Elected Council Members Negatived by Governor Thomas Hutchinson, 26 May 1773

Elected Council Members Negatived by Governor Thomas Hutchinson

Boston, 26 May 1773. MS (M-Ar:vol. 50:449–450. Of the 24 elected by joint ballot of the House of Representatives and outgoing Council, John Adams was one of three rejected by Hutchinson. The others were Jerathmeel Bowers and William Phillips.

MS (M-Ar:vol. 50:449–450).

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Title: Elected Council Members Negatived by Governor Thomas Hutchinson, 26 May 1773
Authors: Hutchinson, Thomas
Massachusetts, Governor of
Date: 26 May 1773

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Cite as: “Elected Council Members Negatived by Governor Thomas Hutchinson, 26 May 1773,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-01-02-0100. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 1, September 1755 – October 1773, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977, p. 350.]