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Robert Treat Paine Papers

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PAINE, ROBERT TREAT (1731–1814) [cited as RTP]

26

EDUCATION

13

Harvard:

5

commencement (1749)

1

(1755)

RTP1

1

(1760)

RTP2

RTP1

2

requests master's degree,

1

granted,

RTP1

RTP1

1

boarding arrangements in Cambridge

RTP1

1

and Phinphilenici Club,

RTP1

1

roommate of Gideon Richardson,

RTP1

1

Phinphilenici address,

RTP1

1

boards at Rev. Appleton's,

RTP1

1

witnesses burning of Harvard library,

RTP2

13

Legal studies:

4

responds to legal questions and,

RTP1

RTP2

1

considers becoming lawyer

RTP1

1

studies law at Lancaster

RTP1

1

to study law

RTP1

1

proposes to live at Lancaster

RTP1

1

on study of law,

RTP1

1

legal studies with Prat,

RTP1

1

returns to Lancaster,

RTP1

1

returns to study of law,

RTP1

1

on daily routine,

RTP1

23

HEALTH AND ILLNESSES

15

health

RTP1

RTP2

2

diphtheria,

RTP1

2

medicine,

RTP1

1

sprained ankle,

RTP1

1

hit with bottle,

RTP1

1

to undergo inoculation,

RTP1

1

account of his smallpox inoculation,

RTP1

80

MERCHANT, WHALING, TEACHING, AND PREACHING CAREERS

12

Teaching

2

offered teaching position at Bristol

RTP1

2

leaves Lunenburg,

RTP1

1

seeks teaching position,

RTP1

1

teacher at Lunenburg,

RTP1

1

reactions to Lunenburg,

RTP1

1

accepts ushership at South Grammar School,

RTP1

1

considers tutorship in N.J.,

RTP1

1

on schoolkeeping,

RTP1

1

to set up working school,

RTP1

1

and South Grammar School exercises,

RTP1

54

Merchant and whaling careers:

6

brokers furniture,

RTP1

5

requests vessel,

RTP1

4

in North Carolina,

RTP1

3

and cards

RTP1

3

marine journals,

RTP1

3

on whaling,

RTP1

2

on N.C. voyage,

RTP1

2

collecting debts in N.C.,

RTP1

2

orders ring,

RTP1

2

leaves N.C.,

RTP1

2

passage from Cadiz to Boston,

RTP1

1

Success (sloop), shipping agreement,

RTP1

1

sailing orders aboard Success,

RTP1

1

analyses N.C. voyage,

RTP1

1

proposed West Indies venture,

RTP1

1

account of N.C. voyage,

RTP1

1

as consignment factor,

RTP1

1

sails for N.C.,

RTP1

1

arrives at Bath, N.C.,

RTP1

1

procures tar,

RTP1

1

requests ship,

RTP1

1

requests rum,

RTP1

1

sailing orders aboard Hannah,

RTP1

1

sails for N.C., Fayal, and Cadiz,

RTP1

1

arrives at Edenton, N.C.,

RTP1

1

arrives at Fayal,

RTP1

1

arrives Cadiz, Spain,

RTP1

1

visits Xeres, Spain,

RTP1

1

sailing agreement aboard Seaflower,

RTP1

1

bill of lading,

RTP1

1

memories of Fayal,

RTP2

14

Preaching and Chaplaincy:

3

sermons,

RTP1

1

engaged to preach at Shirley

RTP1

1

prayer,

RTP1

1

Joseph Greenleaf on his preaching,

RTP1

1

on his first preaching engagement,

RTP1

1

preaches at Shirley,

RTP1

1

commissioned as chaplain,

RTP1

1

journey to Albany,

RTP1

1

and Crown Point Expedition,

RTP1

1

as chaplain,

RTP1

1

funeral sermon for Col. Willard,

RTP1

1

informs father of chaplaincy,

RTP1

33

LEGAL CAREER

5

purchases books,

RTP2

5

practices in R.I.,

RTP2

5

and Boston Massacre trials,

RTP2

2

considers settling in Falmouth, Me.,

RTP2

2

brokers law books,

RTP2

2

and murder trials,

RTP2

2

as trustee,

RTP2

1

admitted to the bar

RTP2

1

on legal business,

RTP2

1

considers moving to Halifax,

RTP2

1

dines with Gov. Pownall,

RTP2

1

Boston office,

RTP2

1

and legal ethics,

RTP2

1

and Benjamin Prat library,

RTP2

1

as referee,

RTP2

1

and Boston Massacre trials testimony,

RTP2

1

as agent for Dighton,

RTP2

31

PUBLIC LIFE

13

Local and county positions:

