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Robert Treat Paine Papers

Index

Massachusetts Provincial Congress (later General Court)

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ACTIONS

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militia bills,

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elects RTP delegate to Continental Congress,

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attempts against,

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inquires into loyalists,

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2

intends plan of government,

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2

resolve on salt peter,

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bounty,

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fee bills,

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elects new congressional delegation,

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1

address to governor

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1

proceedings secretive,

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1

representation in,

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1

allegedly dissolved,

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1

conference with Connecticut,

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1

considers army,

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1

Third Provincial Congress,

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appoints army officers,

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legislation to vacate public offices,

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1

orders courts restarted,

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assigns profitable offices,

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1

orders powder mills,

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naval matters,

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letter from RTP on salt production,

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1

plan to fortify Boston,

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orders raising of Indian regiment,

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embargos lumber,

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1

appoints agents,

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1

authorize air furnace,

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1

proposes constitution,

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1

passes act to reinforce army,

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1

closed proceedings,

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1

summons RTP and John Adams,

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on monopolies,

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1

resolve on cannon,

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1

elects speaker and speaker pro tempore,

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elects RTP as attorney general,

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1

proposed conference of New York and New England states,

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1

proposed oath of allegiance,

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1

draft address to the people,

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COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS

3

sulphur committee,

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3

commission on Board of War,

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3

committee to consider sequestrations,

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2

State of the Province committee

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2

committee to consider tax,

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2

committee on calling in bills of credit,

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1

committee on relations with Britain,

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1

committee on delegation from Conn.,

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1

committee on defense of province,

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1

committee on proclamation of a fast,

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1

salt peter committee,

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1

committee on letter from Penobscot tribe,

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committee on counterfeiting,

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1

committee to revise monopoly acts,

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1

committee on letter from B. Pickering,

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committee to celebrate independence,

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1

committee on army supplies,

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1

committee on vendues,

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1

committee to consider powers of Council,

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1

adjournment committee,

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committee on enlistments,

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committee to study behavior on Nantucket,

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committee to consider H. Gates’s letter,

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committee on abating tax,

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committee on prisoners,

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MINUTES FROM THE HOUSE

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Extracts

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