' Rebellion trials; and documents related to his work as a local and state politician. Earlier papers include his sea journals/logbooks (1750-1754) kept on trading voyages to Cape Hatteras and North Carolina, the Azores, and Cadiz, Spain, and on a whaling voyage off Greenland; diaries (1745-1814); and sermons given in Massachusetts and as chaplain on the Crown Point Expedition during the French and Indian War (1755).
The collection also contains the papers of other family members, a significant amount of Paine family correspondence, and legal and financial papers (including the estates of Robert Treat Paine and his father Thomas). Papers of family members include the annotated almanacs (1716-1750) and sermons (1724-1733) of Paine's father Thomas Paine (1694-1757); the diary (1785-1791) of Paine's son Robert Paine (1770-1798); and the astronomical observations (1833-1837) of Paine's grandson Robert Treat Paine (1803-1885). Other family members represented in the collection include Paine's sons Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (1773-1811) (originally Thomas Paine) and Charles Paine (1775-1810); grandson Charles Cushing Paine (1808-1874); and great-grandson Charles Jackson Paine (1833-1916). The collection also contains catalogs of private libraries and genealogical information. Among the many correspondents are Richard Cranch, Joseph Greenleaf, John Hancock, David Cobb, Shearjashub Bourne, and Elbridge Gerry.
Arrangement
A one-volume index to the Paine papers was prepared by Charles Cushing Paine, and many of the items in this collection were numbered in the upper right-hand corner. This index, located at the end of Reel 8 (Series I.N.), reflects an earlier arrangement of the collection and is now obsolete.
This revised microfilm edition supersedes all previous guides to the Robert Treat Paine papers, including the 1991 Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Robert Treat Paine Papers, microfilmed on Reel 1.
Acquisition Information
The first items in this collection, two manuscript sermons by Thomas Paine, were donated to the MHS on 12 April 1888 by Robert Treat Paine (1861-1943) from the estate of his late cousin Robert Treat Paine (1803-1885). The first major group of papers came from John B. Paine, Helen P. Kimball, Georgina P. Fisher, Mary A. Winsor, and Frank C. Paine in 1940. An addition containing printed material and more manuscripts was added in 1954. In 1972, an allegorical letter from Robert Treat Paine to Mr. and Mrs. George Leonard, Jr., dated 1 January 1760, was purchased by the MHS.
Restrictions on Access
Use of this collection is restricted. Select items are available as color digital facsimiles (see links below). Black and white microfilm is also available for use in the library, P-392.
Other Formats
Portions of this collection have been published as The Papers of Robert Treat Paine, edited by Stephen T. Riley and Edward W. Hanson (MHS Collections, vols. 87-89, 92). Digital editions of Vols. 1-4 are available at https://www.masshist.org/publications/rtpp/.
Portions of Paine's legal notes are available as color digital facsimiles. See the Detailed Description of the Collection below for links to digital images.
Black and white digital images of this collection--produced from the microfilm edition--are available as part of History Vault: Revolutionary War and Early America, a digital resource from ProQuest. This resource is available at subscribing libraries; speak to your local librarian to determine if your library has access. The MHS also provides access onsite to the Society's contributions to this resource; see a reference librarian for more information.
Digital facsimiles of the Robert Treat Paine logbooks are available on Life at Sea, a digital publication of Adam Matthew Digital, Inc. This digital resource is available at subscribing libraries; speak to your local librarian to determine if your library has access. The MHS makes this resource available onsite; see a reference librarian for more information.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Family papers, 1659-1916
A. Family correspondence, 1713-1854
Arranged chronologically.
This subseries consists of the incoming and outgoing correspondence of Paine family members, including Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814). For a chronological list of the items in this subseries, see the List of Family Correspondence or click on the links below.
Guide to the Microfilm Edition
Correspondence, 1713-1756
Correspondence, 1757-1765
Correspondence, 1766-1775
Correspondence, 1776-1784
Correspondence, 1785-1808
Correspondence, 1809-1854
Correspondence, undated (19th century)
Robert Treat Paine letterbook, 1751-1754 (unbound)
Robert Treat Paine letterbook, 1756-1765
B. Legal and financial papers, 1659-1867
Arranged chronologically.
This subseries consists of the legal and financial papers of all Paine family members except Thomas Paine (1694-1757) and Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814). Among the papers in this subseries are copies of family wills and deeds, including those of the Treat and Estabrook families (Rev. Benjamin Estabrook was the first husband of Robert Treat Paine's maternal grandmother), as well as receipts, powers of attorney, promissory notes, accounts, memoranda, bills, inventories, agreements, correspondence, and other papers. The subseries also contains Land Bank papers, 1739-1749, which consist of broadsides and supplements to the Boston Evening-Post.
Deed: Allumps and Haquontuses to John Endicot, John Winthrop, and Amos Richardson for land at Quinibaug, 28 Apr. 1659
Deed: Robin Hood, alias Rawmegon, Terrumpquine, Wesomonascoe, Sagamores of Scawque, and Abumhamen tribes, sell to Thomas Webber land on the westerly side of the Kennebeck River [copy] and memorandum by Charles Cushing Paine, 29 May 1660
Receipt: To Bethiah Paine, Bethiah Paine, Jr., and Experience Hunt from Thomas Paine and Edmund Hawes, undated
Deed: Indian deed to Mr. Wharten, land in Maine, 7 July 1684 [copy]
Letters of administration to Abigail Estabrookes, widow of Rev. Benjamin Estabrookes, late of Cambridge, intestate, 2 Aug. 1697
Deed: Rev. Joseph Estabrook of Concord to Abigail Estabrook, 20 Aug. 1697
Deed: John Sunderland of Eastham to "my loving son" Samuel Treat, land in Boston, 30 Aug. 1700
Power of attorney: Samuel Treat of Eastham appoints wife Abigail Treat, 14 May 1707
Promissory note: [?] to Abigail Treat, 27 Jan. 1708
Memorandum: Extract of deed of Thomas Sturgis of Barnstable to James Paine, land in York County, Me.,15 Mar. 1709 [2 items]
Will: Extract of will and probate order on estate of Samuel Treat of Eastham, 6 Dec. 1716
Power of attorney: Ebenezer Lewis and James Paine, both of Barnstable, appoint Thomas Paine of Weymouth, Jan. 1720
Will: Thomas Paine of Truro, 6 Apr. 1720, proved 4 July 1721 [copy]
Letters of administration to Abigail Treat of Boston on estate of her son Richard Estabrook, late of Boston, brasier, 2 Oct. 1721
Deed: Elizabeth Paine of Truro grants to Jonathan and Barnabas Paine, both of Truro, all the lands in Truro belonging to her late husband Thomas Paine, 1 Oct. 1726, annotated with rental account through 1742
Accounts: Thomas Paine to Abigail Treat, 17 Oct. 1727-1 Dec. 1738
Account: Division of estate of James Payne, late of Barnstable, 1 June 1729
Account: Bethiah Paine, Bethiah Paine, Jr., Mary Hawes, Experience Hunt, and Thomas Paine on the estate of late James Paine, 28 Oct. 1729-1735
Inventory: Estate of James Paine of Barnstable and division among his heirs, Oct. 1729
Will: Abigail Treat of Boston, widow, dated 5 Dec. 1730
Memorandum: Between Edmund and Mary Hawes and the other heirs of James Paine, late of Barnstable, 28 Sep. 1734
Receipt: To Abigail Treat of Boston from Joshua Lassel of Windham, 28 Nov. 1734
Deed: Samuel Hunt of Weymouth to Josiah Hunt of Weymouth, land for the use and benefit of his wife Experience Hunt, 17 Oct. 1738
Memorandum: Of an action of Abigail Treat, Thomas Paine, and Eunice his wife in Court of Common Pleas, Boston, Feb. 1738
Legal form of a printed deed with annotated notes on legal procedure, undated
Land Bank papers, 1739-1749
Broadside: In order to Redress the distressing Circumstances which the Trade of this Province is under for want of a Medium; other Methods having failed, it is proposed to set up a Bank of Credit on Land Security..., Boston, Nov. 1739
Broadside: Proclamation by Gov. Jonathan Belcher against notes circulated by John Colman, 17 July 1740
Sheet: The Manufactory Scheme, extract from the Book of Records of the Manufactory Company, [4 Dec. 1740] [2 copies]
Broadside: Blank writ of attachment against those who "published and are still engaged and interested in a Scheme for supplying a pretended Want of a Medium in Trade, by setting up a Bank on Land Security," 1742
Broadsheet: Boston Evening-Post, listing partners in the Land Bank or Manufactory Scheme with "An Act in further Addition to and Explanation of the Act for the more speedy finishing of the Land Bank of Manufactory Scheme," 20 Aug. 1744
Sheet: Supplement to the Boston Gazette or Weekly Journal, no. 1242, listing outstanding bills of the Manufactory Company, [27 Dec. 1745]
Sheet: Supplement to the Boston Evening-Post, no. 543, listing outstanding bills of the Manufactory Company, [27 Dec. 1745]
Sheet: Supplement to the Boston Evening-Post, no. 707, listing assessment against partners in the Manufactory Scheme, 27 Feb. 1749 [4 copies]
Will of Abigail Treat of Boston, dated 5 Mar. 1740, proved 9 Feb. 1746 [rough draft and copy]
Answer to James Scott's proclamation about the mob, 1741
Will extracts of Abigail Treat of Boston, dated 9 Jan. 1746 "& Prov'd & alow'd 9th January followg"
Estate of Abigail Treat of Boston, appoints Eunice Paine as executrix, 9 Feb. 1746
Bond: Samuel Hunt and Josiah Hunt, both of Weymouth, and Benjamin Hunt of Braintree, to Edward Hutchinson, Judge of Probate, for permission to sell land for the benefit of Experience Hunt, 21 Feb. 1746 [copy]
Administration certificate: Thomas Paine of Boston appointed administrator of estate of Abigail Treat, late of Boston
Promissory note: Eliz. Delohand [Dolhonde] to Joseph Greenleaf, Boston, 13 July 1747
Receipt: Elizabeth Paine received from Jonathan Paine and Barnabas Paine "by the hand of" Thomas Paine, 31 Jan. 1754
Deed: Joseph Greenleaf sells to Eunice Paine "One Equal half part of a Certain Distill-house Lands and houses & Utensills" in Boston, co-signed by Abigail Paine Greenleaf, 23 Sep. 1754
Account: Joseph How's account with Eunice Paine, 24 Apr. 1755-18 Jan. 1760
Inventory: Estate of Samuel Hunt, late of Norton, 20 June 1755
Deed: Abraham Turtelot of Glocester, R.I., sells to Eunice Paine of Weymouth "a certain tract of parcell of Land Laying in Glocester aforsaid," 22 Nov. 1757
Deed: Eunice Paine of Braintree sells to Robert Treat Paine land in Cornwall and Kent, Conn., 16 May 1763
Commission: Micajah Sawyer appointed a justice of the peace for Essex County, signed by Thomas Hutchinson, 15 Jan. 1772
Account: Eunice Paine boarding with Dr. Thomas Phipps, 26 June 1790-11 June 1791
Account: Dr. Thomas Phipps for Eunice Paine's medications, 28 July 1790-18 Jan. 1792
Account: Charles Paine to John Brooks, 17 Sep. 1795-15 July 1798
Bills: Charles Paine to John S. Capt "for Tuition in the french language," 13 Oct. 1795-31 Mar. 1796
Receipts: Frederick Granger from Charles Paine, Boston, 8 July 1797, 13 Jan. [?]
Receipt: George Girdler Smith received from Henry Paine for part of the ship Borneo, 23 Oct. 1799
Agreement: Between Henry Paine, John Gibaut, and George Girdler Smith for Paine's services as masters' assistant on a voyage aboard the Borneo, Boston, 23 Oct. 1799
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to John Warren for medical attendance, Apr. 1800-1 Jan. 1802
Bill: Charles Paine to Rufus Farnam, 11 June 1800
Receipt: Frederick Granger received from Charles Paine, Boston, 15 Oct. 1800
Bill: Charles Paine to William Stackpole, 27 Aug. 1800-7 Feb. 1801
Bill: Samuel Williams to Charles Paine, 14 Aug. 1801
Bill: Charles Paine to Zephaniah Spurr for phaeton rental, Sep. 1801
Receipt: Charles Paine to Samuel Jepson, Jr. for a second-hand phaeton, 24 Oct. 1801
Receipt: Charles Paine to J. Wheelwright for one cask sherry wine, 5 Dec. 1801
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to John Warren for medical attendance, Jan. 1802-Jan. 1805
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to West & Greenleaf, 17 July 1802-16 Aug. 1803
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to James Murphy for a pair of earrings, 30 Nov. 1802
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to John S. Capt & Co. for yard goods, 30 Dec. 1802
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to John Cornish, 12 Jan. 1803
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to Gorham Parsons, 11 Mar. 1803
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to Cornish & Dyer, 26 May 1803-5 Jan. 1805
Receipt: For six months of the New-England Repertory, signed John Park, 6 Jan. 1804
Memorandum: Agreement between Charles Paine and Samuel Hayden, bricklayer, 18 July 1803
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to G. Graupner for repairing clarinets, 17 Sep. 1803
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to Nathaniel Ireland for a chaise, 22 Oct. 1803
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to J. C. Dyer for earrings, 26 Oct. 1803
Receipted bill: Mrs. Payn to Elizabeth Harlow for "tuition of your Daughtr. 8 weekes," 7 Nov. 1803
Receipts: Charles Paine to Whitmarsh & Hayden's contract, 9-23 Nov. 1803
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to Dyer & Emory for ornament combs, 29 Mar. 1804
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to West & Greenleaf for Bible and memo book, 18 May-Oct. 1804
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to Tucker & Thayer for lace shawl, 1 June 1804
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to R & H Farnam for two pair silver tumblers, 12 July 1804
Receipted bill: Charles Paine for one grey mare, 1 Oct. 1804
Receipt: William Roberts received from Charles Paine for a pair of boots, 14 Oct. 1805
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to Thomas Whitmarsh on building contract, 26 Feb. 1805
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to William Bell for plantings, Apr. 1805
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to Tucker & Thayer for a pair of "Fashble. Jockey Boots," 27 May 1805
Receipt: Charles Paine to John Park for subscription to the Repertory, 1 July 1805
Receipted bills: Charles Paine to Samuel Willard for accommodations, Stafford Mineral Springs, 27 Aug. 1805-22 Aug. 1806
Receipted bill: Charles Paine to John Irving for plantings, 22-24 Apr. 1807
Receipt: Charles Paine to William Bell for plantings, 18 Mar. 1808
Receipted bills: Charles Paine to Henry Raybould, tuition bills for Helen Maria Paine, 30 Aug. [1808?]-1 July 1809
Agreement: "To respond to Shubael Bell for the amt. of the Judgement which may be rendered in favor of John Stewart against Mary Thwing," co-signed by D. B. Ripley, Isaac Rand, Jr., and Sally Cobb Paine, Boston, 13 Dec. 1814
Letters of guardianship: Sarah Cushing Paine appointed guardian of son Charles C. Paine, 31 July 1815
Receipt: A. B. to T. M. Sanderson, Philadelphia, addressed to Mary Paine, [Jan. 1822]
Receipt: Mary Paine to Ethan A. Greenwood for the unfinished portrait of her father taken by Edward Savage, Boston, 1 Jan. 1822
Receipt: N. M. Hentz to Sarah Cushing Paine for French lessons for her son and daughter, Boston, 7 Mar. 1822
Receipt: Mary Paine to John Coles "For finishing the Portrait of her late Father," Boston, 13 Mar. 1823
Plan: Milk St., Boston, lot plan, surveyed by S. P. Fuller, 9 Aug. 1824
Receipted bill: Mrs. Paine to H. H. Barton for "1 Rocking Horse," 1 Jan. 1838
Notes and correspondence concerning the estate of Mary Paine Clap, 2-10 Jan. 1843
Decision: George B. Cary & ux & al. vs. Samuel Wilde, Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, opinion on Mrs. Clap's will, Nov. 1843
Lease: Memorandum of an agreement between Charles C. Paine and Alexander J. Cruikshank, lease of farm at West Beach, Beverly Farms, 8 Oct. 1861
Divorce proceedings: Charles C. Paine vs. Frances Jackson Paine, filed in Indiana, 3 Mar. 1862, granted in Boston, 30 Apr. 1867
C. Miscellaneous family papers, 1721-1861
This subseries consists of miscellaneous papers of the Paine family, including items related to Harvard College and Boston Latin School, certificates, notices, clippings, and some legal documents.
Jonathan Sewall, two clipped signatures
Harvard College questions, class of 1747
Newspaper account of execution of Mrs. Bathsheba Spooner for the murder of her husband, 2 July 1778
Note on John Temple's pass as consul, 24 Aug. 1785
Manuscript copies of Paine family epitaphs
Inventory of household furnishings, unidentified
Promissory note of Eleazer Walker and Edward Walker, both of Taunton, in obligation to Paul Dudley of Boston, 21 July 1721
Deposition of John Robinson, 22 Sep. 1729
Certificate of authenticity of will of Benjamin Hallowell, late of Boston, signed by Foster Hutchinson, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 9 Aug. 1782
Latin translations by William C. Paine
Newspaper clipping offering portrait of Robert Treat Paine to the city of Boston, 15 June 1842
E. S. Dixwell, Boston Latin School, awards Latin prize, 1844 and 24 May 1845 [2 copies]
Newspaper clippings on Joint Committee of the Library, 4 Mar. 1852, and Convention of the Old Thirteen States, 5 July 1852
Certificate of admission, Harvard College, of William C. Paine, 22 July 1853
Certificate stating William C. Paine has complied with the law respecting admission to the senior class, Sep. 1853
Certificate of matriculation of William C. Paine, 16 Jan. 1854
Exhibition notice, W. C. Paine, "A Latin Oration," signed by James Walker, president, 21 Mar. 1852
Harvard College. Order of Performances for Exhibition, Tuesday, May 2, 1854 (Cambridge, Mass., 1854)
Commencement notice, W. C. Paine, "A Dissertation 'Inconceivable Magnitudes, Velocities and Distances,'" signed by James Walker, president, 22 June 1854
Harvard College. Order of Performances for Exhibition, Tuesday, May 1, 1855 (Cambridge, Mass., 1855)
Order of Exercises for Class Day, at Harvard College, 22 June 1855
Order of Exercises for [Harvard] Commencement, [18 July 1855]
Order of Exercises at the Annual Exhibition of the Public Latin School, 13 July 1861
Certificate of admission, Harvard College, for Sumner Paine, signed by C. C. Felton, president, 16 July 1861
D. Charles Paine papers, 1789-1806
This subseries contains the papers of Charles Paine (1775-1810), son of Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814).
Latin oration, 1789
Certificate as Master Mason, St. John's Lodge, 15 Dec. 1806
E. Charles Cushing Paine papers, 1716-1900
Arranged chronologically.
This subseries contains the papers of Charles Cushing Paine (1808-1874), son of Charles Paine (1775-1810). Among the papers in this subseries are Boston Latin School records; diplomas, certificates, and other papers from Harvard College; records of social engagements; legal notes; notes on family papers; correspondence; and a genealogy of the Paine family, including a transcription of the diary of Thomas Paine, 1 Jan. 1716-4 Feb. 1749.
Certificate by Elisha Ticknor concerning Latin recitation by Charles C. Paine and others, 5 Aug. 1817
Fragment of list of examiners, 29 Aug. 1823
Performance at Public Latin School, Boston, Aug. 1823
Bond of obligation to Harvard College for the fees of Charles C. Paine, signed by Sarah Cushing Paine and William C. Aylwin, 26 Sep. 1823
Certificate of admission to freshman class, Harvard University, signed by John T. Kirkland, 24 Dec. 1823
College circular with Paine's class rankings, 21 Dec. 1825
"A man speaks well in proportion as he has written much," performance at exhibition, Harvard, 3 July 1826
Diploma, Harvard University, bachelor's degree, 29 Aug. 1827
List of social engagements, Fall 1828
Subscription to Quadrille Party, Exchange Coffee House, Boston, 31 Dec. 1829
List of calls on New Year's Day, 1 Jan. 1830
Ticket to Ladies' Fair, May 1830
Diploma, Harvard University, master's degree, 25 Aug. 1830
Sleighing party list, Feb. 1831
Invitation to Ladies' Fancy Ball, 18 Mar. 1831
List of social engagements, Summer 1831
Tour to Virginia: itinerary and expenses, 13 Apr.-7 May 1840
My Dear Children, by Charles C. Paine, with printed letter concerning his divorce [Indianapolis, 1861]
Undated notes on the Robert Treat Paine papers
Inventory of the silverware of Mary Paine Clap
Miscellaneous notes on family papers
Miscellaneous notes on legal precedents
Manuscript genealogy of the Paine family, including transcription of diary of Thomas Paine, 1 Jan. 1716-4 Feb. 1749
Genealogical correspondence from Josiah Paine, Henry D. Paine, and Lemuel C. Paine to Charles C. Paine and Charles J. Paine, 24 Oct. 1855-19 Dec. 1866
Manuscript notes on Paine genealogy, including Joshua Paine to Mr. Paine, Eastham, 13 Feb. 1846, and Lemuel C. Paine to Charles C. Paine, Albion, N.Y., 24 Sep. 1860
Ames Otis to Charles C. Paine, Yarmouth Port, 15 Jan. 1869
Ernest Seton-Thompson to Mrs. Paine, N.Y., 3 Feb. 1900
Notes on Bowdoin College vs. James T. Bowdoin, Mar. 1843
F. Charles Jackson Paine papers, 1849-1916
Arranged chronologically.
This subseries contains the papers of Charles Jackson Paine (1833-1916), son of Charles Cushing Paine (1808-1874). Included are school papers from Boston Latin School and Harvard College, military commissions signed by Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, and other papers.
An Exercise in Declamation; in the form of a Debate on Capital Punishment, at the Boston Latin School, Public Saturday, March 3, 1849, including remarks by Charles J. Paine (Boston: Charles Spear, 1849), attached to Mass. Senate Bill no. 74, concerning commemorative monument of American Independence at Philadelphia, 14 Mar. 1854
Regulations relative to the admission of cadets in the Military Academy, Mar. 1851
Greek oration delivered at commencement, Harvard College, 11 July 1853
Commencement, Harvard College, certificate and order of exercises, 20 July 1853
Order of performances for exhibition, 18 Oct. 1853
Commission as General of Volunteers, U.S. Army, signed by Abraham Lincoln, 9 July 1864
Commission as Brevet Major-General, U.S. Army, signed by Andrew Johnson, 6 May 1865
Tribute from the New York Yacht Club, 21 Dec. 1916
G. Calling cards and silhouettes, undated
This subseries consists of two silhouettes of unidentified men and calling cards from Lady Temple, Mrs. King, Mrs. Deblois, Mrs. T. B. Adams, Miss Nicholson, Mrs. Robertson, Miss Thompson, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Gerry, Mrs. Few, Bartlett Paine, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. H. Hubbard, Mrs. Washington, and Mrs. Greene.
H. Copies of wills, 1707-1855
This subseries contains inventories, accounts, and copies of family wills in the handwriting of Charles Cushing Paine (1808-1874).
Will of Rev. Samuel Treat of Eastham, signed 6 Dec. 1716
Will of Abigail Treat of Boston, signed 5 Mar. 1740, proved 9 Feb. 1746
Samuel Willard, administration, 1707
Will of Thomas Paine of Boston, signed 23 Apr. 1752, proved 22 July 1757
Will of Joseph Greenleaf of Boston, signed 15 Sep. 1809, proved 10 Dec. 1810
Will of Charles Cushing of Boston, signed 5 Nov. 1810, proved 19 Nov. 1810
Will of Robert Treat Paine of Boston, with inventories and accounts, signed 11 May 1814, proved 16 May 1814
Henry Paine, administration, 1815
Inventory of Sally Cobb Paine, widow, 1816
Inventory of Sally Paine, 1823
Inventory of Lucretia Paine, 1823
Inventory and account of Charles Paine, 1810
Inventory and account of Robert Treat Paine, Jr., 1811
Will of Sally Cobb Paine, widow, signed 30 May 1816, proved 8 July 1816
Will of Sally Paine of Boston, signed 14 Feb. 1820, proved 24 Mar. 1823
Will of Lucretia Paine of Boston, signed 14 Sep. 1819, proved 22 Sep. 1823
Will of Elisha Clap of Boston, signed 20 Nov. 1827
Will of Mary Clap of Boston, with inventory and accounts, signed 10 Aug. 1832
Notes on Robert Treat Paine's estate at corner of Milk and Federal Sts., Boston
Will of Lucy Cabot of Roxbury, signed 26 Feb. 1846, proved 5 Sep. 1848
Will of John Cabot of Boston, made 3 Feb. 1820, proved 17 Sep. 1821
Will of Sarah C. Aylwin of Boston, signed 27 July 1848, proved 20 Nov. 1848
Will of William C. Aylwin of Boston, signed 17 Nov. 1848
Will of Charles Jackson of Boston, signed 18 Jan. 1855
I. Catalogs of books, 1752-1850
Arranged chronologically.
