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Paine, Robert Treat (1731–1814)

131

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

10

patronage request,

10

cannon committee,

3

return of papers requested,

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2

enquiries

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2

directives,

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1

letter from Daniel Joy,

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1

contracts,

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5

salt peter committee,

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5

appointed justice,

3

declined,

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5

musket and bayonet committee,

1

payment,

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1

contracts,

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4

chosen representative from Taunton,

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4

committee journey to Ticonderoga,

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3

committees on naval appeals,

2

committees to consider letters,

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2

at Albany,

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2

on dispute within Mass. delegation,

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2

salt peter committee,

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2

on evacuation of Boston,

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2

committee on manufacturing sulphur,

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2

committee to draw up rules for Congress,

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2

on the Regulating Act,

2

appointed commissioner on Rhode Island Expedition,

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1

arrival in New York

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1

homesickness,

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1

journey home from First Continental Congress,

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1

selected representative to Second Continental Congress,

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1

comments on political divisions,

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1

travels to Second Continental Congress,

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1

creditor to McKinstry estate,

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1

committee on fasting and prayer,

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1

on sulphur production,

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1

appointed to militia committee,

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1

letters of introduction,

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1

maps stored,

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1

appointed to Council,

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1

tour of Boston area,

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1

leaves for Philadelphia,

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1

mannieres criticized,

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1

militia committee,

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1

considers returning home,

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1

travels in Pennsylvania,

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1

anger at J. Warren,

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1

travels to New Jersey,

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1

J. Adams on his character,

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1

receives Indian name “Currewaehee”,

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1

committee on letter from New York,

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1

committee to confer with B. Romans,

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1

committee concerning seamen,

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1

elected to Continental Congress,

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1

sells Taunton house to S. Fales,

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1

committee on Indian affairs,

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1

committee concerning New York Committee of Safety,

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1

committee on Maryland bounties,

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1

attempts to dismiss from Congress,

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1

committee on commissaries,

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1

on importance of arms,

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1

committee to visit jail,

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1

circular to encourage making of salt petre,

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1

committee on A. Ross,

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1

tour of manufactories,

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1

committee on C. Lee letter,

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1

effects in Boston safe,

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1

committee on powder mill complaint,

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1

committee on prisoner exchange,

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1

committee to consider military casualties,

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1

committee on failure of Canadian expedition,

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1

committee on manufacturing sulphur,

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1

on independence,

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1

committee on Lord Howe’s letters,

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1

committee on commisaries’ letter,

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1

committee on condemnation of Thistle,

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1

directed to write to J. Trumbull,

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1

committee to consider letter from N.Y.,

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1

committee on army supplies,

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1

committee on ship libel,

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1

as chairman of clothing committee,

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1

committee to prepare military oath,

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1

committee on prize awards,

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1

committee on Maryland battalions,

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1

committee on petition of B. Eyre,

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1

committee on R. Bache’s letter,

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1

re-elected to congress,

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1

artillery yard committee,

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1

committee on cavalry,

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1

return to Taunton,

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1

visits Bunker Hill,

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1

directed to contract with R. Gridley,

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1

committee on paper currency,

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1

on status of African American sailors,

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36

MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE

3

committees on board of war,

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3

committee to consider sequestrations,

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2

appointed member of State of the Province committee

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2

committee on tax,

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1

requested to attend Provincial Congress,

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1

committee on relations with Britain,

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1

committee on delegation from Connecticut,

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1

at Mass. Provincial Congress,

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1

committee on defence of province

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1

committee on proclamation of fast

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1

summoned to Massachusetts General Court,

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1

elected speaker pro tempore,

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1

committee on Gov. Trumbull’s letter,

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1

on Penobscot tribes committee,

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1

committee to attend T. Danielson,

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1

committee on counterfeiting,

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1

committee on monopolies,

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1

committee on Gen. Pickering’s letter,

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1

committee to write to congress,

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1

committee to consider N.Y. letter,

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1

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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1

