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'''Robert Treat Paine''' (b. March 11, 1731; d. May 11, 1814) is an [[American]] Founding Father. He was a lawyer that received the honorary degree Doctor of Laws from Harvard, he was a teacher and a merchant marine. Paine would be elected to the Provincial Assembly. He would become a delegate of [[Massachusetts]] in the [[Continental Congress]] and would sign the [[Declaration of Independence]]. He became Attorney General and Supreme Court Judge for Massachusetts. Paine was a founder of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Also, Paine authored the final appeal to King George III, known as the [[Olive Branch Petition]]. <ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/paine.htm Robert Treat Paine, USHistory.org]</ref>

'''Robert Treat Paine''' (March 11, 1731 – May 11, 1814) is an [[American]] Founding Father. He was a lawyer that received the honorary degree Doctor of Laws from Harvard, he was a teacher and a merchant marine. Paine would be elected to the Provincial Assembly. He would become a delegate of [[Massachusetts]] in the [[Continental Congress]] and would sign the [[Declaration of Independence]]. He became Attorney General and Supreme Court Judge for Massachusetts. Paine was a founder of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Also, Paine authored the final appeal to King George III, known as the [[Olive Branch Petition]].<ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/paine.htm Robert Treat Paine, USHistory.org]</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early life==

Robert Treat Paine was born in Boston to pastor and father Thomas Paine. Robert studied for seven years at the Latin School, then went on to Harvard College pursuing law and theoology. He had frail health, Paine set out some years as a merchant marine visiting the southern colonies, [[Spain]], the Azores, and England. He returned home and would study law in Portland, [[Maine]] (then a part of Massachusetts) and opened a law business. At age 26, he was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and in the same year, 1757, his father died.  Robert married Sally Cobb and they eventually had eight children. <ref>[http://www.roberttreatpaine.com Robert Treat Paine, Roberttreatpaine.com]</ref>

Robert Treat Paine was born in Boston to pastor and father Thomas Paine. Robert studied for seven years at the Latin School, then went on to Harvard College pursuing law and theoology. He had frail health, Paine set out some years as a merchant marine visiting the southern colonies, [[Spain]], the Azores, and England. He returned home and would study law in Portland, [[Maine]] (then a part of Massachusetts) and opened a law business. At age 26, he was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and in the same year, 1757, his father died.  Robert married Sally Cobb and they eventually had eight children.<ref>[http://www.roberttreatpaine.com Robert Treat Paine, Roberttreatpaine.com]</ref>

==Politics==

==Politics==

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