Publications

    of

    The Colonial Society of Massachusetts

    Volume xcii

    OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY

    • Donald R. Friary, President
    • Robert J. Allison, Vice President
    • Daniel R. Coquillette, 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 2: 1767–1769

    Thomas Hutchinson, 1741. By Edward Truman. This is the only known portrait of Hutchinson drawn from life. It was painted in London during the year he spent there as unofficial agent of the province. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

    the correspondence of

    THOMAS HUTCHINSON

    Volume 2: 1767–1769

    John W. Tyler, editor

    Elizabeth Dubrulle, associate editor

    boston   The Colonial Society of Massachusetts 2020

    Distributed by the University Press of Virginia

    DEDICATION

    To Bernard Bailyn,

    Peerless Biographer of Thomas Hutchinson

    And a Great Encourager of this Project

    Copyright © 2020 by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts

    ISBN 978-0-9975191-6-7

    Printed from the Income of the Sarah Louise Edes Fund

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