Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine | |
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Portrait of Paine by Edward Savage and John Coles, Jr. | |
| Born | March 11, 1731 |
| Died | May 11, 1814 (aged 83) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Granary Burying Ground in Boston |
| Education | Harvard College |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, politician |
| Known for | Signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Spouse | Sally Cobb (m. 1770–1814; his death) |
| Children | 8 |
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Robert Treat Paine (March 11, 1731 – May 11, 1814) was a lawyer, politician and Founding Father of the United States who signed the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence as a representative of the colonial era Province of Massachusetts Bay, one of the original Thirteen Colonies. He served as the state's first attorney general and as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state's highest court.