2

convention delegate,

RTP2

2

Taunton committee,

RTP2

2

and welcoming address to Gen. Gage,

RTP2

2

Bristol Co. committee,

RTP2

1

and complaint against justices of the peace

RTP2

1

as justice of the peace,

RTP2

1

courthouse committee,

RTP2

1

petition respecting alewives,

RTP2

1

Taunton report on Boston Resolutions,

RTP2

12

House of Representatives:

4

House committees,

RTP2

2

and Hutchinson letters,

RTP2

1

and House of Representatives

RTP2

1

and judges' salary issue,

RTP2

1

drafts House response to Gov. Hutchinson,

RTP2

1

and Peter Oliver issue,

RTP2

1

answer to Gov. Gage's speech,

RTP2

1

re-elected to House of Representatives,

RTP2

1

Continental Congress:

1

appointed delegate to Continental Congress,

RTP2

5

Public issues:

1

and Land Bank issue

RTP2

1

and calomel controversy,

RTP2

1

on Stamp Act,

RTP2

1

and merchants' meeting,

RTP2

1

notes on Hutchinson Letters,

RTP2

146

PERSONAL AND FAMILY LIFE

35

Family business:

19

as executor of Thomas Paine estate,

RTP2

7

and James Freeman estate,

RTP2

2

deeds from father

RTP1

2

and Windham, Conn., property,

RTP2

1

given father's books,

RTP1

1

as attorney for Eunice Paine,

RTP2

1

to administer father's estate,

RTP2

1

sends power of attorney to James Freeman,

RTP2

1

and family jewelry,

RTP2

10

Family relations:

2

proposes that Eunice Paine move to Boston,

RTP2

1

on James Freeman's marriage

RTP1

1

visits father in Halifax,

RTP1

1

proposes shopkeeping for Eunice Paine,

RTP1

1

on death of James Freeman,

RTP2

1

condemns Eunice Paine's proposed marriage,

RTP2

1

finding accomodations for Eunice Paine,

RTP2

1

marriage to Sally Cobb,

RTP2

1

birth of children,

RTP2

101

Private life and opinions:

7

and horses,

RTP2

6

on marriage,

RTP1

RTP2

4

and clocks,

RTP1

3

on death,

RTP1

RTP2

3

and debt collection,

RTP1

RTP2

3

bad handwriting of,

RTP2

3

and romantic involvements,

RTP2

2

library catalogue,

RTP1

RTP2

2

on friendship,

RTP1

2

sues Abraham Sheppard,

RTP1

2

attends funerals,

RTP1

2

on George Whitefield,

RTP1

2

reaction to illegitimacy,

RTP2

1

on Biblical themes

RTP1

1

physical stature,

RTP1

1

on religion,

RTP1

1

birthday,

RTP1

1

pallbearer for John Maylem,

RTP1

1

on women,

RTP1

1

on conversation,

RTP1

1

on keeping a journal,

RTP1

1

on study and knowledge,

RTP1

1

Confession of Faith,

RTP1

1

bottling cider,

RTP1

1

on country manners,

RTP1

1

on wisdom and learning,

RTP1

1

and Thanksgiving,

RTP1

1

and navigational instruments,

RTP1

1

father recommends Biblical texts to,

RTP1

1

friendship with Richard Cranch,

RTP1

1

and watches,

RTP1

1

on pleasure,

RTP1

1

loses watch,

RTP1

1

Jonathan Snell,

RTP2

1

Daniel Robinson,

RTP2

1

dog Watch,

RTP1

1

maligned,

RTP1

1

on St. Rosalie,

RTP1

1

attends wedding,

RTP1

1

on children's education,

RTP1

1

on love,

RTP1

1

and Anna White,

RTP1

1

on war and peace,

RTP1

1

on celibacy,

RTP1

1

attends ball,

RTP1

1

attributes as seen by W. Cushing,

RTP1

1

boards with Mrs. Clark,

RTP1

1

boards at Joseph How's,

RTP2

1

self-analysis,

RTP2

1

purchases wig,

RTP2

1

on honesty,

RTP2

1

on promises,

RTP2

1

and armaments,

RTP2

1

complains of cost of boarding,

RTP2

1

prepares to move lodgings,

RTP2

1

moved to Mrs. Eliot's,

RTP2

1

last will,

RTP2

1

on Dr. Edward Young,

RTP2

1

assigns power of attorney to James Brenton,

RTP2

1

moves home and office to Taunton,

RTP2

1

on politics,

RTP2

1

on psychological disorders,

RTP2

1

and loans,

RTP2

1

and Freemasons,

RTP2

1

and politics,

RTP2

1

and Lincolnshire Company,

RTP2

1

purchases Taunton house,

RTP2

1

and servants,

RTP2

1

value of estate,

RTP2

1

and gardening,

RTP2

1

builds house in Taunton,

RTP2

1

as administrator of Dr. McKinstry,

RTP2

1

money-lending,

RTP2

39

TRAVELS

6

considers visiting Halifax,

2

visits

RTP2

1

postpones visit,

RTP2

RTP1

3

visits Worcester and Lancaster,

RTP1

RTP2

3

plans summer tour for Eunice Paine,

RTP2

2

visits Sudbury

RTP1

2

in Philadelphia,

1

leaves,

RTP1

RTP1

2

plans to visit N.Y.,

RTP1

2

at Taunton,

RTP1

RTP2

2

visits Conn.,

RTP1

RTP2

1

rumored plans to visit England,

RTP1

1

opinion of Philadelphia,

RTP1

1

visits Providence, R.I.,

RTP1

1

visits N.Y.,

RTP1

1

visits Henry Snoad,

RTP1

1

hopes to revisit Philadelphia,

RTP1

1

at Billingate,

RTP1

1

visits Falmouth,

RTP1

1

wishes to visit West Indies and London,

RTP1

1

visits Norton,

RTP1

1

visits Germantown and Weymouth,

RTP1

1

at York, Me.,

RTP2

1

at Lancaster,

RTP2

1

in Connecticut,

RTP2

1

at Lebanon, Conn.,

RTP2

1

at Barnstable,

RTP2

1

visits Portsmouth, N.H.,

RTP2

30

WRITINGS

14

Allegories:

2

on Camp Lake George,

RTP1

1

on life,

RTP1

1

"A Dream,"

RTP1

1

on spermaceti works,

RTP1

1

on Richard Cranch,

RTP1

1

on a journey,

RTP1

1

"On the Hip,"

RTP1

1

"On wheels,"

RTP1

1

on being sworn to the bar,

RTP2

RTP1

3

appendix to Blood of Abel,

RTP2

1

Virgins Catechism

RTP1

1

"On a nunnery,"

RTP1

1

"A Song,"

RTP1

1

translates Life of St. Rosalie,

RTP1

1

poem to Samuel Quincy,

RTP1

1

poetry,

RTP1

1

description of a ball,

RTP1

1

obituary for Nathaniel Smibert,

RTP1

1

obituary for Nathaniel Balch,

RTP2

1

"On a Petticoat Metamorphiz'd,"

RTP2

1

"The Bloody Murder of Miss Elizabeth McKinstry,"

RTP2

1

on Dr. Gelston controversy,

RTP2

1

"Acceptance of an Invitation,"