Unidentified catalog of books, one annotated with book prices and to whom sold, [before 1752] [2 copies]
Catalogus Librorum, catalog of books of Thomas Paine, [1752]
Account by Jotham Mavericke of books sold at public sale, 1752
Catalog of books belonging to Robert Treat Paine, Jan. 1768, new arranged 1805
Charles Cushing Paine's book catalog, Jan. 1850
J. Richard Cranch manuscript, undated
This subseries consists of a manuscript translation by Richard Cranch of "A Sermon on the Passions; by Monsr. James Saurin, Minister of the French Church at the Hague. Translated from the French."
K. Robert Paine diary, 1785-1791
This subseries consists of the diary of Robert Paine (1770-1798), son of Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814), kept from 1 July 1785-30 Nov. 1791 in Cambridge and Boston, Mass. Diary entries describe Paine's activities as a student at Harvard in the class of 1789, his apprenticeship in a Boston law office, social engagements, local and family news, and the weather.
L. Robert Treat Paine, Jr. writings, 1790-1811
This subseries consists of the poetry and other works of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (1773-1811) (originally Thomas Paine), son of Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814). Included are both a manuscript draft and printed copy of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.'s poem "The Ruling Passion," 1797 (first printed at Manning and Loring), and a eulogy on the life of George Washington, 2 Jan. 1800.
The Invention of Letters: A Poem, written at the request of the President of Harvard University, and delivered, in Cambridge, on the day of annual Commencement, July 15, 1795, by Thomas Paine, 2nd ed. (Boston, 1795)
The Ruling Passion: An occasional Poem. Written by the appointment of the Society of the Phi Beta Kappa, and spoken, on their anniversary, in the Chapel of the University, Cambridge, July 20, 1797, by Thomas Paine (Boston, 1797)
The Inventory of Letters, a Poem, written at the request of the President of Harvard University, and delivered, in Cambridge, on the day of annual Commencement, July 15, 1795, by Thomas Paine (Boston, 1795) [2 copies]
An Oration, written at the request of the young men of Boston, and Delivered, July 17th, 1799, in commemoration of the dissolution of the Treaties, and consular convention, between France and the United States of America, by Thomas Paine (Boston, 1799)
An Eulogy on the Life of General George Washington, Who died at Mount Vernon, December 14th, 1799, in the 68th year of his age, Written At the request of the citizens of Newburyport, and delivered at the first Presbyterian Meeting-House in that town, January 2nd, 1800, by Thomas Paine (Newburyport, 1800)
Inscribed to Charles Paine from the author.
Spain. An Account of the Public Festival given by the citizens of Boston at the Exchange Coffee House, January 2, 1809, in honor of Spanish valour & Patriotism..., by Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (Boston, [1809])
Inscribed to Robert Treat Paine by the author of the sketch.
A Monody on the death of Lieut. General Sir John Moore. With notes, historical and political, by R. T. Paine, Jr. (Boston, 1811)
Inscribed to Robert Treat Paine by the author.
"An undevout astronomer is mad," Nov. 1790 [manuscript]
'Tributary Lines &c. &c." [manuscript]
"The nature & progress of Liberty" [manuscript]
"A Poem on Liberty" [manuscript]
"The Ruling Passion," 1797 [manuscript draft]
Note from John Pickens, apprentice at Manning and Loring
M. Robert Treat Paine (1803-1885) astronomical observations, 1833-1837
This subseries consists of the astronomical observations of Robert Treat Paine (1803-1885), son of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (1773-1811). The 5 notebooks in this subseries are entitled: "Astronomical Observations for the determination of the Latitude and Longitude of places in Massachusetts," from the Boston State House and other public buildings throughout New England, 16 Mar. 1833-28 Dec. 1837.
N. Index to the Paine papers, undated
This subseries consists of an index to the Paine papers compiled by Charles Cushing Paine.
O. Thomas Paine papers, 1664-1761
This subseries consists of the diaries, almanacs, sermons, legal and financial records, and other papers of Thomas Paine (1694-1757), father of Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814).
Diaries and annotated almanacs, 1716-1750
1 volume containing 10 bookletsArranged chronologically.
Diary entries describe wind, weather, and other meteorological events; Paine's studies at Harvard College, 1716-1717; his career as an itinerant minister and eventual ordination as minister of the First (Congregational) Church in Weymouth, Mass.; and his career as merchant in Boston after leaving Weymouth in 1734.
College performances of Thomas Paine: "Encomium Cereis" and "De Vanitate Terrestrium," 13 Jan.-2 Mar. 1716
An Almanack...For the Year of the Christian Era, 1716, by Thomas Robie (Boston), with meteorological observations, historical notes, and added diary pages, 1716
An Almanack...For the Year of the Christian Era, 1717, by Thomas Robie (Boston), with meteorological observations and added diary pages, 1717
An Almanack...For the Year of the Christian Era, 1718, by Thomas Paine (Boston), with meteorological observations, a log of correspondence, and added diary pages, 1718
An Almanack...For the Year of the Christian Era, 1719, by Thomas Paine (Boston), with meteorological observations, a log of correspondence, and added diary pages, 1719
An Almanack...For the Year of the Christian Era, 1719, by Thomas Paine (Boston), 1719
Memorandum book with some diary entries, 1719-1720
An Almanack For the Year of our Lord, 1721, by Nathaniel Whittemore (Boston), with meteorological observations and added diary pages, 1721
An Astronomical Diary, or, An Almanack, For the Year of our Lord Christ, 1734, by Nathaniel Ames, Jr. (Boston), with interleaved diary pages, 1734
Memorandum book with some diary entries, 1750
Almanacs, 1664-1728
1 volume containing 9 bookletsIncluded are European almanacs collected by Thomas Paine and copies of almanacs published by him.
Fly. An Almanac for the year of our Lord God, 1664 (London) with manuscript notes, 1664
Unidentified French almanac, lacking title page, 1706
Leeds, 1714. The American almanack for the year of Christian account 1714, by Titan Leeds (Boston), 1713
An almanack for the year of our Lord, 1725, by Nathaniel Whittemore (Boston), with manuscript notes, 1725
The New-England diary, or, Almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ, 1726, by a native of New-England [Nathan Bowen] (Boston), with manuscript notes, 1726
The New-England diary, or, Almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ, 1727, by a native of New-England [Nathan Bowen] (Boston), with manuscript notes, 1727
The New-England diary, or, Almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ, 1728, by a native of New-England [Nathan Bowen] (Boston), with manuscript notes, 1728
Almanack for the year of our Lord 1724, by Nathaniel Whittemore (Boston), imperfect, 1723 or 1724
Catastrophe Mundi, by John Holwell (London), imperfect, 1682
Sermons, 1724-1733
1 volume containing 2 bookletsIncluded are attached pages of a later date with genealogical notes and a donation letter (Boston, 6 Apr. 1888) from Robert Treat Paine (1861-1943) giving these sermons to the Massachusetts Historical Society from the estate of his cousin Robert Treat Paine (1803-1885).
Sermon on Job 1:24 with letter from Thomas Paine to his mother Bethiah Thacher Paine, Weymouth, 2 Feb. 1724
Sermon "Pronounced to the Church & Congregation in the North Parish in Weyth. being called together for that Purpose and met in their Meeting House," 10 Dec. 1733
Legal and financial papers, 1715-1761
Arranged chronologically.
Included are papers from Thomas Paine's mercantile business and personal estate. Paine's deeds to family members, 1749, include his bequests of "all my Books," "my Negro Cato and all my household stuff..."
Memorandum: On sale of "my Scotland Land" [Scotland Parish, Windham, Conn.] to Joshua Lassel, undated
Manuscript form for promissory note to Thomas Paine, undated
Receipt: Received of Joshua Lassel, undated
Memorandum: Selectmen and committee for laying out land in Falmouth accompany Thomas Paine in taking possession of land, 4 June 1720
Instructions of town of Weymouth to its representative, Capt. Joseph White, on creation of a new parish, 5 Nov. 1722
Indenture: Between Samuel Thaxter of Hingham and Thomas Paine concerning lands at the Eastward near Muscongus, 23 Nov. 1722
Indenture: Between Thomas Paine and John Cleverly of Braintree concerning lands at the Eastward near Muscongus, 29 July 1723
Power of attorney: Thomas Paine appoints John Cushing, Jr., 5 Mar. 1732
Town meeting votes: Precinct meetings in the North Precinct, Weymouth, 7 Dec. 1730 and 17 Aug. 1733 [copy]
Receipt: Thomas Paine received of John Cleverly, 13 Nov. 1733
Dismissal: Letter of dismissal for Thomas Paine from his pastorship at Weymouth and for him and Eunice Paine from church membership, 19 Mar. 1734
Town meeting votes: Weymouth, 6 May 1715-24 Mar. 1761
Town meeting votes: Precinct meetings in the North Precinct, Weymouth, 5 Aug. 1734-9 Mar. 1737
Legal notes by Thomas Paine, [1735?]
Memorandum: Unsigned promise not to take advantage of the Act of Limitation as regards debts owed to Thomas Paine
Receipt: Aaron Cleveland received of Thomas Paine for a bond of Joshua Lassel, 10 Jan. 1736
List: Unspecified dates and financial sums, 12 Jan. 1736-20 Sep. 1738
Bond: Joshua Lassel of Windham, Conn., to Thomas Paine, 6 June 1737
Account: Thomas Austin to Thomas Paine, 20 June 1737-4 Nov. 1743
Obligation: Thomas Paine to his wife and her heirs for the sale of land at Windham, Conn., 20 Dec. 1737
Lease: John Maylem to Thomas Paine "all my Housing & Land in School Street Boston," 17 Oct. 1739
Account: Joshua Lassel to Thomas Paine, 22 Dec. 1739
Promissory note: Joshua Lassel of Windham, Conn., to Thomas Paine, 24 Dec. 1739
Memorandum: Agreement between Joshua Lassel and Thomas Paine, 24 Dec. 1739
Account: Thomas Paine to Stephen Greenleaf, 13 Apr. 1739-28 Oct. 1743
Account: Estate of Thomas Paine to estate of Andrew Cunningham, 26 Oct. 1739-19 Nov. 1753
Account: Elnathan Eldredg to a Judgment of Court, 30 Jan. 1740-24 July 1741
Account: Thomas Paine to William Davis, Mar. 1740-25 Jan. 1744
Account: Samuel Davis to Thomas Paine, 8 May 1740-19 Dec. 1744
Account: Thomas Paine to Samuel Davis, 8 May 1740-Oct. 1744
Account: Andrew Cunningham to Thomas Paine, 4 Aug. 1740-27 Apr. 1748
Deed: Pelatiah Phinney of Bridgewater sells to Thomas Paine land at Bridgewater, 13 Feb. 1741
Receipt: Joshua Lassel to Thomas Paine, Boston, 4 June 1741
Deed: Thomas Paine to Joshua Lassel, land in Windham, Conn., 4 June 1741 [draft]
Promissory note: Elnathan Eldredg to Thomas Paine, 24 July 1741
Deed: Elnathan Eldredg sells to Thomas Paine land at Dartmouth, 27 July 1741
Writ of attachment: Thomas Paine vs. Elnathan Eldredg, 28 Sep. 1741
Account: Thomas Paine to estate of Lawrence Delhonde for medical expenses, 1741-11 July 1747
Summonses in Land Bank case, Dec. 1742
Writ of execution: Thomas Paine vs. Elnathan Eldrid of Dartmouth, 1 May 1742
Release: Directors of the Manufactory Company to Thomas Paine in satisfaction of bills which Jacob Allen of Bridgewater received, 30 Sep. 1742
Account: Thomas Paine to Francis Whitmore, 15 Oct. 1743-29 May 1749
Account: Francis Whitmore to Thomas Paine, 28 Nov. 1743-23 July 1749
Account: Seth Willis by John Kinsley, 23 Dec. 1743
Account: Estate of Thomas Paine to estate of Andrew Cunningham, 24 Feb. 1744-31 Aug. 1745
Summons: Thomas Cobb of Taunton in Thomas Paine vs. Cobb, 15 Mar. 1744
Payment order: Laurens Dolhonde to Thomas Paine to pay Silvester Gardiner, Boston, 6 Aug. 1743
Account: Thomas Paine to John Tyng, 7 Mar. 1744-Sep. 1747
Account: Thomas Cobb to Thomas Paine, 1 June 1744-1748
Receipt: Aaron Cleavland received of Joseph Greenleaf, a note of hand of Jonathan Cary to Thomas Paine, [after 2 June 1744]
Account: Thomas Paine to Joseph Greenleaf, 17 Sep. 1744-4 Dec. 1749
Account: Thomas Paine to John Baker "for work for the Brigeteen," Nov. 1745-1746
Insurance bond: For the ship Maryland sailing from Virginia or Maryland to London, insured by Benjamin Horrocks & Co. of London for the account of Thomas Paine, 21 Feb. 1746
Account: Estate of Thomas Paine to Samuel Davis, June 1745-22 Aug. 1754
Account: [Thomas Paine?] to [Capt. Cobb?], 9 Sep. 1745-June 1747
Receipt: Laurens Dolhonde received of Thomas Paine, 22 Dec. 1745
Deed: Edward Southworth sells to Thomas Paine land in Bridgewater, 15 June 1745
Account: John Baker, Jr. to Thomas Paine, 16 Sep. 1746-4 Dec. 1749
Account: Estate of Thomas Paine to John Baker, Jr. for the iron work on building a ship, 1746-Sep. 1749
Account: Sylvester Gardiner to Thomas Paine, 12 Mar. 1746-25 Apr. 1749
Order: Thomas Cobb on Daniel Owen, 5 July 1746
Account: Estate of Thomas Paine to John Baker, Jr. for iron work for a sloop, Feb.-Mar. 1747
Account: Thomas Paine to the estate of William Owen, 18 Mar.-22 Nov. 1747
Account: Thomas Paine to Silvester Gardiner, 26 Mar. 1747-30 Oct. 1749
Account: Thomas Paine to Dr. John Sprague, Apr. 1747-Oct. 1756
Account: Thomas Paine estate to John Baker for iron work for transport brig, July 1747
Account: Thomas Paine estate to John Baker for a brig "built in the c[o]untry," Nov. 1747
Account: Estate of Thomas Paine to John Baker for iron work for the "brig Capt. Dupe Commander," Dec. 1747-Jan. 1748
Account: Joseph Roby to Thomas Paine, 10 Mar. 1748
Payment order: Elizabeth Dolhonde to Thomas Paine for Jacob Parker, Boston, 18 Mar. 1747
Petition: Thomas Paine, as administrator de bonis non of Abigail Treat, to Gov. William Shirley, 7 Apr. 1748
Account: Thomas Paine to Jabez Hatch, 19 Apr. 1748-10 July 1749
Account: Estate of William Owen to Thomas Paine, 22 Apr. 1748-22 Apr. 1749
Account: Nathaniel Appleton to Thomas Paine, Boston, 25 Apr. 1748, including account of Thomas Paine to Nathaniel Appleton "To his Sons Boarding," 19 Apr.-8 July 1748
Account: Caleb Parker to Thomas Paine, 24 May 1748-18 Jan. 1749
Broadside: "An Act in further Addition to an Act, entitled; An Act for the more speedy finishing the Land-Bank or Manufactory Scheme," 25 May 1748 [2 copies]
Account: Thomas Paine to Caleb Parker, 6 June 1748
Account: Estate of Thomas Paine to John Baker "for Iron work for a Snow," 1748
Result of referee: Thomas Paine and Ann Maylem of Newport, R.I., 20 Aug. 1748
Account: Ann Maylem of Newport, R.I., as guardian to her children, to Thomas Paine, 20 Aug. 1748-10 Feb. 1749
Account: Thomas Paine to Nathaniel Appleton "To your Sons Boarding," 20 Aug. 1748-28 [?] 1748
Receipt: Ann Maylem to Thomas Paine, Newport, R.I., 9 Sep. 1748
Receipt: Elizabeth Dolhonde to Thomas Paine, Boston, 29 Sep. 1748
Plan of Thomas Paine's furnace, [1749?]
Petition: Thomas Paine, as administrator de bonis non of Abigail Treat, to Gov. William Shirley, 3 Jan. 1749
Deed: Thomas Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Abigail Paine, and Eunice Paine, "my Negro Boy Cato and all my hosehold stuff," 9 Mar. 1749
Account: Estate of Thomas Paine to Joseph Roby & Son, 24 Mar.-18 May 1749
Promissory note: Thomas Paine to James Allen, 19 June 1749
Account: Thomas Paine to Joseph Greenleaf, 4 Dec. 1749-3 Sep. 1752
Bond: Thomas Paine to James Allen, 19 Dec. 1749
Account: Sampson Salter, 6 Nov. 1749
Deed: Thomas Paine to Robert Treat Paine, "all my Books, and such a part of my plate as he has in possession," 28 Nov. 1749
Deed: Thomas Paine to Abigail Paine Greenleaf and Eunice Paine, "my Negro Cato and all my houshold stuff...and what Plate they each of them have in Posession," 28 Nov. 1749
Bond: Thomas Paine to Robert Treat Paine, 1 Dec. 1749
Bond: Thomas Paine to Eunice Paine, 28 Nov. 1749
Inventory of sundry goods at Halifax, [175-?]
Account: For James Freeman, 5 Feb.-2 Mar. [175-?], and for Joseph Greenleaf, 25-26 Oct. [175-?]
Accounts: Joseph Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, [175-?] and 29 Dec. 1749-24 Jan. 1750
Receipt: Thomas Paine to Joshua Lassel, 10 Jan. 1750
Deed: Thomas Paine to Eunice Paine, land at Windham, Conn., 4 Dec. 1750
Account: Thomas Paine to Joseph Greenleaf, 2 Apr. 1751-17 Apr. 1753
Pleas in abatement: James Allen vs. Thomas Paine (Benjamin Prat, attorney), Suffolk County Inferior Court, Oct. 1751
Answer to Thomas Paine of Boston...in a plea of trespass...in Paine vs. Allen, 4 Nov. 1751
Receipt: Elizabeth Paine received from Jonathan and Barnabas Paine of Truro, 9 Nov. 1751
Receipt: For Elizabeth Paine by Thomas Paine of Truro, Boston, 9 Nov. 1751 [copy]
Promissory note: To Thomas Paine, 20 Dec. 1751 [unsigned]
On verso: voyage in sloop Hannah "to sundry Expences."
Nonfeasance: Judgment against Thomas Paine, 3 June 1752
Accounts, 24 Aug. [1752?]-27 Oct. 1752
Receipt: For Elizabeth Paine from Jonathan Paine of Truro, 1 Nov. 1752 [copy]
Summons: Samuel Phillips of Easton in Thomas Paine vs. Phillips, 1 Nov. 1752
Account: William Penniman to Thomas Paine, Braintree, 24 Mar. 1753-1 Feb. 1757
Account: Thomas Paine to Joseph Greenleaf, 17 Apr. 1753-24 Sep. 1754
Account: Thomas Paine, 19-20 June 1753
Deposition: James Freeman testifying on business affairs of Thomas Paine, Halifax, 26 June 1753
Judgment: Humphrey Scammon vs. Thomas Paine, York County Sessions, July 1753 [copy]
Delivery order: Antoine Morin [signs as Morin le cadet] to deliver goods to Thomas Paine for M. Laborde, Louisbourg, 20 July 1753 [in French]
Receipt: Jean Laborde of Louisbourg to Thomas Paine, 23 July 1753 [in French]
Bills of lading: Goods of Eunice Paine shipped by Thomas Paine from Louisbourg, 25-28 July 1753
Acknowledgment of debts of Joshua Lassel of Kent, Conn., to Thomas Paine, Dec. 1753 [unsigned]
Account: Thomas Paine to James Freeman, Dec. 1753-5 June 1756
Account: Thomas Paine to James Freeman, Dec. 1753-13 Jan. 1759
Power of attorney: Thomas Paine appoints Thomas Seymour of Hartford, Conn., 1 Dec. 1753
Indemnification: Thomas Paine releases Joshua Lassell of Kent, Conn., 8 Dec. 1753 [unsigned copy]
Thomas Paine to Aaron Cleveland concerning Lassell debt, [8 Dec. 1753?]
Receipt: Thomas Paine to Joshua Lassel, 8 Dec. 1753
Payment order: Thomas Paine to Joshua Lassel, Canterbury, Conn., 11 Dec. 1753 [2 copies]
Power of attorney: Elizabeth Paine of Bellingham appoints Thomas Paine, 8 June 1754
Declaration: To the Justices of the Inferiour Court of Common Pleas for York County in Humphry Scammon of Kittery vs. Thomas Paine of Boston, Jan. 1754
Writ of attachment: Scammon vs. Jeremiah Moulton, Jr. as agent of Thomas Paine, York County, 25 Sep. 1754
Distillhouse account, 23 Sep. 1754
Account: Estate of Thomas Paine Decesd. to Jos. Greenleaf, 26 Sep. 1754-7 Sep. 1755
Account: Thomas Paine to Joseph Greenleaf, 28 Sep. 1754
Account: James Freeman's account with Thomas Paine, Mar. 1755-10 Jan. 1757
Account: James Freeman to Thomas Paine, Mar. 1755-4 Mar. 1757
Deed: Thomas Paine to daughter Eunice Paine, a house and lot in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 17 Feb. 1756
Recognizance: Humphrey Scammon of Kittery vs. Thomas Paine, York County, 6 Apr. 1756
Judgment: Thomas Paine vs. Humphrey Scammon, 6 Apr. 1756
Account: Estate of James Freeman to estate of Thomas Paine, Mar. 1757-7 May 1758
Inventory of goods left in care of James Freeman at Halifax by Thomas Paine, 1756
Inventory of linen, [1757?]
List of personal items, [1757?]
List of "Things remaining unsold," [1757?]
Invoice of Sundreys sent to Mr. Chambers, 10 Nov. [1757?]
List of household furnishings, [1757?]
Memorandum "of things not accounted for by Mr. James Freeman," [1757?]
Account of "Sales of Sundreys the Property of Mr. Payne by order of Mr. Jas. Freeman," [1757?]
Account of "Sundrys sold by James Freeman for Thos. Paine as appears by his Pocket Mm. Book," 4 Mar.-21 May 1757
Appointment: Ephraim Spooner, David Jones, Jr., and Nathaniel Pratt of Abington to apprize real estate of Thomas Paine in Plymouth County, 13 Oct. 1758
Appointment: Nathaniel Hamilton, Moses Godfrey, and Joshua Godfrey of Chatham to apprize real estate of Thomas Paine in Barnstable County, 13 Oct. 1758
Appointment: Benjamin Lincoln, Jr., John Thaxter, and Francis Barker of Hingham to apprize real estate of Thomas Paine in Suffolk County, 13 Oct. 1758
Miscellaneous, 1715
Memorandum book with notes on Thomas Paine's legal studies, coinage of nations, list of kings of England
Manuscript copy of Charles Morton's Compendium Physicae, 1715
II. Robert Treat Paine diaries and journals, 1745-1814
This series consists of the diaries and sea journals of Robert Treat Paine, kept from 25 Mar. 1745 to 8 May 1814. Diary entries describe Paine's daily activities, including his education at Harvard; his theological and legal studies; his career as a lawyer in Taunton, Mass.; his role as prosecuting attorney in the Boston Massacre trial; his participation in the Continental Congress in 1774 and 1776; his career as attorney general of Massachusetts, 1777-1796; and his role as judge on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1796-1804. Also included are Paine's sea journals/logbooks describing his travels between 1750 and 1754, including trading missions from Boston to North Carolina; Fayal, Azores; Cadiz, Spain; and a whaling voyage to Greenland. Entries note weather and general sailing conditions.
A. Diaries, 1745-1814
Diary (shorthand), 1745-1750, 1755-1756 and bracography
Diaries, 1746-1756
1 volume containing 9 notebooksJournal, Vol. 2, 15 Apr. 1746-25 Mar. 1747
Journal, Vol. 3, 26 Mar. 1747-25 Mar. 1748
Journal, Vol. 4, 26 Apr. 1748-26 Mar. 1749
Journal, Vol. 5, 27 Mar. 1749-28 Mar. 1750
Journal, Vol. 6, 28 Mar. 1750-25 Mar. 1751
Journal, Vol. 7, 26 Mar. 1751-15 May 1752
Journal, Vol. 8, 16 May 1752-15 Sep. 1753
Journal, 16 Sep. 1753-4 Apr. 1755
Journal, 5 Apr. 1755-7 May 1756
Loose page for 2 Dec. 1749-4 Feb. 1750 [draft]
Diary, [8?] May 1756-31 Dec. 1759
Note: The upper left corner of this notebook has been damaged and is largely missing.