committee on enlistment frauds,

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1

committee to study behavior on Nantucket,

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1

L. Lincoln substitutes for in court,

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1

committee to study H. Gates’s letter,

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1

committee on abating tax,

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21

PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE

7

health

4

library,

3

gardening and farming,

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2

purse,

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1

clothing,

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1

grows hair long,

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1

trunk returned,

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1

loans book,

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1

on Cobb family estate,

23

ATTORNEY GENERAL AND PRIVATE LEGAL WORK

4

legal counsel solicited,

2

elected attorney general,

1

accepts,

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2

elected attorney general,

1

accepts,

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2

committee on calling in bills of credit,

RTP3

1

non-English legal sources

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1

on court circuit,

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1

indictment against A. Bailey on fraud,

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1

assistance requested on counterfeiting case,

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1

assistance requested on maritime case,

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1

committee on prisoners,

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1

and S. Holland case,

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1

and Penhallow vs. The Lusanna,

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1

and J. Richardson case,

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1

elected to Third Continental Congress,

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1

committee on proposed oath of allegiance,

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1

committee to consider W. Heath’s letter,

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1

fees for service in salt,

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224

LETTERS FROM

9

Eunice Paine,

5

Joseph Palmer,

5

Joseph Hawley,

5

Anthony Mosengeil,

4

Elbridge Gerry,

4

Daniel Joy,

3

Benjamin Kent,

3

Robert R. Livingston,

3

Daniel & Samuel Hughes,

3

John Hancock,

3

John Brown & Thomas Greene,

3

Nicholas Brown,

3

James Lovell,

2

William Baylies,

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2

Samuel Eliot,

2

Perez Morton,

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2

William Whiting,

2

Owen Biddle,

2

John Griffiths,

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2

Joshua Howell,

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2

Joshua Green,

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2

James Byers,

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2

Joseph Nourse,

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1

Benjamin Lincoln,

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1

Benjamin Akin,

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1

Stephen Collins,

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1

Alexander McDougall,

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1

James Warren,

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1

Apollos Leonard,

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1

Thomas Greenleaf,

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1

Philip Schuyler,

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1

Bernard Romans,

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1

Moses Gill,

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1

Ebenezer Cowell,

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1

Abraham Hunt,

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1

William Livingston,

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1

Thomas Cobb,

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1

Mark Bird,

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1

Francis Lewis,

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1

Samuel Patrick,

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1

Isaac Foster, Jr.,

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1

Ezekiel Price,

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1

George Howard,

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1

Thomas Johnson, Jr.,

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1

Clement Biddle,

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1

William Henry,

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1

Richard Stockton,

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1

Lemuel Cox,

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1

Jonathan Trumbull,

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1

Samuel A. Otis,

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1

Joshua Porter,

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1

Hugh Orr,

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1

Nicholas Cooke,

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1

John Avery,

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1

John Grannis,

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1

Richard Gridley,

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1

John Wilcocks,

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1

Ephraim Keith, Jr.,

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1

Mary Greenleaf,

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1

Benjamin Church,

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1

Levi Lincoln,

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1

Solomon Alden,

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1

Meshech Weare,

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1

William Wetmore,

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1

Shearjashub Bourne,

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1

Henry Laurens,

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1

Archibald Campbell,

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1

John Hinkley & Company,

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55

LETTERS TO:

5

Joseph Palmer,

5

Henry Knox

4

David Cobb,

1

bond,

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4

Samuel & Daniel Hughes

3

Elbridge Gerry,

3

William Whiting,

3

Philip Schuyler,

2

Artemas Ward,

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2

Robert R. Livingston,

2

Jonathan Trumbull

2

Samuel Phillips, Jr.

1

mentioned

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2

unidentified correspondent

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1

Daniel Leonard (as “Massachusettensis”)

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1

Stephen Collins,

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1

John Beal Bordley,

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1

John Thomas,

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1

James Warren,

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1

Massachusetts Council,

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1

Abraham Hunt

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1

Benjamin Yard

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1

Massachusetts House of Representatives

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1

John Griffith & Samuel Patrick

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1

Peter Grubb

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1

Curtis Grubb

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1

James Byers

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1

Samuel & Robert Purviance

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1

William Baylies

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1

Jonathan Cobb

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1

Maritime Court of Massachusetts

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1

Joseph Nourse

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