Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ce at the ProvinceHouse. During the period of Bernards administration, from1760 to 1769, the stormy events which caused the Colonies tothrow off the yoke of Great Britain occurred. The Writs ofAssistance, the Stamp Act, the introduction of troops, and theremoval of the General Court to Cambridge, heaped odiumupon his conduct of affairs. Volumes have been written uponthe history of those nine years. So Bernard passed out fromthe shelter of the Province House with none to do him rev-erence. The king recalled him, and the province spurned
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ce at the ProvinceHouse. During the period of Bernards administration, from1760 to 1769, the stormy events which caused the Colonies tothrow off the yoke of Great Britain occurred. The Writs ofAssistance, the Stamp Act, the introduction of troops, and theremoval of the General Court to Cambridge, heaped odiumupon his conduct of affairs. Volumes have been written uponthe history of those nine years. So Bernard passed out fromthe shelter of the Province House with none to do him rev-erence. The king recalled him, and the province spurned last crowned head in this colony was proclaimed by Ber-nard. He gave a valuable portion of his library to Harvard. It has been said of Bernard that he was only a facile instru-ment in the hands of Hutchinson. He was even called Hutch-insons wheelbarrow, carrying the burdens imposed by his wilylieutenant. Bernards character has been described as arbitrary;he was, however, upright, with correct principles and courteous11 p 242 LANDMARKS OF address. He built him a fine summer residence at JamaicaPlain, afterwards occupied by Martin Brimmer. After the governors departure for England, watch and wardwas but ill kept at the Province House, or else his AncientHutchinson, now his successor, troubled himself but little aboutthe goods and chattels of the baronet. The mansion was brokenopen, and among other articles stolen were three feather-beds,four pair of blankets, ditto of sheets,all marked with his Excellencys ini-tials. The thief, besides this morebulky booty, stole a crown-piece ofJames II. and two German rix dol-lars. The next inmate of the ProvinceHouse was Thomas Gage, who wasexpected to support the kingly pre-rogative by force of arms. We firstfound the general in quarters inthe colony seal. Brattle Street, and gave there an outline of his career while military governor. He occupied theProvince House when appointed to the government in 1774,and the tread and challenge
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