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    The Colonial Society of Massachusetts

    Volume xcvi

    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
    • Amory L. Logan, 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 Papers of Francis Bernard

    Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760–69

    Volume 6: 1769–1779

    Sir Francis Bernard. Oil on canvas by John Singleton Copley, c. 1767. Donated to Christ Church, Oxford, c. 1772. By permission of the Governing Body, Christ Church, Oxford.

    Edited by Colin Nicolson

    The Papers of Francis Bernard

    Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760–69

    Volume 6: 1769–1779

    Assistant Editor:

    Stuart Salmon

    Research Assistants:

    Jamie Macpherson

    Christopher Minty

    Kristen Nicolson

    Robyn Leith Stewart

    boston   The Colonial Society of Massachusetts 2022

    Distributed by the University of Virginia Press

    Dedication

    To the Bernard Papers Team

    © Colonial Society of Massachusetts 2022

    ISBN 978-1-7345401-2-3

    Printed from the Income of the Sarah Louisa Edes Fund