Diary, 1 Jan. 1760-31 Aug. 1767
Diary, 1 Sep. 1767-24 Apr. 1775
Diary, 24 Apr. 1775-2 Apr. 1785
Diary, 1 Jan. 1785-8 May 1814
B. Sea journals, 1751-1754
Digital facsimiles of the Robert Treat Paine logbooks are available on Life at Sea, a digital publication of Adam Matthew Digital, Inc. This digital resource is available at subscribing libraries; speak to your local librarian to determine if your library has access. The MHS makes this resource available onsite; see a reference librarian for more information.
"Journal of a Voyage from Cape Cod towards Davis's Streights in Sloop Seaflower" with sketches, 6 May-25 Aug. 1754
"Journal of a Voyage in the Sloop Success (Annuente Providentia) from Cape Cod...to Cape Hatteras" with occasional sketches, 6 Feb. 1751-30 Jan. 1754
Included in this journal are trips from Boston to North Carolina, 6-14 Feb. 1751; North Carolina to Boston, 26 June-3 July 1751; Boston to Philadelphia in the brigantine Charming Polly, 7-15 Sep. 1751; Boston to North Carolina in the sloop Hannah, 17-27 May 1753; Ocacoe Inlet, N.C., to Fayal in the Hannah, 10 Aug.-14 Sep. 1753; Fayal to Cadiz in the Hannah, 25 Sep.-11 Oct. 1753; and Cadiz to Boston in the Hannah, 5 Dec. 1753-30 Jan. 1754.
"Journal of a Voyage from Martha's Vineyard towards North Carolina" aboard the brigantine Primrose, 9-25 Feb. 1752, return aboard the sloop Ranger, 11-26 Nov. 1752
III. Robert Treat Paine sermons, 1749-1755
1 volumeThis bulk of this series consists of sermons delivered by Robert Treat Paine in 1755 in Massachusetts and as chaplain on the Crown Point Expedition during the French and Indian War.
Robert Treat Paine's confession of faith, 1749
Leviticus 19:30, Shirley, 15 Feb. 1755
Proverbs 18:10, Shirley, 23 Feb. 1755, and Camp Lake George, 5 Oct. 1755
Romans 6:22, Shirley, 23 Feb. 1755
Proverbs 23:7, Shirley, 2 Mar. 1755, and Camp Lake George, 12 Oct. 1755
2 Corinthians 5:15, Shirley, 2 Mar. 1755, and Camp Lake George, 16 Nov. 1755
Psalms 97:1, Shirley, 9 Mar. 1755, and for Mr. Harrington, 7 Sep. 1755
1 Corinthians 7:31, Shirley, 9 Mar. 1755
Psalms 51:6, Shirley, 23 Mar. 1755
1 Corinthians 1:1, Shirley, 23 Mar. 1755, and Camp Lake George at funeral of Col. Willard, 26 Oct. 1758
Acts 17:11
Joshua 23:8 and 23:10
2 Timothy 2:19
Acts 17:30
Ecclesiastes 3:8
Psalms 145:18, Camp Lake George, 28 Sep. 1755
1 Corinthians 1:31, Camp Lake George, 5 Oct. 1755
Isaiah 6:1-7, Camp Lake George, 9 Nov. 1755
Ecclesiastes 3:8, Camp Lake George, 16 Nov. 1755
Matthew 10:28
Unidentified sermon notes
IV. Robert Treat Paine business, legal, and financial papers, 1677-1814Digital Content
This series consists of papers created and acquired by Robert Treat Paine in his merchant business, legal practice, and personal transactions. Included are account books, cash books, writs, powers of attorney, records of court sessions, rulings, deeds, and mortgages. This series also contains papers related to the Boston Massacre trial, Tyng vs. Gardiner (Kennebeck Purchase), Banister vs. Copley, and the settlement of the estates of Thomas Paine and Robert Treat Paine.
A. Volumes, 1677-1814Digital Content
Financial volumes, 1751-1814
Notes, loans, etc., 1759-1805
1 volume containing 2 notebooksNotes due to Robert Treat Paine, Jan. 1781, with annotation on resolution, 1759-1785
Memorandum book of notes, loans, bank stock, and all securities, 1793-1805
Notes, accounts, and bank books, 1762-1814
1 volume containing 7 notebooksList of notes of hand belonging to Robert Treat Paine, Nov. 1762
Notes, Jan. 1766
Memorandum book, 20 Oct. 1770-Mar. 1773
Memorandum book of notes, loans, bank stock, and all securities, 1812
Union Bank deposit book, 9 Nov. 1801-27 June 1814
Boston Bank deposit book, 5 Mar. 1807-22 Aug. 1814
United States Bank deposit book, 4 Jan. 1802-23 Sep. 1811
"Ledger A," personal and business account ledger with index, 1751-1773
Account book, 20 June 1757-4 Mar. 1761
Account book, Sep. 1761-26 May 1771
Cash book, 1 Jan. 1762-31 Dec. 1767
Cash book, 18 Jan. 1768-18 Apr. 1775
Cash book, 2 Jan. 1786-31 Dec. 1797
Includes letter from Pres. John Adams accepting an invitation from Robert Treat Paine and his wife to visit their son's chamber at Harvard commencement, used by Robert Treat Paine for calculations.
Cash book, 11 Sep. 1797-9 July 1803
Cash book, 1 Jan. 1798-31 Dec. 1803
Cash book, 1 Jan. 1804-6 May 1814
Account book, 14 Mar. 1808-6 May 1814
Legal volumes, 1677-1789Digital Content
Minutes of law cases, Superior Court, Court of General Sessions, and Court of Common Pleas, 1760-1774Digital Content
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Minutes of trials and law cases, Superior Court, Court of General Sessions, and Court of Common Pleas, 1777-1782Digital Content
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Notes and letters on Boston Massacre trial, 1770-1771
"Law notes & other papers of R.T.P. at the trial of the Soldiers & of Capt. Preston, for the affair of March 5, 1770."
Robert Treat Paine's closing summation
William Molineux to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 9 Mar. 1770
Notes on testimony, [29 Nov. 1770]
Samuel Fayerweather to Robert Treat Paine, Narraganset, 8 Dec. 1770
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, 16 Dec. 1770
Sampson S. Blowers to Robert Treat Paine, 30 Dec. 1770
Peter Oliver to Robert Treat Paine, Middleborough, 3 Jan. 1771
Robert Treat Paine to [?], Taunton, 7 Jan. 1771
Law notebook containing abstracts from legal texts and miscellaneous law notes, arranged by topic
Notes from volume 2 of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
Notes on "The Husbands right to his wife's Estate. Statutes made in 1784 & 1789"
Tyng vs. Gardiner papers (Kennebeck Purchase), 1677-1786
A Patent for Plymouth in New-England. To which is annexed, Extracts from the Records of that Colony, &c. &c. (Boston, 1751) [annotated]
Manuscript notes on Tyng vs. Gardiner, including extracts from meetings of the Proprietors of the Kennebeck Purchase, 13 Feb. 1749-14 Nov. 1764
Jonathan Tyng's will, 1722
Mary Tyng of Dunstable's will, made 12 Dec. 1700
Edward Tyng, Sr. of Boston's will, made 25 Aug. 1677
Special verdict in Tyng vs. Gardiner, Falmouth Superior Court, undated
Depositions: Jonathan Fox of Woburn, 28 June 1780, William Brattle of Cambridge, 23 May 1770, and John Alford Tyng, 13 Apr. 1770
Summons: To Samuel Gardner of Boston in Tyng vs. Gardiner, 3 July 1777
Extracts from Suffolk and Middlesex court records relating to Edward Tyng, Sr.'s estate
Notes on the case by Robert Treat Paine
Tyng vs. Gardner "on a special verdict"
A Patent for Plymouth in New-England. To which is annexed, Extracts from the Records of that Colony, &c. &c. (Boston, 1751) [annotated] [2 additional copies]
A short narrative of the claim, title and right of the heirs of the Honourable Samuel Allen, Esq. deceased, to the Province of New Hampshire in New England: transmitted from a gentlewoman in London, to her friend in New England (Boston, 1728)
Extracts from Governor Bradford's manuscript History of Plimouth Plantation, by Thomas Prince, 30 May 1765 [manuscript copy attested by Rev. Joseph Sewall]
Statement of the Kennebeck Claims (Boston, 1786)
An Answer to The Remarks of the Plymouth Company, or (as they call themselves) the Proprietors of the Kennebeck Purchase from the late Colony of New-Plymouth, published by Virtue of their Vote of 31st of January last... (Boston, 1753)
B. Loose papers, 1750-1814
Items removed from volumes, 1751-1814
Arranged chronologically.
Items removed from notes, account books, and bank books, 1751-1814 (Reel 11)
Items removed from cash book, 1768-1775 (Reel 11)
Items removed from memorandum book, 20 Oct. 1770-Mar. 1773 (Reel 11)
Items removed from notes due to Robert Treat Paine, Jan. 1781 (Reel 11)
Items removed from memorandum book of notes, loans, bank stock, and all securities, 1793-1805 (Reel 11)
Items removed from memorandum book of notes, loans, bank stock, and all securities, 1812 (Reel 11)
Items removed from bank deposit books, 9 Nov. 1801-22 Aug. 1814 (Reel 11)
Other financial and legal papers, 1750-1814
Arranged chronologically.
Miscellaneous financial and legal papers, undated
Includes draft of House of Representatives address to governor respecting impeachment of Peter Oliver.
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Joseph Greenleaf, Boston, 2 Feb. 1750
Agreement: Between James Allen, Joseph Palmer, and Robert Treat Paine on hiring of sloop Success for trading venture, 28 Jan. 1750 [2 copies]
Account: Robert Treat Paine to James Allen, 28 Jan. 1750-21 Jan. 1752
Portledge bill: For voyage of sloop Success to North Carolina and return to Boston, 28 Jan. 1751
Invoice of cargo, cabin stores, &c., on sloop Success, 1 Feb. 1751
Manuscript map of Beacon Island and Gales Island, undated
On verso of address sheet to Henry Snoad.
Sailing orders: To Robert Treat Paine as commander of sloop Success from James Allen, Joseph Palmer, and Robert Treat Paine, 2 Feb. 1751
Merchandise list, [1751]
Account: Joseph Palmer & Co. to Robert Treat Paine, 1751-1753
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Abraham Duncan, 15 Apr.-19 May 1751
Receipt: Joseph Greenleaf received of Robert Treat Paine, 27 July 1751
Receipt: Joseph Palmer received of Robert Treat Paine, 10 Aug. 1751
Account: Various accounts relating to N.C. voyage, [1752?]
List: Debts and supplies, [1752?]
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Mrs. Pender, [1752?]
Account: List of expenses, [1752?]
Account: Robert Treat Paine to James Allen, [1752?]
Account: Cash account of Robert Treat Paine, [1752?]
Account: List of supplies, 1752
Account: Debts left in Carolina, 1752
Account: Robert Treat Paine to voyage to North Carolina, 6 Jan. 1752
Account: Voyage to Carolina
On verso: payment order, Robert Treat Paine to Edward Salter, 2 Nov. 1752.
Payment order: James Allen to Robert Treat Paine for payment to Joseph Palmer, 9 Jan. 1752
Receipt: Joseph Palmer received of James Allen and Robert Treat Paine, 22 Jan. 1752
Receipt: Joseph Palmer received of Robert Treat Paine, 22 Jan. 1752
Account: Tallies include "In the Treasury, Plate, In Carolina," [1752?]
Account: Robert Treat Paine to James Allen, 24 Jan. 1752-19 Mar. 1753
Invoice: "Sundry Merchandize Ship'd on Board the Briganteen Primrose," consigned to Robert Treat Paine, 27 Jan. 1752
Receipt: Stephen Brown received of Robert Treat Paine, Bath, 13 Apr. 1752
Account: William Jesper to Robert Treat Paine, 25 Apr. 1752
List of debts, Bath, 13 May 1752
Receipt: [Robert Treat Paine?] to Nathaniel Richardson, Bath, 4 June 1752 [fragment]
Account: Voyage in sloop Hannah to Carolina and Fayal, 1 Sep.-27 Oct. 1752
Account: Samuel Downe to voyage, 8 Dec. 1752-6 Nov. 1753
Receipt: William Fisher received of Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 19 Dec. 1752
Account: Samuel Downes to Robert Treat Paine, 19 Dec. 1752
Account: [?] Bourne to Robert Treat Paine, 27 Dec. 1752 [fragment]
Accounts of voyage to North Carolina, 1752
Memorandum of clothes, etc., 1753
Writ of review: Paine vs. Rendal, Jan. 1753
Account: Robert Treat Paine to James Allen, 8 May 1753
Receipt: James Downe receives of Robert Treat Paine, 9 May 1753
List: Men belonging to the sloop Hannah (Robert Treat Paine, master), 14 May 1753
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Freeman & Leddel, 16 May 1753
Portledge bill: Sloop Hannah on voyage to N.C. and the Western Islands, 3-8 May 1753
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Joseph Blount, Edenton, N.C., 23 July 1753
Memorandum relating to voyage to Fayal, 30 Aug. 1753
Charterparty of affreightment: Solomon Davis of Boston, owner of brigantine Betty (Duncan Ingraham, master), and Henry Leddell of Boston, merchant, 7 Aug. 1753
Account: Josiah Stevens to James Otis, Sep. 1753-Sep. 1764
Invoice: Domingo de Souza to Robert Treat Paine, Fayal, 20 Sep. 1753
Account: Port charges in Fayal of sloop Hannah, [30 Sep.?] 1753 [in Portuguese]
Customs document issued by Don Francisco Antonio de Villasota, administrator general, 17 Oct. 1753 [in Spanish]
Permits to export salt from Cadiz issued by Don Juan Manuel Barrera to Robert Treat Paine [2 permits] and Thomas Dixey, 17 Nov. 1753 [in Spanish]
Sailing permit: Issued to Robert Treat Paine by the prefects of Cadiz, 28 Nov. 1753
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Kemp Pickern & Co., 3 Dec. 1753
Account: Of Stores, &c., voyage to Cadiz, [Dec.? 1753]
Receipt: Thomas Bourk received for rigging, Cadiz, 2 Dec. 1753
Invoice: Sundry goods bought in Cadiz, [13 Dec.?] 1753
Account: Sales sundry, [1754]
Account: Robert Treat Paine to James Allen, 1754
Account: Joseph Palmer to Robert Treat Paine, 1754
Account: Stephen Young to sloop Hannah, 1754 [2 accounts]
Account: Sloop Hannah to Robert Treat Paine, 1754
Includes portledge bill for sloop Hannah.
Account: Robert Treat Paine to James Allen, Feb.-3 Apr. 1754
Receipt: Beriah Higgins received of Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 13 Feb. 1754
Receipt: Stephen Young received of Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 22 Feb. 1754
Order: James Allen to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 16 Mar. 1754
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Isaac Freeman and Henry Leddel, Boston, 30 Mar. 1754
Charterparty for sloop Seaflower, 8 Apr. 1754
Account: Capt. William Patten bought of Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 9 Apr. 1754 [2 accounts]
Memorandum of stores for whaling voyage, [15?] Apr. 1754
Account: Robert Treat Paine bought of Joseph Greenleaf, Boston, 15 Apr. 1754
Account: Robert Treat Paine bought of Joshua Henshaw, Boston, 15 Apr. 1754
Customs declaration: For sloop Seaflower, 15 Apr. 1754
Receipt: Nathaniel Gorham received of Robert Treat Paine, Charlestown, 18 Apr. 1754
Receipt: Jonathan Sawyer received of Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 19 Apr. 1754
Account: Adventurers in sloop Seaflower to M. Bourn, Apr. 1754
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Samuel Smith, [20?] Apr. 1754
Receipted bill: James Pitts sold to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 20 Apr. 1754
Account: Benjamin Brandon, "his Adventure in Sloop Seaflower," to Robert Treat Paine, 20 Apr. 1754
Receipt: Robert Treat Paine received of Eleazer Atwood, Eastham, 27 Apr. 1754
Account: Voyage whaling in sloop Seaflower, 15 Apr.-15 Sep. 1754
Account: Voyage whaling in sloop Seaflower, May-Sep. 1754
Agreement: Whaling voyage, 4 May 1754 [draft and signed copies]
Memorandum: Certifying hire of boat for whaling voyage, Eastham, 1 May 1754
Tallies of oil, [Sep.?] 1754
Account: Robert Treat Paine to John Meeker, 6 Sep. 1754
Receipted bill: John Erving bought of Melatiah Bourn & Co., Boston, 11 Sep. 1754
Receipt: Beriah Higgins received of Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 12 Sep. 1754
Receipt: Jonathan Young received of Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 12 Sep. 1754
Account: Jonathan Young & Co. to Robert Treat Paine, 12 Sep. 1754
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Jonathan Young & Co., 12 Sep. 1754
Receipt: Benjamin Henderson and Jonathan Sawyer received of Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 13 Sep. 1754
Receipt: Benjamin Brandon received of Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 14 Sep. 1754
Cost tallies for vessel, men, shares, and boats, [Sep. 1754]
Account: Benjamin Brandon to Robert Treat Paine, 15 Sep. 1754 [2 copies]
Account: Meletiah Bourn to Robert Treat Paine, 15 Sep. 1754
Account: Voyage to Greenland in sloop Seaflower, [15 Sep.?] 1754
Account: Owners of sloop Seaflower to Robert Treat Paine, 18 Sep. 1754
Account: Voyage to Greenland to Robert Treat Paine, [19 Sep.?] 1754
Account: Voyage in sloop Seaflower to Robert Treat Paine, [Sep. 1754]
Account: Whaling voyage to Robert Treat Paine, 19 Sep. 1754
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Melatiah Bourn, Boston, 24 Sep. 1754
Bill of lading: Robert Treat Paine shipped goods aboard the sloop Sharp Pen to Halifax, N.S., under Calvin Gay, 2 Oct. 1754
Bill of lading: Robert Treat Paine shipped goods aboard the schooner Providence to Halifax, N.S., under John Homer, 7 Nov. 1754
Receipt: John Sweetser, Jr. received to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 12 Nov. 1754
Cover sheet: "Papers relating to the Table Expences of Colo. Willard's Regiment on the first Expedition against Crown Point, 1755"
Accounts and promissory notes, 1755
List of household utensils
Bill: Mr. Taylor bought of William Pattin, Boston, 10 Sep. 1755
Account: Money supplied by Col. Willard, Col. Hazeltine, Maj. Gage, J. Calef, W. Taylor, and Col. Whitcomb
With two tally sheets for same.
Account: Col. Samuel Willard
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Benjamin Brandon, 15 Sep. 1755-Jan. 1756
Account: Robert Treat Paine to James Allen, 1754-22 Jan. 1755
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Joseph Greenleaf, 15 Apr. 1754-24 Jan. 1755
Account: Mrs. Elizabeth Eliot to Robert Treat Paine, 15 Sep. 1754-Feb. 1755
Chaplain's commission: Appointing Robert Treat Paine, signed by Spencer Phips, 8 Aug. 1755
Account: James Allen to Robert Treat Paine, [1756?]
Land grant: Grant to Charles Apthorp of Boston of lot no. 7 of Kennebeck Proprietors, 14 Jan. 1756 [copy]
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Abel Willard, Mar. 1756
Account: Humphry Scammon vs. Thomas Pain, York County Inferiour Court, Apr. 1756
Power of attorney: Joseph Greenleaf of Abington appoints Robert Treat Paine, 8 Sep. 1757
Power of attorney: Daniel Etter of Philadelphia, Pa., appoints Peter Etter of Germantown near Boston, 3 Sep. 1757
Power of attorney: Eleazer Hayward of Bellingham appoints Robert Treat Paine, 29 [?] 1757
Power of attorney: Samuel Kneeland of Boston and Timothy Green of New London, Conn., appoint Robert Treat Paine, 29 Mar. 1758
Receipt: Robert Treat Paine to Cotton Tufts for "visits Medicines & attendance to Mr. Thos. Paine late of German Town," 18 Sep. 1756-3 May 1757
Receipt: Woodbridge Brown to Joseph Greenleaf, Abington, Apr. 1758
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Joseph Scot, "Accot. Sales of Guns," 11 Sep. 1758-8 June 1759
Power of attorney: James Halsey of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 13 Sep. 1758
Deed: Phineas Parker of Boston sells to Robert Treat Paine half interest in Boston land, 11 Jan. 1759
Account: Robert Treat Paine entry fees, Feb. 1759
Bond: Phineas Parker of Boston to Robert Treat Paine, 31 Mar. 1759
Will: Robert Treat Paine, dated 15 May 1759
Memorandum of court costs, York Court, June 1759
Account: Robert Treat Paine to Nathl. Ridgway, July 1759
Promissory notes and receipt, 18 Aug. 1759-31 Mar. 1760
Order: Robert Treat Paine allowed to sell real estate of Thomas Paine towards payment of his debts, 21 Aug. 1759
Power of attorney: Eleazer Hayward of Bellingham, Suffolk County, appoints Robert Treat Paine, 21 Aug. 1759
Account: Dr. Wheeler's cash, 8 Aug. 1760-28 May 1771
Deed: Robert Treat Paine in settlement of Thomas Paine's estate sells to John Moffat of Boston land in Maine, 14 Feb. 1760
Account: Mr. Pain, 20 Feb. 1760
Deed: John Moffat of Boston sells to Robert Treat Paine land in Maine, 21 Feb. 1760
Account: Mr. Pain's account, by Moses Deshon, 5 Mar. 1760
Account: Mr. Pain's account, 26 Mar. 1760
Petition to settle accounts of estate of Thomas Paine, signed by Thomas Hutchinson as judge of probate, 9 May 1760
Includes list of creditors of the estate of Thomas Paine, 18 Jan. 1760, and list of creditors' receipts.
