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Copy of letters sent to Great-Britain, by His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, the Honorable Andrew Oliver, and several other persons, born and educated among us. Which original letters have been returned to America, and laid before the Honourable House of Representatives of this province. In which (notwithstanding His Excellency's declaration to the House, that the tendency and design of them was not to subvert the Constitution, but rather to preserve it entire) the judicious reader will discover the fatal source of the confusion and bloodshed in which this province especially has been involved, and which threatned [sic] total destruction to the liberties of all America.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1773 Hut Ar73 H978
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780 5220
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 40,8p. ; 4°.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street, 1773.
- Notes:
- Several states noted: the three states noted in the 40 p. edition (Bristol B3576) as well as three states of the 8 p. addition, each having a variant caption title. The first reads: "The committee appointed to consider certain letters laid before the House of Representatives, reported the following Resolves. Tuesday, June 15, 1773. Resolved, that the letters. .." The second reads "On Tuesday June 16, 1773, the House of Representatives by a very large majority came into the following Resolves, upon the letters that had been laid before them on Wednesday the second of the same month, viz. Resolved, that the letters. .." The third reads "On Wednesday June 16, 1773, the House of Representatives by a very large majority came into the following Resolves, upon the letters that had been laid before them on Wednesday the second of the same month, viz. Resolved, that the letters. .." -.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 96b
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