The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760-69. Vol. 6: 1769-1779

Citation

(2022) The Papers of Francis Bernard, Governor of Colonial Massachusetts, 1760-69. Vol. 6: 1769-1779 [Bernard Papers Vol. 6]. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 96. Boston, Mass.: The Colonial Society of Massachusetts. https://www.colonialsociety.org/

Abstract
The sixth and final volume of the Bernard Papers presents the official and private correspondence of Massachusetts royal governor Sir Francis Bernard upon his return to England in 1769 until his death in 1779, documenting his attempts to influence British colonial policy. Bernard’s letters on colonial opposition and resistance from 1765 on constituted a major source of detailed evidence for the British government in persuading Parliament to adopt the punitive Coercive Acts that would trigger rebellion in Massachusetts in the late summer and early autumn of 1774.

Keywords
Colonial America; Francis Bernard; governor; Massachusetts; papers; American Revolution; Imperial Crisis; Boston; Massachusetts; Britain and the American Revolution; colonial governors

Notes
Book is freely available at: https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/4795