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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 33: (search)
er; on which Otis, the other chief head of the faction, stood up and declared that Hutchinson had received a warrant from the Lords of the Treasury for two hundred pounds a year out of the proceeds of the new duties; and distributing votes for Artemas Ward, he cried out: Pensioner or no pensioner; surely the House will not think a pensioner of the Crown a fit person to sit in Council. But for the warrant, confessed Hutchinson, I should have been elected. And that, added Bernard, would have put quite a new face upon public affairs. I, said Hutchinson, gave Ward a Lieutenant Colonel's commission in the Provincial Forces, thinking to bring him over;—he is a very sulky fellow. Hutchinson to T. Pownal, 7 June, 1768. The Government, repeated Bernard, should insist upon it, that the Lieutenant Governor and Secretary should have seats and votes at the Council Board without an election. Bernard to Hillsborough, 30 May, 1768. This annual election of the Council spoils the Constitution,