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'''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>

'''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 signed 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==