LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

    Acts and Resolves

    The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1692-1776. 21 Vols. Boston, 1896-1922.

    ADM 1/482

    Papers of Admirals Colvill and Saunders, 1759-1766. Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and Related Bodies. ADM 1/482, PRO.

    American Papers, Dartmouth Papers

    American Papers, Dartmouth Papers. D(W)1778. Staffordshire Record Office.

    APC

    W. L. Grant and James Munro, eds., Acts of the Privy Council of England: Colonial Series, 1613-1783. 6 Vols. Vols. 4-6. London, 1909-1912.

    Barrington-Bernard

    Edward Channing and Archibald Cary Coolidge, eds., The Barrington-Bernard Correspondence and Illustrative Matter, 1760-1770. Harvard Historical Studies Series. Vol. 17. Cambridge, Mass., 1912.

    Bernard Papers

    Colin Nicolson, ed., The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760-69. 5 Vols. The Colonial Society of Massachusetts; distributed by the Univ. of Virginia Press. Boston, 2007-.

    BGHU

    John L. Sibley, Clifford K. Shipton, Conrad Edick Wright, Edward W. Hanson, eds., Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University [title varies]. 18 Vols. to date. Cambridge, Mass., 1873-.

    BL

    The British Library.

    BL: Add

    Additional Manuscripts. The British Library

    Boston Gazette

    Boston Gazette and Country Journal.

    BP

    Bernard Papers, 13 Vols. Sparks Papers, MS 4. Houghton Library, Harvard University.

    CO 5

    Colonial Office Records, Colonial Office Series. PRO.

    CO 5/43

    Miscellaneous Correspondence: Original-Secretary of State, 1743-1783. CO 5/43. PRO.

    CO 5/755

    Original Correspondence of Secretary of State, 1761-1766. CO 5/755. PRO.

    CO 5/756

    Massachusetts, Original Correspondence of Secretary of State, 1766-1767. CO 5/756. PRO.

    CO 5/823

    Massachusetts, Council Executive Records, 1760-1766. CO 5/823. PRO.1

    CO 5/826

    Council in Assembly, Massachusetts, 1763-1766. CO 5/826. PRO.2

    CO 5/827

    Massachusetts, Council Executive Records, 1766-1769. CO 5/827. PRO.

    CO 5/850

    Shipping Returns, 1752-1765. CO 5/850. PRO.

    CO 5/854

    Massachusetts, Treasurer’s Accounts, 1760-1769. CO 5/854. PRO.

    CO 5/891

    New England, Original Correspondence of Board of Trade, 1760-1766. CO 5/891. PRO.

    CO 5/892

    New England, Original Correspondence of Board of Trade, 1766-1767. CO 5/892. PRO.

    CO 5/897

    New England, Draft Correspondence of Board of Trade, 1731-1774. CO 5/897. PRO.

    CO 5/920

    Instructions, Board of Trade Correspondence, New England, 1760-1774. CO 5/920. PRO.

    CO 5/998

    Commissions, Instructions, Board of Trade Correspondence E, 1758-1760. CO 5/998. PRO.

    CO 700

    Colonial Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans: Series I. CO 700. PRO.

    Cobbett, Parliamentary History of England

    William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England from the earliest period to the year 1803, from which last-mentioned epoch it is continued downwards in the work entitled “The parliamentary debates.” 36 Vols. Vols. 16 and 17. London, 1806-1820.

    Colden Papers

    Cadwallader Colden Papers, 1677-1832. New-York Historical Society.

    Customs GB II

    Typescripts of the Bowdoin-Temple Papers. Massachusetts Historical Society.

    Extracts from Parliamentary Papers on the Stamp Act, 1764-1765, RH4/99

    “List of & Extracts from several of the Papers laid before the Parliament relative to the Disturbances in America on Account of the Stamp Act.” Charles Townshend Papers. RH4/99. William L. Clements Library. (Formerly GD224 Box 37/22, Buccleuch Muniments, National Archives of Scotland.)

    FB

    Francis Bernard.

    Franklin Papers

    Leonard Woods Labaree, William Bradford Willcox, and Barbara Oberg, eds. The Papers of Benjamin Franklin. 37 Vols. New Haven, 1959-2008.

    Gage

    Gage Papers. William L. Clements Library.

    Hutchinson, History of Massachusetts

    Thomas Hutchinson, The History of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts-Bay. 3 Vols. 1764, 1767, 1828. Edited by Lawrence Shaw Mayo. Cambridge, Mass., 1936.

    Hutchinson Correspondence, 1

    John W. Tyler and Elizabeth Dubrulle, eds. The Select Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, 1740-1766. 4 Vols. Vol. 1. Boston, forthcoming.