Power of attorney: Benjamin Edwards of Woburn appoints Robert Treat Paine, 26 May 1760
Account: Joseph How to Robert Treat Paine, 5 July 1760-5 June 1761
Power of attorney: William Grafton of Swanzey appoints Robert Treat Paine, 9 Dec. 1760
Power of attorney: Jabez Eddy, Jr. of Middleboro appoints Robert Treat Paine, [8?] Sep. 1761
Account: Robert Treat Paine notes on court costs, Jan. 1762-June 1764
Power of attorney: Thomas Cole of Middleborough appoints Robert Treat Paine, 26 Mar. 1761
Power of attorney: Ratcliffe Hellon of Taunton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 1 Apr. 1761, substituted for Samuel Quincy of Boston, 3 Apr. 1761
Power of attorney: Daniel Calfe of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 3 Apr. 1761
Power of attorney: Benjamin Hiller of Rochester appoints Robert Treat Paine, 6 Apr. 1761
Power of attorney: Elkanah Church, Jr. of Plymouth appoints Robert Treat Paine, 4 May 1761
Power of attorney: Abiel Cooke of Little Compton, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 15 May 1761
Power of attorney: Robert Fish of Warwick, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 8 Sep. 1761
Deed: Edmund Hawes and wife to Edmund Hawes, Jr. and heirs, with Edmund, Jr. paying portions to Bethiah Hinkley and James Paine Freeman, [Dec. 1761?] [draft]
Power of attorney: Benjamin Hall, 2d, of Raynham appoints Robert Treat Paine, 9 Mar. 1762
Power of attorney: William Healy, Jr. of Rehoboth appoints Robert Treat Paine, 4 May 1762
Power of attorney: Judah Crowell of Dartmouth appoints Robert Treat Paine, 18 May 1762
Power of attorney: Sylvanus Drew of Scituate, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 24 [?] 1762
Power of attorney: James Green of Providence, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 4 June 1762
Summons: Nathaniel Richardson of Boston to Inferiour Court of Bristol County in Ebenezer Brintnel of Norton vs. Richardson, 5 July 1762
Power of attorney: Ratcliff Hellon of Taunton appoints Molley Gilbert of Freetown, 8 July 1762
Payment order: Samuel Valentine to Henry Quincy, Freetown, 2 Aug. 1762
Payment order: Samuel Valentine to Henry Quincy, Freetown, 3 Aug. 1762
Power of attorney: Jonathan Hobby of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 21 Aug. 1762
Writ of execution: Robert Treat Paine, Joseph Greenleaf of Abington and his wife Abigail, and Eunice Paine vs. Deliverance Eldred of Dartmouth, as administratrix of estate of Elnathan Eldred, 19 Aug. 1762
Power of attorney: John Hulet of Scituate, R.I., appoints Silas Downer of Providence, R.I., 15 Sep. 1762, Robert Treat Paine substituted, 6 Nov. 1762
Power of attorney: Napthali Hart and Isaac Hart of Newport, R.I., and Samuel Hart of New York, N.Y., and Abraham Hart of London, England, appoint Robert Treat Paine, 9 Sep. 1762
Power of attorney: John Bannister of Middletown, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 9 Sep. 1762
Promissory note: Jael Hathway to James Otis, 13 Oct. 1762, and receipt, 5 Dec. 1764
Writ of execution: Thomas Maycomber of Taunton vs. The proprietors of the Common & Undivided Lands in Taunton old Township, 18 Nov. 1762
Power of attorney: Ebenezer Dimock of Falmouth appoints Robert Treat Paine, 8 Dec. 1762
Power of attorney: Thomas Cobb of Attleboro appoints Robert Treat Paine, 20 Dec. 1762
Power of attorney: Waite Feild of Providence, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 23 Dec. 1762
Power of attorney: David Cunningham of Worcester appoints Robert Treat Paine, 23 Dec. 1762
Promissory note: Thomas Cobb to Nathaniel Wheelwright, Boston, 28 Dec 1762 [receipt]
Account: Joshua Cambell as administrator of estate of Samuel Hunt of Norton, [1763]
Account: John Lambert, [23 Mar. 1763]
Power of attorney: John Cavender of Middleboro appoints Robert Treat Paine, 14 June 1763
Power of attorney: Samuel Drinkwater of Dighton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 13 Aug. 1763
List of writs unpaid, Sep. 1763-Dec. 1772
Power of attorney: Samuel Hallowel of Middleborough appoints Robert Treat Paine, 12 Sep. 1763
Writ of execution: David Cunningham of Worcester vs. John Lambert of Taunton, 8 Nov. 1763
Power of attorney: Samuel Denny of Georgetown (Lincoln County) appoints Robert Treat Paine, 12 Nov. 1763
Power of attorney: Thomas Cobb of Attleboro appoints Robert Treat Paine, 19 Dec. 1763
Power of attorney: Benjamin Belknap of Johnston, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 31 Dec. 1763
Writ of execution: James Sabin of Providence, R.I. vs. Philip Wheeler of Rehoboth, 7 Jan. 1764
Memorandum: Miscellaneous tallies for costs and debts, beginning 12 June 1764
Power of attorney: Thomas Cobb of Taunton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 11 Feb. 1764
Power of attorney: John Gould, Jr. of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 7 Mar. 1764
Deposition: Unsigned statement on "Defrauding the Town [of Scituate] of six shillings," with notes by Robert Treat Paine, [Apr. 1764]
Power of attorney: Anna Evenon of Stoughton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 19 Apr. 1764
Summons: Miner Sprague of Taunton to Inferiour Court of Common Pleas at Barnstable in Gideon Gray of Yarmouth vs. Sprague, 7 May 1764
Bill: Charles Ward Apthorp to Thomas Cobb, 28 May 1764
Power of attorney: John Gould, Jr. of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 18 July 1764
Writ of execution: Joseph Blake of Hingham vs. Joshua Seekens of Taunton, 26 July 1764
Power of attorney: Ichabod Comstock of Smithfield, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 15 Aug. 1764
Power of attorney: William Brown of Dighton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 27 Aug. 1764
Power of attorney: Zachariah Austen of Dighton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 29 May 1764
Power of attorney: Samuel Briggs of Dighton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 28 May 1764
Power of attorney: William Hill of Swanzy appoints Robert Treat Paine, 11 June 1764
Writ of execution: Isaac Anthony of Portsmouth, R.I. vs. Robert Sherman of Swansey, 30 Aug. 1764
Power of attorney: Nathan Hallowel of Middleboro appoints Robert Treat Paine, 8 Sep. 1764
Power of attorney: Richard Gifford of Tiverton, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 10 Sep. 1764
Power of attorney: Nathan Drake, David Gay, and William Miriam of Stoughton appoint Robert Treat Paine, 11 Sep. 1764
Power of attorney: Josiah Drew of Dartmouth appoints Robert Treat Paine, 10 Sep. 1764
Summons: John Hening of Boston to "Court of General Sessions of the Peace to be holden at Taunton" in Thomas Cobb of Attleborough vs. Hening, 21 Jan. 1765
Power of attorney: Oliver Cooke of Tiverton, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 15 Mar. 1765
Power of attorney: Gilbert Deblois of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 20 Apr. 1765
Writ of attachment: Gilbert Deblois of Boston vs. Jonathan Hill of Swanzy and Elisha Eddy of Swanzy, 22 Apr. 1765
Power of attorney: James Edminster, Jr. of Freetown appoints Robert Treat Paine, 11 May 1765
Power of attorney: Benjamin Crabtree of Rehoboth appoints Robert Treat Paine, 20 Aug. 1765
Power of attorney: Nathan Hallowell of Middleboro appoints Robert Treat Paine, 20 Aug. 1765
Summons: Ebenezer Spooner of Middleborough to Inferiour Court of Common Pleas at Taunton in Robert Treat Paine of Taunton vs. Spooner, 2 Aug. 1765 [2 copies]
Power of attorney: Thomas Brown of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 9 Aug. 1765
Power of attorney: John Gould and Robert Gould, both of Boston, appoint Robert Treat Paine, 9 Aug. 1765
Power of attorney: Job Eddy of Swanzey appoints Robert Treat Paine, 19 Aug. 1765
Power of attorney: Jonathan Davel of Dartmouth appoints Robert Treat Paine, 20 Aug. 1765
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine of Taunton vs. Ebenezer Spooner of Middleborough and Thomas Spooner of Plymouth, 2 Aug. 1765
Power of attorney: Daniel Hunt of Dartmouth appoints Robert Treat Paine, 17 Sep. 1765
Writ of execution: Thomas Cobb of Attleborough vs. Jacob Harvey of Mendon, 19 Sep. 1765
Bill: Ebenezer Goldthwaite, Suffolk County clerk, to Robert Treat Paine, Oct. 1765
"Extract from the Judgment of his Majesty in Council on a Cause John Freebody Originally Appelts. Jahleel Brenton & other Assignees of Jos. Whipple Esqr. Respondts. for the recovery of 520 acres of Land &c.," [Oct. 1765]
Writ of execution: John Gould, Robert Gould, and John Gould, Jr., all of Boston vs. Richard Godfrey of Taunton, 7 Oct. 1765
Promissory note: Royall Lawton to Samuel White, 17 Oct. 1765
Writ of execution: James Otis of Scituate vs. Jonathan Briant of Freetown, 30 Oct. 1765
Deed: Deliverence Eldridge of Dartmouth deeds to Robert Treat Paine "peices of Land & meadow all lying in sd. Dartmouth," 29 Oct. 1765
Power of attorney: Thomas Gray of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 19 Nov. 1765
Power of attorney: John Gray of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 19 Nov. 1765
Writ of execution: Joseph Blake of Hingham vs. John Seekell of Taunton, 1 Feb. 1766
Writ of attachment: Mary Bartlet of Dighton vs. Jeremiah Fisher of Dighton, 17 Apr. 1766
Power of attorney: John Hervey of Taunton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 7 Apr. 1766
Promissory note: Royall Lawton to Samuel White, 23 Apr. 1766
Promissory note: Royall Lawton to William Brown, 23 Apr. 1766
Power of attorney: James Alger of Bridgewater appoints Robert Treat Paine, 9 May 1766
Writ of attachment: John Perry, Jr. of Swanzy vs. Moses Buffington of Swanzy, 10 June 1766
Promissory note: James Edminster to Joseph Atwood, 26 May 1766
Account: Robert Gould in account with William Taylor, Boston, signed 21 Sep. 1769
Account begins July 1766.
Power of attorney: Tirrel Gilmore of Raynham appoints Robert Treat Paine, 9 July 1766
Promissory note: David Briggs to Sylvester Richmond, Jr., Dighton, 14 July 1766
Power of attorney: Joseph Greenleaf of Abington and wife Abigail and Eunice Paine of Braintree appoint Robert Treat Paine, 14 July 1766
Power of attorney: Benjamin Davis and Edward Davis, both of Boston, appoint Robert Treat Paine, 21 July 1766
Power of attorney: Ephraim Burr of Easton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 28 July 1766
Writ of attachment: Job Smith of Taunton vs. William Wetherbe of Attleborough, 30 July 1766
Writ of attachment: Job Smith of Taunton vs. Noah Brown of Attleborough, 30 July 1766
Writ of attachment: Josiah Cornish of Taunton vs. William Presbury of Taunton, 2 Aug. 1766
With attached account.
Promissory note: Ephraim Tisdale to John Tisdale, 5 Aug. 1766
Power of attorney: Mary Edson of Bridgewater appoints Robert Treat Paine, 18 Aug. 1766
Power of attorney: Reuben Delano of Dartmouth appoints Robert Treat Paine, 16 Sep. 1766
Power of attorney: Timothy Howland of Dartmouth appoints Daniel Hathway of Dartmouth, 17 Sep. 1766, substituted for Robert Treat Paine, 18 Nov. 1766
Power of attorney: John Hobart of Pembrook appoints Joseph Greenleaf of Abington, 18 Sep. 1766
Writ of execution: Ephraim Burr of Easton vs. Jeremiah Fisher of Dighton, 19 Sep. 1766
Power of attorney: Solomon Ames of Bridgewater appoints Robert Treat Paine, 2 Oct. 1766
Power of attorney: Hezekiah Hooper of Bridgewater appoints Robert Treat Paine, 16 Oct. 1766
Power of attorney: Solomon Finney of Greenwich, Conn., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 18 Oct. 1766
Writ of attachment: Hezekiah Hooper of Bridgewater vs. Lemuel Lyon of Stoughtonham, 20 Oct. 1766
Power of attorney: William Holden of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 6 Nov. 1767
Writ of execution: Jonathan Briant of Dighton vs. Josiah Cornish of Taunton, 12 Nov. 1766
Writ of attachment: Joseph Leonard of Bridgewater vs. Elijah Hall of Raynham, 24 Nov. 1766
Power of attorney: Thomas Darling, Jr. of Middleboro appoints Robert Treat Paine, 9 Dec. 1766
State of the case Forman vs. Baylies, notes by James Otis, [Apr. 1767]
Power of attorney: Clothier Hathaway of Freetown appoints Robert Treat Paine, 23 Jan. 1767
Writ of attachment: [?] vs. Thomas Gilbert of Berkley, 3 Feb. 1767
Writ of attachment: Stephen Webster of Berkley vs. John Williams of Taunton, 9 Feb. 1767
With attached account.
Writ of execution: Thomas Hutchinson, Jr. of Boston vs. Josiah Cornish of Taunton, 11 Feb. 1767, receipt by Robert Treat Paine, 11 July 1767
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. Caleb Eddy of Norton, 20 July 1767
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: Sarah Rumriel of Newport, R.I. vs. James Mason of Swanzey and Mary his wife, 27 July 1767
Power of attorney: Jonathan Holloway of Bridgewater appoints Robert Treat Paine, 4 Apr. 1767
Writ of attachment: Richard Godfrey of Taunton vs. Samuel Williams of Taunton, 20 Apr. 1767
Promissory note: Ezekiel Smith, debt to Samuel Whitmarsh, 18 Apr. 1767
Power of attorney: Robert Gibbs of Providence, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 24 Apr. 1767
Promissory note: Isaac Lincoln [Linkon] to Noah Wiswall, 7 May 1767
Power of attorney: Samuel Fayerweather of South Kingston, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 27 June 1767
Summons: To Elkanah Elmes of Middleborough in Thomas Brownell of Portsmouth, R.I. vs. Elmes, 30 June 1767
Power of attorney: Joseph Gifford of Portsmouth, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 20 July 1767
Writ of attachment: Daniel Russell of Newport, R.I. vs. James Mason of Swanzy and Mary his wife, 27 July 1767
Power of attorney: Isaac Hathaway of Freetown appoints Robert Treat Paine, 20 Aug. 1767
Promissory note: Joseph White, debt to Simeon White, 21 Sep. 1767
Power of attorney: Lydia Berrey of Harwich appoints Robert Treat Paine, 29 Sep. 1767
Writ of execution: Simeon Perry of Dighton vs. Josiah Cornish of Taunton, 19 Oct. 1767, receipt by Robert Treat Paine, 30 Jan. 1768
Writ of attachment: James Otis of Barnstable vs. James Sabin of Rehoboth, 2 Nov. 1767
Writ of execution: Robert Treat Paine vs. Israel Cummings of Swansey, 6 Nov. 1767
Summons: To Nathan Brewster of Duxborough in William Bennit of Marshfield vs. Brewster, 10 Nov. 1767
Bill: Robinson vs. Cummings, Bristol Common Pleas, 16 Jan.-Aug. 1768
Writ of attachment: Rufus Whitmarsh of Dighton vs. James Child of Barnstable, 26 Jan. 1768
Writ of attachment: David Whitmarsh and Rufus Whitmarsh, both of Dighton vs. Jonathan Burt of Norton, 28 Jan. 1768
Power of attorney: William Dawes of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 20 Feb. 1768
List of writs to Barnstable and Plymouth courts, Apr. 1768
Promissory note: David Briggs to Lemuel Crane, 20 Apr. 1768
Power of attorney: Noah Allen of Dartmouth vs. Robert Treat Paine, 28 Apr. 1768
Promissory note: Robart Miller to Philip Hathaway, 27 Apr. 1768
Writ of attachment: Thomas Cobb of Taunton vs. Ebenezer Stephens of Taunton, 15 June 1768
Writ of attachment: George Leonard, 3d, of Norton vs. John Thing of Norton, 30 July 1768
Writ of attachment: Philip Hathaway of Freetown vs. Samuel Hallowel of Middleborough, 28 July 1768
With attached account.
Summons: To William Wood of East Greenwich, R.I., in Robert Treat Paine vs. Wood, 3 Aug. 1768
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. William Wood of East Greenwich, R.I., 13 Aug. 1768
Writ of execution: James Otis of Barnstable vs. John King of Raynham, 7 Sep. 1768
Writ of execution: Ruth Carr, widow, and Robert Carr, both of Warren, R.I., executors of the will of Caleb Carr, late of Warren vs. Samuel Ingols, Jr. of Rehoboth, 3 Oct. 1768
Writ of attachment: Thomas Robinson of Newport, R.I. vs. Charles Church of Freetown, 31 Oct. 1768
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: Thomas Robinson of Newport, R.I. vs. Charles Church of Freetown, Samuel Spooner, Joseph Borden, and Andrew [Riche?] of Freetown, 31 Oct. 1768
With attached account.
Promissory note: Joseph French to Job Williams, 29 Nov. 1768
Promissory note: Elisabeth Linkon to Daniel Leonard, 29 Dec. 1768
Power of attorney: Josiah Draper of Attleborough appoints Robert Treat Paine, 20 Feb. 1769
Power of attorney: John Hill of Brookfield appoints Robert Treat Paine, 25 Feb. 1769
Promissory note: Daniel Hathaway to Theophilus Clark, 27 Feb. 1769
Account: Ebenezer Tolman, 24 Feb. 1769
Writ of attachment: Mathew Cummings of Taunton vs. Nathaniel White of Taunton, 5 Mar. 1769
Summons: To Zachariah Gurney of Bridgewater in Edmund Soper of Braintree vs. Gurney, 18 Mar. 1769
On verso: power of attorney: Zachariah Gurney appoints Robert Treat Paine, 13 Apr. 1769.
Deed: Thomas Gray of Boston sells to Robert Treat Paine house and land in Taunton, 24 Mar. 1769
Power of attorney: Gideon Gardner of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 24 [?] 1769
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. Levi White of Norton, 28 Mar. 1769
Power of attorney: Thomas Gilbert, Jr. of Berkley appoints Robert Treat Paine, 29 Mar. 1769
Summons: To Robert Luther of Swansey in James Waldron of Dighton vs. Luther, 30 Mar. 1769
Power of attorney: Jabez Haskell of Taunton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 1 Apr. 1769
Power of attorney: Abiel Ellis and Elnathan Ellis, both of Sandwich, appoint Robert Treat Paine, 3 Apr. 1769
Power of attorney: John Hill of Brookfield appoints Robert Treat Paine, [after May 1769]
Summons: To Nehemiah Allen of Middleboro, agent and trustee of Elkanah Elmes, in John Hill of Brookfield vs. Allen, 8 May 1769
Promissory note: Ephraim Cole to John Porter, 10 May 1769
Promissory note: David Briggs, Jr. to John Babbit, 1 June 1769
Power of attorney: James Edminster, Jr. of Freetown appoints Robert Treat Paine, 6 July 1769
Writ of execution: Nathan Angel of Providence, R.I. vs. Job Pain of Freetown, 8 July 1769
Power of attorney: Silas Clark of Swanzy appoints Robert Treat Paine, 10 July 1769
Summons: To Corey Durfee and Gideon Hathway of Freetown in Moses Nichols of Berkley vs. Durfee and Hathway, 10 July 1769
Power of attorney: Joseph Hathaway, 2d, of Freetown appoints Robert Treat Paine, 12 July 1769
Writ of attachment: Silas Clark of Swanzy vs. Jeremy Fisher of Dighton, 15 July 1769
Summons: To Thomas Gilbert of Berkley, trustee of William Gyles, in Thomas White, 2d, of Freetown vs. Gilbert, 21 July 1769
Account: Daniel Lincoln, 2d, account against John Porter, filed 21 July 1769
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. Jonathan Bryant of Dighton, 31 July 1769
Power of attorney: Mehetable Harrison of Freetown appoints Robert Treat Paine, 31 July 1769
Promissory note: Robert Pigsley to George Ware, Dighton, 30 July 1769
Power of attorney: Titus Hosmer of Middletown, Conn., as executor to Joseph Hooper, appoints Hezekiah Hooper of Bridgewater, 5 Aug. 1769
Power of attorney: Elkanah Elmes of Dartmouth appoints Robert Treat Paine, 14 Aug. 1769
Power of attorney: Peleg Bryant of Scituate appoints Robert Treat Paine, 14 Aug. 1769
List of fees received, 15 Aug.-9 Dec. 1769
Writ of attachment: Job Chase of Middleborough vs. Samuel Hallowell of Middleborough, 16 Aug. 1769
Writ of execution: Edward Blanchard of Boston vs. Jonathan Hill of Swansey, 24 Oct. 1769
Writ of attachment: Nathan Angel of Providence, R.I. vs. Ebenezer Talbot of Dighton, 29 Aug. 1769
Writ of attachment: Henry Laughton, Benjamin Faneuil, and Bossenger Foster, all of Boston vs. Robert Gould of Boston, 22 Sep. 1769
With attached account of Robert Gould with the estate of James Griffin, deceased.
Writ of attachment: Henry Laughton, Benjamin Faneuil, and Bossenger Foster vs. John Crandon of Dartmouth, agent and trustee of Robert Gould, 28 Sep. 1769
With attached account of Robert Gould with the estate of James Griffin, deceased.
Case lists [notebook]: Plymouth Common Pleas, Plymouth Superior, Barnstable Superior, Bristol Common Pleas, Bristol Superior, 1769
Writ of attachment: Mathew Robinson of South Kingston, R.I. vs. Benjamin Weaver of Swanzy, 14 Nov. 1769
Writ of attachment: Nathan Angel of Providence, R.I. vs. Jeremiah Fisher of Dighton, 18 Nov. 1769
Deed: Thomas Cobb of Taunton sells to Robert Treat Paine a parcel of land in Taunton, 18 Dec. 1769
Power of attorney: Richard Borden of Tiverton, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 25 Dec. 1769
Deed: Robert Treat Paine and John McWhorter of Taunton exchange pieces of land in Taunton, [177-?] [incomplete draft of deed]
Case list: Plymouth Superior Court, 1770
Writ of attachment: Nathan Angel of Providence, R.I. vs. Benjamin Grenall of Freetown, 17 Feb. 1770
Power of attorney: Job Howland of Dartmouth appoints Robert Treat Paine, 21 Feb. 1770
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. John Freelove of Freetown, 10 Mar. 1770
Summons: To John Freelove of Freetown in Robert Treat Paine vs. Freelove, 10 Mar. 1770
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. Job Richmond of Middleborough, 12 Mar. 1770
Writ of attachment: Levi Leach of Bridgewater vs. Ebenezer Redding of Berkley, 14 Mar. 1770
Power of attorney: Richard Godfrey, Simeon Williams, Henry Hodges, Richard Cobb, and James Leonard, as selectmen of Taunton, appoint Robert Treat Paine and Daniel Leonard, both of Taunton, in an action brought by the selectmen of Middleborough, 6 Apr. 1770
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. Samuel Hoskins of Middleborough, 7 Apr. 1770
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: Mehetabel Harison of Freetown vs. Benjamin Mason of Freetown, 7 Apr. 1770
Promissory note: John Adam to Thomas Gray of Boston, administrator on the estate of his brother Benjamin Gray, late of Boston, 27 Apr. 1770 [copy]
Power of attorney: Richard Holland of Freetown appoints Robert Treat Paine, 10 May 1770
Power of attorney: Samuel Downe of Boston appoints Robert Treat Paine, 12 June 1770
Power of attorney: James Edminster, Jr. of Freetown appoints Robert Treat Paine, 2 June 1770
Deed: Deliverance Eldridge of Dartmouth delivers to Robert Treat Paine land in Dartmouth in fulfillment of mortgage (29 Oct. 1765), 8 Aug. 1770
Writ of attachment: Charles Read of Berkley vs. William Robinson of Swanzy, 12 Aug. 1770
Power of attorney: Jonathan Davel of Tiverton, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 20 Aug. 1770
Writ of attachment: Thomas Hutchinson of Boston vs. Noah Hall of Raynham, 21 Aug. 1770
Writ of attachment: Edward Blanchard of Boston vs. Elisha Eddy of Swanzy, 21 Aug. 1770
Writ of attachment: Foster Hutchinson of Boston vs. Noah Hall of Raynham, 21 Aug. 1770
Writ of attachment: Ebenezer Bradish of Cambridge vs. Seth Williams, Jr. of Taunton, 28 Aug. 1770
Power of attorney: William Gyles of Newport, R.I., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 1 Sep. 1770
Power of attorney: Joshua Hathaway of Freetown appoints Robert Treat Paine, 11 Sep. 1770
Case list: Bristol Superior Court, Oct. 1770
Case list: Plymouth Common Pleas, Oct. 1770, Plymouth Inferior Court, Dec. 1770
On verso: unidentified deed fragment.
Writ of execution: Jane Brown of Providence, R.I., Robert Brown of South Kingston, R.I., and Matthew Robinson of South Kingston, surviving executors of John Brown of Newport, R.I. vs. James Edmester, Jr. of Freetown, 3 Oct. 1770
Power of attorney: Noah Hall of Raynham appoints Robert Treat Paine, 17 Dec. 1770
Summons: To Thomas Willis of Eaton in Solomon Ripley of Bridgwater vs. Willis, 29 Jan. 1771
Writ of execution: Thomas Downe of Boston vs. Job Macumber of Taunton, 30 Jan. 1771
Summons: To Barzillai Hammond of Rochester in Robert Treat Paine vs. Hammond, 8 Feb. 1771
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. Barzillai Hammond of Rochester, 8 Feb. 1771
Writ of attachment: Thomas Willis of Easton vs. Thomas Gilbert of Berkley, 22 Feb. 1771
Case list: "Cases to settle," Mar. 1771, Taunton Court, June 1771
Power of attorney: Daniel Hathway of Dartmouth vs. Robert Treat Paine, 12 Mar. 1771
Writ of attachment: Edward Shove of Dighton vs. Ichabod Packard of Oakham, 22 Mar. 1771
Case list: Plymouth Court, Apr. 1771
Mortgage: Thomas Gilbert of Freetown mortgages land there to Robert Treat Paine, 25 Apr. 1771
Case lists: Plymouth Superior Court, May 1771-1772, Barnstable Superior Court, May 1771
Notes on July 1771 session, Freeman vs. Child, Falmouth Superior Court
Summons: To Ezekiel Thayer of Petersham in Robert Treat Paine vs. Thayer, 12 Aug. 1771
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. Ezekiel Thayer of Petersham, 12 Aug. 1771
Writ of attachment: Aaron Lopez of Newport, R.I. vs. Abial Peirce of Middleborough, 23 Aug. 1771
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. Abial Peirce of Middleborough, 23 Aug. 1771
Summons: To James Strobridge of Middleborough in John McPherson of Dartmouth vs. Strobridge, 26 Apr. 1771
Declaration of case on verso.
