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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Paine, Robert treat, Jr. 1773-1811 (search)
Paine, Robert treat, Jr. 1773-1811 Poet, son of the signer; born in Taunton, Mass., Dec. 9, 1773; graduated at Harvard University in 1792; was originally named Thomas, but in view of the character of Thomas Paine, author of Common sense, he had it changed by the legislature, he desiring, as he said, to bear a Christian name. He became a journalist and a poet, and was the author of the popular ode entitled Adams and liberty. He became a lawyer in 1802, and retired from the profession in 1809. His last important poem—The Steeds of Apollo—was written in his father's house in Boston. He died in Boston, Nov. 13, 1811. Adams and liberty. In the spring and early summer of 1798 a war-spirit of great intensity excited the American people. The conduct of France towards the United States and its ministers had caused the American government to make preparations for war upon the French. In June Paine was engaged to write a patriotic song to be sung at the anniversary of the Massach