Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts

    Volume LXXXIII

    Officers of the Society

    Donald R. Friary, President

    Robert J. Allison, Vice President

    Daniel R. Coquillette, Vice President

    Celeste Walker, Vice President

    Leslie A. Morris, Recording Secretary

    Martha J. McNamara, Corresponding Secretary

    Thomas R. Appleton, Treasurer

    Committee of Publications

    Pauline R. Maier, Chair

    Robert Anderson

    Frederick D. Ballou

    Christopher Jedrey

    Kenneth P. Minkema

    Conrad Edick Wright

    Editor of Publications

    John W. Tyler

    The Papers of Francis Bernard

    Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760-1769

    Volume 3: 1766-1767

    EDITED BY COLIN NICOLSON

    The Papers of Francis Bernard

    Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760-69

    Volume 3: 1766-1767

    Research Assistants

    Stuart Salmon

    Christopher Minty

    Robyn Leith Stewart

    boston The Colonial Society of Massachusetts 2013

    Distributed by the University of Virginia Press

    dedication

    To Catherine, Catriona, and Kristen

    Copyright © 2013 by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts

    ISBN 978-0-9852543-1-5