Special verdict: Samuel Waldo vs. M. Pearson, undated
Writ of attachment: Edward Shove and Asa Shove, both of Dighton vs. Jesse Teague of Swanzy, 26 Aug. 1771
Writ of execution: William Halloway, Jr. of Taunton vs. estate of John Austin, late of Dighton, 4 Sep. 1771
Promissory note: Robert Miller to Philip Hathway, 9 Sep. 1771
Case lists: Plymouth, Oct.-Dec. 1771
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. Philemon Dunham of Norton, 20 Nov. 1771
Writ of execution: Josiah Dean of Raynham vs. Ammi Chase of Freetown, 3 Dec. 1771
Promissory note: Elijah Brown to Joseph French, 22 Dec. 1771
Writ of attachment: Jabez Bowen of Providence, R.I. vs. John Harvey of Taunton, 23 Dec. 1771
Banister vs. Copley papers, 1709-1770
Notes on Banister vs. Henderson, Superior Court, Mar. 1765
Notes on Banister vs. Copley
State of the case: Banister vs. Copley
Will: Thomas Banister of Boston, signed 25 Jan. 1709, probated 20 Aug. 1709
State of the case: Banister vs. Henderson
State of the case: Banister vs. Cuningham
Special verdict: Banister vs. Henderson, Aug. 1764
Banister vs. Fenno, Jan. 1770
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. D. R., [Feb. 1772?]
Summons: To Samuel Chase of Swanzy in Robert Treat Paine vs. Chase, 17 Feb. 1772
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. Samuel Chase of Swanzy, 17 Feb. 1772
With attached account.
Deed: Simeon Tisdale sells to Robert Treat Paine land in Taunton, co-signed by Zilpha Tisdale, 21 Feb. 1772
Case list: Taunton Court, Mar. 1772
Writ of attachment: Samuel Nightingale, Jr. of Providence, R.I. vs. Jonathan Walker of Dighton, 16 Mar. 1772
Writ of attachment: Nathan Angel of Providence, R.I. vs. Job Macumber of Taunton, 23 Mar. 1772
Case list: Plymouth Common Pleas, Apr. 1772
Writ of attachment: Peter Pitts, Jr. of Dighton vs. Simon Burr, 2d, of Rehoboth, 6 Apr. 1772
Power of attorney: Jeremiah Holmes of Plymouth appoints Robert Treat Paine, 17 Apr. 1772
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. George Mills of Norton, 22 Aug. 1772
Special verdict: Abraham Colden vs. Benjamin Stockbridge, May 1772 [damaged]
Special verdict: Jacobs vs. Tillage, Plymouth Court, May 1772
Case list: Taunton court, June 1772
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. Hezekiah Cole, Jr. of Swanzy, 2 June 1772
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: James Hart of Taunton vs. Moses Freeman of Middleton, Conn., 6 June 1772
Writ of attachment: William Holloway, Jr. of Taunton vs. Cephas Briggs of Dighton, 26 June 1772
Writ of execution: Jonathan Porter of Middleborough vs. Abner Williams of Taunton, 22 July 1772
Power of attorney: Sarah Eddy of Norton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 21 Aug. 1772
Writ of attachment: William Rhodes, Jr. of Cranston, R.I. vs. Benjamin Shores of Taunton, 22 Aug. 1772
Case list: Plymouth Common Pleas, Dec. 1772, Bristol Common Pleas, Dec. 1772
Memorandum of "Persons to write to," 1773
Power of attorney: Creditors of insolvent estate of Capt. Edward Emerson of Portsmouth, N.H., appoints [?], action incomplete, 7 Jan. 1773
Receipt: James Otis received of Thomas Cobb, 29 Jan. 1773 [2 copies]
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. Abner Rickerson of Dartmouth, 11 Feb. 1773
With attached account.
Power of attorney: Jonathan Hayden of Bridgewater appoints Robert Treat Paine, 20 Feb. 1773
Case list: Taunton Court, Mar. 1773 [2 lists]
Deed: William McKinstry of Taunton sells to Robert Treat Paine a pew in Taunton meeting house, 20 Mar. 1773
Writ of attachment: Aaron Lopez of Newport, R.I. vs. Thomas Gilbert of Freetown, 22 Mar. 1773
Writ of attachment: Josias Callander of Taunton vs. Ebenezer Winslow of Swanzy, 30 Apr. 1773
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. Lucas Wilson of Rehoboth, 24 May 1773
Case list: Bristol Court, June-Sep. 1773
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. Ebenezer Medbury of Rehoboth, 9 Aug. 1773
Writ of attachment: Robert Treat Paine vs. Lucas Wilson of Rehoboth, 9 Aug. 1773
Summons: To Lucas Wilson of Rehoboth in Robert Treat Paine vs. Wilson, 9 Aug. 1773
Summons to Samuel Pearse of Plymouth in Francis Adams of Kingston vs. Pearse, 14 Aug. 1773
Power of attorney: Seth Hathaway of Taunton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 20 Aug. 1773
Writ of attachment: Aaron Lopez of Newport, R.I. vs. Thomas Gilbert of Freetown, 28 Aug. 1773
Case list: Bristol Superior Court, Oct. 1773-Sep. [1774?]
Case list: Taunton Court, Dec. 1773-Mar. 1774
Case list: Plymouth Common Pleas, Dec. 1773-Apr. 1774
Summons: To John Winslow of Rochester in William Tallman of Dartmouth vs. Winslow, 13 Jan. 1774
Power of attorney: Isaac Hathaway of Middleboro appoints Robert Treat Paine, 16 Mar. 1774
Case list: Writs to Plymouth Common Pleas, Apr. 1774
Certificate of administration: Robert Treat Paine as administrator on estate of William McKinstry of Taunton, 29 Apr. 1777
Account: Bristol County General Sessions, June 1777
Promissory note: David Cobb of Taunton to Robert Treat Paine, 10 June 1777
Power of attorney: John Farrow of Dighton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 1 July 1777
Power of attorney: Noah Hall of Raynham appoints Robert Treat Paine, 24 June 1778
Will: Thomas Cobb of Taunton, signed Sep. 1778 [copy]
Memorandum: Bristol County General Sessions in Gideon Hoxse of Dartmouth vs. Thomas G. Scranton, attorney to William Milward of Dartmouth, with Robert Treat Paine and George Leonard as sureties, 10 Sep. 1778
Case list: Taunton Court, Dec. 1778-Mar. 1779
Deed: Eliphaz Harlow of Taunton and Pheobe Harlow, his wife, sell to Robert Treat Paine land in Taunton, 22 Mar. 1779
Deed: Pheobe Tisdale of Taunton sells to Robert Treat Paine land in Taunton, 22 Mar. 1779
Lease: William Reed of Freetown rents the Gilbert farm in Freetown from Robert Treat Paine, 24 May 1779
Power of attorney: Jeremiah Brown of Cheraw, Craven County, S.C., appoints Robert Treat Paine, 14 Mar. 1780
Special verdict: Abridgement, Harraden & Gridley, [Nov. 1780?]
Receipt: Eben Titus from Robert Treat Paine, Taunton, 13 June 1781
Power of attorney: Samuel Goodwin of Pownalborough appoints Robert Treat Paine and Levi Lincoln, 30 June 1781
Invoice: John Merchant, Copenhagen, account of Robert Treat Paine, 2 Nov. 1781
Account: Sigourney Ingraham & Bromfield, account of Robert Treat Paine, 11 Feb.-1 July 1982
Deed: Robert Treat Paine sells to Ziba Eaton of Middleborough land in Middleborough, 15 Mar. 1782 [copy]
Certificate: Robert Treat Paine declines to act as co-executor of estate of Thomas Cobb of Taunton, 26 Mar. 1781
Deed: Phoebe Tisdale of Taunton sells to Robert Treat Paine land in Taunton, 18 Mar. 1782
Account, [1783?]
Invoice: Articles shipped by I. Allen on brigantine Union, 4 Mar. 1783
Will: Hannah Cobb of Taunton, widow, signed 26 May 1783 [copy]
Prices current of imports, Amsterdam, Duncan Ingraham, 25 July 1783
Case list: Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court, Aug. 1783
Power of attorney: Jacob Davis of Charlton appoints Robert Treat Paine, 24 May 1784
Lease: Leonard Vassal Borland of Boston leases to Robert Treat Paine house on Milk Street, Boston, 1 Apr. 1784
Receipt: Aaron Whitney receives from Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 10 July 1784
Promissory note: Robert Treat Paine to William Foster, 18 Apr. 1785
With receipts by Foster on verso.
Deed of release: Jeremiah Clark, Jr. of Hampton, Conn., releases Robert Treat Paine, Joseph and Abigail Paine Greenleaf, and Eunice Paine on responsibilities for back taxes on land in Windham, Conn., 5 Nov. 1788
Deed: Noah Hall of Raynham sells land in Raynham to Robert Treat Paine, 5 Nov. 1788
Attached: memorandum of a judgment obtained by Robert Treat Paine against Noah Hall, 25 Aug. 1788.
Mortgage: William Read of Freetown mortgages land in Freetown to Robert Treat Paine, 2 Feb. 1791
Receipts: Thomas Phipps receives from Robert Treat Paine for Eunice Paine's board, 13 Jan.-17 Sep. 1791
Deed: Robert Treat Paine sells to Samuel Fales of Taunton one right in the reversion of dower of Phoebe Tisdale, 10 Feb. 1792
Receipts: Esther Moseley receives from Robert Treat Paine for Eunice Paine's board, 26 Feb.-31 Mar. 1792
Receipt: Thomas Phipps receives from Robert Treat Paine for Eunice Paine's board, 12 May 1792
Receipt: Thomas Moseley receives from Robert Treat Paine for Eunice Paine's board, 2 June 1792
Receipts: Esther Moseley receives from Robert Treat Paine for Eunice Paine's board, 8 June 1792-4 July 1793
Receipts: Abigail Kent receives from Robert Treat Paine for Eunice Paine's board, 19 Oct. 1793-26 May 1794
Account: Ebenezer Larkin's account with estate of "Thamis" Greenleaf, 21 June 1794
Receipts: Abigail Kent receives from Robert Treat Paine for Eunice Paine's board, 9 Dec. 1794-2 Feb. 1796
Account: Robert Treat Paine with Hans Gram for copying music, Boston, 23 Feb. 1796
Receipts: Abigail Kent receives from Robert Treat Paine for Eunice Paine's board, 1 Mar.-20 June 1796
Account: Robert Treat Paine with William Cock, 23 June 1796
Receipts: Abigail Kent receives from Robert Treat Paine for Eunice Paine's board, 15 Aug. 1796-23 May 1797
Account: Jonathan Cobb and David Cobb as executors of estate of Thomas Cobb of Taunton, 27 May 1797, second account undated
Receipts: Abigail Kent receives from Robert Treat Paine for Eunice Paine's board, 26 Feb. 1796-26 Mar. 1798
Account: Robert Treat Paine with Robert Gardner for books, 29 Mar. 1798
Receipts: Abigail Kent receives from Robert Treat Paine for Eunice Paine's board, 21 May 1798-24 Dec. 1802
Petition for division of real estate in estate of Thomas Cobb of Taunton, 15-23 Mar. 1802
Division of real estate in estate of Thomas Cobb of Taunton, 24 Mar. 1802
Plot map of Robert Treat Paine land, 16 Nov. 1805
Depositions and questions: Robert Treat Paine for John Singleton Copley in John Banister vs. Ephraim Fenno from 1769, [1810?]
Bank drafts on United States Bank, Boston, 20-27 Feb. 1810
Will: Robert Treat Paine, signed 11 May 1814, proved 16 May 1814
Items removed from minutes of trials and law cases, 1777-1782 (Reel 13)
Items removed from minutes of trials and law cases, 1783-1788 (Reel 14)
V. Robert Treat Paine political and judicial papers, 1758-1807Digital Content
This series consists of documents created and acquired by Robert Treat Paine during his public service at the town, county, state, and national levels, including his years as justice of the peace, attorney general, justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and delegate to the Continental Congress. This series also contains Paine's political writings, local and county committee reports, papers related to Shays' Rebellion and absentees, minutes of trials and law cases, and petitions to the legislature for compensation as attorney general.
A. U.S. Congress circular on muskets, 6 Dec. 1775
Written in Robert Treat Paine's hand, annotated.
B. Rhode Island Expedition papers, 1777-1778
Paul Revere to Joseph Palmer, Boston, 3 Dec. 1777
Papers respecting "Enquiry into the Causes of the Failure of the Expedition against Rhode Island," signed by the commissioners R. T. Paine, Oliver Ellsworth, Henry Marchant
Table of contents
Journal of proceedings
Payment order, signed by the commissioners, 14 Feb. 1778
Commissioners to Henry Laurens, president of Congress, Providence, 13 Feb. 1778
Commissioners to Egbert Benson, Providence, 13 Feb. 1778
Payment order, signed by the Commissioners, 27 Mar. 1778
Proceedings at a council of general officers, Providence, 26 Jan. 1777
General orders from Col. William Peck to Col. Palmer, undated
Deposition: Capt. William Todd, Boston, 12 Feb. 1778
Extract of a letter from George Washington to Gen. Joseph Spencer, 6 Feb. 1778
George Washington to Gen. Spencer, headquarters, Morristown, 11 Mar. 1777 [copy]
John Hancock to Rhode Island Assembly, Philadelphia, 16 Apr. 1778 [copy]
General orders, Tiverton, 10-12 Oct. 1777 [copies]
After general orders, Tiverton, 12 Oct. 1777 [copy]
General orders, headquarters, 14 Oct. 1777 [copy]
General orders, Tiverton, 15 Oct. 1777 [copy]
After general orders, Tiverton, 15 Oct. 1777 [copy]
General orders, Tiverton, 16 Oct. 1777 [copy]
After general orders, Tiverton, 16 Oct. 1777 [copy]
General orders, Tiverton, 17-29 Oct. 1777 [copies]
General orders, Providence, 29 Sep. 1777 [copy]
Questions proposed to Brig. Gen. Joseph Palmer
Responses by Joseph Palmer, Providence, 24 Mar. 1778
Deposition by Joseph Palmer, Germantown, 13 Feb. 1777
Joseph Palmer to Gen. Joseph Spencer, Taunton, 29 Sep. 1777 [copy]
Joseph Palmer to Col. Henry Sherburne, Tiverton, 24 Oct. 1777 [copy]
Joseph P. Palmer, deposition on service, Germantown, 14 Feb. 1778
Joseph Palmer to commissioners, Providence, 25 Mar. 1778
Examination of Brig. Gen. J. Douglas, Providence, 11 Feb. 1778
Examination of Brig. Gen. Solomon Lovell, undated
Examination of Brig. Gen. Ezekiel Cornell, Providence, 9 Feb. 1778
General Cornell's orders, 10-26 Oct. 1777
Returns of Gen. Cornell's brigade, Tiverton, 8-29 Oct. 1777
Examination of Col. Henry Sherburne, Providence, 25 Mar. 1778
Examination of Col. Thomas Crafts, Feb. 1778
Examination of Col. Robert Elliott, Providence, 9 Feb. 1778
Return of ordnance and stores at Tiverton, 12 Oct.-23 Dec. 1777
Stores returned into the laboratory no. 2 from Tiverton after the expedition against Newport, undated
Return of ordnance and stores belonging to Capt. Joshua Sayer, 6 Nov. 1777, Capt. Gideon Westcott, 15 Nov. 1777, Capt. Thomas Carlisle, 12 Feb. 1778
Return of ordinance of warlike stores under the command of Capt. Jno. Garzie, 30 Nov. 1777
Examination of Daniel Tillinghast, agent for R.I., 10 Feb. 1778
Examination of George Williams
Examination of William Peck
Examination of Peter Phillips
Examination of Joseph Lawrence, barracks master
Examination of Jonathan Arnold, director of the hospital, state of R.I.
Examination of Walter Spooner
Examination of Joseph Brown, merchant of Providence, 9 Feb. 1778
Examination of Caleb Gardner
Examination of Thomas Durfee of Freetown, Mar. 1778
C. Minutes of criminal trials, attorney general, Supreme Judicial Court, 1780-1789Digital Content
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D. Shays' Rebellion papers, 1786-1788
Hampshire grand jury papers, [Apr. 1787]
Names of persons in Northampton, Worthington, Springfield, Ashfield, and Cummington (to be noticed), [Apr. 1787]
List of the prisoners confined in the gaol at Northampton, 10 Apr. 1787
Recognizances, [Apr. 1787]
Benjamin Tupper to Col. Murray, 17-19 Apr. 1787
William Lyman to the commissioners, Northampton, 12 Apr. 1787
Benjamin Lincoln to Robert Treat Paine, 13 Apr. 1787
B. Oliver to Col. Murray, Chester, 16 Apr. 1787
List of grand jurors, Apr. 1787
Questions to be asked Colo. Hall concerning Longmeadow insurgents
Rioters at Springfield, 20 May 1787
Information respecting Longmeadow rebels
Interrogation of Alpheas Collon, Northampton, 10 Apr. 1787
List of names not to be noticed by the grand jury, Apr. 1787
Information respecting Longmeadow insurgents
Interrogation of Benjamin Banter, Longmeadow, 5 Apr. 1787
Witnesses sworn before the grand jury, Great Barrington, Mar. 1787
Return of the prisoners now in confinement in the gaol in Northampton in the county of Hampshire, 9 Apr. 1787
Testimony of Capt. Joseph Miller of Ludlow respecting John Wheeler, together with testimony of Noah Warriner of Wilbraham, Apr. 1787
Information: Ware rebels
Black list, county of Hampshire
John Child to Robert Treat Paine, Holden, 30 Apr. 1787
Jonathan Ward to Robert Treat Paine, Southborough, 23 Apr. 1787
Governor's order for release of Josiah Whitney, 5 Apr. 1787 [copy]
Copy by John Avery, with added note by James Bowdoin.
Governor's order to release Josiah Walker on bail, 1 Mar. 1787
Copy by John Avery, including James Bowdoin to Levi Lincoln, Boston, 2 Mar. 1787, and Levi Lincoln to [Robert Treat Paine?], Worcester, 9 Mar. 1787
List of the witnesses sworn before the grand jury and at Supreme Judicial Court, Middlesex, respecting the insurgents, May 1787
Testimony of Gershom Chapin of Uxbridge and Jonathan Adams of Northbridge against Col. Luke Drury, [26?] Apr. 1787
Testimony of Joshua Randall, [25?] Apr. 1787
Rufus Putnam to Robert Treat Paine, [25? Apr. 1787]
Solomon Stow to Robert Treat Paine, Grafton, 24 Apr. 1787
Complaint vs. Abel Marshall of Holden, 24 Apr. 1787
Testimony of Capt. Bacon, [25? Apr. 1787]
Account of Paxton insurgents and witnesses
List of persons recognized by G. Wheeler Esq. [to appear at the Supreme Judicial Court], Oakham, 23 Apr. 1787
Isaiah Brown to Robert Treat Paine, concerning Holden insurgents, [24? Apr. 1787]
Petition to the town of Holden, signed by Ruggles Spooner, Worcester, 7 Dec. 1786
List of witnesses vs. Holden insurgents vs. Chenery Willson Broad Marshall Bartlet & How
Oakham: Evidence respecting the late rebellion
List of persons belonging to Oakham
Dudley Riot evidences, [20? Apr. 1787]
Hiram Newhall to Robert Treat Paine, 26 Apr. 1787
Witnesses proper to be summoned in the case of John Denson
Information vs. Artemas Dryden &c.
Information vs. Dryden and Harrington
Dr. Hill's confession
Witnesses against Jacob Chamberlain
Edward Rawson of Shrewsbury examination, 19 Feb. 1787
Evidences against Edmund Bemas, [26? Apr. 1787]
Testimony of Moses Twiss, David Goodel, and Asa Wheelock, [15 Feb.? 1787]
Relation of Capt. Richard Dresser, 19 Feb. 1787
Information on Genl. Whitney
Samuel Crosby to Robert Treat Paine, Winchendon, 23 Apr. 1787
List of evidences for Brookfield insurgents
Insurgents of Brookfield and witnesses
Insurgents' evidences, 1787
Summons: Against Luke Day of West Springfield for treason and rebellion, 7 Jan. 1788
Witnesses proper to be summoned in the case of Mr. Curtiss with respect to his praying with the Shays men
John Child to grand inquest for the body of the county of Worcester now setting, 30 Apr. 1787
Evidences
Testimony of Levi Flagg, 5 Mar. 1787
Witnesses against Shrewsbury insurgents
List of witnesses examined at Northampton, Apr. 1787
E. Charges to grand juries, 1790-1803
F. Other political and judicial papers, 1758-1807
Arranged chronologically.
Items removed from minutes of criminal trials, 1780-1789 (Reel 17)
Fragments of receipt, account, and writ of attachment, undated
Account: Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, Bristol Sessions, undated
Narrative of proceedings in General Court on appointment of delegate to Congress, 1774
Reproof for newspaper slander as freedom of the press, undated
History of the Boston Port Bill, undated
Appointment by the General Court of Thomas Hutchinson, William Brattle, John Choate, John Tyng, and Benjamin Prat as commissioners to proposed meeting of New England colonies, together with instructions, 24 Jan. 1758 [copy]
Minutes of the proceedings of commissioners from the governments of Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut in consequence of the powers and instructions given by the respective governments, 8 Feb. 1758 [copy]
Return of the men enlisted and impressed for His Majesty's service in the intended expedition against Canada, Apr. 1758
Writ of attachment: Joseph Briggs, Jr. of Taunton vs. Jacob Staple, Jr. of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 3 Dec. 1764 [6 copies]
Answer of the justices of the peace of Bristol County to complaints against them: Address to Governor Bernard and council, [27 May 1765]
Examination of John Ingham, clothier, late of Pennsylvania, Bristol Sessions, 7 June 1765
Judgment in Gilbert Deblois of Boston vs. Ratcliffe Hellon of Taunton, 18 Oct 1765 [copy]
Certificate, signed by Governor William Shirley, Bahama Islands, New Providence, that no stamps or stamp officer had arrived in that province, 31 Jan. 1766
Writ of attachment: Sylvester Jones of Taunton vs. Seth Traffern, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 4 Feb. 1766
Writ of attachment: Sylvester Jones of Taunton vs. Ezra Briggs of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 4 Feb. 1766
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: Robert Crosman of Taunton vs. Nathaniel Knap, 2d, of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 4 Feb. 1766
Writ of attachment: Joseph Atwood of Berkley vs. Bernice Crane of Berkley, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 3 Mar. 1766 [3 copies]
Writ of attachment: Robert Crosman of Taunton vs. Abiel Cole of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 17 Mar. 1766
Writ of attachment: Robert Crosman of Taunton vs. William Ashley of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 29 Mar. 1766
Writ of attachment: Royal Lawton of Taunton vs. Nathaniel White of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 18 Apr. 1766
With attached account.
Summons: To Nathaniel White of Taunton in Royal Lawton of Taunton vs. White, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 18 Apr. 1766
Writ of attachment: Robert Crooke of Newport, R.I. vs. Edmund Leonard of Raynham, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 23 Apr. 1766 [2 copies]
Writ of attachment: John McWhorter of Taunton vs. Gilford Hathaway of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 29 Apr. 1766
With attached account.
