The Diary And Letters Of His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, Esq
Thomas Hutchinson
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Letters, &c.
Letters, &c.
Boston, 18th June, 1768. SIR, As you allow me the honour of your correspondence, I may not omit acquainting you with so remarkable an event as the withdraw of the commissioners of the customs and most of the other officers under them from the town on board the Romney, with an intent to remove from thence to the castle. In the evening of the 10th a sloop belonging to Mr. Hancock, a representative for Boston, and a wealthy merchant, of great influence over the populace, was seized by the collector
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