apr 15, 1768 - Britain's Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Lord Hillsborough, orders colonial governors to
stop their own assemblies from endorsing
Adams' circular letter
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Hillsborough also orders the governor of Massachusetts to dissolve the general court if the Massachusetts assembly does not revoke the letter. By month's end, the assemblies of New Hampshire, Connecticut and New Jersey have endorsed the letter
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