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Thomas Hutchinson (9 September 1711 – 3 June 1780) 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.
Hutchinson was recalled, and the Massachusetts governorship was given to the commander of British forces in North America, Lieutenant General Thomas Gage. Hutchinson left Massachusetts in May 1774, never to return. [31] Andrew Oliver suffered a stroke and died in March 1774. [32] Thomas Pownall, who may have given Franklin the letters
The Province of Massachusetts Bay was governed by appointed civilian governors until 1774, when Thomas Hutchinson was replaced by Lieutenant General Thomas Gage amid rising tensions between the Thirteen Colonies and the British Parliament. Gage was the province's last royal governor.
General Thomas Gage replaced Hutchinson as royal governor in May 1774. [23] He was well received at first, but his reputation rapidly became worse with the Patriots as he began to implement the Intolerable Acts, which included the Massachusetts Government Act , dissolved the legislature, and closed the port of Boston until reparations were paid ...
After the Colonists destroy 600,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor in 1773, King George sends General Thomas Gage to Boston to remove Governor Hutchinson from office and restore balance. Sam, Hancock, and John Adams set off for Philadelphia to gather arms and support at the Pennsylvania State House , and meet the intense George Washington ...
Thomas Hutchinson (governor) (1711–1780), American colonial official; Thomas Leger Hutchinson (1812–1883), intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina; Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1820–1885), Anglo-Irish surgeon, explorer, and writer; Tom Hutchinson (Scottish footballer) (1872–1933) Tom Hutchinson (American football) (1941–2007 ...
Thomas Hutchinson was a descendant of Anne Hutchinson and loyalist governor of Massachusetts, and he published the History of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1767 which includes the most complete extant transcript of Hutchinson's trial. This transcript is found in the compilations of both Adams and Hall.
Thomas Joseph Hutchinson. Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1820–1885) was an Anglo-Irish explorer and writer. Born in January, 1820, in Stonyford, County Kilkenny, Ireland, [1] he reportedly studied medicine in Germany. [2] After a trip to West Africa in 1851, he became chief surgeon on the Niger expedition (1854–1855).