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Crosman vs. Ashley, 5 May 1766
Opinion by Jeremiah Gridley and Edmund Trowbridge in a debt case, 3 July 1766
Appointment of Robert Treat Paine, John Adam, and George Williams, all of Taunton, as trustees of estate of Ratcliffe Hellon, late of Taunton, signed by Thomas Hutchinson, 10 July 1766
List of the justices in attendance at court, Aug. 1766-May 1767
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. Royall Lawton of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 14 Aug. 1766
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. Jonathan Harvey of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 14 Aug. 1766
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. Royall Lawton of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 14 Aug. 1766
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in White vs. Lawton, 25 Aug. 1766
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Brown vs. Lawton, 25 Aug. 1766
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. Elijah Jones of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 4 Sep. 1766
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. James Waldron of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 4 Sep. 1766
Writ of attachment: Elkanah French of Rehoboth vs. Ephraim Tisdale of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 25 Feb. 1767
Writ of attachment: Richard Wastcoat of Dighton vs. Robert Fish of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 25 Feb. 1767
Writ of attachment: Richard Wastcoat of Dighton vs. George Ware of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 25 Feb. 1767
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in French vs. Tisdale, 6 Mar. 1767
Case notes by Robert Auchmuty, [1 Apr. 1767]
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Porter vs. White, 17 Apr. 1767
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. William Johnson of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 22 Apr. 1767
Writ of attachment: Nathaniel Jackson vs. William Ashley of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 23 Apr. 1767 [severe damage]
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. Simmons Paine of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 22 Apr. 1767
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. James Edminster, Jr. of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 22 Apr. 1767
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Brown vs. Edminster, 4 May 1767
Writ of attachment: Robert Crossman of Taunton vs. Paul DeCosta of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 11 May 1767
Writ of execution: Samuel White of Taunton vs. George Codding of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 11 May 1767
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Williams vs. French, 22 May 1767
Writ of execution: Abiel Atwood, Jr. of Berkley vs. Elijah Briggs of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 25 May 1767 [3 copies]
Writ of attachment: Nathaniel Snell of Taunton vs. Ebenezer Stephens of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 5 June 1767
Writ of attachment: Nathan Eddy of Middleborough vs. Nathaniel Gilmore of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 25 June 1767
Writ of attachment: Sylvester Richmond, Jr. of Dighton vs. David Briggs of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 22 June 1767
Writ of attachment: Nathan Eddy of Middleboro vs. Nathaniel Gilmore of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 25 June 1767 [4 copies]
Writ of attachment: Sylvester Richmond, Jr. of Dighton vs. David Luther of Swanzy, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 27 June 1767
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Richmond vs. Briggs, 29 June 1767
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Eddy vs. Gilmore, 11 July 1767 [4 copies]
Writ of attachment: Ebenezer Wood, Jr. of Middleborough vs. Abiel Holloway of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 27 July 1767
Writ of attachment: Thomas Cobb of Taunton vs. Daniel Whitmarsh of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, [27?] July 1767
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Cobb vs. Whitmarsh, 17 Aug. 1767
Summons: To Benjamin Read of Dartmouth in Isaac Hathaway of Freetown vs. Read, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 3 Aug. 1767
Writ of attachment: Isaac Hathaway of Freetown vs. Benjamin Read of Dartmouth, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 3 Aug. 1767
Writ of attachment: John Lambert of Taunton vs. Philip King of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 13 Aug. 1767
Power of attorney: Jonathan Hill of Swanzy appoints James Mason, Swanzy, 9 Sep. 1767
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. Benjamin Frish of Swansey, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 4 Nov. 1768
Writ of attachment: Seth Alden, Jr. of Bridgewater vs. Charles Finney of Easton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 2 Apr. 1768
Writ of attachment: Seth Alden, Jr. of Bridgewater vs. Charles Finney of Easton, 27 Apr. 1768
Writ of attachment: Sylvester Richmond, Jr. of Dighton vs. Jonathan Hill of Swanzy, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 17 June 1768
Writ of attachment: William McKinstry of Taunton vs. Samuel Howard of Rehoboth, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 9 July 1768
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. Isaac Gould of Attleborough, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 12 July 1768
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. Isaac Linkon of Rehoboth, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 12 July 1768
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. Lucas Wilson of Rehoboth, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 12 July 1768
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. Ephraim Tisdale of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 14 July 1768
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. James Brown, 2d, of Swansey, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 16 July 1768
List of the members of the convention held at Boston...in consequence of Gov Barnard's dissolving the Genl. Court, [22 Sep. 1768]
Report of committee considering alterations to the court house, Bristol County, Nov. 1768
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. Alanson Cummings of Swansey, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 19 Dec. 1768
Writ of attachment: Susannah Tisdale of Taunton vs. Abiel Smith of Raynham, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 21 Dec. 1768
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. Solomon Snow of Raynham, 21 Dec. 1768
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. Dan Tew of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 27 Dec. 1768
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. Nicholas Webster of Berkley, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 27 Dec. 1768
With attached account.
Writ of attachment: Samuel White of Taunton vs. George Eliot of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 28 Dec. 1768
Papers related to absentees, 1777-1790
Absentees in the county of Berkshire, undated
Summary of Robert Treat Paine's work in libeling absentee estates, [after 1790]
Estates confiscated in the county of Middlesex, undated
Summary of number of libels on absentee estates continued for trial on and after 1 Jan. 1783
Narrative of proceedings for compensation for confiscating the estate of refugees
Pieced together by Charles C. Paine from scraps of paper in the handwriting of Robert Treat Paine.
Account of administration on absentee estates, 16 May 1777-2 July 1779
Notes on estates of William Brattle, John Borland, David Phips, Elisha Jones, Charles Russell, and Isaac Royal, [1779?]
Court costs: State vs. Nathan Bowen, Mar. 1779 [2 copies]
List of absentees, [1779?]
List of absentees in York County, [1779?]
When did the following persons leave Boston and where did they go to, [1779?]
List of absentees in Plymouth County, [1779?]
List of absentees in Cumberland County, [1779?]
Memorandum of the information filed against the estate of absentees lying in the county of Worcester, [1779?]
Notebook of cases before Suffolk Common Pleas, Middlesex Common Pleas, Bristol Common Pleas, Barnstable Common Pleas, Dec. 1779-Apr. 1782
Includes lists of absentee estates in Hampshire, Lincoln, Cumberland, Essex, Berkshire, Plymouth, and York counties.
Certificate: 20 libels in Suffolk Common Pleas prosecuted by Robert Treat Paine, Jan 1783-Apr. 1784
General Court resolve directing Robert Treat Paine as attorney general to commence action against Zebedee Sprout as agent on the estates of Peter Oliver and Peter Oliver, Jr., 2 July 1783
List of absentee estates libeled by Robert Treat Paine as attorney general, Ipswich Common Pleas, Apr. 1781-Apr. 1784
Writ of attachment: Sylvester Richmond, 2d, of Dighton vs. Samuel Waldron of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 13 Jan. 1769
Writ of attachment: Thomas Cobb of Taunton vs. Jedediah Wilbore, Jr. of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 25 Feb. 1769
Writ of attachment: Mathew Cummings of Taunton vs. John Cooper of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 25 Feb. 1769
Writ of attachment: Jedediah Wilbore, Jr. of Taunton vs. John Trow of Norton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 27 Feb. 1769
Writ of attachment: George Ware of Dighton vs. Robert Pigsley of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 25 Feb. 1769
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Ware vs. Piglsey, 10 Mar. 1769
Writ of attachment: Lemuel Lyon of Stoughton vs. Thomas Butter of Easton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 27 Mar. 1769
Writ of attachment: Daniel Leonard of Taunton vs. Joseph Linken, 2d, of Norton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 29 Mar. 1769
Summons: To James Andrews of Taunton in Thomas Cobb of Taunton, as administrator of the estate of Thomas Cobb, Jr. vs. Andrews, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 13 Mar. 1769
Writ of attachment: Thomas Cobb of Taunton vs. James Andrews of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 13 Mar. 1769
Summons: To Elijah Gary of Taunton in Eliphaz Harlow of Taunton vs. Gary, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 1 Apr. 1769
Writ of attachment: Eliphaz Harlow of Taunton vs. Elijah Gary of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 1 Apr. 1769
Writ of attachment: John Porter of Taunton vs. Simeon White of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 8 Apr. 1769
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Lyons vs. Butter, 17 Apr. 1769
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Leonard vs. Porter, 1 May 1769
Writ of attachment: Job Williams of Taunton vs. Joseph French of Berkley, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 9 May 1769
Writ of attachment: Noah Wiswall of Norton vs. Isaac Linkon of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 10 May 1769
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Wiswall vs. Linken, 22 May 1769
Writ of attachment: Abigail Burt of Berkley vs. James Waldron of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 12 June 1769
Writ of attachment: John Porter of Taunton vs. Ephraim Cole of Swanzy, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 23 June 1769
Summons: To Robert Caldwell, William McEllory, Charles Barstow, Elijah Dean, Thomas Cushman, Gershom Holmes, Stephen Macumber, Jr., Edward Harvey, and Seth Williams, Jr., all of Taunton, as witnesses in John Porter of Taunton vs. Daniel Linkon, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 22 July 1769
Summons: To James Waldron of Dighton in Abigail Burt of Berkley vs. Waldron, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 12 July 1769
Writ of attachment: Abijah Wilbore of Raynham vs. Levi White of Norton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 13 July 1769
With attached account.
Summons: To Levi White of Norton in Abijah Wilbore of Raynham vs. White, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 13 July 1769
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Porter vs. Cole, 3 July 1769
Writ of attachment: John Porter of Taunton vs. Daniel Linkon, 2d, of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 14 July 1769
Summons: Thomas Gilbert of Berkley, as agent and trustee for William Gyles, in Thomas White vs. William Gyles, 21 July 1769
Judgment by Robert Treat Paine on verso.
Writ of attachment, 31 July 1769 [fragment]
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. David Briggs of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 2 Aug. 1769
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. Moses Campbell of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 2 Aug. 1769
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. David Briggs of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 2 Aug. 1769
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. James Codding of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 2 Aug. 1769
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. Daniel Hathaway of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 2 Aug. 1769
Writ of attachment: Jedediah Wilbore, Jr. of Taunton vs. Seth Linkon of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 2 Aug. 1769
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. Ebenezer Philips of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 2 Aug. 1769
Writ of attachment: William Brown of Dighton vs. William Leonard of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 2 Aug. 1769
With attached account.
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Brown vs. Campbell, 14 Aug. 1769
Summons: To Ruben Winslow of Dartmouth as witness in Brown vs. Hathaway, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 14 Aug. 1769
Summons: To Elijah Mayo of Dartmouth as witness in Brown vs. Hathaway, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 11 Aug. 1769
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Brown vs. Briggs, 14 Aug. 1769 [2 copies]
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Brown vs. Hathaway, 14 Aug. 1769
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Brown vs. Leonard, 14 Aug. 1769
Summons: To Mary Redman of Stoughton in Nehemiah Liscombe of Taunton vs. Redman, 5 Feb. 1770
On verso: case list for May court.
Summons: To William Restrey of Taunton in Benjamin Crossman of Taunton vs. Restrey, 12 May 1770
On verso: case list for Taunton court, Sep. 1770.
Case notes: Waterman vs. Gillings, Plymouth Common Pleas, July 1770
On verso: epitaph for Mrs. Elizabeth Pool.
Petition of inhabitants of Taunton to General Court regarding destruction of alewives, [Oct. 1770?] [Robert Treat Paine draft]
Case notes: Bowers vs. White, Taunton court, Dec. 1770
Appointment by Taunton town meeting of a committee to petition the General Court respecting the taking of alewives and other fish by seining in Taunton Great River, 9 July 1770
Committee: Robert Treat Paine, George Godfrey, and Daniel Leonard.
Writ of attachment: Jonathan Walker in Josiah Richmond of Taunton vs. Walker, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 20 Mar. 1771 [badly damaged]
With enclosed promissory note to pay Josiah Richmond, 10 Sep. 1770.
Judgment fees and costs in Aaron Lopez vs. Israel Barney, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, Oct. 1771
Unidentified list of cases, [1772?]
Court costs: County of Bristol to Robert Treat Paine, 3 Feb. 1772-20 Sep. 1773
Writ of attachment: Philip Hathaway of Freetown vs. Nathan Mirick of Berkley, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 4 Feb. 1772
Writ of attachment: Philip Hathway of Freetown vs. Robert Miller of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 4 Feb. 1772
Writ of attachment: Philip Hathway of Freetown vs. Edward Winslow of Berkley, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 4 Feb. 1772
Writ of attachment: Joseph French of Berkley vs. Elijah Briggs of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 10 Feb. 1772
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in French vs. Briggs, 10 Mar. 1772
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in French vs. Miller, 10 Mar. 1772 [2 copies]
Writ of attachment: Philip Hathway of Freetown vs. Silas Seekins of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 10 Mar. 1772
Writ of attachment: Philip Hathway of Freetown vs. Robert Miller of Freetown, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 10 Mar. 1772
Promissory note: Oliver Simmons, Jr. to Zephaniah Linkon, 30 Mar. 1772 [2 copies]
Writ of attachment: Zephaniah Linkon of Taunton vs. Oliver Simmons, Jr. of Dighton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 7 May 1772 [2 copies]
Court costs: Robert Treat Paine to Bristol County in Linkon vs. Simmons, 16 May 1772
List of cases, Common Pleas, Bristol County, Sep. 1772
Writ of attachment: Thomas Cobb of Taunton vs. John Harvey of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 23 Nov. 1772
Drafts of resolves and notes concerning the letters of Thomas Hutchinson and proposed impeachment of Peter Oliver, [1773]
Writ of attachment: Jacob Tilson of Middleborough vs. Elijah Shaw of Taunton, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 18 Mar. 1773
Writ of attachment: Joseph Redding of Middleborough vs. David Braley of Dartmouth, Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace, 26 July 1773
Appointment of committee by Taunton town meeting to consider Boston resolves, Virginia Burgesses' proceedings, pamphlets sent from Boston, etc., 28 Aug. 1773
Report on behalf of the town of Taunton in approbation of resolves of Boston in Nov. 1772, [28? Aug. 1773]
Report of Privy Council, London, in regard to affairs in Massachusetts, 1 Sep. 1773 [copy]
Resolves of town of Plymouth against actions in Boston, 13 Dec. 1773
Address of Peter Oliver to the House of Representatives, Middleborough, 3 Feb. 1774
Robert Treat Paine on the power of removal, Judge Peter Oliver, [Mar. 1774]
Draft of address of House of Representatives to governor respecting impeachment of Peter Oliver as chief justice, [9 June] 1774
Minutes of debates in Congress, [1774]
List of members of Congress, [Aug.? 1774]
Robert Treat Paine on "Massachusentensis," [1775?] [draft]
Robert Treat Paine on want of gunpowder, [1775?] [draft]
Robert Treat Paine on report of resolves for muskets, [1775?]
French gunpowder formula, [1775?] [in French]
Most advisable plan to be observed with regard to the late conquest of the passes on Lake Champlain, Bernard Romans, 27 May 1775
Minutes of the ordnance taken from the ministerial troops at the several northern posts, 1 May-13 Nov. 1775
Return of artillery at Ticonderoga, Crown Point, etc., 2 Dec. 1775
Inventory of cannon, mortars, etc., brought from Ticonderoga, 10 Dec. 1775
List of stores and cannon at Crown Point, [23 Dec. 1775?]
In Henry Knox's handwriting.
Payroll of travel and attendance, justices of Bristol County, Dec. 1775-Sep. 1778
Contract between Joseph Simmons and William Henry of Lancaster, Pa., and committee of Congress about the manufacture of muskets, [1776?] [draft]
Proposal for improving artillery, both for sea and land service, [1776?]
Extracts in Robert Treat Paine's handwriting of material by John Muller, 21 Jan. 1767.
Notes concerning two cannon made at Boston, [1776?]
"The Exercise of a Field piece of four pounds ball worked by eight men," [1776?]
Table of ratios of velocities of shot issuing from different lengths of cannon charged with different quantities of powder, [1776?]
For the domestic manufacture of salt petre, [1776?]
Circular of the committee respecting manufacture of salt petre, [1776?]
General dimensions of Howitzers, [1776?]
Extracts from John Muller's Treatise of Artillery, [1776?]
Manufacture of salt petre, [1776?]
Resolve of Congress respecting Navy deserters, [1776?] [draft]
Extracts from mathematical tracts of the late Benjamin Robins on the force of gunpowder, [1776?]
List of guns on board each rate ship in the British Navy, [1776?]
Notes on the production of salt petre from various texts, [1776?]
Extract from John Entick's General History of the Late War on fortifications at Cherbourg
Extract from J. Wright's History of the War on Frederick the Great
Testimony relating to the expedition into Canada
Committee: Robert R. Livingston, Robert Treat Paine, and John Langdon.
General Court resolve empowering delegates to the Continental Congress, 18 Jan. 1776
Plan of a 32 pr. of modern construction (Bernard Romans, engineer) done at the desire of Robert Treat Paine, Philadelphia, 3 Feb. 1776 [schematic drawing]
Contract between Joseph Simons and William Henry of Lancaster, Pa., on one part, and Robert Treat Paine, James Wilson, Samuel Huntington, Francis Lightfoot Lee, and Lewis Morris, a committee appointed by Congress, on the other part, for the manufacture of muskets and bayonets, [9? Mar. 1776]
Contract between Ebenezer Cowell of Trenton, N.J., gunsmith, and Robert Treat Paine, James Wilson, Samuel Huntington, Francis Lightfoot Lee, and Lewis Morris, a committee of Congress, 9 Mar. 1776
Promissory note: Ebenezer Cowell of Trenton, N.J., to Robert Treat Paine, James Wilson, Samuel Huntington, Francis Lightfoot Lee, and Lewis Morris, a committee of Congress, for value received, Philadelphia, 9 Mar. 1776
Congressional resolve appointing committee to provide for wounded or disabled, 20 June 1776
Committee: Robert Treat Paine, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Lyman Hall, William Ellery, and Francis Lewis.
Receipt: Anthony Mosengeil received of Robert Treat Paine for the committee of Congress to promote the manufacturing of sulphur, Philadelphia, 28 June 1776
Appointment of William Tilton as coroner in Dukes County, Mass., counter-signed by councillors, 8 Nov. 1776 [fragment]
Extract from Congressional minutes directing cannon committee, 26 Nov. 1776
Petition to General Court by Samuel Tufts, collector of excise and impost, and Michael Hodge, Naval officer for Newburyport, [1777?]
Robert Treat Paine as attorney general to Gen. Horatio Gates, informing him of witnesses on board a cartel, [1777?]
Draught of a 6 pd. cannon [1777] [schematic drawing]
Account of business transacted by the Supreme Judicial Court, July 1777-Jan. 1783
Petition: Daniel Bucklin, commander of the private sloop of war Montgomery, to the Continental Congress, 24 June 1777
Appointment: Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace and of the quorum for Bristol County, 21 July 1777
Case list: Supreme Judicial Court, Aug. 1777-Nov. 1782
Account book for cases heard by Supreme Judicial Court, Aug. 1777-Oct. 1784
Notification by Robert Treat Paine as attorney general to Nathan Cushing, judge of the Maritime Court, concerning British-made manufactures, 11 Aug. 1777
On verso: extract of resolve impounding British or Irish manufactures, 6 Apr. 1776.
Petition of town of Taunton to General Court concerning drawing in bills of credit, 24 Nov. 1777
Appended: list of "Remonstrances from these towns dwell on the vile oppression & avarice of monopolists &c."
Committee appointed to collect "the several objections set forth in the Remonstrances &c." and prepare an answer, 24 Nov. 1777
Petition and remonstrance: Town of Hardwick to the General Court concerning drawing in bills of credit, 24 Nov. 1777
Appointment of delegation to the Continental Congress, 4 Dec. 1777 [copy]
Delegates: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry, Francis Dana, and James Lovell.
Petition and remonstrance: Town of Bellingham to the General Court concerning drawing in bills of credit, 8 Dec. 1777
Appointment of commissioners to investigate failure of Rhode Island Expedition, 12 Dec. 1777 [2 copies]
Commissioners: Gen. William Whipple, Robert Treat Paine, Egbert Benson, Oliver Ellsworth, and Henry Marchant.
Draft of address of the General Court to the people on the act to restrain the circulation of the state currency, 12-15 Dec. 1777
Draft by Robert Treat Paine of a resolve of the General Court for expelling Edward Bacon, representative from Barnstable, on account of his being a Tory, [1778?]
Resolves of the General Court in consequence of address from Congress to the people, [1778?]
Draft of address of the convention at New Haven on regulation of prices, [Jan. 1778] [2 drafts]
Resolve of the General Court appointing Thomas Cushing, Robert Treat Paine, and Col. Elisha Porter as representatives to the convention at New Haven, 13 Jan. 1778
Account: Preportion of lead flints and gun locks, Taunton, [14 Feb. 1778]
Resolve that a committee be appointed to estimate number of cannon needed for defense, [10 Mar. 1778]
Robert Treat Paine on committee.
Resolve of House of Representatives empowering president of council to sign instructions to delegates to New Haven convention, 11 Mar. 1778 [copy]
Unidentified index of names cross-referenced to page numbers, [1779?]
Draft of memorandum concerning a Groton constable, 1779
Draft of address of General Court to people in aid of address of Congress on the currency, [1779]
Draft of form to justices of the Common Pleas of Middlesex County on absentees, 1779
Draft of form to justices of the Common Pleas of Suffolk County on absentees, 1779 [2 drafts]
Resolve of the House of Representatives, 9 Jan. 1779
Deposition of John Greenough concerning the taking of the ship Somerset, Boston, 25 Jan. 1779
Broadside: Resolve of the House of Representatives calling for election of representatives to a state convention on a new constitution, 20 Feb. 1779 [2 copies]
Order of the council to Robert Treat Paine as attorney general to file a libel for the condemnation of goods of Timothy Folger, signed by Samuel Adams as secretary, 22 July 1779 [copy]
William Cushing to Robert Treat Paine as attorney general, [178-?]
Robert Treat Paine as attorney general to "The honble. Judges," [178-?]
Order to sheriffs of Suffolk County for notification in State vs. Edward Foster, 14 Feb. 1780
Vote of New Haven convention for a committee to consider adjourning, 25 Feb. 1780
Robert Treat Paine on committee.
Transport permit, signed by James Pattison, commandant of New York, 23 June 1780
House of Representatives resolve concerning committee to revise the laws, 29 Nov. 1780
Robert Treat Paine on committee.
Arrangement of the business assigned the members of the committee for revising the laws, [1781]
Notes on revising laws
Acts prepared by James Bowdoin, 1781
"A Division of the Laws," committing items to members, [1781]
House resolve instructing committee to prepare a bill regulating taverns and drunkenness, 20 June 1781
House order concerning committee to revise laws, concerning maritime courts, endorsed by James Bowdoin, 28 June 1781
Resolve of Congress "on a Report of a Committee appointed to prepare a recommendation to the States to enact Laws for punishing infractions of the Laws of Nations," 23 Nov. 1781
John Hancock to Robert Treat Paine concerning "the Resolution of the General Courts respecting Mr. John Temple," Boston, 23 Nov. 1781
With accompanying file on Temple.
List of actions, Court of Common Pleas, Cumberland County, [Mar.?] 1782
Bills drawn by J. Sullivan, 1782
Resolve of Congress concerning legal captures on water and condemnations, 2 Jan. 1782
House vote requesting report of committee to revise laws, 24 Jan. 1782
Senate order to notify committee for revising the laws of a second reading on bills reported by them, 25 Jan. 1782
List of libels, Berkshire County, Feb. 1782
Committee on seizure and condemnation of British-made goods requests leave to report to General Court, 1 Feb. 1782
Council orders secretary to furnish Robert Treat Paine as attorney general with papers relative to Capt. Timothy Folger, endorsed by John Hancock, 21 Feb. 1782
Council orders Nantucket naval officer, endorsed by John Hancock, 26 Feb. 1782
Petition to judges at Northampton, 19 Apr. 1782
Committee appointed to consider letters from Gen. Washington, Mr. Livingston, and Mr. Morris requests leave to report, 17 Apr. 1782
Act for the due observance of the Lord's Day, [Oct.? 1782] [draft]
Robert Treat Paine petition to General Court for compensation for services as attorney general, Feb. 1783 [draft]
Monopoly of sugar in Boston in 1777, 5 July 1783
Subscription list to present "Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court, such a Dress, as they shall think properly pertains to their office," 4 Oct. 1783
Signed by Perez Morton, Theophilus Parsons, Benjamin Lincoln, James Hughes, Jonathan Mason, Jr., Rufus G. Amory, Ebenezer Bradish, Jr., William Hunt, Royall Tyler, Fisher Ames, Edward H. Robbins, Israel Keith, Rufus King, William Fisk, John Lowell, B. G. Amory, J. Gardiner, B. Hichbourne, William Tudor, Thomas Dawes, Jr., James Sullivan, Nathaniel Paine, Christopher Gore, John Sprague, Levi Lincoln, and Jonathan Fay.
Address to governor declining commission as a justice of the Supreme Court, 16 Feb. 1784 [draft]
House order to return papers to James Bowdoin, 7 June 1784
Senate order instructing report of committee to revise laws, 2 July 1784
Boston town vote establishing committee to review by-laws, 17 Aug. 1784
Committee: Robert Treat Paine, John Lowell, James Sullivan, Benjamin Hitchburne, and Ezekiel Price.
House order to committee for revising the laws concerning absentees, 5 Nov. 1784
Samuel Henshaw to Robert Treat Paine as attorney general, Impost Excise Office, Suffolk County, 24 Nov. 1784
Note adding Tristram Dalton to a Senate committee, signed by Samuel Adams, 1 Feb. 1785
Senate order to create a committee to revise legislation concerning Negroes and mulattoes, 11 Mar. 1785
Council minutes abstract concerning committee "respecting two pirates apprehended at Machias," 21 July 1785
Robert Treat Paine to Governor Bowdoin and council regarding piracy charge, 22 July 1785 [draft]
List of libels, Oct. 1785-Oct. 1786
On verso of dinner invitation from governor to Robert Treat Paine, undated.
Robert Treat Paine account with James Lassel, Oct. 1785
Receipt: Bullerman's cause, [1786?]
Complaint against a number guilty of a riot, Bristol County, 13 June 1786
List of actions, Falmouth Supreme Judicial Court, June 1786
Notice to justices of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Court of Common Pleas concerning closure of Concord court house, Job Shattuck, 12 Sep. 1786 [copy]
Petition: Robert Treat Paine to General Court concerning complaints about grants to the attorney general, Oct. 1786
Petition: George Brock to governor, 2 Nov. 1786
Petition: "Orina" to judges, attorney general, sheriff, and clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, 24 May 1787
With attached note from "Orina" to Daniel Shays, Luke Day, Adam Wheeler, and Ely Persons: "I approve, and greatfully accept the Service you have done to your country..."
