Loyalism

Date:  January 11, 1773 Author:  Thomas Hutchinson Gentlemen of the Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, I have nothing special from His Majesty at this time, rather general instructions from me. That the Government is at present in a disturbed and disordered state is a truth too evident to be denied. For several […]

Date: January 11, 1773 Author: Thomas Hutchinson “BOSTON, January 11, 1773. Wednesday last [i.e. January 6th] the Great & general Court or Assembly of the Province met here, when his Excellency the Governor was pleased to make the following SPEECH to both Houses, viz. Gentlemen of the Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, […]