"Copy of Letters Sent to Great-Britain by His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, the Hon. Andrew Oliver, and Several Other Persons" by Thomas Hutchinson is a record of communications from colonial leaders during a time of growing conflict between America and Britain. The book is a collection of letters that illustrates the tough situation for those working for the British government in Massachusetts, along with the anger and threats they faced because of tax collection. Hutchinson's letters show his efforts to explain the complex workings of government, while also describing how citizens were reacting strongly – sometimes violently – to British taxes and authority. The communication shows customs officials retreating to a warship due to public anger, the growth of disagreement in the colonies, and an overall feeling among the people, reflecting the rising questions about staying loyal to the king, all leading up to the Revolutionary War. In essence, the book offers a firsthand look at the political climate of colonial America when views toward British rule were starting to greatly shift.
Copy of Letters Sent to Great-Britain by His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, the Hon. Andrew Oliver, and Several Other Persons
By Thomas Hutchinson
Read private letters that reveal rising colonial tensions, public anger towards British authority, and officials struggling amidst growing unrest.
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About the AuthorThomas Hutchinson was an American merchant, politician, historian, and colonial administrator who repeatedly served as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the years leading up to the American Revolution. He has been described as "the most important figure on the loyalist side in pre-Revolutionary Massachusetts". Hutchinson was a successful merchant and politician who was active at high levels of the Massachusetts colonial government for many years, serving as lieutenant governor and then governor from 1758 to 1774. He was a politically polarizing figure who came to be identified by John Adams and Samuel Adams as a supporter of unpopular British taxes, despite his initial opposition to Parliamentary tax laws directed at the colonies. Hutchinson was blamed by British Prime Minister Lord North for being a significant contributor to the tensions that led to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
Thomas Hutchinson was an American merchant, politician, historian, and colonial administrator who repeatedly served as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the years leading up to the American Revolution. He has been described as "the most important figure on the loyalist side in pre-Revolutionary Massachusetts". Hutchinson was a successful merchant and politician who was active at high levels of the Massachusetts colonial government for many years, serving as lieutenant governor and then governor from 1758 to 1774. He was a politically polarizing figure who came to be identified by John Adams and Samuel Adams as a supporter of unpopular British taxes, despite his initial opposition to Parliamentary tax laws directed at the colonies. Hutchinson was blamed by British Prime Minister Lord North for being a significant contributor to the tensions that led to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
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