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Letter from Peter Oliver to Robert Treat Paine, 3 January 1771

Letter from Peter Oliver to Robert Treat Paine, 3 January 1771 Manuscript

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    Manuscript

    16.2 x cm 15.7 cm

    From the Robert Treat Paine papers


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    [ This description is from the project: Boston Massacre ]

    Peter Oliver, future chief justice of the Superior Court and a member of the Massachusetts House, writes to Robert Treat Paine, one of the prosecutors in the Boston Massacre trials, asking him to submit a copy of his oral argument to the printer for an upcoming publication covering the trial proceedings.