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Robert Treat Paine Papers

Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2

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From James Otis, Sr.

26 November 1768

From Joseph Greenleaf

5 December 1768
From Oliver Arnold
Arnold, Oliver RTP
Providence Novr. 28, 1768 Sir,

In complyance of yours of 17th. Inst.1 herewith send by Mr. Allen your Croke Charles2 which was brought here by Coll. Andrews with my Books thro mistake. Should have Sent the Same by Col. Leonard junr.3 when here at Our Genral Assembly but had not the pleasure of Waiting on that Gentleman at my House.

In great haste am with much Esteem Sr. your most obdt. & hble. Servt.

ARNOLD4

RC ; addressed: "To Robert T. Paine Esqr. Taunton"; endorsed: "Oliver Arnold Esqr. Nov. 1768."

1.

Not located.

 2.

Sir George Croke, Reports of Cases in King's Bench and Common Bench. Part 3: [King] Charles (London, 1657, 1669, 1680, 1683).

 3.

George Leonard (1729–1819).

 4.

Oliver Arnold (1726–1770) was a prominent lawyer in Providence, R.I., where he opened a law office in 1762. He was elected attorney general of Rhode Island in 1766 (NCAB, 9:457).