    JBT

    Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. 14 Vols. London, 1920-1938.

    JHRM

    The Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, 1715-1779. 55 Vols. Boston, 1919-1990.

    HCJ

    Journals of the House of Commons, 1688-1834. 89 Vols. Vols. 30-34. London, 1803-1835. House of Commons Parliamentary Papers. ProQuest and University of Southampton, http://parlipapers.chadwyck.co.uk

    KJV

    Authorized or King James Version of The Bible.

    Labaree, Royal Instructions

    Leonard Woods Labaree, ed., Royal Instructions to British Colonial Governors, 1670-1776. 2 Vols. London, 1935.

    LMGC

    John A. Schutz, ed., Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court. Boston, 1997.

    M-Ar

    Massachusetts Archives. Boston.

    Mass. Archs.

    Massachusetts Archives Collection, Records, 1629-1799. 328 Vols. SC1-45x. Massachusetts Archives.

    MH-AH

    Andover-Harvard Theological Library. Harvard University.

    MH-Ar

    Harvard University Archives, Pusey Library.

    MHS

    Massachusetts Historical Society.

    MHS: Mass. Papers

    Papers Relating to Public Events in Massachusetts, 1749-1777. 3 Vols. Massachusetts Historical Society.

    MiU-C

    William L. Clements Library. University of Michigan.

    MP

    Member of Parliament.

    NWHMC

    Nether Winchendon House Manuscript Collection. Aylesbury, Eng. (Private collection of Robert Spencer Bernard).

    ODNB-e

    Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online. London, 2004-2006, http://www.oxforddnb.com.

    OED

    Oxford English Dictionary Online. London 2004-2006, http://dictionary.oed.com.

    PRO

    The National Archives of the UK: Public Record Office, London.

    PROB 11

    Will Registers, Probate Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. PRO.

    Procs. MHS

    Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 3d ser.

    Prov. Sec. Letterbooks

    Province Secretary’s Letterbooks, 1755-74, Secretary’s Letterbooks, 1701-1872. 4 Vols. SC1-117x, [Vols. 1, 2, 2A, & 3]. Massachusetts Archives.

    Reports of the Record Commissioners of Boston

    Reports of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 38 Vols. Boston, 1876-1909.

    RSA

    The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, London.

    SA: WWM

    Letters to the Marquess of Rockingham, Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments. Sheffield City Council, Libraries, Archives, and Information: Sheffield Archives, England.

    Select Letters

    [Francis Bernard], Select Letters on the Trade and Government of America; and the Principles of Law and Polity, Applied to the American Colonies Written by Governor Bernard in the Years 1763, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. London, 1774. First edition. W. Bowyer and J. Nichols. London, 1774.3

    Spencer Bernard Papers

    Spencer Bernard Papers D/SB. Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, Aylesbury, England.

    T 1/429

    American Customs. Treasury Board Papers, 1746-1785. T 1/429. PRO.

    T 1/430

    America: Stamp Duties, 1746-1758, 1764. Treasury Board Papers, 1746-1785. T 1/430. PRO.

    T 1/439

    Papers on the Stamp Act. Treasury Board Papers, 1746-1785. T 1/439. PRO.

    T 1/441

    Treasury Board Papers, 1746-1785. T 1/441. PRO.

    T 1/442

    Papers on the Stamp Act. Treasury Board Papers, 1746-1785. T 1/442. PRO.

    T 1/452

    Attorney General’s Cases. Treasury Board Papers, 1746-1785. T 1/452. PRO.

    T 28/1

    Treasury “America Book,” 29 Oct. 1765-5 Sept. 1778. T 28/1. PRO.

    T 29/36

    Treasury Minute Books, June 1764-May 1765. T 29/36. PRO.

    T 29/37

    Treasury Minute Books, May 1765-May 1766. T 29/37. PRO.

    Temple Papers, 1762-1768

    Bowdoin-Temple Papers. Bound MSS: Temple Papers, 1762-1768. MHS.

    Temple Papers, 1762-1768: Cockle’s Suspension

    Temple Papers, 1762-1768: Mr Cockle’s Suspension, with the whole of his, and Governor Bernard’s proceedings relating to the Anguilla forgeries copied from the original letters and depositions; now in the possession of Mr Temple the Surveyor General, 1764. MHS.

    Temple Papers, 1762-1768: JT Letterbook

    Temple Papers, 1762-1768: Letter book of John Temple and other manuscripts. MHS.

    Temple Papers, 1762-1768: Taunton

    Temple Papers, 1762-1768: Governor Bernard’s Conduct relating to the riot & robbery at Taunton . . . 1765. MHS.

    TH

    Thomas Hutchinson.

    WMQ

    The William and Mary Quarterly: A Magazine of Early American History and Culture, 3d ser.