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Robert Treat Paine Papers

Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2

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From John Singleton Copley

21 February 1772

From Eunice Paine

2 March 1772
From John Singleton Copley
Copley, John Singleton RTP
Boston Fby. 22 1772 Sir,

I have been expecting you & these 3 Days with impatience. The Coll. is come & wishes to see you as the Cause will come on sooner than was expected. He fears there will not be time anough to form some a plan for regular procedure unless you are here some Days before the Tryal & monday or Tuesday at fartheset will bring it on. I therefore Request your attendance as soon as possable to inform me by a line if anything prevents you.1 I am Sir your Humble Servt.

J. S. COPLEY

RC ; addressed: "For Robt: T. Paine Esqr. in Tanton"; endorsed.

1.

RTP noted in his diary for Feb. 1772 that the Superior Court met on the 25th with two recently appointed justices, Judge Nathaniel Ropes and Judge William Cushing on the bench. On the 27th he "Tryed Bannister vs. Copely," and the next day, "Tryed Banister vs Sigourney." For further on this case, see John Singleton Copley to RTP, Aug. 14, 1770.