Paine,
Robert Treat 1731-1814; Am. jurist & statesman
Paine,
Thomas 1737-1809; Am. Revolutionary patriot, writer, & political theoretician, born in England
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(pān), Robert Treat 1731-1814.
American Revolutionary leader and jurist. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he later served as a justice of the Massachusetts supreme court (1790-1804).
, Thomas 1737-1809.
British-born American writer and Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense (1776) arguing for American independence from Britain. In England he published The Rights of Man (1791-1792), a defense of the French Revolution.