The speeches of His Excellency Governor Hutchinson, to the General Assembly of the Massachusetts-Bay. At a session begun and held on the sixth of January, 1773. : With the answers of His Majesty's Council and the House of Representatives respectively. : (Publish'd by order of the House.)

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Author:	Massachusetts. Governor (1771-1774 : Hutchinson).
Title:	The speeches of His Excellency Governor Hutchinson, to the General Assembly of the Massachusetts-Bay. At a session begun and held on the sixth of January, 1773. : With the answers of His Majesty's Council and the House of Representatives respectively. : (Publish'd by order of the House.)
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Print source:	The speeches of His Excellency Governor Hutchinson, to the General Assembly of the Massachusetts-Bay. At a session begun and held on the sixth of January, 1773. : With the answers of His Majesty's Council and the House of Representatives respectively. : (Publish'd by order of the House.) Massachusetts. Governor (1771-1774 : Hutchinson)., Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780., Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives., Massachusetts. Council. Boston; New-England:: Printed by Edes and Gill, printers to the Honorable House of Representatives., M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]
Subject terms:	Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.
URL:	https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N10121.0001.001
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HIS Excellency the Governor was pleased to open the Assembly with the following Speech to both Houses, viz.

ON the 25th of January William Brattle, Harrison Gray, James Pitts, James Humphrey, and Benjamin Greenleaf, Esquires, a Committee of his Majesty's Council, waited on the Governor with an Answer to the foregoing SPEECH, viz.

AND on the 26th of January the House of Representatives sent up to his Excel|lency their Answer, by Mr. Adams, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Bacon, Col. Bowers, Major Hawley, Capt. Derby, Mr. Phillips, Col. Thayer, and Col. Stock|bridge.

On Tuesday the 16th of February his Excellency was pleased to deliver the following Speech to both Houses in the Council Chamber, viz.

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To this Speech His Majesty's Council on the 25th of February sent to his Excel|lency the following Answer, by Harrison Gray, James Russell, James Pitts, Ste|phen Hall, and James Humphry, Esq'rs; viz.

And on Tuesday March 2d, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Gorham, Major Fuller, Capt. Green|lease, Capt. Heath, Mr. Phillips, Capt. Nye, Capt. Brown of Watertown, and Capt. Gardner, a Committee of the House of Representatives, waited on the Governor with their Answer as follows, Viz.

On Saturday the 6th of March, his Ex|cellency was pleas'd to put an End to the Session, after delivering the following SPEECH to both Houses, viz.

ERRATA.