Lot 6
Paine, Robert Treat -- War-date DS Re Confiscating a Loyalist's Property (1731-1814) Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts. Partly-printed document signed "Rob. Treat Paine" as Attorney General of Massachusetts, one page, folio, Boston. Addressed to the Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, held at Boston, July 1, 1780, being a complaint against John Coffin, a distiller, who since the nineteenth Day of April 1775 "levied War, and conspired to levy War against the Government and People of his Province, Colony and State; and then and there adhered to the King of Great-Britain, his Fleets and Armies…and…did give them Aid and Comfort…." The said John Coffin had withdrawn to Halifax, Nova, Scotia, to New York, and other parts and had not returned. Paine argues that under "An Act for confiscating The Estates of certain Persons commonly called Absentees," Coffin's property should "Escheat, Enure and Accrue to the Sole Use and Benefit of the Government and People aforesaid…." Coffin was a prominent Loyalist who fought in numerous battles, including Bunker Hill. He lived in New Brunswick after the war. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP
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