(MASSACHUSETTS) Hutchinson Thomas The History of the Colony

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(MASSACHUSETTS.) Hutchinson, Thomas. The History of the Colony of Massachusets-Bay. Volume I only. 8vo, contemporary calf, worn; hinges split, lacks front free endpaper, offsetting on title page with small ink-burn crack, moderate dampstaining, a few minor paper flaws; numerous early and later inscriptions on endpapers and title page. Boston: Thomas & John Fleet, 1764

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first edition. "Ranks above all other colonial historians"--Kraus, Writing of American History, page 55. Hutchinson was a Loyalist. When his house was attacked during the Stamp Act riots, the manuscript of Volume II was thrown in the muddy streets, but was recovered and issued separately in 1767. He moved to London with the onset of the Revolution. Evans 9705; Howes H853; Sabin 34075.