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War. To this he gave the title The History of Massachusetts Bay, publishing it in three volumes, the last one appearing one year after the author's death.
Governor Hutchinson was fortunate in respect to materials for his work, having access to many documents and sources of information long since lost. From these he compiled, with excellent judgment and rare scholarship, a work which will always be regarded as the highest authority. The author was not pleasing to the people of the Colonies on account of his Tory principles, and for this reason his history never became a popular one.
Required Reading. — Selections from Hutchinson's History.
