Paine, Robert Treat (1731-1814) [Confiscating the property of John Troutbeck, a Tory from Massachusetts]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03412 Author/Creator: Paine, Robert Treat (1731-1814) Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Printed document signed Date: March 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 44 x 27.8 cm. Order a Copy
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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