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Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814)
A native of Boston and a Harvard graduate, Paine entered the
ministry in 1755 and served as a chaplain in the French and Indian
War before changing course and deciding to study law. He was the
prosecutor in the trial of the soldiers involved in the Boston
Massacre.
Paine attended the second Continental Congress
and was one of only a few to sign both the July 1775 Olive Branch
Petition (an attempt to make amends with Britain, it was rejected)
and the Declaration of Independence.
Paine served as the
state's first Attorney General, helped draft the state
constitution and served as a state Supreme Court justice for 14
years.
Jimmy’s Tangents:
John Hancock, Sam & John Adams also signed the Olive Branch
Petition
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