Publications

    of

    The Colonial Society of Massachusetts

    Volume xciv

    OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY

    • Robert J. Allison, President
    • Daniel R. Coquillette, Vice President
    • Robert L. Hall, Vice President
    • Susan L. Lively, Vice President
    • Celeste Walker, Vice President
    • Leslie A. Morris, Secretary
    • Thomas R. Appleton, Treasurer

    COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATIONS

    • Kenneth P. Minkema, Chair
    • Robert Anderson
    • Catherine Brekus
    • David D. Hall
    • Christopher Jedrey
    • Celeste Walker

    EDITOR OF PUBLICATIONS

    • John W. Tyler

    the correspondence of

    Thomas Hutchinson

    Volume 3: 1770 (January–October)

    Thomas Hutchinson, 1741. By Edward Truman. This is the only known portrait of Hutchinson drawn from life. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society

    the correspondence of

    Thomas Hutchinson

    Volume 3: 1770 (January–October)

    John W. Tyler, editor

    Margaret A. Hogan, associate editor

    Jane E. Ward, assistant editor

    boston   The Colonial Society of Massachusetts 2021

    Distributed by the University Press of Virginia

    Dedication

    To Fellow Member the Honorable Hiller Zobel,

    Author of The Boston Massacre,

    After Fifty Years Still the Most Authoritative Record of the Event

    Copyright © 2021 by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts

    ISBN 978-1-7345401-0-9