Treasurer's report to the attorney general, Boston, 7 Aug. 1787
General Court order to committee to revise laws to prepare a bill, 18 June 1788
Petition: Robert Treat Paine to General Court, Jan. 1789 [draft]
Notes on Slave Act, [179-?]
Commission of Robert Treat Paine as a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, signed by John Hancock, 22 Jan. 1790
Judgment by Robert Treat Paine in case of Quintin Dick vs. Christopher Gore, Suffolk Sessions, Supreme Judicial Court, Feb. 1790
With draft of same.
Petition of Robert Treat Paine to General Court for supplement to allowance as attorney general for libeling of absentee estates, 26 May 1790
Petition of Robert Treat Paine to General Court for supplement to allowance as attorney general for libeling of absentee estates, 26 May 1790
Second draft including totals of libels issued by county.
Decision: Supreme Judicial Court, Ipswich, in case of Thomas McDonough, British consul, June 1791
General Court order to committee revising the laws to complete their business, 1 June 1791
Petition: Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court to General Court about living expenses, Feb. 1795 and Feb. 1797
Eulogy on death of George Washington, [Dec. 1799]
Robert Treat Paine on civil law, [1801?] [draft]
Report of committee on Robert Treat Paine's petition for recompense for his services as attorney general in 1783, concurred in House and Senate, 22 June 1803
Petition of Robert Treat Paine for further compensation for services as attorney general, Jan. 1804 [draft]
Conclusion of the report of Turner Thayer & Austin, a committee of the House (9 Feb. 1783), Mar. 1804
Petition of Robert Treat Paine for further compensation for services as attorney general, [Feb. 1805?]-28 May 1807
Statement on fee allowance relative to report of Cotton Tufts, 20 May 1805
VI. Newspapers, 1726-1808
Arranged chronologically.
This series consists of annotated newspaper clippings mounted in a scrapbook.
The London Gazette, 7 Mar. 1726
The Boston Weekly News-Letter, 25 Nov.-2 Dec. 1736
The Boston Evening-Post, 17 Aug. 1761
The Boston-Gazette and Country Journal, 9 Nov. 1767
The Boston-Gazette and Country Journal, 23 Nov. 1767
The Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Post-Boy and the Advertiser, 25 Feb. 1771
The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser (Boston), 16 Oct. 1777
[Fragment of Boston newspaper, Aug. 1764]
Broadsheet: Proceedings of his Majesty's Privy-Council on the Address of the Assembly of Massachusetts to remove his Governor and Lieutenant-Governor... [Boston, 1774]
The Connecticut Journal and the New-Haven Post-Boy, 2 Aug. 1775
The Pennsylvania Evening Post, 6 Apr. 1776
[Newspaper fragment, July 1776]
[Newspaper fragment, July 1776]
[Fragment of Boston Gazette, 28 July 1777]
The Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser, 28 Jan. 1779
The New-York Journal and the General Advertiser (Poughkeepsie), 8 Feb. 1779
Gazette de la Martinique, 22 July 1779
The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser (Boston), 26 July 1781 and 14 Dec. 1781
The Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser (Boston), 3 Jan. 1782
The Massachusetts Herald: Or, Worcester Journal, 13 Sep. 1783
The Independent Chronicle, and the Universal Advertiser, 11 Mar. 1784
The Massachusetts Centinel, 14 May 1785
Columbian Centinel, Extra, 12 May 1792
"Reflections on Monroe's view," by Scipio, no. 1-3, clippings from The Gazette of the United States & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
"Reflections on Monroe's view," by Scipio, no. 5-8, clippings from The Gazette of the United States & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
"Reflections on Monroe's view," by Scipio, no. 11-12, clippings from The Gazette of the United States & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
[Fragment] annotated "Mr. Jefferson's Letter to Mazzei republished 30 Dec. 1797"
[Fragment from Gazette of the United States & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser] annotated "Fenno...Remarks on the 4th Sepr. & the Fr. constiton. anr. piece on democracy," 5-6 Feb. 1798
Massachusetts Mercury (Boston) annotated "Ellsworths opinion on Br Debts N.C., 1795," 13 June 1797
The Virginia Gazette, &c. Extraordinary (Richmond, Va.), 27 Nov. 1798
The Virginia Gazette, and General Advertiser (Richmond, Va.), 27 Nov. 1798
[Fragment from Boston Gazette, 6 Nov. 1800]
[Unidentified fragment] annotated "plain case statut at Boston...abt. Election of presidt.," 24 Dec. 1800
Independent Chronicle (Boston), 4 Jan. 1808
VII. Maps, 1755-1805
This series contains manuscript maps by Robert Treat Paine of the expedition to Lake George in 1755, as well as lot plans of later pieces of Paine property.
Joseph Heath manuscript map of Sagadohock River from mouth to Fort George
Plan of Lake George, 13 Oct. 1755
Fragment of printed map, Chesapeake Bay to Canada
[Plan of routes?], [1755?]
Plan of route from Dedham to Lancaster, 30 Jan. 1755
Plan of route from Worcester to Boston, [1755?]
Plan of Fort Edward, [1755?]
Plan of Fort William Henry, 1755
Plan of route from Lancaster to Albany, 1755
True copy of a plan taken with the Baron de Dieskeau, general of the French Army at Lake George, 8 Sep. 1755
Plan of Lake George and fort, 13 Oct. 1755
Plan of the encampment at Lake George, 13 Oct. 1755
Plan of house lot on Milk Street, Boston, "made after exchange with Joseph Shed," 5 Apr. 1805, attached to "Plan of the Estate of the late Judge Paine at the corner of Milk and Federal Streets"
Unidentified survey and building plan
VIII. Miscellaneous Robert Treat Paine papers, 1728-1811
This series contains school writings and other miscellaneous papers of Robert Treat Paine. Among the school papers are essays, compositions, translations, drawings, manuscript copies of books and poetry, and notes. The series also contains doodles dating from Paine's service as an usher at the Boston Latin School, 1750, including the earliest known signature of John Hancock.
Rules of Latin syntax, Mar. 1743
Latin compositions, 1745-1749
Translations of Cicero orations, 1747
Essays presented to the Phinphilenici Club at Harvard, 1748
Laws of Harvard College (1734) copied by Robert Treat Paine and signed by Edward Holyoke, Henricus Flynt, Belcher Hancock, and Josephus Mayhew, 1746
Copies of poems by Edward Ward: "The Wealthy Shopkeeper or Charitable Citizen" and "A Journey to H-- or a Visit paid the D--" [parts I and II]
"The Life and Miracles of the Virgin St. Rosalia being the production of the Master Fryar John of St. Bernard's of the third Order of our holy Father St. Francis. Translated from the Spanish by Robert Treat Paine," 1754
Drawing of clock mechanism, undated
"An english conference upon the comparative advantages, which have resulted to mankind from the Mariner's compass, Gunpowder, & the Art of Printing"
Various mathematical drawings and calculations, one on verso of note from John Thomas to Robert Treat Paine requesting him to fix Col. Warren's clock, undated
Poem: "O more than your mate did they but know..."
"A New Song on Masonry"
Abstract from Book of Heraldry on Paine coat-of-arms
"A Magic Circle of Circles" by Thomas Cobb
"Remarks on perfidy & allusion to addresses to one of his Daughters" on verso of undated [1810?] dinner invitation from Francis Dana
"Short-Writing. The most easy, exact & lineal & speady Method that has ever yet been Obtained or taught. Compos'd by Theophilus Metcalf, author & professor of said Art, afterwards carefully revis'd Inlarg'd & improv'd by E. H. The 35th edition newly Corrected...Copy'd by R. T. Paine," 22 Mar. 1745
Sample of short-writing by Robert Treat Paine, 1748
Bracography [key to Robert Treat Paine's shorthand code]
Note: "Hold fast, mistaken Man...," undated
Epigramma on verso of Latin exercise, [174-?]
Reading notes on the Encyclopedia
Reading notes on Watson's Chemistry
Reading notes on Batavia illustrata, or a view of the policy & commerce of the United Provinces, particularly Holland, by Onslow Burrish (London), 1728
Poem: "Bug Barrett transform'd into a brand bottle" and reply, [1745-1746?]
Robert Treat Paine's singing book, begun 7 Feb. 1748
Poem: "A Crambo at Friendship Hall," [175-?]
Allegory: "Musidora a blooming Nymph...," [175-?]
"On Life, An Allegory," [175-?]
"Reflections on Life," [175-?] [draft of preceding item]
"To l'Vertue on human Uncertainty"
"To l'Vertue on the Death of her sister"
"The Virgin's Catechism," [175-?]
"A Song of Bacchus & Apollo," Maidstone Point, N.C., 5 Mar. 1752
Hocce Librum Roberto Treat Paine attinet Ex dono Antonii Emanuelis de Sylva apud Fayal Sacerdotis reverendi Mense Septembris Annoq: Domini 1753
Exercise in Spanish
"A Versification of a Letter to a young Lady," [1755?]
Allegory on a comet, Robert Treat Paine to Richard Cranch, [1755?] [in code]
Prayer at a wedding, Lancaster, 12 Feb. 1755
Description of a ball, 20 Sep. 1756
"On the Death of Mr. Nathl. Smibert," Nov. 1756
Dialogue: Bob, Tasso, and Pannick, before 10 Mar. 1757
Poem: "Is Harvard burnt?" by Samuel Quincy, after 24 Jan. 1764
Notes from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, [1770]
Epitaph for Mrs. Elizabeth Pool of Taunton, 1770
"Shubael Bell acrostic," [18-?]
Reading notes on Mrs. M. Warren's History of the American Revolution, 1805
Obituary notice of Nathaniel Balch, [1807?]
Comments on a review by Lucius Manlius Sargent of an address by Charles Paine before the Massachusetts Charitable Society, 1808
Reading notes on Quarterly Review, Oct.-Dec. 1811
Mathematical drawings, calculations, and notes, 1750
Included are drawings and calculations mostly on the verso of Latin exercises and notes from the period when Robert Treat Paine served as usher at the Boston Latin School. Among the items are: John Hancock, Latin exercise (Hancock's earliest known signature); William Browne, Latin translation; Abia Holbrook, note to excuse lateness of bearers, 22 May 1750; Cord Cordis, note to excuse lateness of son, 26 Apr. 1750; John Gardiner, Latin exercise; George Erving, Latin exercise; and Calculatio Machinae pedibus Motae.
List of Family Correspondence
This list contains all of the letters in Series I.A. (Family correspondence). Items are arranged chronologically.
Correspondence, 1713-1756
Mary of the Angels to "Cosin," a copy of a letter from Quebec to a woman in Boston, 12 June 1713
"Petitions intercepted," to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Boston, and from the ministers, church wardens, and vestry of the Church of England in Boston N.E. to the queen, 8 Dec. 1713
William Ashhurst to the king, copy of John Clarke, secretary to the Company for Propagating the Gospel in New England, etc., "abt. coll. Burgiss," London, 14 Feb. 1715
W. Worcester to Marquis of Wharton, Lord Privy Seal, copy "abt. coll. Burgiss," Wortlebury, 1 Mar. 1715
Joseph Gee to "Dear Cuz," Boston, 1 Aug. 1718
James Paine to Thomas Paine, Barnstable, 22 Feb. 1725
Rev. Samuel Willard to Thomas Paine, Port Royall, 3 June 1725
Thomas Paine to Samuel Cobb, Weymouth, 22 Mar. 1726
Samuel Cobb to Thomas Paine, Falmouth, 21 Apr. 1726
Rev. Joseph Green to Thomas Paine, Barnstable, 28 Apr. 1726
John Bass, Edward Waldon, and John Waldon to Thomas Paine and Mr. Boadwain [James Bowdoin], Windham, Conn., 25 Sep. 1733
Thomas Paine on leaving the church at Weymouth, Boston, 27 Mar. 1735
Rev. Samuel Willard to Thomas Paine, Biddeford, 16 Aug. 1736
Rev. Samuel Willard to Thomas Paine, Biddeford, 10 Jan. 1737
Elnathan Eldredge to Thomas Paine, [Jan. 1739]
Capt. Samuel Row to Capt. Jefferies Hazzel, copy of letter on Lassel's estate, Boston, 15 Jan. 1738
Samuel Storke to Thomas Paine, London, 14 May 1739 [copy] and 2 June 1739
Rev. Samuel Willard to Thomas Paine, Biddeford, 29 Sep. 1739
Samuel Storke to Thomas Paine, London, 10 Oct. 1739 and 20 Oct. 1739
John Maylem to [Thomas Paine?], Newport, R.I., 20 Feb. 1740
Elnathan Eldridg to Thomas Paine, Dartmouth, 8 Nov. 1740
Samuel Storke to Thomas Paine, London, 27 Feb. 1741 and 23 Mar. 1741
Samuel Storke to Thomas Paine, London, 23 Mar. 1741 [copy] and 8 May 1741
Samuel Storke to Thomas Paine, London, 4 Apr. 1741 [copy]
Samuel Storke to Thomas Paine, London, 10 July 1741 [copy] and 25 July 1741
Samuel Storke to Thomas Paine, London, 25 July 1741 [copy] and 4 Sep. 1741
Thomas Paine to Elkanah Leonard, 3 Aug. 1741
John Maylem to Thomas Paine, Newport, R.I., 2 Sep. 1741
Thomas Paine to John Maylem, Boston, 22 Sep. 1741 [copy]
Thomas Paine to John Maylem, Boston, 29 Sep. 1741 [copy]
Thomas Paine to John Maylem, Boston, 5 Oct. 1741 [copy]
Elnathan Eldridg to Thomas Paine, Dartmouth, 2 Nov. 1741
Samuel Storke to Thomas Paine, London, 3 Nov. 1741 [copy] and 12 Apr. 1742
Thomas Paine to Samuel Storke, Boston, 6 Jan. 1741 [copy]
Elnathan Eldridg to Thomas Paine, Nantucket, 22 Apr. 1742
Samuel Storke to Thomas Paine, London, 24 July 1742 [copy] and 9 Aug. 1742
Samuel Storke to Thomas Paine, London, 18 Apr. 1743 [copy] and 27 Aug. 1743
George Leonard to Thomas Paine, Norton, 5 Sep. 1745
Thomas Cobb to Thomas Paine, Boston, 9 Sep. 1745
Robert Treat Paine to James Freeman, Cambridge, 27 Apr. 1746
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 10 May 1746
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, 10 May 1746
Robert Treat Paine to James Freeman, Cambridge, 11 May 1746
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 10 June 1746
Rev. Nathaniel Appleton to Thomas Paine, Cambridge, 4 July 1746
Elizabeth Hunt to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 29 July 1746
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 20 Oct. 1746
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 20 Nov. 1746
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 25 Jan. 1747
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 28 Feb. 1747
Thomas Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 7 Mar. 1747
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 10 Mar. 1747
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, [May?] 1747
Ezekiel Dodge ["Philomathia"] to Robert Treat Paine, Cambridge, 5 May 1747
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Cambridge, 9 May 1747
Ezekiel Dodge to Robert Treat Paine, Shrewsbury, 8 June 1747
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 12 June 1747
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 17 June 1747
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, with poem enclosed, 19 June 1747
Abijah Thurston to Robert Treat Paine, [July?] [1747?]
Abijah Thurston to Robert Treat Paine, Wrentham, 19 Aug. 1747
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 2 Sep. 1747
Ezekiel Dodge to Robert Treat Paine, Harvard College, 27 Oct. 1747
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 3 Nov. 1747
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 14 Nov. 1747
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 30 Dec. 1747
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 3 Feb. 1748
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Cambridge, 20 Mar. 1748
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 24 Mar. 1748
Abijah Thurston to Robert Treat Paine, H. College, 18 June 1748
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, H. College, 21 June 1748
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Cambridge, 5 Oct. 1748
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 4 Nov. 1748
Ezekiel Dodge to Robert Treat Paine, B--h, 15 Jan. 1748
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 18 Jan. 1749
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, [22 Jan. 1749]
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 2 Feb. 1749
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 18 Feb. [1749]
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 21 Feb. 1749
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Framingham, 21 Feb. 1749
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 4 Mar. 1749
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 18 Mar. 1749
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 24 Mar. 1749
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 6 Apr. 1749
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, May 1749
Ann Maylem to Thomas Paine, Newport, R.I., 13 May 1749
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine and Eunice Paine, [12 June 1749]
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 24 June [1749]
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 11 July 1749
Israel Cheever to Robert Treat Paine, Wrentham, 27 July 1749
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Groton, 12 Aug. 1749
Gideon Richardson to Robert Treat Paine, Sudbury, 28 Aug. 1749
Robert Treat Paine to Abigail Paine, Lunenburg, 23 Sep. 1749
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Groton-school-room, 25 Sep. 1749
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 25 Sep. 1749
Abigail Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 4 Oct. 1749
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Groton, 6 Oct. 1749
Richard Cranch to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 9 Oct. 1749 [and copy]
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lunenburg, 30 Oct. 1749
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Groton, 4 Nov. 1749
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 9 Nov. 1749
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lunenburg, 12 Nov. 1749
Robert Treat Paine to Thomas Paine, Lunenburg, 12 Nov. 1749
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 15 Nov. 1749
Robert Treat Paine to Richard Cranch, Lunenburg, 25 Nov. 1749
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lunenburg, 26 Nov. 1749
Thomas Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 27 Nov. 1749
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 29 Nov. 1749
Richard Cranch to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 29 Nov. 1749 [and copy]
Mary Palmer to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 29 Nov. 1749
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 6 Dec. 1749
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Groton, 18 Dec. 1749
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lunenburg, 24 Dec. 1749
Richard Cranch to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 27 Dec. 1749
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 28 Dec. 1749
Robert Treat Paine to Miss Bayley, [175-?] [in code]
"A Lady of 14" to "Dear Aunt," [175-?]
William Downe, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Jan. 1750
Charles Mathews to Henry Alexander, letter of introduction, 2 Jan. 1749
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Groton, 31 Jan. 1750
William Downe, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, 31 Jan. 1750
William Downe, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Lunenburg, Feb. 1750
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lunenburg, 16 Feb. 1750
Thomas Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Bromswick [Brunswick, N.C.], 19 Feb. 1749
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 20 Feb. 1749
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Groton, 24 Feb. 1750
William Downe to Robert Treat Paine, [Lunenburg], 2 Mar. 1750
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Groton, 3 Mar. 1750
Richard Cranch to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 8 Mar. 1750
Samuel Hunt to Robert Treat Paine, Lunenburg, 12 Mar. 1750
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 13 Mar. 1749
Richard Cranch to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 13 Mar. 1750
Joseph Palmer to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 13 Mar. 1750
Jeremiah Finney to Robert Treat Paine, Wrentham, 26 Mar. 1750
William Tidmarsh and Andrew Oliver to Robert Treat Paine, [Apr. 1750]
Joshua Greene to Robert Treat Paine, 18 Apr. 1750
Gideon Richardson to Robert Treat Paine, Sudbury, 24 Apr. 1750
John Lovejoy to Robert Treat Paine, Lunenburg, 29 Apr. 1750
Cotton Tufts to Robert Treat Paine, Cohasset [at Hingham], 21 May 1750
William Downe, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Lunenburg, 13 June 1750
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Westborough, 21 June 1750
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Westboro, 19 July 1750
Gideon Richardson to Robert Treat Paine, Sudbury, 10 Aug. 1750
Samuel Haven to Robert Treat Paine, Westboro, 21 Aug. 1750
Gideon Richardson to Robert Treat Paine, Sudbury, 14 Oct. 1750
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 9 Dec. 1750
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 26 Aug. 1751
John Thacher to Thomas Paine, Barnstable, Oct. 1751
Robert Treat Paine to Elizabeth Weyman, Philadelphia, 21 Nov. 1751
[?] to Mr. Rea, [1752?]
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 9 Mar. 1752
Henry Snoad to Robert Treat Paine, Maidstone Point, N.C., 18 Mar. 1752
Eunice Paine to Thomas Paine, Braintree, 27 Mar. 1752
Henry Snoad to Robert Treat Paine, Maidstone Point, N.C., 22 Apr. 1752
William Fisher to Robert Treat Paine, Newport, R.I., 4 July 1752
Robert Treat Paine to Joseph and Abigail Paine Greenleaf and Eunice Paine, N.C., 20 July 1752
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 22 July 1752
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 24 July 1752
Samuel Downe to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 25 July 1752
John Hardee to Charles Pringle, delivery order for Robert Treat Paine, Mount Pleasant, 19 Aug. 1752
John Simpson, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Bath, N.C., 20 Aug. 1752
John Simpson, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Ocacoe Inlet, N.C., 12 Nov. 1752
Robert Treat Paine to Mrs. [C. B. E.?], 1753
Joseph Palmer to Robert Treat Paine, Germantown, 5 Jan. 1753
Robert Treat Paine to Richard Cranch, Boston, 17 Jan. 1753
Richard Cranch to Robert Treat Paine, Germantown, 31 Jan. 1753
Robert Treat Paine to Miss M. M. "on her dressing in cloths," [Apr.-May?] [1753?]
Robert Treat Paine to Miss M. M. "on Friendship," Apr. 1753
Edward Salter to Robert Treat Paine, Mt. Pleasant, N.C., 10 Apr. 1753
Thomas Paine to Richard Cranch, Boston, 1 May 1753
Henry Leddel to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 15 May 1753
Samuel Downe to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 19 May 1753
Eunice Paine to Thomas Paine, Germantown, 30 June 1753
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 11 July 1753
Joseph Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 17 July 1753
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, N.C., 22 July 1753
Robert Treat Paine to Thomas Paine, Edenton, N.C., 22 July 1753
Robert Treat Paine to Thomas Paine, Fayal, Azores, 18 Sep. 1753
Robert Treat Paine to Hyromima Sebastiana de Asiz, Fayal, Azores, 20 Sep. 1753
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Fayal, Azores, 21 Sep. 1753
Thomas Paine to Barnabas Paine and the executors of Mr. Jonathan Paine, Boston, 3 Oct. 1753
Kemp Pickern & Co. to Robert Treat Paine, Cadiz, 21 Nov. 1753
Barnabas Paine to Thomas Paine, Truro, 3 Dec. 1753
Thomas Paine to Joshua Tassel, Canterbury, Conn., 8 Dec. 1753
Aaron Cleaveland to Thomas Paine, Canterbury, Conn., 24 Jan. 1754
Aaron Cleaveland to Thomas Paine, Canterbury, Conn., 26 Feb. 1754
Aaron Cleaveland to Thomas Paine, Canterbury, Conn., 11 Apr. 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Thomas Paine, Billingate [Wellfleet], 2 May 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Billinsgate, 3 May 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Miss H. D., "a Dream," Eastham, 5 May 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Thomas Paine, Boston, 2 Oct. 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 4 Oct. 1754
[?] to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, [12 Oct. 1754]
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 13 Oct. 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Richard Cranch, "Allegorical on the SpermaCeti Works," Boston, 15 Oct. 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 19 Oct. 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Richard Cranch, "Allegorical of his Person," Boston, Nov. 1754
Eunice Paine to Thomas Paine, Boston, 1 Nov. 1754
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 5 Nov. 1754
Joseph Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 7 Nov. 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, [23 Nov.] 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Thomas Paine, Boston, 19 Dec. 1754
Joseph Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 10 Dec. 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Richard Cranch, allegorical, Boston, 11 Dec. 1754
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 11 Dec. 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Theodora Dyer "on a Nunnery," 16 Dec. 1754
Joseph Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 16 Dec. 1754
Robert Treat Paine to Richard Cranch, allegorical, Boston, 25 Dec. 1754
Eunice Paine to Richard Cranch, Boston, 26 Dec. 1754
Eunice Paine to Thomas Paine, Boston, 28 Dec. 1754
Dr. G. to Richard Cranch and Samuel Quincy, 1755
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 5 Jan. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Richard Cranch, Boston, 13 Jan. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Thomas Paine, Boston, 16 Jan. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lancaster, 12 Feb. 1755
Joseph Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 6 Feb. 1755
Eunice Paine to Thomas Paine, Boston, 12 Feb. 1755
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 14 Feb. 1755
Joseph Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 15 Feb. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 17 Feb. 1755
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 25 Feb. 1755
Richard Cranch to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 14 Mar. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Abigail Paine Greenleaf, Lancaster, 17 Mar. 1755
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 18 Mar. 1755
Timothy Harrington to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 24 Mar. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lancaster, 24 Mar. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Timothy Harrington, Lancaster, [after 24 Mar. 1755]
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 27 Mar. 1755
Joseph Greenleaf to Elizabeth Marshall Eliot, Boston, 9 Apr. 1755
Eunice Paine to Thomas Paine, Boston, 13 Apr. 1755
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 29 Apr. 1755
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 30 Apr. 1755
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Friendship Hall, [Apr. 1755]
Robert Treat Paine to Samuel Quincy, Confusion City, [6 May 1755]
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Friendship Hall, [after 6 May] 1755
Robert Treat Paine to [?], "For a friend to his Mistress," 3 May 1755
Robert Treat Paine to [?], "For a friend taking leave of his Mistress," 5 May 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lancaster, 9 May 1755
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 10 May 1755
Robert Treat Paine to George Leonard, "Allegory of a Journey," [June?] [1755?]