RTP2

262

LETTERS TO

60

Eunice Paine,

RTP1

RTP2

13

Richard Cranch,

RTP1

RTP2

10

James Freeman

RTP1

RTP2

8

Thomas Paine,

RTP1

8

Joseph Palmer,

RTP1

7

Samuel Downe,

RTP1

7

Elizabeth (––) (Freeman) Poole,

RTP2

7

John Burbidge,

RTP2

6

Henry Darrall,

RTP1

6

William Fisher,

RTP1

5

George Leonard,

RTP1

RTP2

4

Joseph Greenleaf,

RTP1

4

Samuel Quincy,

RTP1

4

Miss A.L.,

RTP1

RTP2

4

Lavinia

RTP2

3

Abigail (Paine) Greenleaf,

RTP1

3

Henry Snoad,

RTP1

3

Henry Leddel,

RTP1

3

James Brenton,

RTP2

3

Eliphalet Dyer,

RTP2

3

Malachy Salter,

RTP2

3

Benjamin Leigh,

RTP2

3

Richard Smith,

RTP2

2

James Allen,

RTP1

2

Abraham Sheppard,

RTP1

2

Jeremiah Vail,

RTP1

2

Edward Salter,

RTP1

2

Gawen Brown,

RTP1

RTP2

2

Abel Willard,

RTP1

RTP2

2

Amelia,

RTP2

2

Shepard Fisk,

RTP2

2

John Hurd,

RTP2

2

Henry Ferguson,

RTP2

2

Richard Codman,

RTP2

2

Ellen Hobart,

RTP2

1

de la Vertue,

RTP1

1

Elizabeth Weyman,

RTP1

1

Joseph Balch,

RTP1

1

Francis Keeps,

RTP1

1

Edward Holyoke,

RTP1

1

Thomas Smith,

RTP1

1

Stephen Woolley,

RTP1

1

Miss M.M.,

RTP1

1

Walley Chauncy,

RTP1

1

Solomon Davis,

RTP1

1

Isaac Freeman,

RTP1

1

Hyromima Sebastiana de Asis,

RTP1

1

Isaac Freeman,

RTP1

1

Henry Kemp,

RTP1

1

William Pickern,

RTP1

1

Miss H.D.,

RTP1

1

Theodora Dyer,

RTP1

1

Timothy Harrington,

RTP1

1

Edward Flint,

RTP1

1

Samuel Gray,

RTP2

1

Joseph Blanchard,

RTP2

1

Enoch Freeman,

RTP2

1

Mary Fletcher,

RTP2

1

Ezekiel Barker,

RTP2

1

Ethelinda,

RTP2

1

Caleb Barker,

RTP2

1

William Stoddard,

RTP2

1

Rebecca (Hubbard) Blanchard,

RTP2

1

William Cushing,

RTP2

1

James Otis, Sr.,

RTP2

1

Ezra Taylor,

RTP2

1

George Ruggles,

RTP2

1

Edward C.,

RTP2

1

Experience (White) Leonard,

RTP2

1

Timothy Fales

RTP2

1

Antonio Emanuel de Sylva,

RTP2

1

Benjamin Johnson,

RTP2

1

Reynold Marvin,

RTP2

1

Jonathan Sewall,

RTP2

1

Timothy Paine,

RTP2

1

Simeon Potter,

RTP2

1

Rachel (Doane) Wormley,

RTP2

1

Rev. Joseph Palmer,

RTP2

1

Deliverance Eldridge,

RTP2

1

Ephraim Keith, Sr.,

RTP2

1

Abigail Otis,

RTP2

1

Oxenbridge Thacher,

RTP2

1

Anna White,

RTP2

1

Caleb Upham,

RTP2

1

David Hall,

RTP2

1

Jonathan Ingham,

RTP2

1

"Turtle and Dove,"

