Publications

    of

    The Colonial Society of Massachusetts

    Volume xcv

    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 correspondence of

    Thomas Hutchinson

    Volume 4: November 1770–June 1772

    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 4: November 1770–June 1772

    John W. Tyler, editor

    Margaret A. Hogan, associate editor

    Jane E. Ward, assistant editor

    boston   The Colonial Society of Massachusetts 2022

    Distributed by the University of Virginia Press

    Dedication

    To Fellow Member Richard D. Brown

    Leading Scholar of Early New England and Author of

    Revolutionary Politics in Massachusetts:

    The Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Towns, 1772–1774

    Copyright © 2022 by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts

    ISBN 978-1-7345401-4-7

    Printed from the Income of the Sarah Louisa Edes Fund