Gawen Browne to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 3 June 1755
Eunice Paine to Thomas Paine, Boston, 6 June 1755
Robert Treat Paine to George Leonard, "Allegorical Discription of a Journey," Boston, 10 June 1755
Edward Flint to Robert Treat Paine, Albany, N.Y., 16 June 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lancaster, 19 June 1755
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, 27 June 1755
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 1 July 1755
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 2 July 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Samuel Quincy, Lancaster, 5 July 1755
Joseph Cushing to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 7 July 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 19 July 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lancaster, 27 July 1755
Eunice Paine to Thomas Paine, Germantown, 4 Aug. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to George Leonard, Lancaster, 7 Aug. 1755
Edward Flint to Robert Treat Paine, Camp at Fort Nicholson, South End of the Carrying Place, 29 Aug. 1755
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 29 Aug. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Samuel Quincy, Lancaster, Sep. 1755 [copy]
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 5 Sep. 1755
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 9 Sep. 1755
Joseph Cushing to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 10 Sep. 1755
John Mellen to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 26 Sep. 1755
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 29 Sep. 1755
Abel Will verso of Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, 29 Sep. 1755
Edward Flint to Robert Treat Paine, Fort Edward, 18 Oct. 1755
Levi Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 28 Oct. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to [?], Camp Lake George, Nov. 1755
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 5 Nov. 1755
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 9 Nov. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Joseph and Abigail Paine Greenleaf and Eunice Paine, Camp Lake George, 10 of Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, 29 Sep. 1755
Edward Flint to Robert Treat Paine, Fort Edward, 18 Oct. 1755
Levi Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 28 Oct. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to [?], Camp Lake George, Nov. 1755
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 5 Nov. 1755
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 9 Nov. 1755
Robert Treat Paine to Joseph and Abigail Paine Greenleaf and Eunice Paine, Camp Lake George, 10 Nov. 1755
Sylvanus Conant to Robert Treat Paine, Albany, 21 Nov. 1755
"Reasons why tis not thought adviseable to proceed this fall agt. Crown Point or Ticonderogo," [25 Nov.?] 1755
Richard Aspham to Thomas Paine, [1756?]
Robert Treat Paine to Miss A. L., [1756?] [in code]
Robert Treat Paine to Miss A. L., Boston, 1756
Robert Treat Paine to Thomas Paine, Boston, 2 Jan. 1756
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Thomas Paine, Boston, 5 Jan. 1756
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 11 Jan. 1756
Joseph Cushing to Abel Willard, Boston, 12 Jan. 1756
Answers to legal questions by Robert Treat Paine on verso.
Thomas Paine to Eunice Paine, Halifax, 2 Feb. 1756
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 2 Feb. 1756
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lancaster, 7 Mar. 1756
Eunice Paine to Ebenezer Prout, Boston, 8 Mar. 1756
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 12 Mar. 1756
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lancaster, 5 Apr. 1756
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 6 Apr. 1756
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Lancaster, 17 Apr. 1756
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 18 Apr. 1755
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 19 Apr. 1756
Samuel Danforth to [Col. Richard Gridley], Cambridge, 17 May 1756
Thomas Hubbard to Col. Richard Gridley, Boston, 24 May 1756
Col. Richard Gridley to Hannah Deming Gridley, Albany, 31 May 1756 [extract]
Thomas Hubbard to Col. Richard Gridley, Boston, 9 June 1756
Thomas Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Joseph and Abigail Paine Greenleaf, and Eunice Paine, Halifax, 26 June 1756
Joseph Palmer to Robert Treat Paine, Germantown, 23 July 1756
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, 2 Aug. 1756
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, [Halifax], 7 Aug. 1756
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, 20 Aug. 1756
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, 27 Aug. 1756
Robert Treat Paine to George Leonard, Boston, [27] Aug. 1756
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, [Sep.?] 1756
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Germantown, 13 Sep. 1756
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 28 Sep. 1756
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 1 Oct. 1756
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, 12 Oct. 1756
Robert Treat Paine to [Richard Cranch?], 4 Nov. 1756
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 12 Nov. 1756
William Cushing to Robert Treat Paine, Scituate, 6 Dec. 1756
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 9 Dec. 1756
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Germantown, 10 Dec. 1756
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Braintree, 13 Dec. 1756
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, 20 Dec. 1756
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Braintree, 28 Dec. 1756
Correspondence, 1757-1765
Oliver Wendell to Robert Treat Paine, [1757]
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Hingham, [1757]
Robert Treat Paine to "Lavinia," Jan. 1757
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Germantown, 27 Jan. 1757
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, 7 Feb. 1757
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 26 Feb. 1757
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 26 Feb. 1757
Robert Treat Paine to Richard Cranch, 3 Mar. [1757?]
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 5 Mar. 1757
Eunice Paine to Abigail Paine Greenleaf, Weymouth, 5 Mar. 1757
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 1 [Mar.?] 1757
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 7 Mar. 1757
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Braintree, 9 Mar. 1757
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 12 Mar. 1757
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 14 Mar. 1757
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Braintree, 16 Mar. 1757
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 28 Mar. 1757
Aaron Cleaveland to Robert Treat Paine, Canterbury, Conn., 26 Mar. 1757
Levi Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 28 Mar. 1757
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 1 Apr. 1757
John Dyar to Robert Treat Paine, Canterbury, Conn., 1 Apr. 1757
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 4 Apr. 1757
Robert Treat Paine to James Freeman, Boston, 9 Apr. 1757
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, 12 Apr. 1757
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Braintree, 17 Apr. 1757
Robert Treat Paine to Richard Cranch, 20 [Apr.?] 1757
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, 4 May 1757
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 7 May 1757
Robert Treat Paine to [?], extract from a letter on being sworn to the bar, [13 May 1757]
Robert Treat Paine to "Sally," Boston, 17 June 1757
Mock letter to a lady; letter from one sister to another; attached letter in code on reverse of note from Abia Holbrook, 1 May 1750.
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 17 June 1757
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 4 July 1757
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 10 July 1757
John Calef to Robert Treat Paine, Ipswich, 11 July 1757
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 19 July 1757
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 18 July 1757
John Calef to Robert Treat Paine, Ipswich, 19 July 1757
John Fitch to Robert Treat Paine, Windham, Conn., 27 July 1757
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, "Old Maids quarters," 3 Sep. 1757
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 8 Sep. 1757
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 30 Sep. 1757
"Your Friend" to Robert Treat Paine, [Oct.?] [1757?]
Robert Treat Paine to "Madam," Oct. [1757]
"A Lady" to Robert Treat Paine, [Oct.?] [1757?]
Robert Treat Paine to "Mrs. Lavinia," [Oct.?] [1757?]
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 18 Oct. 1757
James Brenton to Robert Treat Paine, Newport, R.I., 23 Oct. 1757
Robert Treat Paine to James Brenton, 26 Oct. 1757
Lavinia to Robert Treat Paine, after Oct. 1757
Ezekiel Barker to Robert Treat Paine, Scituate, 18 Nov. 1757
Nathaniel Clap to Robert Treat Paine, Scituate, 28 Nov. 1757
James Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 3 Dec. 1757
John Kingman to Robert Treat Paine, Bridgewater, 8 Dec. 1757
John Faunce to Robert Treat Paine, 8 Dec. 1757
Seth Thayer to Robert Treat Paine, Bridgewater, 9 Dec. 1757
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 26 Dec. 1757
John Calef to Robert Treat Paine, Ipswich, 26 Dec. 1757
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 27 Dec. 1757
"Jemima" to Robert Treat Paine, 1758
Robert Treat Paine to "Ethelinda," [1758?]
Experience Paine Hunt to Robert Treat Paine, Norton, 5 Jan. 1758
John Kingman to Robert Treat Paine, Bridgewater, 5 Jan. 1758
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Germantown, 15 Jan. 1758
William Cushing to Robert Treat Paine, Scituate, 15 Jan. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 19 Jan. 1758
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 25 Jan. 1758
John Kingman to Robert Treat Paine, Bridgewater, 29 Jan. 1758
Postscript by Akerman Petingell.
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 29 Jan. 1758
Shepard Fisk to Robert Treat Paine, Bridgewater, 1 Feb. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 19 Feb. 1758
"Stella LipeSalve" to Robert Treat Paine, Mar. 1758
Response in code by Robert Treat Paine, Apr. 1758.
Shepard Fisk to Robert Treat Paine, Bridgewater, 6 Mar. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 8 Mar. 1758
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 13 Mar. 1758
Robert Barker to Robert Treat Paine, Hanover, 18 Mar. 1758
John Dyar to Robert Treat Paine, Canterbury, Conn., 21 Mar. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Apr. 1758
Elizabeth Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 1 Apr. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Rebecca Hubbard Blanchard, "to Madm. B. on the Death of her husband," 12 Apr. 1758
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 10 Apr. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, 15 Apr. 1758
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 16 Apr. 1758
Levi Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 17 Apr. 1758
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 25 Apr. 1758
Ann Fox to Robert Treat Paine, Falmouth, 26 Apr. 1758
Parker Morss to Robert Treat Paine, Woodstock, Conn., May 1758
Samuel Bates to Robert Treat Paine, Hingham, 8 May 1758
Aaron Cleaveland to Robert Treat Paine, Canterbury, Conn., 22 May 1758
Solomon Otis to Robert Treat Paine, Barnstable, 30 May 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 7 June 1758
Jonathan Kenny to Robert Treat Paine, Dartmouth, 10 June 1758
Samuel Cornish to Robert Treat Paine, Dartmouth, 11 June 1758
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 12 June 1758
Elizabeth Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 12 June 1758
John Burbidge to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 12 June 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 20 June 1758
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Germantown, 30 June 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 5 July 1758
John Hurd to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 6 July 1758
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 17 July 1758
John Burbidge to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 19 July 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 28 July 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, [4?] Aug. 1758
Ebenezer Backus to Robert Treat Paine, Norwich, Conn., 9 Aug. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, 19 Aug. 1758
Eliphalet Dyer to Robert Treat Paine, Windham, Conn., 22 Aug. 1758
Elizabeth Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 24 Aug. 1758
Jonathan Blanchard to Robert Treat Paine, 27 Aug. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 28 Aug. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 5 Sep. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 12 Oct. 1758
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 13 Oct. 1758
William Sylvester to Robert Treat Paine, Scituate, 18 Oct. 1758
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 23 Oct. 1758
Jeremiah Moulton, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, York, 25 Oct. 1758
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 28 Oct. 1758
Enoch Freeman to Robert Treat Paine, Falmouth, 1 Nov. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 11 Nov. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to "Lavinia" [Mary Fletcher], 21 Nov. 1758 [in code]
Eliphalet Dyer to Robert Treat Paine, Windham, Conn., 25 Nov. 1758
Edmund Jackson, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 27 Nov. 1758
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Weymouth, 30 Nov. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Richard Cranch, Boston, 1 Dec. 1758
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, 1 Dec. 1758
Benjamin Church to Robert Treat Paine, London, England, 3 Dec. 1758
Richard Cranch to Robert Treat Paine, Braintree, 7 Dec. 1758
Richard Cranch to Robert Treat Paine, Germantown, 18 Dec. 1758
Enclosure: affidavit: Robert Shilston and Elijah Hayden "acnoledg to have Inlisted as Batoe men under Captn. Geo. Willmot in his Majsteys Service," 15 Apr. 1758.
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 28 Dec. 1758
Phineas Nevers to Robert Treat Paine, 1759
Thomas Josselyn to Robert Treat Paine, Hanover, 29 Jan. 1759
William Cushing to Robert Treat Paine, Scituate, 4 Feb. 1759
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 24 Feb. 1759
Joseph Palmer to Robert Treat Paine, Germantown in Braintree, 2 Apr. 1759
William Cushing to Robert Treat Paine, Scituate, 10 Apr. 1759
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 22 Apr. 1759
Joseph Cushing to Robert Treat Paine, Hanover, 28 Apr. 1759
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 6 May 1759
Eliphalet Dyer to Robert Treat Paine, Windham, Conn., 8 May 1759
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 6 July 1759
John Browne to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 21 July 1759
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 2 Aug. 1759
James Monk to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 1 Sep. 1759
Malachy Salter to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 8 Sep. 1759
Malachy Salter to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 12 Sep. 1759
Edmund Hawes, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Barnstable, 17 Sep. 1759
Jacob Hathaway to Robert Treat Paine, [Suffield, Conn.?], 20 Sep. 1759
William Cushing to Robert Treat Paine, Scituate, 21 Sep. 1759
Elizabeth Poole to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 24 Sep. 1759
John Burbidge to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 29 Sep. 1759
Abigail Paine Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 15 Nov. 1759
Ephraim Bowen to Robert Treat Paine, Providence, 30 Nov. 1759
Samuel Gray to Robert Treat Paine, Windham, Conn., 30 Nov. 1759
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 1 Dec. 1759
John Adams to Robert Treat Paine, Braintree, 6 Dec. 1759
Timothy Larrabe to Robert Treat Paine, Windham, Conn., 18 Dec. 1759
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 23 Dec. 1759
Jonathan Kinney to Robert Treat Paine, Dartmouth, 27 Dec. 1759
Robert Treat Paine to Anna White, letter of expostulation and reproof, [176-?]
Robert Treat Paine to [Mary Fletcher?], [176-?] [draft and fair copy]
Robert Treat Paine to l'Vertue, [176-?] [in code]
Robert Treat Paine to Neddy, [176-?]
Samuel Fitch to Robert Treat Paine, [176-?]
Bethiah Danforth to Robert Treat Paine, [176-?]
Robert Treat Paine to George and Experience Leonard, 1 Jan. 1760 [draft and fair copy]
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 14 Jan. 1759[1760]
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 23 Jan. 1760
Robert Treat Paine to [Timothy Fales?], 12 Feb. 1760
Nathaniel Clap to Robert Treat Paine, Scituate, 6 Mar. 1760
Robert Treat Paine to Antonio Emanuel de Sylva, Boston, 7 Mar. 1760
Elizabeth Poole to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 16 Mar. 1760
Eliphalet Dyer to Robert Treat Paine, Windham, Conn., 5 Apr. 1760
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 7 Apr. 1760
Robert Treat Paine to Abel Willard, Boston, 14 Apr. 1760
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 29 Apr. 1760
James Brenton to Robert Treat Paine, Newport, R.I., 4 May 1760
Kenelm Winslow to Robert Treat Paine, Harwich, 12 May 1760
John Dyar to Robert Treat Paine, Canterbury, Conn., 4 June 1760
Lavinia to Robert Treat Paine, July 1760
On verso: Robert Treat Paine to Lavinia, in code.
Richard Codman to Robert Treat Paine, Charlestown, 16 Sep. 1760
Richard Codman to Robert Treat Paine, Falmouth, 21 Nov. 1760
Jeremiah Condy to Robert Treat Paine, London, 11 Dec. 1760
William Torrey to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 16 Dec. 1760
Edmund Jackson, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 29 Dec. 1760
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 13 Jan. 1761
Joseph Palmer to Robert Treat Paine, Germantown, 14 Jan. 1761
Samuel Gray to Robert Treat Paine, Windham, Conn., 27 Jan. 1761
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 27 Jan. 1761
James Brenton to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 5 Feb. 1761
Edmund Jackson, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 7 Feb. 1761
William Crossing to Robert Treat Paine, Newport, R.I., 19 Feb. 1761
Henry Tucker, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Dartmouth, 10 Mar. 1761
Kenelm Winslow to Robert Treat Paine, Harwich, 16 June 1761
James Brenton to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 1 July 1761
Joseph Nichols to Robert Treat Paine, Nantucket, 15 July 1761
Eliphalet Dyer to Robert Treat Paine, Windham, Conn., 28 July 1761
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 7 Aug. 1761
Ebenezer Rumrill to Robert Treat Paine, Newport, R.I., 10 Aug. 1761
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 18 Aug. 1761
John Dyar to Robert Treat Paine, Canterbury, Conn., 25 Aug. 1761
Robert Caldwell to Robert Treat Paine, Lochwinnioch, 6 Sep. 1761
Cornelius Crocker to Robert Treat Paine, Barnstable, 4 Nov. 1761
Elisha Phillips to Robert Treat Paine, Marshfield, 4 Dec. 1761
William Belcher to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 31 Dec. 1761
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 1 Jan. 1762
Nathan Tisdale to Robert Treat Paine, Lebanon, Conn., 21 Jan. 1762
Samuel Eliot to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 22 Jan. 1762
James Halsey to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 3 Feb. 1762
Nathan Tisdale to Robert Treat Paine, Lebanon, Conn., 10 Feb. 1762
Jonathan Sewall to Robert Treat Paine, Charlestown, 11 Feb. 1762
Robert Treat Paine to Jonathan Sewall, Taunton, 17 Feb. 1762
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 18 Feb. 1762
Nathaniel Ray Thomas to Robert Treat Paine, Marshfield, 6 Apr. 1762
Seth Crane to Robert Treat Paine, Apr. 1762
John Timmins to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 8 Apr. 1762
John Timmins to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 12 May 1762
Edmund Hawes, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Barnstable, 17 May 1762
James Putnam to Robert Treat Paine, Worcester, 24 May 1762
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, June 1762
Ebenezer Rumrill to Robert Treat Paine, Providence, 12 June 1762
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Taunton, 17 June 1762
Samuel Eliot to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 24 June 1762
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 5 July 1762
Robert Treat Paine to Timothy Paine, Taunton, 24 July 1762
Rachel Wormley to Robert Treat Paine, 31 July 1762
Mary Ward to Robert Treat Paine, Newport, R.I., 5 Aug. 1762
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 10 Aug. 1762
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 24 Aug. 1762
Aaron Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 26 Aug. 1762
Simeon Potter to Robert Treat Paine, Bristol, 28 Aug. 1762
Robert Treat Paine to Rev. Joseph Palmer, Taunton, Sep. 1762
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 8 Sep. 1762
John Shaw to Robert Treat Paine, Raynham, Sep. 1762
John Bannister to Robert Treat Paine, Newport, R.I., 9 Sep. 1762
Benjamin Kent to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 15 Sep. 1762
Rachel Wormley to Robert Treat Paine, Eastham, 19 Sep. 1762
Silvanus Drew to Robert Treat Paine, Scituate, 23 Sep. 1762
Samuel Eliot to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 29 Sep. 1762
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 30 Sep. 1762
Nathaniel Appleton, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Taunton, 4 Oct. 1762
Samuel Eliot to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 6 Oct. 1762
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 7 Oct. 1762
Nathaniel Richardson to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 11 Oct. 1762
Samuel Eliot to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 1 Nov. 1762
Napthali Hart & Co. to Robert Treat Paine, Newport, R.I., 23 Nov. 1762
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 19 Nov. 1762
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 25 Nov. 1762
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 26 Nov. 1762
Nathan Simmons, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Newport, R.I., 3 Dec. 1762
James Putnam to Robert Treat Paine, Worcester, 10 Dec. 1762
Edward Winslow to Robert Treat Paine, Plymouth, 13 Dec. 1762
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 14 Dec. 1762
Nathan Simmons, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Freetown, 21 Dec. 1762
Samuel Eliot to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 24 Dec. 1762
Ratcliffe Hellon to Robert Treat Paine, Monday morning, 1763
James Putnam to Robert Treat Paine, Worcester, 8 Jan. 1763
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 15 Jan. 1763
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 15 Jan. 1763
Edmund Jackson, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 5 Feb. 1763
Postscript: Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine.
John Bartlett to Robert Treat Paine, Plymouth, 6 Jan. 1763
James Jackson to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 9 Feb. 1763
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 9 Feb. 1763
William Hill to Robert Treat Paine, Brunswick, 26 Feb. 1763
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Boston, 25 Feb. 1763
John Lambert to Henry Quincy, Taunton, 14 Mar. 1763
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 18 Mar. 1763
Richard Smith to Robert Treat Paine, Philadelphia, 21 Mar. 1763
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 23 Mar. 1763
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Taunton, 25 Mar. 1763
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, 5 Apr. 1763
Richard Smith to Robert Treat Paine, Philadelphia, 16 May 1763
Robert Treat Paine to Ephraim Keith, Taunton, 28 May 1763
John Aplin to Robert Treat Paine, Providence, R.I., 30 May 1763
Joseph Palmer to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 31 May 1763
Ephraim Keith, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, "in Secessu longo," 2 June 1763
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Taunton, 13 June 1763
James Putnam to Robert Treat Paine, Worcester, 24 June 1763
Abel Willard to Robert Treat Paine, Lancaster, 12 July 1763
Gideon Freeborn to Robert Treat Paine, Warwick, R.I., 28 July 1763
Robert Treat Paine to Ellen Hobart, 3 Aug. 1763
Robert Treat Paine to Abigail Otis, 3 Aug. 1763
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 3 Aug. 1763
Robert Treat Paine to Ellen Hobart, [after 3 Aug. 1763]
Edward Winslow to Robert Treat Paine, Plymouth, 11 Aug. 1763
Oxenbridge Thacher to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 23 Aug. 1763
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 29 Aug. 1763
Aaron Lopez to Robert Treat Paine, Newport, 29 Aug. 1763
Robert Treat Paine to Eunice Paine, Plymouth, 6 Oct. 1763
James Honyman to Robert Treat Paine, 11 Oct. 1763
James Hovey to Robert Treat Paine, Plymouth, 13 Oct. 1763
Foster Hutchinson to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 18 Oct. 1763
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 24 Nov. 1763
Rachel Wormley to Robert Treat Paine, Wellfleet, 3 Dec. 1763
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 5 Dec. 1763
Oxenbridge Thacher to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 9 Dec. 1763
John Bartlett to Robert Treat Paine, Plymouth, 14 Dec. 1763
John Foster to Robert Treat Paine, Providence, R.I., 16 Dec. 1763
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 27 Dec. 1763
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 28 Dec. 1763
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 1 Jan. 1764
Jeremiah Condy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 10 Jan. 1764
John Foster to Robert Treat Paine, Providence, R.I., 10 Jan. 1764
Sylvanus Conant to Robert Treat Paine, Middleboro, 18 Jan. 1764
Daniel Oliver to Robert Treat Paine, the Banks of Namasket, 20 Jan. 1764
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Braintree, 16 Feb. 1764
Oxenbridge Thacher to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 22 Feb. 1764
James Honyman to Robert Treat Paine, 2 Mar. 1764
Robert Auchmuty to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 7 Mar. 1764
Rachel Wormley to Robert Treat Paine, Wellfleet, 17 Mar. 1764
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 6 Apr. 1764
Malachy Salter to Robert Treat Paine, Halifax, N.S., 27 Apr. 1764
Robert Treat Paine to Edes & Gill, 7 May 1764
William McKinstry to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 29 May 1764
William McKinstry to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 5 June 1764
Jonathan Sewall to Robert Treat Paine, Charlestown, 8 June 1764
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 11 June 1764
Richard Smith to Robert Treat Paine, Philadelphia, 14 Jan. 1764
William Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 21 June 1764
Joseph Tisdale to Robert Treat Paine, 23 June 1764
Oxenbridge Thacher to Robert Treat Paine, Milton, 6 Sep. 1764
Samuel Eliot to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 13 Sep. 1764
Joshua Hathway to Robert Treat Paine, Freetown, 18 Sep. 1764
John Foster to Robert Treat Paine, Providence, R.I., 25 Sep. 1764
Joseph Greenleaf to Robert Treat Paine, Abington, 1 Oct. 1764
Samuel Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 19 Oct. 1764
James Hovey to Robert Treat Paine, Plymouth, 22 Oct. 1764
James Otis, Sr. to Robert Treat Paine, Barnstable, 23 Oct. 1764
Thomas Hutchinson to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 31 Oct. 1764
Eunice Paine to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 1 Nov. 1764
James Otis, Sr. to Robert Treat Paine, Barnstable, 20 Nov. 1764
Richard Smith to Robert Treat Paine, Swanzey, 26 Nov. 1764
Henry Quincy to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 9 Dec. 1764
James Otis, Jr. to Robert Treat Paine, [1765?]
James Otis, Sr., to Robert Treat Paine, Boston, 12 Jan. 1765
Peter Oliver to Robert Treat Paine, Middleboro, 18 Jan. 1765
Robert Auchmuty to Robert Treat Paine, 18 Jan. 1765
With postscript by Henry Laughton.