Publications

    of

    The Colonial Society of Massachusetts

    Volume xcix

    Officers of the Society

    • Robert J. Allison, President
    • Daniel R. Coquillette, Vice President
    • Susan L. Lively, Vice President
    • Rashaun Martin, 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
    • Sally E. Hadden
    • David D. Hall
    • Christopher Jedrey
    • Celeste Walker

    Editor of Publications

    • John W. Tyler

    the correspondence of

    Thomas Hutchinson

    Volume 5: July 1772–May 1774

    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 5: July 1772–May 1774

    John W. Tyler, editor

    Margaret A. Hogan, associate editor

    Jane E. Ward, assistant editor

    boston   The Colonial Society of Massachusetts 2023

    Distributed by the University of Virginia Press

    Dedication

    To the memory of Benjamin Woods Labaree,

    fellow member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts,

    distinguished maritime historian, and author of the enduringly valuable

    The Boston Tea Party

    Copyright © 2023 by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts

    ISBN 979-8-9867894-0-8

    Printed from the Income of the Sarah Louisa Edes Fund