RTP2

1

John Lathrop,

RTP2

1

Apollos Leonard,

RTP2

1

James Putnam,

RTP2

1

Henry Marchant,

RTP2

1

Samuel Huntington,

RTP2

1

Joseph Otis,

RTP2

1

Samuel Eliot,

RTP2

1

Sampson S. Blowers,

RTP2

1

Henry Stevenson,

RTP2

474

LETTERS FROM

31

Eunice Paine,

RTP1

RTP2

29

Joseph Greenleaf

RTP1

RTP2

24

Abigail (Paine) Greenleaf,

RTP1

RTP2

21

Abel Willard,

RTP1

RTP2

21

Samuel Quincy,

RTP1

RTP2

15

Gilbert Deblois,

RTP2

14

Samuel Haven,

RTP1

10

James Freeman,

RTP1

RTP2

10

James Otis, Sr.,

RTP2

8

Samuel Eliot,

RTP2

7

Richard Cranch,

RTP1

RTP2

7

Robert Auchmuty,

RTP2

7

Samuel Fitch,

RTP2

7

Thomas Gray,

RTP2

6

William Cushing,

RTP1

RTP2

6

Richard Smith,

RTP2

5

Joseph Palmer,

RTP1

RTP2

5

Samuel White,

RTP2

5

Elizabeth (––) (Freeman) Poole,

RTP2

5

Benjamin Davis,

RTP2

5

Sally (Cobb) Paine,

RTP2

4

Thomas Paine,

RTP1

4

Ezekiel Dodge,

RTP1

4

Gideon Richardson,

RTP1

4

William Downe,

RTP1

4

Edward Flint,

RTP1

4

James Brenton,

RTP2

4

Edmund Hawes, Jr.,

RTP2

4

Jonathan Sewall,

RTP2

4

James Putnam,

RTP2

4

Rachel (Doane) Wormley,

RTP2

4

Edward Winslow,

RTP2

4

James Otis, Jr.,

RTP2

4

Henry Laughton,

RTP2

4

Edward Davis,

RTP2

4

Samuel Fayerweather,

RTP2

3

Joseph Cushing,

RTP1

RTP2

3

Levi Willard,

RTP1

RTP2

3

Shepard Fisk,

RTP2

3

John Burbidge,

RTP2

3

Eliphalet Dyer,

RTP2

3

John Adams,

RTP2

3

James Honyman,

RTP2

3

Oxenbridge Thacher,

RTP2

3

Joseph Otis,

RTP2

3

William Molineux,

RTP2

3

Daniel Hathway,

RTP2

3

Andrew Oliver,

RTP2

3

Gregory Townsend,

RTP2

2

Abijah Thurston,

RTP1

2

Henry Snoad,

RTP1

2

Samuel Downe,

RTP1

2

Edward Salter,

RTP1

2

Sylvanus Conant,

RTP1

RTP2

2

John Calef,

RTP2

2

Lavinia,

RTP2

2

Malachy Salter,

RTP2

2

Richard Codman,

RTP2

2

Jeremiah Condy,

RTP2

2

Nathan Tisdale,

RTP2

2

Benjamin Kent,

RTP2

2

Ephraim Keith, Jr.,

RTP2

2

James Hovey,

RTP2

2

Foster Hutchinson,

RTP2

2

John Foster,

RTP2

2

William McKinstry,

RTP2

2

Peter Oliver,

RTP2

2

Henry Marchant,

RTP2

2

James Warren,

RTP2

2

Thomas Hutchinson,

RTP2

2

John and Jonathan Amory,

RTP2

2

John Gould,

RTP2

2

John Singleton Copley,

RTP2

2

Sampson S. Blowers,

RTP2

2

Pelham Winslow,

RTP2

2

James Flagg,

RTP2

1

Israel Cheever,

RTP1

1

Mary (Cranch) Palmer,

RTP1

1

Samuel Hunt,

RTP1

1

Jeremiah Finney,

RTP1

1

Joshua Green,

RTP1

1

Cotton Tufts,

RTP1

1

William Fisher,

RTP1

1

John Simpson,

RTP1

1

Henry Leddel,

RTP1

1

Timothy Harrington,

RTP1

1

Gawen Browne,

RTP1

1

John Mellen,

RTP1

1

Joseph Blanchard,

RTP1

1

Mary Fletcher,

RTP2

1

Ezekiel Barker,

RTP2

1

Jemima,

RTP2

1

Experience (Paine) Hunt,

RTP2

1

Stelle Lipe Salve,

RTP2

1

Robert Barker,

RTP2

1

John Hurd,

RTP2

1

Jeremiah Moulton,

RTP2

1

Enoch Freeman,

RTP2

1

Benjamin Church,

RTP2

1

Phineas Nevers,

RTP2

1

Rev. John Brown,

RTP2

1

James Monk,

RTP2

1

Timothy Larrabee,

RTP2

1

John Dyer,

RTP2

1

Robert Caldwell,

RTP2

1

Cornelius Crocker,

RTP2

1

William Belcher,

RTP2

1

Aaron Willard,

RTP2

1

Simeon Potter,

RTP2

1

Edmund Jackson,

RTP2

1

Daniel Oliver,

RTP2

1

William Greenleaf,

RTP2

1

Joseph Tisdale,

RTP2

1

Barnabas Paine,

RTP2

1

Timothy Fales,

RTP2

1

Mary Nicolson,

RTP2

1

Nathaniel Ray Thomas,

RTP2

1

Daniel Farnham,

RTP2

1

Peter Thacher,

RTP2

1

Edward Payne,

RTP2

1

Thomas Clapp,

RTP2

1

Edmund Williams,

RTP2

1

Ratcliffe Hellon,

RTP2

1

John Lathrop,

RTP2

1

James Athearn,

RTP2

1

Ezra Taylor,

RTP2

1

David Cobb,

RTP2

1

Apollos Leonard,

RTP2

1

Edmund Quincy,

RTP2

1

William Palmer,

RTP2

1

Nathaniel Appleton, Jr.,

RTP2

1

Elisha Hutchinson,

RTP2

1

Shearjashub Bourne,

RTP2

1

Oliver Arnold,

RTP2

1

John Borland,

RTP2

1

Robert Gould,

RTP2

1

John Sprague,

RTP2

1

John Cotton,

RTP2

1

Abigail Tailor,

RTP2

1

William Cooper,

RTP2

1

Grizzell (Eastwick) Apthorp,

RTP2

1

William Brattle,

RTP2

1

Henry Pelham,

RTP2

1

Joshua Brackett,

RTP2

1

Edmund Trowbridge,

RTP2

1

Thomas Fletcher,

RTP2

1

William Pynchon,

RTP2

1

John Weston,

RTP2

1

Perez Morton,

RTP2