Talk:Thomas Hutchinson (governor)

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Some vandalism has been committed on this page, see: "Hutchinson was born in Boston,where his Mother ate a fat wealthy merchant and beat his ship owner. Thomas Hutchinson killed fat men to eat there dead bodies.He was a stupid cow.Some patriots called him mean and dumb."

This should be corrected. Isn't there some editorial oversight? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.224.118.240 (talk) 04:51, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Bias
This article seems rather biased, I mean "outmoded Imperial structure"? You mean the system that was maintained elsewhere (say in northern BNA) for many generations afterwards? Seriously this article presents him far more negatively than the Hitler article portrays its subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hawjam (talk • contribs) 19:14, 11 July 2013 (UTC)


 * The eighteenth-century system wasn't maintained by the British Empire for very long at all after the American Revolutionary War, but rather was entirely rebuilt to take into account the many lessons learnt during the 1760s and 1770s (and to reflect the Constitutional arguments made both by the Patriots in America and the Opposition Whigs in Parliament during that time). A couple of examples: Parliament never again attempted to impose taxation on or raise revenue from the provinces of the British Empire, and colonies were deliberately put on the path toward achieving responsible government.  Those are two really major changes that are completely at odds with the "outmoded Imperial structure" that was in place while Hutchinson was prominent in Massachusetts and that he sought to preserve.  Binabik80 (talk) 01:00, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Not sure if this is an error or ambiguity
The first sentence of the Exile section reads, "Upon his arrival in London, Hutchinson was granted an audience with the king, who questioned him on affairs in North America, and he was well received by Lord Rockingham, the colonial secretary, and Lord North, the prime minister. " Rockingham wasn't colonial secretary at this time, or at any other time; and in fact, he was leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords for all eleven years of North's first ministry. (Granted, because of the ambiguity introduced by the Oxford comma, this might be meant to mean "... well received by Lord Rockingham and the colonial secretary and Lord North.") So I guess my first question is, does the Galvin reference actually describe Rockingham as colonial secretary? And if it doesn't, then does it say that Hutchinson that Hutchinson was warmly received by Rockingham and North, or by the colonial secretary (Dartmouth at this point, I think) and North, or by all three of them? Binabik80 (talk) 01:06, 2 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I suspect this is an ambiguity, and that it is a reference to Dartmouth, not an assertion that Rockingham was then colonial secretary. I will tune accordingly...  Magic ♪piano 19:49, 2 December 2014 (UTC)