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The Papers of Francis Bernard :Governor of colonial Massachusetts, 1760-69 /edited by Colin Nicolson.

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GUSN

GUSN-259743

Description

v. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 26 cm., "The Bernard Papers is a comprehensive selection of the correspondence and other papers of Sir Francis Bernard (1712-1779), governor of colonial Massachusetts between 1760-1769. This volume is the first of a projected three volumes of edited transcripts concerning his administration in Massachusetts and will be followed by a calendar of documents covering his life and career. The project aims to address a lacuna in published documentary resources pertaining to Massachusetts on the eve of the American Revolution"--P. 1.

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Descriptive Terms

History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Originator

Nicolson, Colin, 1961-
Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712-1779.
Colonial Society of Massachusetts.

Contents

vol. 1. 1759-1763.

Publication

Boston : Colonial Society of Massachusetts ;
[Charlottesville] : Distributed by the University of Virginia Press

Publisher Series

Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts ; v. 73
Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts ;

Description

v. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
"The Bernard Papers is a comprehensive selection of the correspondence and other papers of Sir Francis Bernard (1712-1779), governor of colonial Massachusetts between 1760-1769. This volume is the first of a projected three volumes of edited transcripts concerning his administration in Massachusetts and will be followed by a calendar of documents covering his life and career. The project aims to address a lacuna in published documentary resources pertaining to Massachusetts on the eve of the American Revolution"--P. 1.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gift of Richard and Jane Nylander (v. 73), April 4, 2008.

ISBN

9780979466212
0979466210

Call Number

Stacks F61.C71 2007 v.73
Stacks F61.C71 2007 v.83

Other People and Orgs

Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712-1779
Massachusetts. Governor (1760-1770 : Bernard)

Material Type

Correspondence.
Sources.

Places

Massachusetts

Variant Title

Papers of Governor Francis Bernard
Bernard papers

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