Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Thomas Hutchinson
Born: September 9, 1711
Died: June 3, 1780 (aged 68)
Bio: Thomas Hutchinson was a businessman, historian, and a prominent Loyalist politician of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the years before the American Revolution. He has been referred to as "the most important figure on the loyalist side in pre-Revolutionary Massachusetts.
Known for:
- The Witch-Craft Delusion of 1692
- FRANKLIN BEFORE THE PRIVY COUN