The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution

by James Henry Stark

[143] Hutchinson Hist. Vol. III., p. 458.

[144] Several wealthy citizens of Milton have recently purchased this field donated it to the State as a public reservation to be known as the "Governor Hutchinson Field."

[145] Hutchinson Diary, Vol. II., pp. 164, 165.

[146] Diary and Letters of H. Vol. II., p. 216.

[147] Hosmer's Life of Hutchinson, p. 349.

[148] Tea Leaves, p. 324.

[149] He lived on Washington Street; his lot extended north from Spring Lane, including the head of Water Street.

[150] John Adams' Diary, Aug. 15, 1765.

[151] See page 40 for account of the riot.

[152] See page 162, 163 concerning Hutchinson and other letters abstracted by Franklin.