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- GLC#
- GLC03412
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- March 1780
- Author/Creator
- Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814
- Title
- [Confiscating the property of John Troutbeck, a Tory from Massachusetts]
- Place Written
- Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 44 cm, Width: 27.8 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Partially form filled in and signed by Paine, the Attorney General of Massachusetts. States that because Troutbeck removed to British territory (during the American Revolution" his property in Waltham, Massachusetts was being confiscated in accordance with "An Act for confiscating the Estates of certain Person commonly called Absentees." Extensive autograph fill-ins and some alterations of the printed portion. Docket reads "Government & People vs. John Troutbeck."
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