Robert Treat Paine

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Robert Treat Paine 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.

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Prosecuted the captain
Robert Treat Paine helped prosecute Thomas Preston on the allegation that he ordered the soldiers to fire.
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Opposed in court
Josiah Quincy II served on the defense while Robert Treat Paine served on the prosecution in the Boston Massacre trials.
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Opposed in court
John Adams served on the defense while Robert Treat Paine served on the prosecution in the Boston Massacre trials.
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Served as prosecutor
Robert Treat Paine prosecuted Captain Preston and the soldiers in the Boston Massacre trials.
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