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Hutchinson, Thomas

governor, author, was worn Sept. 9, 1711, in Boston, Mass. He was the last royal governor of Massachusetts. An historian of great ability, but whose merits as such were not recognized by his contemporaries.

His History of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, the third and last volume of which was not published till nearly fifty years after his death, begins with the year 1628 and closes with the year 1774. He published also a Collection of Original Papers relating to the same subject. He died June 3, 1780, near London, England. 9 HUTCHISON, JOSEPH CHRISMAN, physician, author, was born Feb. 22, 1822, in Old Franklin, Mo. He was a noted physician of Brooklyn, and the author of History of Asiatic Cholera in Brooklyn; Physiology and Hygiene; Contributions to Orthopædic Surgery; and Acupressure. He died in 1867. HUTSON, CHARLES WOODWARD, author. He is the author of Out of a Beleaguered City, a Tale of the Revolution; Beginnings of Civilization; History of French Literature; and The Story of Beryl, a novel.

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