Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2
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I1 here inclose you Writt &ca. against Thos. Durfee of Freetown with the addition of yeoman, if he be intitled to the Stile of Gentleman or any other, you'l please to make the alteration and deliver them to the proper officer for service,2 and you'l oblige. Yr. hume. Sert.
Thomas Gray (1721–1774) became a very wealthy merchant and served as a Boston member of the House of Representatives in 1764–1765 (Thwing Index; Massachusetts Gazette; and Boston News-Letter, Nov. 17, 1774).
No action relating to this issue was brought before the Bristol County Court of Common Pleas.