Hutch in son, Thomas

(1711-178), Governor, was a member of the General Court of Ma achusetts from 1737 to 1739, 1740, and 1741 to 1749. He was Speaker from 1746 to 1748. He restored a healthy condition of trade by redeeming the depreciated paper currency. In 1754 he was one of the commi ioners at the Albany Convention, and aided in drafting a plan of colonial union. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ma achusetts in 1756. In 1760 he was appointed Chief Justice. In 1765 his house was sacked by a mob infuriated by the notion that he was a party to the obnoxious stamp acts, and his valuable library of historical pamphlets and documents was destroyed. In 1770 he was appointed Governor of of the province. The report was circulated that he was largely responsible for the oppre ive acts of the Ministry, and this was intensified by Dr. Franklin’s publication of some of Hutching on’s letters to England which had fallen into his hands. In 1774 he sailed to England where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a conscientious and high-minded Tory. He wrote a valuable history of Ma achusetta. L Iberville, Pierre le Moyne d@’ (1661-1706), engaged in the Cana. dian expedition against the English forts on the Hudson, fought at Fort Mousipi and Fort Quitchilchouen, and in 1688 captured two English ve els. In 1690 he was one of the leaders against Schenectady. In 1694 he took Fort Nelson, and, in command of a frigate, captured three English ships, including the ‘‘ Newport.” He destroyed Fort Pemaquid, and reduced nearly all Newfoundland. In command of the ‘* Pelican,” in 1697, he destroyed several British ships, and captured Fort Bourbon. In 1698 he ascended the Mi i ippi and built Fort Biloxi, the first port on the river. In 1701 he transferred the colony to Mobile. In 1706 he captured Nevis Island. 351