Quote of the day
Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
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