Author: Robert Treat Paine
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Papers of Robert Treat Paine: 1778-1786
Author: Robert Treat Paine
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Papers of Robert Treat Paine
Author: Robert Treat Paine
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ISBN: 9781936520107
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The fourth volume of this series encompasses Robert Treat Paine's time as Massachusetts attorney general. Paine, best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence, spent the remainder of his public career in state service. The documents in this volume highlight the quest for order in a nation gripped by violence and upheaval. Paine focused on reforming and enforcing the laws. He prosecuted crimes directly and indirectly tied to the Revolution, including treason, an uprising by prisoners of war, piracy, and tax riots, which are detailed in his opaque but fascinating trial notes. He also confronted the bounds of revolutionary citizenship when he was tasked with confiscating loyalist estates, some of which had belonged to former friends and neighbors. Outside of the courtroom, Paine obsessed over stabilizing the economy, and this volume showcases his fiery views on seemingly mundane topics such as price control and counterfeiting. While Paine focused on controlling and stabilizing the state, he often neglected his family life. His correspondence with his wife reveals her dissatisfaction when faced with wartime shortages and the challenges of raising a growing brood of children on her own. The volume concludes with one of Paine's most influential cases, the first of many treason trials in the aftermath of Shays' Rebellion. Distributed for the Massachusetts Historical Society
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ISBN: 9781936520107
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The fourth volume of this series encompasses Robert Treat Paine's time as Massachusetts attorney general. Paine, best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence, spent the remainder of his public career in state service. The documents in this volume highlight the quest for order in a nation gripped by violence and upheaval. Paine focused on reforming and enforcing the laws. He prosecuted crimes directly and indirectly tied to the Revolution, including treason, an uprising by prisoners of war, piracy, and tax riots, which are detailed in his opaque but fascinating trial notes. He also confronted the bounds of revolutionary citizenship when he was tasked with confiscating loyalist estates, some of which had belonged to former friends and neighbors. Outside of the courtroom, Paine obsessed over stabilizing the economy, and this volume showcases his fiery views on seemingly mundane topics such as price control and counterfeiting. While Paine focused on controlling and stabilizing the state, he often neglected his family life. His correspondence with his wife reveals her dissatisfaction when faced with wartime shortages and the challenges of raising a growing brood of children on her own. The volume concludes with one of Paine's most influential cases, the first of many treason trials in the aftermath of Shays' Rebellion. Distributed for the Massachusetts Historical Society
The Papers of Robert Treat Paine
Author: Robert Treat Paine
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Publisher:
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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The Writings of George Washington, Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original MSS.; with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations. By J. Sparks
Author: George Washington
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Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Languages : en
Pages : 616
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“The” Writings of George Washington
Author: George Washington
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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The Writings of George Washington
Author: Jared Sparks
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Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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The Papers of Robert Treat Paine: 1757-1774
Author: Robert Treat Paine
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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The Writings of George Washington, Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts with the Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations
Author: George Washington
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Pages : 620
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The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781-1784
Author: Robert Morris
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822933241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Although Robert Morris (1734-1806), "the Financier of the American Revolution," was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, a powerful committee chairman in the Continental Congress, an important figure in Pennsylvania politics, and perhaps the most prominent businessman of his day, he is today least known of the great national leaders of the Revolutionary era.This oversight is being rectified by this definitive publication project that transcribes and carefully annotates the Office of Finance diary, correspondence, and other official papers written by Morris during his administration as superintendent of finance from 1781 to 1784.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822933241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Although Robert Morris (1734-1806), "the Financier of the American Revolution," was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, a powerful committee chairman in the Continental Congress, an important figure in Pennsylvania politics, and perhaps the most prominent businessman of his day, he is today least known of the great national leaders of the Revolutionary era.This oversight is being rectified by this definitive publication project that transcribes and carefully annotates the Office of Finance diary, correspondence, and other official papers written by Morris during his administration as superintendent of finance from 1781 to 1784.
Papers of Robert Morris, 1781–1784, Volume 3
Author: Robert Morris
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822970198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Although Robert Morris (1734-1806), the Financier of the American Revolution, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, a powerful committee chairman in the Continental Congress, an important figure in Pennsylvania politics, and perhaps the most prominent businessman of his day, he is today least known of the great national leaders of the Revolutionary era.This oversight is being rectified by this definitive publication project that transcribes and carefully annotates the Office of Finance diary, correspondence, and other official papers written by Morris during his administration as superintendent of finance from 1781 to 1784.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822970198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Although Robert Morris (1734-1806), the Financier of the American Revolution, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, a powerful committee chairman in the Continental Congress, an important figure in Pennsylvania politics, and perhaps the most prominent businessman of his day, he is today least known of the great national leaders of the Revolutionary era.This oversight is being rectified by this definitive publication project that transcribes and carefully annotates the Office of Finance diary, correspondence, and other official papers written by Morris during his administration as superintendent of finance from 1781 to 1784.