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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03412 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1780 |
| Title | Confiscating the property of John Troutbeck, a Tory from Massachusetts |
| Date | March 1780 |
| Author | Paine, Robert Treat (1731-1814) |
| Document Type | Legal document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Partially form filled in and signed by Paine, the Attorney General of Massachusetts. States that because Troutbeck removed to British territory (during the American Revolution" his property in Waltham, Massachusetts was being confiscated in accordance with "An Act for confiscating the Estates of certain Person commonly called Absentees." Extensive autograph fill-ins and some alterations of the printed portion. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War American Statesmen Law Land Transaction Loyalist Global History and Civics Wartime Pillaging and Destruction |
| People | Paine, Robert Treat (1731-1814) Troutbeck, John (fl. 1755-1784) |
| Place written | Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |